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- 07 / 01 / 15 -

Trouble with the theme song, today is Canada Day, Kyle and Emmanuel are in Canada in the midst of a trip transporting 34 sled dogs from Alaska to Ontario, HOPE coordinator Greg Newby is involved in this, the team is currently in British Columbia, pristine scenery is the rule with the exception of a place called Blueberry, the dogs are currently being fed in a park in Dawson Creek, all of the dogs involved are rescues, the journey is less than half finished, Kyle and Emmanuel have had a couple of instances where the U-Haul has almost run out of gas, how people can follow the progress of the trip, Greg describes the technology being used to track the caravan, how to become a musher, the procedure of stapling a dog shut, what it's like to be in places with no connectivity or radio coverage, a rest area with no electricity, shedding technology, what it was like to cross the border at Yukon with 34 dogs, it doesn't get dark in this part of the country at this time of year, the Alaska Railroad, Greg describes the cold of Alaska, a commotion from the dogs, the issue of mosquitoes, what the rest of the route will entail, Chaos Communication Camp tickets are now on sale, the NSA gets authorization to resume surveillance on the public, a harsh penalty for copyright violation, John Lowe from the National Institute of Standards and Technology joins the conversation to discuss the recent leap second, why the leap second is occasionally necessary, why such accuracy is needed, a WWV clip featuring Jane Barbe, some facts about WWV.

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July 1
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- 07 / 08 / 15 -

Kyle and Emmanuel have arrived at their destination in Ontario, Kyle's experience breaking his hand in Canada and how the health care system there worked, American insurance absurdity, how AM radio is used differently in Canada, all kinds of technological outages have been occurring today, how this has affected the stock market, the Hacking Team story, how a leak was actually a raid, how news stories can disappear online, revelations of Hacking Team activity of the past, some background on one of Hacking Team's main spokespeople, some interesting history involving this particular person which ties him to Verizon, thanking the person responsible for the hack, thanks to Greg Newby for the whole dog adventure, Mike's hassles with Time Warner Cable, Bernie's thoughts on Hacking Team, a listener helps to pronounce a Swedish name, an emergency phone message wakes up people in New York City, how to disable such notifications.

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July 8
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- 07 / 15 / 15 -

Identifying some of the challenges involved in the temporary studios, an update on Kyle's broken hand, what was learned about the Canadian and American health care systems, how people really don't have health care in the United States, a member of the German Pirate Party is key in preserving the rights of people to take pictures of buildings, a significant amount of noise is coming from the hallway outside the studio, news that people are stuck in the elevator, members of Pirate Bay are acquitted of criminal charges, some updates on the Hacking Team story, how this sort of thing would never be known to the public without organizations like Wikileaks and the EFF, the future of organizations like Hacking Team, the death of privacy activist Caspar Bowden, apparent attempts to kill Flash by Firefox and Facebook, a man in London gets in trouble for "abstracting electricity" on a train, Laura Poitras and the EFF are suing the government over harassment when crossing the U.S. border, it's the 25th anniversary of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Amazon Echo, next week will be the only week of the summer fundraiser for the show, a tribute to Pluto.

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July 15
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- 07 / 22 / 15 -

Pushing the wrong buttons, a "new" theme, demonstrating some of the shortcomings of the new board, comparing microphones, trying to reconnect with Bernie, Kyle describes the new studio that's supposedly on the way, it's a fundraising edition, this will be the only show in the summer fundraiser, there is no show next week, what is being offered tonight, the CRTC issues a ruling affecting Canadian ISPs, analyzing the Ashley Madison hack, Emmanuel starts filling out a form on their site, a fake story about hacking a site, a story hits the media about cars being hacked, the idea of autonomous vehicles, how things at the station have improved in the last year. This show includes fundraising.

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July 22
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