Why New Yorks Windowless Skyscraper Is Totally Forbidden00:12:16

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Theres a 550-foot skyscraper in Lower Manhattan with no windows, no logos, and no obvious purpose. Officially, it was built in the 1970s as a telecom switching hubbut behind its Brutalist facade lies a deeper, darker story of Cold War paranoia, surveillance infrastructure, and the quiet centralization of Americas communications empire.

In this episode, we dig into the strange history of 33 Thomas Street: a nuclear-hardened structure built by AT&T to safeguard the long-distance phone networkand possibly home to an NSA surveillance program known as TITANPOINTE. From the earliest party lines to the rise of mass wiretapping, discover how Americas phone system became a tool of both connection and control.

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