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- 12 / 06 / 17 -
A moment of silence, computer issues, the December fund drive is in full swing, the advantages of not having commercials, the importance of small donations, a mathematical equation to solve WBAI's debt to the Empire State Building, Kyle and Emmanuel will be heading to the Chaos Communication Congress later this year, how to stream the conference, a new feature debuts called "Hack of the Week," Kyle describes how an expensive car repair bill was averted with a particular device that clears codes, how mechanics are also victims when technology is controlled to this degree, a whole new group of people that can relate to this topic, upcoming demonstrations for net neutrality are scheduled for tomorrow outside of Verizon stores. This show includes limited fundraising.
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December 6
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- 12 / 13 / 17 -
Emmanuel listens to all five Pacifica stations using Alexa, accepting the newest challenges at WBAI, encouraging listeners to write letters, analyzing the changing content of the show over the years, the magic of phones, explaining the "off hook" tone, seeing what happens when the WBAI phone is left off the hook, explaining the Titan booths that have replaced many old Verizon phone booths, there's a LinkNYC kiosk outside the station, the continuing popularity of payphone photos in 2600, the final results of the Twitter poll concerning Trump's Twitter account from several weeks ago, an organization called "The Moneytakers" doesn't seem to qualify as a hacker group, the story of a North Carolina county government hit by ransomware, the importance of backing up in one way or another, Hack of the Week: Emmanuel gets around a German train ticket restriction, net neutrality is coming up for an FCC vote in two days, librarians speak out, ways to hold Ajit Pai accountable, how the loss of net neutrality will affect the next Netflix, responses from people who had fake comments filed under their names to the FCC regarding net neutrality. This show includes limited fundraising.
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December 13
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- 12 / 20 / 17 -
The radio station is off the air and the show is only available online, the frustration of not being able to tell listeners what's going on, this may be the first show not to have been broadcast, explaining what actually happened, why this has nothing to do with the Empire State Building issue, specifics of the case, why it's important to remain optimistic, why it's wrong to consider a frequency swap or sale, how Pacifica has actually gotten stronger over the years, why looking at trends and numbers can be self-defeating, trying to explain why the radio station is essential to the broadcast, the anonymity involved in listening to the radio, taking phone calls from the net, listener suggestions for how to save WBAI, getting listeners to not focus on personalities, Alex discusses a lawsuit against Ars Technica, Hack of the Week: Rob accesses data that once belonged to a cop, the show is being broadcast on a station upstate, Kyle and Emmanuel will be overseas next week.
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December 20
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- 12 / 27 / 17 -
Kyle and Emmanuel are in Leipzig following the first day of the Chaos Communication Congress, the forms of transportation people are using at the conference, what the layout is like, a talk on the social credit system in China, the incredible size of the venue, talks on North Korea and Apollo computers, a talk on the BBS scene in the 1990s, how CCC has grown over the years, the potential for HOPE growing in a similar fashion, further travel plans into eastern Europe, a controversy involving accused abusers at the conference, the inevitability of these issues, why people need to show up to confront this, how the conference is dealing with it, the power of the community, the actual mood at the conference, there is a Pacifica Radio listening app available, Hack of the Week: revealing the most common passwords in a recent leak, what this could actually mean, the Library of Congress stops archiving tweets, reflections on the end of the year.
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December 27
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