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- 01 / 07 / 2026 -
Listener email concerning last week's show, theories on who might have been responsible for the list of forbidden items at the mayoral inauguration, more on the proper pluralization of Flipper Zero and Raspberry Pi, the aftermath of Alex's party in London last week, a white supremacist website is deleted onstage during the Chaos Communication Congress, Rob has a coughing fit, the possibility that Martha Root might be targeted by authorities for deleting the site, Vietnam forces YouTube to allow users to skip ads after five seconds, the changes this could bring forth, the idea of routing traffic through Vietnam to avoid advertising, New York's social media labeling requirement, Alex's interpretation of the law, the effectiveness of warning labels, the potential harm of warning labels, Grok-manipulated images of Twitter staff emerge, Public Domain Day marks new material that is now in the public domain, a listing of songs that are now in the public domain, the show almost ends early, encouraging people to support the station.
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January 7
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- 01 / 14 / 2026 -
Kyle and Emmanuel have been traveling throughout Europe and meeting with listeners, Emmanuel just had a tooth extracted and has been told not to talk too much, using the many different contactless payment systems throughout travels, how home phone carriers were generally terrible, the prevalence of Wi-Fi, the Baltics are great for connectivity, what it was like to travel as an American, why saying you're from New York is much better than saying you're from America, thoughts on the Chaos Communication Congress, HOPE was canceled by St. John's University because of the presence of an anarchist, the parallels to what's going on in this country, Vilnius buses in Lithuania showed support for Ukraine, other signs of support for people who are being victimized, how it's now possible to be executed in the streets of the United States, anti-ICE demonstrations are proliferating, none of us are alone, why people shouldn't pass up the opportunity to be a part of this pivotal point in history, why Alex is volunteering to file habeas petitions to help people being targeted by ICE, how hundreds of other lawyers are doing the same thing, the training period for ICE agents has been reduced from months down to 47 days simply because Trump is the 47th president, the power people forget they have, the many people who don't go to demonstrations despite supporting them, the difficulty in getting in the loop, Gila describes how certain people are afraid to leave their homes, how people in the States are not being treated with respect by default unlike in other places, why it's important to update systems, how the system in the States is in urgent need of an update, constitutional malware, the consequences of not acting to repair the system, a doctored Wikipedia page shows that Trump appointed himself president of Venezuela, how this might have actually been done, some listener mail, Kyle and Emmanuel somehow missed the Martha Root talk at CCC, an update to the story, the first "Overtime" in a while will air soon, attempts to get the hard plastic contactless RFID transit cards in various European cities, Emmanuel qualifies for free transit in certain cities, how free buses can work in New York as well, Alex estimates that most people aren't paying anyway.
Overtime: The first edition of this show in a month, questioning the relatively low number of listeners, Alex has a mute button that makes noise, Emmanuel has noticed this sound for the first time, trying to diagnose where the problem is coming from, possibly solving the problem, Emmanuel deals with an Amazon delivery screwup, how Gemini came to the rescue, Alex figures out his mute sound problem, Emmanuel uses different alerts for different apps, Gila delivers a message to Rebel, Emmanuel tries to demonstrate his ring tone, challenging people to figure out what Emmanuel's ring tone is, a follow-up on how to access the abandoned City Hall subway station, an update on the search for a new HOPE venue, the number of people who want HOPE to be moved to their home town, hints of some major changes in the future, whether the conference will be at a college campus or another type of venue, Gila gives an update on transit museum tours, a suspected call from a banned Rebel, Emmanuel's frustration trying to get World Cup tickets, calculating how long Rebel is now banned for, facts on a pause for visas to the United States, Gila reads all 75 countries affected, the threat Trump poses to NATO, a caller uses A.I. to imitate Rebel, trying to identify the culprit.
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January 14
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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:
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- 01 / 21 / 2026 -
A full rundown on Alex's itinerary, Microsoft is gutting its internal library in favor of A.I., the "skilling hub," Microsoft's old library was so heavy that it caused the building to sink, remembering the days when Microsoft was warning people about A.I., another ICE raid alert on Emmanuel's phone, a warning to people in the affected areas, Alex talks about a recent experience with ICE and the courts, how other lawyers can get involved, Emmanuel describes the threat and how the rule of law isn't being respected by ICE, an interesting side effect of Emmanuel's conversation with Gemini about a tooth leads to annoying repetition, Microsoft's January Windows 11 updates cause problems, the annoyance of forced updates and reboots, Emmanuel explains what skip lagging is, what skiplag.com is all about, learning that the story is two years old, why people should have the right to fly whatever flight they choose, how this affected Kyle and Emmanuel on their way back to the States this month, what the House of Lords is all about, a proposed ban on people under 16 using social media, why too much social media can be bad for anyone, why WhatsApp is apparently exempt.
Overtime: Continuing confusion over how the British political system works, what the Lords Spiritual are, why the American system is just as illogical, an emergency alert tone aired during the show with no announcement, the difference between the current EAS system and the old EBS system, next week will be a special over-the-air call-in show, reports of a previous Rebel ban, Alex shares some history of the Senate, why the Senate doesn't equally represent people, questioning the wisdom of not having popular representation, Gila reveals more on Rebel's former ban, the idea of the country being split on former Bell company borders, Emmanuel forgets the telephone number, a call from a fake Rebel, realizing the nightmare this is unleashing, more on the EAS tone that went out over the air, a listener shares a nightmare, an update on the ICEBlock app, Alex has a Rebel sweater, a listener shares an airline experience, challenging Alex's conclusions, what a "more perfect union" means, Alex leaves early, a call from Johnny Fusion, responding to a letter in 2600, Trump's attack on Martin Luther King Day, Gila explains the harsh buzzer, a challenge to stop talking about Trump, why certain things can't be ignored, there won't be an "Overtime" next week.
Excerpt: This is what went out over the air when an EAS alert sounded. It occurred at around the 41 minute mark in the program. Only live listeners to the radio would have heard it.
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January 21
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What went out over the air:
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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:
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- 01 / 28 / 2026 -
Alex is in London, tonight is a call-in show for WBAI listeners, some winter weather has hit, Emmanuel describes the fight against "ice" in the streets, Meta warns users not to post the list of ICE contacts, how the wiki.icelist.is list isn't working and hasn't been updated since November, the lack of people to maintain such sites, what the site is supposed to do, the issue of information control on Meta platforms like Facebook, another execution in the streets of Minneapolis this weekend, how the names of the perpetrators are being protected, examples of big tech bending over backwards to obey the administration, TikTok's new U.S. owners are accused of suppressing content that's critical of ICE raids, how repeating a lie often enough can make it the truth, questioning whether a URL shortener would be an effective way to get around the restrictions imposed by Meta, audio issues with Emmanuel's microphone, HOPE_16 videos are now online, how ICE doesn't seem to believe they have to follow the law, the importance of supporting the many non-profits that are standing up to this kind of thing, how to support WBAI, advice for a listener who believes he's being surveilled, trying to diagnose Emmanuel's sound issues, how to protect yourself from phone seizures, "Overtime" will be back next week.
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January 28
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