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- 01 / 02 / 19 -

The first show of the year and the last show in the current timeslot, Jason Scott is on the phone to discuss a milestone in intellectual property, new works are beginning to enter the public domain for the first time in this century, 1923 works are affected, the sides people take in the copyright debate, the variety of works that are now in the public domain, a Techdirt event that ties into this, the issue of perpetual copyright, how people are more educated on the topic today, tips on what not to do if releasing something from 1923, an update to the Gatwick Airport story from last week, how to hear what Emmanuel and Kyle are up to on a different radio show, Facebook is rolling out artificial intelligence to detect suicidal thoughts, a nationwide 911 outage, Hack of the Week: hacking a Roomba to play Doom, Hank Kee from the Personal Computer Show drops by, tonight will be the last edition of that show, the computer show started in June of 1983, some facts on Hank's lineage, Bill Gates was on the show three times, the relationship with Joe King, Hank's first computer.

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January 2
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- 01 / 09 / 19 -

The show is now on at 7 pm, Amazon's plans to open headquarters in Long Island City, Nite Owl discusses the history of this decision, Alex talks about how this relates to The Strand battle, how the competition between cities led to Amazon's obtaining more valuable information, Samsung users can't delete the Facebook app, the difficulty of getting around this, the value of location data, Alex explains how privacy policies are abused, the issue of Right to Repair, Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai from Vice Motherboard discusses a story involving Paul Manafort and redactions, how Alex is involved, an update on Emmanuel and Kyle, more from 1923.

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January 9
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- 01 / 16 / 19 -

Kyle and Emmanuel are back from weeks of travel, the new studio is being built, an Amber Alert is issued with no information offered, a critique of stupid designs, how cities in Europe have better overall design in their mass transit, bringing dogs on the train, a unique system in place on the New York subway that originally came from Japan, Mitch Altman is in the studios as he continues to travel, how the Chaos Communication Congress has changed, a flaw in the tram system to the conference, Alex's experience with U.S. marines in 1998, some of the many wheeled vehicles at the conference, going to the 2600 meeting in Krakow, Mitch describes his travel in Israel and Dubai, finding hackers in different places, the importance of being able to disagree, more on the issue of dogs on the subway, simple ways to keep your information private, Mitch's secret on how to travel everywhere, traveling like a hacker, accomplishing the impossible.

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January 16
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- 01 / 23 / 19 -

Trouble loading the CD, a reunion with Rob, Kyle gives an update on the progress of the new studio, the difference involved when driving to the show an hour earlier, how listening to WBAI makes the drive easier, the winter fundraiser is coming up, drawing upon listener brain power to decode a mystery signal from the interactive episode of "Black Mirror," a theory that this is FLEX traffic, the amount of TV programs that are using old computers, the story of a family whose Nest system was hacked with a message about a North Korean attack, how the Ring system is being used to spy on people, a way of finding out if your data has been compromised, how bad passwords always seem to be the issue, how hackers are always being unfairly blamed, one way to generate a decent password.

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January 23
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- 01 / 30 / 19 -

Alex gives an update on The Strand, the significance of a piece in The New York Times, the power of the Landmarks Commission, how being declared a landmark could hurt The Strand, listener answers on the mystery data message from last week, thoughts on the "Bandersnatch" episode of "Black Mirror," memories of LaserDiscs, a passing helicopter, Kyle reveals the game that's part of the secret message, defending stepping outside the world of tech on the show, more on copyright and the public domain, examples of stupidity in copyright laws, how releases of "WKRP in Cincinnati" were ruined by unreasonable copyright restrictions, a bug in FaceTime allows people to be heard before they answer, thoughts on landlines, there will be 2600 meetings this week.

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January 30
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