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- 03 / 04 / 2026 -
Alex is in London, the world is different than last week, trying to track down a mysterious sound, Alex was scheduled to go to Mumbai, a new war has begun, what Alex is facing in trying to fly home, how Trump assassinated another country's leader, our system allows Trump to veto any attempt to reign in his power, analyzing the fear that Trump is able to instill in elected officials, positive news from Anthropic, the weird noise returns, OpenAI reaches a deal with the Pentagon within minutes of the Anthropic contracts being canceled, how Anthropic has shown integrity when most other major companies have completely caved to the Trump administration, a cryptic message from a former Anthropic employee, why staying on Twitter isn't necessarily a bad thing, the danger of engaging with bots on Facebook, where ICE has been operating today, Emmanuel pushes back against the Nazi bar scenario, FCC chairman Brendan Carr wants more patriotism on the air.
Overtime: Emmanuel calls out Alex for wanting to leave early again, a new microphone for Rob and Gila, tracking down the frying egg sound, an Iranian numbers station has appeared at 7910 kHz, wondering how people find out about these things so quickly, Rebel's slogan idea for HOPE, this is the month where the HOPE venue will be figured out, Rebel attempts to make a commercial live on the air, memories of a Nichols and May sketch, remembering the sounds of various switches, the sound of a Number One Crossbar ring, Alex explains why Congress needs to be involved in any plans for war, an uprising against the continued ring, misbehaving on the chat, how the chat reappears on YouTube playback, a caller has more facts about shortwave, what websdr.org is all about, wondering how hard it is to call Iran, criticizing Trump and the people around him, Emmanuel remembers calling random people in distant places on a payphone in high school and how that drew him into the magic of telecommunications, memories of a phone call on the Voice of Long Island involving the 706 area code, discussing whether it's wrong to shame people who still use Twitter, the issue of age verification for operating systems.
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March 4
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- 03 / 11 / 2026 -
How age verification is becoming an issue, a list of countries where this is happening, the effects and risks this will have, questioning how this relates to free communication and anonymity, Alex discusses the danger of addiction to social media, design flaws versus design features, what is being done to protect adults from addiction to social media, the issue of expecting age verification for installing an operating system, memories of targeted political ads for one of Alex's kids, the idea of not having ads on social media, wondering how things are going in Australia where age verification is now in effect, excerpts from agelesslinux.org which lists the status of hardware and software with regard to age restrictions, the unhealthiness of monetization as the goal, the difference is measured in how programs like this are motivated versus the commercialized content, why this concept scares people, an example of a critical letter, why it would make no sense to not criticize the current regime, a billion identities have been exposed in an identity verifying service, what IDMERIT claims to do, the importance of having different personal information that you give to different parties, Gila describes a method of identifying where private information was shared, Alex takes his time defining a term, a company called Stryker may be a target of Iranian retribution, an FBI system used to manage wiretaps and foreign intelligence surveillance warrants is breached, former HOPE keynote speaker and Dead Kennedys lead singer Jello Biafra suffers a stroke.
Overtime: Alex brings his son Sasha onto the show, Sasha's views on age verification, how kids will likely act when certain things are forbidden, Gila's recollections of the smoking form her parents had to fill out when she was in school, Emmanuel's high school had a smoking shed, memories of the prevalence of smoking in college, why the BBS approach may be a better way to handle social media, remembering some of the BBS software that used to be run, a call for existing dial-in BBS system phone numbers, Kyle calls for a list of current BBSes, a potential jammer is discovered on shortwave, Alex tells how the Iranian numbers station may actually have come from the west, the frequency is tuned into live, the problem with having the 2600 Voice BBS archive online, Rob tells people how to hear a young version of himself on the archives, a caller asks questions about Trump and the war, parallels to how Putin deals with his war, a call from Orlando, what the Orlando 2600 meeting was like, Rob tracks down the mysterious sound, listener thoughts on how to get around age verification and deal with the issue of social media, what the phone phreaking scene is like, yesterday was the 150th anniversary of the telephone, why there could be abandoned mechanical equipment in central offices all over the country, trying to crack the password of a system that has the 2600 Voice BBS on it, a shipping forecast on shortwave, Alex shares audio, how black boxes used to work, a caller has an issue with age protection on a hearing aid, problems with accessibility at Kalshi, an announcement on HOPE will be coming out soon, thoughts on the number of viewers, a suggestion to do video.
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March 11
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- 03 / 18 / 2026 -
The new supreme leader of Iran has a verified Twitter account, why being verified on Twitter means nothing now, trying to analyze what's actually going on, wondering what people have replaced email with, why it's a real problem that more people aren't using the fediverse, Kyle explains why the system is set up to fail, Emmanuel remembers when it was possible to post on Twitter and Facebook at the same time, a call to rebuild social media, reports of televisions turning on in the middle of the night, why it's wrong to mock people who don't get every detail of technology, asking what people would say if they could call Trump's phone, scheming on how to get Trump's phone number, a response to a response to a letter, the pressure to not talk about certain things, how whatever is discussed is related to technology in some way, why it's important to talk about these things, remembering that there's a story behind every listener letter, how to support WBAI.
Overtime: Kyle makes adjustments to the microphones, this may be the 163rd edition of the show, remembering the first episodes, various statistics, commenting on the relatively low numbers this series has, brainstorming on ways to get more viewers, Emmanuel's view on Gila's responses to people in the chat, an announcement regarding HOPE is imminent, a game involving payphones in California, announcing the winners, playing some of the audio attached to specific phones, Emmanuel tries to find specific cities, how payphones would be called live on the air at "The Voice of Long Island," where people can find this contest, Kyle paints the phone number on the stream, Rebel uses the program to test his new equipment, thoughts on changing the sound of rings, some ideas for ringtones, a phone memory from "The Odd Couple," the predecessor to PBS, Kyle brings Guinness, more phone references from "Gilligan's Island" and "Green Acres," how people can submit talk proposals for HOPE, an announcement is coming next week, clarifying how a caller hears the show, some more on Flock cameras, thoughts on the Facebook groups, invitations to participate in the dialogue on the show, words of encouragement from Kyle, next week might be very exciting.
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March 18
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- 03 / 25 / 2026 -
Alex is in Taipei and sounding better than when he's in New York, the HOPE announcement will be discussed in depth on "Overtime," comparisons between the subways in Taiwan and China, ICE is filling in for TSA workers, websites associated with an Iranian hack against medical giant Stryker are taken down by the U.S. government, why taking down offending domains didn't fix anything, Alex describes how an inaccurate disciplinary report against a woman at Sony kept her from getting a job, Emmanuel challenges everyone to find the nearest router, Rob points out that Starlink manufactures its routers in the United States, how routers can compromise consumers, listener mail, the debut of "SNL UK," how their broadcast is uncensored, challenging a listener who wants the show to be apolitical, Gila explains how political neutrality is willful ignorance, thoughts on a dancing robot in a restaurant that went out of control, previewing the movie "Joybubbles," next week will be a call-in show for WBAI.
Overtime: Alex needs to leave early again, the HOPE conference will be at the New Yorker Hotel in Manhattan, how this new location solves virtually all of the problems faced in Queens, why it's important for this to work, Kyle explains how participation is what makes HOPE succeed, this is the first conference to be held in Manhattan in eight years, the location is very convenient for Alex, tickets will be capped at a certain point, HOPE is two months behind where it should be, ideas on where the HOPE banner will go, Gila describes the Tesla exhibit at the New Yorker as well as other bits of history, there are special discounted hotel room rates for HOPE attendees, all rooms will allow free phone calls to anywhere in the world, the number of speaker tracks has not yet been worked out, there is potential for expansion in the future, the story of a European traveler who filed a series of frivolous lawsuits in New York, remembering a Mexican place from Seattle, Gila's opinion on breakfast tacos, what xcancel.com does, comments on Kyle's new slide, Rebel's idea for payphones at HOPE, all sorts of discussion about Tonga, how laws on racism are different in England, Zap describes his past arrest, how there is no freedom of speech in England, some discussion on 2600 meetings in the U.K., there won't be an "Overtime" next week.
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March 25
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