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- 10 / 04 / 17 -
A debt of $1.8 million has been handed to WBAI in the wake of a court ruling concerning the Empire State Building transmitter situation, a WBAI news piece on the ruling, Alex explains how the legal process worked in this case, the odds of an appeal, the court of public opinion, WBAI general manager Berthold Reimers joins the conversation, how WBAI was forced into dealing with the Empire State Building, how most of the $55,000 per month goes to the right to use the airwaves, comparing how much other Pacifica stations have to pay for transmitter rent, how sniping on the left is detrimental, Alex explains the timeline ahead, an appeal to reason, the HOPE keynote series is being offered tonight, resolving premium issues, ways things at the station can improve, the possibility of underwriting, the randomness of radio, there are 2600 meetings this week. This show includes fundraising.
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October 4
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- 10 / 11 / 17 -
The Empire State Building crisis continues, a selection from the H2K keynote by Jello Biafra in 2000, a commitment to make as many keynote series as are pledged for, some talk on robots, a call for HOPE volunteers, the importance of streaming, there will be more space at The Circle of HOPE next year, a selection from the HOPE Number Six keynote by Richard Stallman, the show is 29 years old, the threat of Trump going after licenses of stations, Emmanuel transmits a secret code. This show includes fundraising.
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October 11
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- 10 / 18 / 17 -
An ID from Julian Assange, a highly annoying sound, the sound is revealed to be the one surrounding the American embassy in Havana, the difficulty in tracking down a cricket, a ten-hour-long YouTube video with the sound of crickets, a "Twin Peaks" parallel, the anonymity of listening to the radio, a selection from The Eleventh HOPE keynote by Cory Doctorow, an update to the W3C situation referred to in the talk, the importance of annoying people, how radio differs from podcasts, an idea for a cooking show, the continuing use of analog radio broadcasts by the military, an excerpt from an analog communications transmission, why radio remains relevant, AT&T is shutting down its wholesale inward service, how that system used to work, how phone phreaks used to connect to inward operators, Emmanuel goes over some old dialing codes. This show includes fundraising.
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October 18
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- 10 / 25 / 17 -
Nite Owl, Feathered Person, and Telefonica fill in with Rob to make up for all the missing people, a report from PumpCon, what PumpCon is all about, the fund drive is ongoing, recollecting some of the more memorable talks at HOPE, a selection from the HOPE X keynote by Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsberg, what Amazon Key is all about, some of the security issues this raises, Facebook has a Palestinian user arrested for saying "good morning," issues with translation software, the FCC votes to end a rule requiring a main studio to be in the community of license, how this will affect local radio, an example of how this sort of thing has worked against a community after a train disaster, Internet access becomes an issue in the Seattle mayoral race, how people can donate. This show includes limited fundraising.
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October 25
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