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- 05 / 02 / 07 -
A message from the Bureau of Morality, critiquing the idea of TV Turnoff Week, Google presses for more access to public records, the prospect of having a great deal of public information about people easily available to anyone, a new speed record for data transfer, 429truth.com explores the facts over some recent events, the death of Jack Valenti, memories of Valenti positions, testing out Google's new 411 service, a trend among companies that involves keeping customer money, feedback to recent North Korean and Chinese material, translations of the North Korean excerpts played over the past couple of weeks, a final explanation on what actually happened in the Chinese hotel room when Emmanuel entered "Falun Gong" into Google, thoughts on American media, a crisis at cryptome.org, a caller has a way of using E-Z Pass for free, skepticism on the city's claim that it will discard any information gathered as a result of a congestion tax, a special fundraising edition of the show next week.
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May 2
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- 05 / 09 / 07 -
A pre-RNC rap, voices from the past, the magic of listening to old radio shows, requests are being taken for other excerpts, how the show has become a time capsule over the years, Jim explains how he came upon the radio show one day, Redbird was two years old when the first episode aired, a special greeting to joggers listening to the show in the future, uses for multiple copies or shirts, the next clip is from 1993, where the current show members were at that time, a clip with Phiber Optik where the phones were being played with, how the world has changed over the years, differences in the way operators act, guessing what the next clip will be, a recording of the very first Rebel call, why WBAI is so unique, some more memories of the past, there will be more of this next week. This show includes fundraising.
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May 9
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- 05 / 16 / 07 -
"Off The Hook" is about to be canceled according to the sound clip being played from the archives, bringing things back to the present, what the archive set is all about, the sound of phones ringing, how the ringing sound at the station is generated, what wouldn't have happened had the show been canceled back in 1992, what it would mean to have commercials on WBAI, a replay of how the cancellation crisis was resolved, why it's significant that the station is in the middle of the FM dial, the presence of real people at the station, a clip of an interview with phone phreak Joe Engressia from 1991, plans for Dayton this coming weekend, contacting Bernie who is about to leave for Ohio, why commercial radio is a disgrace, how listeners wind up paying for commercial radio whether they want to or not, a clip of Jim's first appearance on the show. This show includes fundraising.
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May 16
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- 05 / 30 / 07 -
The first show in two weeks, a massive case of private information being lost at Stony Brook University, why Social Security Numbers have to be given to universities, debating when giving this information is required, calling the toll-free number Stony Brook set up for the crisis, Redhackt discusses the situation in Estonia involving botnets allegedly set up by Russians, previous instances of this kind of thing, The Fifth HOPE is revealed to have been a focus of the investigation by the city during the Republican National Convention in 2004, Emmanuel reads some of the highlights of the recently released evidence from the city, a call for information on New York City's traffic light system, how people with Middle Eastern features were targeted in the city's investigation, Bernie gives information on a vintage computer show, a postal horror story, premium updates, a listener provides phone numbers to various ancient phone systems, demonstrating a step system, the rarity of busy signals these days, some of the fallout from the last broadcast where it appeared the show was canceled, memories of the old sounds of the phone system, Mike gives information on how to unlock a Cingular phone, reports of a price decrease for international roaming in Europe, ringback numbers, wiretapping in Mexico.
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May 30
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