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- 08 / 03 / 16 -
It's a special two hour edition of the show, there are no phone lines again, Kyle and Emmanuel are delayed, the first show since The Eleventh HOPE, Kyle and Emmanuel were delayed due to a Waze malfunction, Emmanuel progresses in the Pokemon Go world, the only place in South Korea where the game works due to security concerns, how politicians are getting involved, it's technically a fundraising show but no new premiums are being registered until the station sends out the old premiums from previous fund drives, some of the bizarre challenges posed by the radio station, what would help solve these problems, a look back at The Eleventh HOPE, Voltaire discusses the "Queer As HOPE" gatherings that took place during the conference, some feedback from attendees, addressing the issue of overcrowding, encouraging people to go outside now and then during the conference, the thinking behind scheduling talks, Mitch Altman joins the conversation from Amsterdam, trying to troubleshoot Mitch's echo over Skype, Mitch explains what's special about the HOPE conferences, there were no incidents of note, how the ten gigabit connection wasn't abused, the magic of the hotel, how the HOPE security team saved some attendees from the NYPD, Mitch's experiences teaching people to solder, Bicycle Mark joins the conversation from Amsterdam, how the live streaming added a great deal to the conference and made it accessible worldwide, how the Internet Society helped make much of this possible, remembering H2K and how that conference changed everything, Mitch describes how he was introduced to HOPE by Bernie in 2006, Kyle recollects HOPE Number Six, difficulty with Verizon installing a simple phone line, Mitch previews his trip to China, remembering attendee badge numbers at HOPE Number Six, Bernie had to wait on hold for an hour while Mitch was on, Bernie's new radio station in Philadelphia has gone on the air, a rundown of other stations broadcasting "Off The Hook," remembering Mark Fahey's talk on broadcast anthropology, what happened to Bernie's phone during the closing ceremonies at HOPE, what it was like to be "breadboarded," the misfortune of Phonehenge and why nobody saw it at the conference, Kyle discusses some of the hidden parts of the hotel, progress on the Joybubbles documentary, criticism of the photography policy, Kyle's views on the policy as a photographer, trying to take phone calls on the air without actual phone lines, spectacular failure, reconnecting with Bernie, feedback to the new "Hackers Got Talent" feature at HOPE, results of the lanyard contest, there are 2600 meetings this week. This show is two hours and includes limited fundraising.
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August 3
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- 08 / 10 / 16 -
Rob is completely alone in the studio, Nina Alli is on the phone, how Nina's presentation on hacking DNA at The Eleventh HOPE went, what the Defcon Biohacking Village was all about, Alex is now in the studio, the fundraiser is still going on, Kyle discusses the progress that's been made at the station and why listener support is so important, Emmanuel explains why he and Kyle were late, someone has been climbing the Trump building for the past couple of hours, Alex's impressions of HOPE, more reports of missing premiums from listeners, the prospects of Edward Snowden returning home, what it would take to fix the premium situation at the station, how losing the phones makes things so much worse, a makeshift solution involves a cell phone that listeners are already texting, a listener perspective on helping out at the conference, a listener's frustration dealing with the station. This show includes fundraising.
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August 10
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- 08 / 17 / 16 -
An aborted intro, trying to find Bernie on the board, a comedy of errors, the show will be on an hour later starting in September, after 33 years on the air "The Personal Computer Show" is being canceled, Volkswagens are being broken into electronically, why it's important for people to know the truth about these technological failures, the danger of blindly believing what the computer says, how it's the responsibility of hackers to defeat these systems, where Kyle and Emmanuel stand regarding the Volkswagen emissions scandal, why releasing Donald Trump's tax returns would be a public service, all of the HOPE videos have been gone through, Joly MacFie from the Internet Society is in the studio, what the Internet Society is all about, how this ties into the Internet itself, how Joly got involved and the ties to punk rock, the issues with Content ID on YouTube, learning that Livestream is local to the area, how to address various copyright issues, the videos from The Eleventh HOPE are about to be completed, how professional the production standards have become, the improvement of the network capacity over the years, the unique complexities involved in organizing HOPE, where chapters of the Internet Society can be found.
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August 17
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- 08 / 24 / 16 -
An aborted attempt at rigging up a workaround to the lack of phone lines, thoughts on the release of the videos from The Eleventh HOPE, some of the unique challenges that were encountered in the process, Bernie surprises everyone with an in-person appearance, corrections to some of the assertions made concerning Volkswagens last week, Kyle goes into technical detail on the subject, Bernie's experiences on farms, why GPS is needed on tractors, a follow-up on missing listener premiums, the consistency of crises at the station, Rob expresses concern over the disappearance of some of his paintings, a pledge not to offer more premiums until the current premium crisis is resolved, talk of the NSA being hacked, why the Club Mate at The Eleventh HOPE was warm, trying to remember the temporary phone number for callers.
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August 24
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- 08 / 31 / 16 -
The theme song is interrupted by "Young Frankenstein," Kyle and Emmanuel won't be around tonight, the final episode of the show in the current time slot, "The Personal Computer Show" is no longer canceled, Bernie describes his visit to WBAI with Pacifica administrators, why the WBAI phone bills have been so high, Bernie also tours the WBAI transmitter room in the Empire State Building, the need for an expensive air conditioner, potential vulnerabilities in voting systems and the possibility of defining them as critical infrastructure, the certainty of hacking being blamed for November's election results, how superdelegates and gerrymandering are examples of election hacking, a problem with false news items appearing on Facebook due to humans being replaced by an algorithm, Facebook is reported to be the world's largest distributor of news, how the Clinton campaign is relying on "Snowden-approved" security, the importance of getting news from a variety of sources, the story of a terminally ill hacker named Karamoon, ways to listen to "Off The Hook," there are 2600 meetings this week, a final goodbye to the 7 pm timeslot.
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August 31
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