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- 11 / 02 / 16 -
The show hasn't been on in the last month, why this has been so incredibly frustrating, how this came about, the ongoing premium crisis, many of Rob's paintings have gone missing, how "Off The Hook" has continued to support the station while not adding to this crisis, the lost opportunity of not having the show on for such a pivotal month in history, Bernie's experience reaching out to listeners regarding premiums, why it's important for the station to follow through on its commitments, the potential crisis facing the country in another week, how the left has been making things much worse, problems with election traditions, the Pirate Party wins big in Iceland, a recording of Julian Assange made shortly before taking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy, addressing Assange's motives in this election, how Clinton becoming president could actually benefit Assange, the possibility of Russia influencing the election, a story that calls some of Trump's servers into question, the inequity in scrutinizing Trump versus Clinton, why just doing a podcast instead of the radio show isn't a solution, more calls have come in to support the station this week than in weeks when the show was preempted, there are 2600 meetings this week. This show includes fundraising.
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November 2
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- 11 / 09 / 16 -
A sense of shock in the entire New York area after the surprising results of last night's election, the importance of knowing we're not alone, why it would be worse to feel nothing, how the pressure is now going to be on the Republicans, hope that the reaction will be stronger than the action up until now, why Emmanuel continues to call Jill Stein an idiot, the possibility of an actual revolution, using the radio station as a voice of resistance, today is actually 9/11 in many parts of the world, comparisons to September 11th, trying to imagine the number of people who will die as a result of this, the importance of communities, the overall mood in the city, Bernie's experience at an aborted DNC celebration party in Philadelphia, some of the issues the technology community will be facing in a Trump administration, what happens in the period before the next election is vitally important, why we need to not be shy, a call from Dent who is at an anti-Trump demonstration in Manhattan, analyzing the actions of Julian Assange and how he may have influenced the election results, the absence of any leaks involving Donald Trump, defending the people who are protesting, why we owe Trump nothing, how Assange may personally be in a worse position now with Trump in power, the unpalatable decisions that people in power make, how to bring down this new government, the involvement of kids in political issues, the landscape is changing.
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November 9
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- 11 / 16 / 16 -
Alex joins the conversation after a long absence, there was a lot of good feedback to last week's show, the "knife fight" atmosphere that currently exists among the transition team of the new administration, why it's important to talk about politics within a show on technology, the ongoing discussion on who to blame, ProtonMail shows a huge increase in subscribers following the Trump victory, Alex describes how to get involved in the "Legal Privilege Protection Project," fake news stories on sites like Facebook draw increasing concern with regards to election coverage, examples of fake news stories, how fake news comes about, a reaction to the election from Yoko Ono, examples of getting around restrictive systems, new figures estimate that Hillary Clinton will wind up with a popular vote difference of more than two million votes, how to change the electoral college system, the electors will have the power on December 19th to not choose Donald Trump, a method of bypassing a constitutional amendment process through something called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, two different systems seem to benefit sparsely populated areas, Pennsylvania and Michigan are two states where this proposal is currently being debated, the security issue, a strong majority of people want to get rid of the electoral college, what making this change would mean to the mood of the country.
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November 16
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- 11 / 23 / 16 -
Problems starting the theme, acknowledging the computer scientist who came up with the idea of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an independent review of the election is called for, Emmanuel changes his mind about Jill Stein, how to handle people who insist that everyone "deal with" the election results, how politics and technology are related, focusing on what's right in front of us, Cindy Cohn from the Electronic Frontier Foundation joins the discussion, the truth about the building of the surveillance state, the danger of such technology falling into the hands of evil regimes, the Investigatory Powers Act becomes law in the United Kingdom, the Five Eyes agreement, the difference between cameras and surveillance, challenging listeners to see if they're on camera at the moment, how not to overreact, things that tech companies can do to protect privacy in the face of a Trump administration, how Emmanuel's phone tries to invade his privacy, the ominous future of net neutrality under Trump, countering the anti-net neutrality propaganda, what the Electronic Frontier Alliance is all about.
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November 23
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- 11 / 30 / 16 -
Jason Scott from the Internet Archive is in the studio, a bad bill goes through without enough opposition, how this law will hurt people by allowing malware to be installed by authorities, San Francisco's Muni system has ransomware installed in it and the person responsible has his own email hacked, questioning why this seems to have completely brought the Muni system to its knees, a Kentucky hacker who exposed information leading to rape charges is facing more time than the rapists, a report of Internet archiving taking place in Canada as a precaution against Trump, Jason describes what takes place at the Internet Archive, the inclusion of hip-hop mix tapes, the challenge of archiving episodes of "Over the Edge" by members of Negativland, the issue of copyrighted works that are inaccessible to anyone, the conflict between art and products, the Kmart tapes, Jason's introduction to "vaporwave," how culture is like a living thing, how people can get involved with the Internet Archive.
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November 30
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