JL;DR SUMMARY In episode 15 of GAON, Rabbi Arnie Wittenstein discusses the Vilna Gaon and his Bais Medrash, focusing on biographical details such as when the Bais Medrash was built and the Gaon's close students like R Chaim Volozhin. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.