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- 09 / 07 / 05 -
Reaching Emmanuel in Tokyo, the complexity of the Tokyo subway system, the connection between subways and department stores, the differences in Japanese society, what the subway tickets look like, "Speakers' World" is now in Internet Movie Database, an article about the hurricane in New Orleans from the past, how the Dutch have prepared for a catastrophic storm, how the Japanese media has been covering the New Orleans story, a typhoon hits the western part of Japan, what has happened to FEMA, a letter from Louisiana, how to view post-hurricane pictures of the New Orleans area via Google and the NOAA, ways to help, Emmanuel moves to have FEMA entered into the dictionary as a word, how ham radio is being used in the disaster, how it could be used better, a low power radio station tries to get on the air in the vicinity of the Houston Astrodome, debate over the use of the word refugee, a call from Louisiana, Baton Rouge has doubled in size, Emmanuel will be on the ocean for the next couple of weeks, a call for safety information on freighters.
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September 7
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- 09 / 14 / 05 -
Emmanuel is late calling in on the satellite phone, what Emmanuel has been doing on his travels, Mike gives an update on the low power radio station outside the Houston Astrodome, Emmanuel calls in from the freighter on the Pacific Ocean just outside of Japan where it's 8:00 in the morning, a description of the whole freighter procedure, comparisons to the Queen Mary 2, what Emmanuel's expectations of the freighter were, the trip was delayed by the typhoon, the scary stairway to the boat, looking forward to crossing the international dateline, questioning how far the Houston low power station can actually reach, the rarity of such a license being granted by the FCC, how China managed to evacuate a huge number of people during a recent typhoon, Emmanuel introduces Ben who is the other passenger on the freighter, Ben explains his route from Egypt to California, Ben's impressions of various countries, Juintz is in the studio and issues an appeal for bandwidth volunteers, dismay at Walter's absence, seeing other boats, an update on Christiania in Denmark, a call for updated web pages, FEMA suffers an email outage, an update on establishing FEMA as a word in the English language, why a new TSA program is stupid, interesting security procedures to look forward to as Emmanuel's boat approaches the United States, Emmanuel and Ben get locked outside, a Negativland event, a call from Bulgaria, looking forward to seeing the engine room, some New Orleans music.
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September 14
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- 09 / 21 / 05 -
Confusion involving the delay system, Emmanuel is still on the freighter where it's now 2:00 in the afternoon, what the experience has been like, problems with the satellite connection, Bernie announces plans to attend an NOAA open house, what happened after Emmanuel crossed the international dateline, Emmanuel tries to get into a better position for the satellite signal, Bernie discusses how to spot an Iridium satellite, Jim talks about how to spot Mars, Emmanuel calls back from inside the freighter, how AM radio stations were picked up in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Emmanuel describes what it was like to visit the engine room, an appeal for mass transit info for Long Beach, more updates from Christiania, bad news regarding privacy and newborns in the Netherlands, a band named Switchfoot gives info to its fans on how to defeat the copy protection on its latest album, more problems getting Emmanuel's signal, a story concerning police tricking a suspect into revealing his DNA, whether or not this is an issue, a server update, info on Long Beach mass transit, criticism of Iridium, Emmanuel has an update on Verizon's DSL non-installation.
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September 21
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- 09 / 28 / 05 -
An apology for the horrible sound of last week's show with the satellite phone, Emmanuel is in the First Class Amtrak Lounge in Chicago, the torment involved in taking Amtrak across the country and staying in a "roomette," how the rising gas prices provide an opportunity for Amtrak, Emmanuel describes what the freighter was like, information on how to obtain freighter tickets and satellite phones, questioning whether 911 service is available on a satellite phone, the show is preempted next week, a listener in Antarctica, Google is buying tens of thousands of miles of fiber, wondering when Google will become evil, sentencing for the teenager responsible for revealing Paris Hilton's T-Mobile account info, why T-Mobile must share the responsibility, Emmanuel's voice mail on T-Mobile is swapped with another user's, the mysterious hump reappears on Bush's back, a report of hotel room keys that encode credit card information, Mike explains why snopes.com isn't always accurate, how keyboard clicks may be able to be monitored, the new ten dollar bill is released, a radio station in St. Louis now broadcasts "Off The Hook," Verizon prints an ad encouraging people not to use WiFi, a listener has a donation.
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September 28
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