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- 06 / 03 / 2026 -
Alex is surrounded by sirens, this is a call-in show, reminding listeners to support the station, how people can pledge, some of WBAI's history, how there's sometimes controversy, Kyle explains why all of the effort is worthwhile, how WBAI started as a donation from a wealthy person, the story of WBAI being pressured by authorities to shut down discussion of an imprisoned hacker, the importance of standing up to intimidation, the ominous developments at CBS, why making deals with Trump will always backfire, the large amount of Republican politicians who were labeled as enemies and purged after being slightly critical of Trump, Kyle explains the importance of "60 Minutes" in his life, Alex recalls when Mike Wallace came to a 2600 meeting, Emmanuel once had Mike Wallace pick up the phone when he was calling "60 Minutes" for a story on Kevin Mitnick, why people need to support CBS even if they view them as part of the mainstream media, how Warner Brothers and CNN will be next, why WBAI may survive by flying under the radar, Gila recalls the sounds of CBS when growing up, Gila's opinion of Bari Weiss, a challenge to remember news anchors from other networks, listener reaction to recent developments at CBS and the FCC, some facts about Pearl River, the problem of decentralization, how things progress if people don't stand in opposition, how a hero can be anywhere, remembering Trump's previous attack on CBS, how journalism can't be completely unbiased, thoughts on the Fairness Doctrine, how the current head of the FCC doesn't understand what the FCC is, the principle that the airwaves belong to the people, how Congress "clawed back" money for public broadcasting.
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June 3
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- 06 / 10 / 2026 -
Alex is in Seville and stuck at a karaoke bar, there's a lot of drama in Manhattan tonight due to the Knicks game, how an outdoor watch party was canceled after Knicks owner James Dolan got into a spat with the mayor, examples of Dolan's childish behavior, accusations against Mayor Mamdani, the Trump connection, Dolan's history of banning people from venues like Madison Square Garden, how canceling the watch party could lead to unrest, Rob describes some of Dolan's history, how this proves that too much money is a sickness, Alex tries to see the other side, a listener shares the whitehouse.gov/aliens website, a disturbing section to "report suspicious aliens," this site can also be found at aliens.gov, the hatred this site is spreading, Emmanuel calls for open warfare against this website, questions about who's actually running it, how the whois command has become useless since web registrants now hide their names, Alex's record helping to free ICE detainees, why it's important to focus on the whitehouse.gov part of the hateful website, more on the "60 Minutes" snafu, an NYC Resistor connection, Alex wonders what happened to Beto O'Rourke, people in hacker circles who have moved on to help spread evil, the corruption surrounding construction of data centers and the consumption of water, what it took for Seattle to wake up to this injustice and impose a one-year moratorium, Alex is unintelligible, how A.I. and data centers are turning into a major political issue, the conversation will continue on YouTube.
Overtime: Wondering how Alex manages to consistently find the worst Internet connections, suggesting that Alex just use the phone, Alex tries to describe the karaoke room in Spain he's currently trapped in, Alex comes up with multiple reasons to bail on the show, how Gila had a legitimate excuse to not be here this week, Rob is acting as Gila on the chat, Emmanuel suspects Rebel isn't real, what happens when calling the old 2600 office line number in the 516 area code, Emmanuel remembers growing up with some kids who were forced to answer their phone in an extremely formal manner, the Knicks didn't win Monday when Trump was in the audience, Emmanuel forgot to bring up the HOPE conference, updates on the schedule, how the hotel rates will be much more reasonable in August, a question about virtual tickets, attendance will be limited to avoid overcrowding, some of the speakers who will be appearing, a question about tickets, Kyle discusses creativity and the unknown, a caller discusses the danger of persecution, Rob fills in for Alex, some facts about the dispute between Dolan and Mamdani, the taco place that's in the disputed area where the watch party was supposed to be, trying to figure out what Dolan's issue was, signing off early to watch the game.
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June 10
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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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- 06 / 17 / 2026 -
It's a sports-themed week with the Knicks winning the championship and the World Cup beginning, Gila is mystified by violence and vandalism as part of the Knick celebrations as well as what the Scottish fans have been up to, how the Knicks captured the imagination of the city, how bringing people together in these times isn't something to overlook, incredible customs being shared by World Cup fans visiting the States, how it's magical to introduce the city and country to people for the first time, the magic of underdogs scoring against much more powerful teams, the significance of the Democratic Republic of Congo holding Portugal to a tie, how Alex got involved in the Knicks crowd, how things devolved afterwards, debating whether social media is responsible for the stupidity, an update on the James Dolan temper tantrum and attack on Mayor Mamdani, how his accusations of a police state are particularly funny considering all of the venues he owns that use facial recognition to identify potential enemies, how Mamdani used LinkNYC kiosks to bring the game to the streets after Dolan canceled the outdoor watch party, why this was a good move, Alex takes issue with using LinkNYC for this purpose and likens it to a police state, other opinions on this development, the difference in how Trump would have handled this versus how Mamdani did it, the United Kingdom announces a social media ban for kids 16 years of age or younger, why this won't work, how parents aren't always advocating in the best interests of their kids, why being anonymous isn't a bad thing, a group called Dialog has its secretive member list exposed, how this group is having an event the same weekend as HOPE, the conversation will continue on "Overtime," a song about an African football striker.
Overtime: Rob has issues with low audio, Gila returns to managing the chat, Emmanuel's phone ruins the World Cup game he was in the middle of, Rob discusses a new social media-free phone called Commodore, Kyle discusses the benefits of this project, Rob reports that the ad for this new phone is filled with A.I. slop, Estonia is assigning personal ID codes to A.I. assistants, Alex discusses the problem they're trying to solve, the problem with centralizing this info, how this differs from the blockchain, the top level domain for Estonia, a scarf analogy, Rebel jumps right into a demo, calling a personal assistant, a continuing journey to connect to a human, how the first three digits of a zip code are a better location identifier than area codes, how the Trump phone was hastily put together, a caller owns a Commodore 64, a weird parallel between Commodore 64s and 2600, remembering Blacklisted 411 and Computel, Gila tries to get Emmanuel to see "The Music Man," how Mr. Bojangles and Mr. Tambourine Man are two different people, how Emmanuel missed an entire season of "The Chi" because Showtime changed its name which confused his DVR, Kyle's desire to document these stories, some updates on speakers at HOPE, ways people can support the conference, how the enthusiasm needs to be expressed in ticket sales, a call from Zap, remembering pagers, thoughts on World Cup prospects, how Croatia was robbed, the joy that the Scottish fans are bringing to Boston, how the Algerian team found lots of fans near their training ground in Kansas, encouraging the people in Signal-land to speak more, the Knicks parade is tomorrow.
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June 17
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Off The Hook Overtime
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- 06 / 24 / 2026 -
Next week will be a call-in show, frustration involving A.I. companies and HOPE, a recurring trend involving potential speakers representing these companies, their reluctance to participate in a dialogue, why it would be advantageous for them to participate, what Gemini has to say about this, Alex maintains that difficult questions are scary for people who design artificial intelligence, a call in Congress for a data center moratorium, wondering why the people behind data centers didn't offer to save their neighbors money and not incur their wrath, the need for accountability, Alex describes the desire to beat China in the A.I. race, a couple of stories about what can be seen on the screen in the next row on a plane, a movie's distribution on Amazon is affected by their relationship with OpenAI, a story about Grok firing missiles, James Dolan's Madison Square Garden compiles a list of people who have been critical of the company, Emmanuel criticizes the company in an attempt to get on the list, Gila lists some of the many venues owned by the same company, questioning whether a private company can get away with this, the fact that the Bill of Rights doesn't apply to private companies, the possibility of being banned for who you associate with.
Overtime: Alex is at his new place, Gila shows off a cooling device that makes no noise and lasts three hours, Emmanuel won't be giving out the phone number for unknown reasons, Rebel announces that you can call a cell phone collect from payphones in England, more demonstrations, wondering if phone calls are ever actually played back for training purposes, you can dial 155 from a British payphone to get the international operator, Alex is smoking a huge cigar, a pointed question, a caller is full of praise for Alex, a question about constitutional rights for actual aliens, the discussion turns to alien rights in science fiction, comparing different A.I. services, what Oxford is like, another abrupt end to a call, questioning whether there is an Oxford football club, Oxford United is in League One which is actually the third division, Emmanuel's idea for ending the show depending on how many listeners there are at the half hour mark, a caller with customer service experience answers some questions, Emmanuel recalls a job he once had as a telemarketer for a very short period, a prank Emmanuel used to pull, a caller praises Emmanuel, memories of Charles Oakley being thrown out of Madison Square Garden, Alex addresses the frequent differences of opinion he has with Emmanuel, the benefits of arguing, Rob and Gila share praise, next week will be a call-in show on WBAI, "Overtime" will be back in two weeks.
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June 24
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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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