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- 05 / 01 / 2024 -
Checking the levels, dealing with personal assistants, Alex is crossing the Hudson River through the Holland Tunnel, the opportunity to learn from media coverage of all of the campus takeovers currently going on, a telling quote from New York City Mayor Eric Adams who apparently believes he's still a cop, how Hamilton Hall has been taken over many times in the past without incident, how an attack at UCLA wasn't reported accurately, Pacifica is fined by the FCC, how "Off The Hook" was somehow included in the complaint, Emmanuel refutes the charges, theorizing on why the show was caught up in this, Alex explains why Pacifica likely accepted this fine, how the station is standing behind "Off The Hook," the efforts of a small group to sell WBAI, a flash drive of every edition of the show is being made available, why disagreement and debate is healthy, picking a show at random to play an excerpt from, Alex also picks a random show, "Off The Hook" listeners have really come through with financial support, the first batch of speakers for HOPE XV will be announced shortly, the issue of personal info being compromised with dating apps, an update on Alex's freak accident, thoughts on how to improve trains in the United States, advice on how to travel overseas with a phone, mail from an Indiana toll road, an appeal to help support the station and the show, Palestinian music.
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May 1
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- 05 / 08 / 2024 -
A "speaking clock," Robert Kennedy Jr. discloses that he has a dead worm in his brain, the difficulty in processing a story like this, radio is found to be more relevant than many believed, how senators are fighting back against auto makers who want to remove AM radios from their cars, the technical issues in newer cars that interfere with AM reception, why those are the issues that should be focused upon, how Kyle and Emmanuel were dependent on AM radio on their recent cross country drive, the weird station from Cuba with the ticking clock that can be heard throughout Florida, the idea of changing the overall content of AM radio, a good response to last week's appeal, why people should pledge to the station, what's included in the flash drive of all previous shows, a listing of various hacker conventions, Lindsey Graham relinquishes his cell phone after a possible hack, how people in Congress are constantly looking at their phones, Alex recalls sitting near Chuck Schumer on the train who was constantly on his cell phone, Google is sending out old news stories as if they were new, the importance of having an archive, Alex recalls an historic show from 2001 where the police entered the station, a massive hack involving health care, a warning about fraudulent Taylor Swift tickets, Emmanuel asks about Eurovision picks as the final approaches, how to see it in this country, why Bambie Thug will be a name to remember, some of Emmanuel's favorites, the Irish entry, Alex's son weighs in.
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May 8
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- 05 / 29 / 2024 -
The first show in a while, Emmanuel's Netflix button on his television becomes outdated, outrage at the idea of having to buy a new TV due to a software update, the unsurprising reaction on the Internet where bad technology is defended, why a television set should last a long time, the advantage of not constantly throwing out old technology, the idea of being able to program your own buttons, memories of picking up distant TV channels, how AM radio is the only place where long distance reception is still possible, combining new features with simplicity, how someone is likely driving right now hearing this show for the first time, how this is the magic of radio, encouraging people to support the station, what's included in the flash drive, wondering if people still listen to the radio in their houses, the anonymity of radio, how online radio isn't anonymous, some talk of VPNs, how that helped Emmanuel with Eurovision, Rob explains how VPNs have become mainstream, the relative anonymity VPNs can provide, Alex describes some of the differences between Netflix in the United Kingdom and the United States, the difference between VPNs and Tor, how Google blocks VPNs, listener mail, a mystery involving a phone call, remembering crossed lines, Emmanuel's memory of an occasional glitch involving a crossbar switch, a weird story involving copyrighted wallpaper.
Overtime: The first edition of "Overtime" since March, more on the wallpaper story, the tactics used by the person suing over this, why this is an outrageous case, Gila raises the possibility that this might not even be the actual person instigating the lawsuits, the Terry Jacks connection, some of the overreactions to copyright threats that winds up crippling creativity, Emmanuel sits through ten minutes of automated systems while trying to report a cable outage that the cable company wouldn't acknowledge, Gila presses a mysterious button on her Roku device, more talk on ridiculous copyright issues, Rebel is in Portugal, a question about telnet, other ways that systems used to be able to connect to each other, a significant disadvantage to using ssh instead of telnet, the old credit card calculation to determine if a number was valid, old methods of validating credit cards, facts about how the 2600 van was obtained, how to get TVs that don't connect to the Internet, Emmanuel has a TV set from the 1980s that still works without ever needing repair, all of the speaker entries for HOPE have been received.
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May 29
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Off The Hook Overtime
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Off The Hook Overtime is also available on the Channel2600 YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFZxSe34y5g