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- 10 / 02 / 01 -

Objections to tourists at the World Trade Center site, the many different types of people who are acting as opportunists, Mike tells of an advertisement for the NSA in the Columbia student newspaper, the Office of Cyberspace Security is announced, why it's still easy to hijack a plane, the various hypocrisies now taking place, a test of urban legends concerning the events of September 11, the need for context in relation to the coverage of Palestinian celebrations, a new controversy involving ClearChannel, encouragement to come to the meeting this week, fear of flying, encouragement to make donations, people who may never get counted, a misguided call to arms for hackers, whether revealing security holes to the public is a good idea, speculation on Dick Cheney's whereabouts, new security restrictions at the Citigroup Center and a call for meeting attendees to be patient.

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October 2
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- 10 / 09 / 01 -

Emmanuel's phone proves to be distracting, the bombing raids begin in Afghanistan, how Wall Street has become an armed fortress, the pointlessness of most of the shows of security, new names for the Anti Terrorism Act, the concept of brain fingerprinting, Zero Knowledge stops offering anonymous net access, the effectiveness of anonymity and encryption, a FAIR report on media coverage of the peace movement, Emmanuel calls for an uncensored version of the recently released Bin Laden tape, Mike gives examples of media distortion, some critical analysis of a report from the Jerusalem Post, the Union Square memorial is dismantled, a message from Reverend Billy, phone company recordings give confusing messages when calling WBAI, problems getting an outgoing phone line because of incoming calls, some of the weird things that happened to the phone system in the wake of the disaster, two digital switches are operating in the West Street central office, what should happen to the World Trade Center site and whether or not the towers should be rebuilt, a listener tests security in airports, announcement of www.whatweretheirnames.com which lists the victims of September 11.

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October 9
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- 10 / 16 / 01 -

Emmanuel is a victim of a "rail condition" on the subway, Emmanuel drives to France in a rental car, Izaac's misfortune with a rabbit, a rental car, and a rock, the interesting border adventures that Terrence and Emmanuel experienced, Bernie gives information on a special kind of radio that can be obtained for cars that permits expanded reception of the shortwave band, how radio in Canada differs from radio in the States, the ICOM R3 scanner which is technically illegal in the United States, Emmanuel tells how the legal way of using a cell phone in a car is actually more dangerous than the illegal way, radios being dropped in Afghanistan, the FCC makes a move to regulate the Internet, the RIAA moves to exempt itself from a criminal law involving hacking, a wrestling website equates its being hacked with an act of terrorism, the WBAI phone system is restored, Bernie announces the assassination of a federal prosecutor, the balance of opinions on Canadian talk radio, how to tune into video on a scanner, the need for people to listen to different sources of information.

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October 16
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- 10 / 23 / 01 -

A three hour fundraising show. Lazlow, Mike, and Chris lend a hand, talk of the old "Brain Damage" days, the importance of contributing to causes, Lazlow tries to tune in a shortwave radio, the theme of the first hour is shortwave radio, Larry Magna from "Passport to Worldband Radio" explains the phenomenon of shortwave, the concept of jamming and how it ultimately proved futile, why Americans don't listen to shortwave as a rule, why the BBC decision to stop broadcasting to North America is widely viewed as a mistake, why shortwave is better for broadcasting than the Internet, Emmanuel sees a huge shortwave facility in New Brunswick, clarification on the law forbidding the Voice of America from being broadcast to people in the United States, pro-Taliban people involved in the VOA, the Taliban has chosen not to broadcast on shortwave, Bernie S. tells how shortwave influenced him in his early years, the shortwave car radios arrive from the United Arab Emirates, why the radios flopped in the United States, a dramatic increase in shortwave radio sales in the United States since September 11, an explanation of what "Passport to Worldband Radio" is and how listeners can pledge for a copy, Bernie makes a pledge, shortwave during the Falkland Islands war, propaganda broadcasts beamed into Afghanistan, a call for listener involvement, broadcasts from North Korea, the magic of interval signals, recommendations on good radios to start with, how small shortwave radios have gotten, the differences between shortwave radio and ham radio, shortwave pirate broadcasts, the annoying bell used for new subscribers, comparison of pledge drives and commercials, Big Audio Dynamite and Dread Zone, an additional pledge level, commenting on listener names, how commercial stations often have nobody in the studios, Rush Limbaugh's hearing problem, trying to reach 800 information, demonstrating voice recognition technology with Amtrak, the FBI develops a new way of spying on computer users, further restrictions on the media broadcasting uncensored information, how the Anthrax scare is affecting the mail and speculation on what kind of person could be behind it, the WBAI phone number in MF tones, Emmanuel predicts Tom Ridge will become vice president, a warning from the ACLU, the story of a man kept from boarding a plane because of the book he was reading, how random checks at airports aren't actually random, the push from the Bush administration for a national ID card, Izaac decides to leave the show and explains why in a prerecorded announcement, comments from the listeners, strange feedback from the phones, Emmanuel responds to some of Izaac's words, Lazlow explains why the show can't always be strictly about technology, Bernie solves the feedback problem, Emmanuel tells of the threat of the station moving to a less desirable part of the dial, how to listen to CBC on the net. This show is in three parts and includes fundraising.

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October 23

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Part 2
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Part 3
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