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Chuck Bryant

👤 Speaker
6781 total appearances

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Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

And says, you know, you can't use that microwave.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

You got to unplug that thing or just give it to me so it's not a temptation.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Sometimes he goes, I can probably work something out for you that works without interference.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Very famously, he is the guy, I think.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

There was a malfunctioning electric blanket that was causing some interference.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

And so he went out and got one that worked.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

And, you know, it's funded by the NRAO, obviously.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

He's not doing it out of his pocket.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

But apparently a lot of people in town sort of see him or saw him while he was doing the job as like a free repairman in town.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Yeah, I don't know if you have your phone, but I just texted you a picture of Chuck Nadai.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

He looks exactly like you would think.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

He looks like the dude, super friendly, that drives around in this truck full of electric gear, looking to friendly solve problems in a friendly way.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Like Steven Seagal, basically.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

No, no, no, not at all.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Did I ever tell you about being behind Steven Seagal's house in L.A.?

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

I think I talked about being in Meatloaf's house at one point or another.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

Yeah.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

What's the cherry on top called again?

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

The lanyard on top of that story that I don't think I ever revealed or I may have, and it was years ago, was that Steven Seagal lived behind him.

Stuff You Should Know
Doin’ Science in the National Radio Quiet Zone

And I knew this because when I was jumping on the trampoline in Meatloaf's backyard, every time I went up, I saw these little like Asian pagoda tops.