The Mysterious Star-Shaped Towers of Sichuan Province
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
iHeartPodcasts
4.3 • 10.7K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
True story: throughout China's Sichuan province right along the border with Tibet, the land is riddled with ancient towers of unknown origin. No one knows who built them, nor why. In tonight's episode, Ben and Noel explore the fascinating hidden history of architecture that withstood millennia of chaos -- and how an ancient series of towers survived the rise and fall of empires into the modern day.
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| 0:00.0 | From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events. |
| 0:06.9 | You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know. |
| 0:12.1 | A production of IHeart Radio. Hello and welcome back to the show. My name is Noel. |
| 0:28.5 | Our colleague Matt is on adventures. They called me, Ben. We are joined with our guest producer, Matt, the madman, Stillow. Most importantly, you are you, you are here. |
| 0:39.8 | That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know. |
| 0:44.5 | Noel, should we give a little bit of context before we get into today's story? |
| 0:48.7 | I guess so, to why we might sound a little punchy. |
| 0:51.9 | A little bit different. |
| 0:52.9 | Yeah, a little different. |
| 0:53.9 | We are coming to you, not live, live for us, I guess, from the Web Summit in Qatar, Qatar. |
| 1:01.1 | What do you say, Ben? |
| 1:02.2 | Is it Qatar or Qatar? |
| 1:04.7 | Usually when you pronounce it in the Western world, it's okay to say Qatar. |
| 1:10.1 | People know what you're talking about. |
| 1:11.7 | The correct pronunciation from what I understand is something more like Qatar. |
| 1:16.2 | Qatar. |
| 1:16.7 | And we are in the wonderful, beautiful, very futuristic city of Doha. |
| 1:22.0 | That is correct. |
| 1:24.1 | We will be rejoining, Matt. |
| 1:27.0 | Now, people know that we've been on the road quite a bit. |
| 1:31.3 | It's true. |
| 1:31.7 | Quite a bit. Looking forward to being homeward bound, as Paul Simon and Three Dogs once said. |
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