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- 04 / 01 / 09 -

A strange station identification, dead air, the surprise debut of Country 99.5, country music for a full 17 minutes, the format change is revealed to be a hoax, the conversation turns to sports, the Knicks' chances this year, "Bernie" describes his experience at the new Citi Field, the Phillies have only won the World Series twice, dissatisfaction with some aspects of the new stadiums in New York, Rob bemoans the loss of Shea Stadium, the weirdness of having two Yankee Stadiums, Redhackt and Mike give updates and predictions on Formula One, some of today's World Cup qualifier results, another brilliant flash throws the show into another mode, time appears to have been lost, the coming of Acronym Day and how it will affect three-letter agencies, a new list of words to be banned on the radio at the request of the TSA, debate over whether this is a good idea, the upcoming digital radio cutover, an example of what it will sound like after the transition, the new .go.us domain that will replace .gov, the widespread effects of the Conficker worm, another flash, trying to take phone calls, the effects the flashes are having, how the station could disappear in a second.

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April 1
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- 04 / 08 / 09 -

Details on what happened with the country music escapade last week, what some of the feedback was like, Bernie discusses HD radio, an opportunity to get ahold of a signed copy of the collector's edition of "The Best of 2600," the story of a kid who confessed to a burglary by accident over his cell phone, Dot Ret's new Android phone, why Emmanuel wants to stick with T-Mobile, Emmanuel is going to be taking a trip to Canada, an appeal for a decent cell service plan while traveling in Canada, various people from the show will be at Notacon in Cleveland, there is a list of hacker spaces in the latest 2600, a way to report websites that criticize the Thai monarchy through protecttheking.net, how it's relatively easy to come up with a phrase in a domain name, parents in China accused of cheating to get their children into a school, plans for airline access to the net, new ways of tracking vehicles with various bits of technology, North Korea claims to have successfully launched a communications satellite, Lazlow joins the discussion and discloses how the country music hoax was produced last week, how a Pacifica action shortly after the show seemed to mirror the hoax, how easy it is to program a commercial radio station, the diversity of radio in England, some ideas on how to make radio more interesting.

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April 8
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- 04 / 15 / 09 -

Emmanuel is in Dayton, the friendliness of people in Ohio, ways of celebrating Kim Il Sung's birthday, some of the northern Ontario towns Emmanuel passed through on his way to Wisconsin and Ohio, more trouble at the border entering Michigan, the concept of having different names on credit cards, Redhackt's story of a Captain Kangaroo credit card, what Emmanuel learned about ketchup in Canada, Emmanuel's first use of Twitter while traveling and how it came in handy, a Twitter worm is loose, a new study indicates that services such as Twitter numb people's sensitivity, controversy involving book ratings on Amazon, Emmanuel's impressions of XM radio, a British official accidentally releases classified information by carrying documents in front of photographers, Russian and Chinese hackers are accused of trying to access the United States electrical grid, restrictions on travel to Cuba are loosened, the significance of this action, a troubling move by the Obama administration on illegal wiretapping, Kurt Opsahl from the Electronic Frontier Foundation analyzes this move, how people can get involved in opposing this, trying to figure out what actually happened, the coming release of memos on torture under the Bush administration.

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- 04 / 22 / 09 -

The show wasn't supposed to be on tonight, there is no material prepared, the program will consist of mostly phone calls, Bernie and Emmanuel attended this year's Notacon, Bernie describes the demo party scene, the importance of the recent Pirate Bay decision in Sweden, a strong quote from the defendants, other types of pirates, Rob stayed home because of the Bolivian president, Bernie describes the series of graphic novels that have been inspired by "Off The Hook," a caller has a problem with a disconnected phone, Notkevin tries to pick phone calls, the Pirate Bay site is still up, facts about flicker.com, the Kindle controversy with the Author's Guild, an update on Jim's progress, Mitch Altman is in town, Mitch describes a workshop he's involved in with learning disabled kids, what Mitch will be up to in the weeks ahead, a cave abandoned by the NSA, a caller's case of Caller ID spoofing, how to encourage reporters to get the story right.

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- 04 / 29 / 09 -

New reports of hacker incursions, what constitutes a record, Rob explains what the SAM 26000 was, attacks against NYPD computers, TSA agents will be replacing police searching bags in the New York City subway system, a magical string that represents an MD5 hash for the word "password," a kid is able to order a box of standardized tests, Nokia 1100 phones seem to be in great demand for some reason, how these phones might be used to commit fraud, FBI employees are accused of spying on teenage girls undressing at a mall, Dot Gov of the Week: cameochemicals.noaa.gov, trying to create a chemical reaction, a surprising sentence in the Al Manar case, listener experiences at border crossings, how iodine has become a forbidden substance, a caller discusses what it was like to cross the American border from Mexico, opinions on the swine flu issue, life in Mexico City during the current crisis.

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April 29
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