What Chuck Bryant has said about Howard Hughes
3 quotes · 1 episode · May 28, 2026
Chuck Bryant, Co-host of Stuff You Should Know, has been quoted on Howard Hughes 3 times in 1 episode of Stuff You Should Know, most recently on May 28, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Bryant said Hughes went to Las Vegas for tax-shelter reasons after selling his TWA stock, not out of interest in casinos.
“he heard about it being a great tax shelter. And he had sold a ton of stock, I guess all of his stock in TWA that year”
Stuff You Should Know: Howard Hughes in Las Vegas (May 28, 2026) · Listen from 10:24
Bryant said Maheu worked for Hughes for years without ever meeting him face to face.
“this is fairly shocking, but apparently never met him in person”
Stuff You Should Know: Howard Hughes in Las Vegas (May 28, 2026) · Listen from 22:47
Bryant said Hughes tried to cancel the Desert Inn tennis tournament because Arthur Ashe would compete, and Ashe went on to win.
“he tried to cancel it because he found out that Arthur Ashe, an African-American, was going to be competing”
Stuff You Should Know: Howard Hughes in Las Vegas (May 28, 2026) · Listen from 37:57
Episodes
Howard Hughes in Las VegasStuff You Should Know · May 28, 2026 · 49 min
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant recount Howard Hughes's reclusive, drug-addled years at the Desert Inn and his buying spree that reshaped Las Vegas.
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