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- 07 / 01 / 2026 -
It's a hot evening, Alex was in Harlem for the Belgium-Senegal game, Emmanuel asks him not to ruin the end of the game, trying not to read into Alex's body language, what Little Senegal was like during the game, how the World Cup is more about culture than sports, both Germany and the Netherlands are eliminated early, the many ways that games can be ruined, giving out the phone number for tonight's call-in show, a question about autonomous car technology in England, asking about any experiences in a driverless car, an evil A.I. slant to "Peppa Pig," how kids are particularly vulnerable, Alex predicts the future, Kyle explains why he's kept his creative work from being exploited by A.I., listener mail, an audio excerpt, Gila gives information on how to get refuge from the heat, how to get to 311 from outside New York City, there was a stunt on top of the Empire State Building today, a caller suspects phones are eavesdropping, there are 2600 meetings this Friday, what the meetings are all about, there is no "Overtime" this week.
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July 1
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- 07 / 08 / 2026 -
There is no "Overtime" tonight because everyone is too busy, how Trump is messing up .gov websites, what the National Design Studio is, Alex explains what why.gov is, Gila provides additional information, how this site is also on whitehouse.gov, merrychristmas.gov is another new site, Alex explains why these initiatives are dangerous and idiotic, how vote.gov may soon be routed through login.gov so that Homeland Security can track people checking on their voting status, how the pressure to adopt voter ID is really about establishing an intrusive database and requiring additional identification steps, a federal judge rules that Trump must pay the penalty to the woman he sexually assaulted, the judge in the case is the same judge that Emmanuel had in 2000 during the DeCSS case, why that case had the name it did, why judges are cranky, some outdated technology requirements in New York State, Kyle explains why the use of A.I. to track down these instances is a good use of the technology, how fax technology hasn't really changed over the years, a guide to a "light-tech summer for your kids," Kyle and Emmanuel use walkie-talkies on the air, a discussion on CB radios, going through some of the lingo, Kyle's suggestions for other places CB radios can be used, Gila's CB radio story, a significant number of talks on ham radio will be taking place at HOPE next month, Alex intends to get his ham radio license at HOPE, Gila explains how the term "ham radio" began as a negative term, how the word was reclaimed as a positive description, more light-tech items, annoyances with tiny buttons on newer devices, Emmanuel accidentally activates a microphone on his phone while writing a text, the effects of playing the same song repeatedly.
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July 8
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- 07 / 15 / 2026 -
Fewer people than normal, there is smoke in the area due to Canadian wildfires, what people need to do in order to stay safe, Alex doesn't notice anything different in Manhattan, Kyle and Emmanuel are using a fan because it's extremely hot, New York has become the first state to halt construction on large data centers as part of a one-year moratorium, why Trump isn't happy with this, debating whether this is a good move, Kyle discusses natural law, the FCC approves a controversial satellite system that will use mirrors to light up the night sky, how we are living in a James Bond film, Alex wins his sixth habeas petition for an ICE detainee, how the arguments went, there won't be spoilers for today's Argentina-England game in the World Cup, Emmanuel reveals that Alex completely spoiled the Belgium-Senegal game a couple of weeks ago in a text message, how Emmanuel avoided reading that text until yesterday, Egyptian hackers breach Argentinean email accounts after a controversial loss, a response to Kyle and Gila's comments about ham radio last week, why ham radio is a good part of the hacker community, how Alex is trying to get his son to take the ham license test at HOPE along with him, how a snake in a kayak helped to make this possible, Mister Softee makes an appearance from somewhere, Madison Square Garden is now keeping track of gay celebrities, Alex explains how this may now be stepping into civil rights violations.
Overtime: Adverse conditions with a reduced staff, Kyle is monitoring YouTube this week, getting past the echo, the chat is completely unsupervised this week, Alex now says the Manhattan skyline from Queens looks "apocalyptic," Alex almost gives out his own phone number, Howard welcomes Alex to the world of ham radio, Howard's memories of ham radio from decades ago, how his parents would use walkie-talkies to keep track of each other inside a large store, what a woodpecker station was on shortwave, a Grok ripoff story, a demonstration of a woodpecker station, the disappearance of a time station and BBC longwave, the spacing between AM stations overseas, memories of Romania and the Ceausescu regime, Renoly Santiago from "Hackers" will be at HOPE, memories of Rafael Moreau, Kyle describes the importance of the film to various communities in the 1990s, a complaint about author compensation, Rebel's old phone stories, Kyle explains how the virtual connection to HOPE will work, the difficulty of trying to do all of this without Greg, the annoyance of American announcers in the World Cup, talk of flags, some soccer talk, facts on the study of flags, another caller encourages Alex to take the ham radio test at HOPE, this was the first "Overtime" in a while, how Rob is arriving back right when the show ends, everything seems to happen on Wednesday evenings, a sad update on Alex's friend from London who appeared on the show on New Year's.
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July 15
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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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- 07 / 22 / 2026 -
Things have been really busy lately, there seems to only be one channel, PhoneCon is coming up this weekend, what this event is all about, it's the 150th anniversary of the invention of the telephone, around 400 non-citizens cast ballots in New Jersey after more than 6000 residents were improperly registered to vote because of a software error, how there were no instances of people attempting to act fraudulently, the significance of this being detected and disclosed, some facts about the company called IDEMIA that developed the software, trying to figure out who is responsible for this, how a previous administration failed to share this information, Gila has an encounter with IDEMIA while flying, concern over what may happen to those people who voted after being misinformed, the real threat of the initiative to require a certain type of identification in order to vote, Trump gave a "mad king" speech last week which made up a lot of facts about voter fraud, analysis of the many documents released to back this up, issues with apps on LG television sets that allow unauthorized access to home networks, memories of a company that offered customer bandwidth to strangers without asking, a very weird noise from Alex's location, WBAI is in the middle of a fundraiser, why people should support the station, how WBAI provides what other stations don't, hackers are grabbing encrypted data that will be able to be unencrypted in the future, why this kind of a breach doesn't even have to be disclosed, a listener letter about "Overtime," how people can support the station.
Overtime: A weird Filipino translation for a greeting to Gila, Kyle explains what's unique about Gila monsters, Gila has to leave for a meeting, Rebel is heading to Europe next week, Emmanuel recollects a visit to Bern where he had Geraldo Rivera's video camera for the "Now It Can Be Told" program, questioning whether rotary phones work on digital switches, Alex's story on how he used a switchhook to call a girl in Albany many years ago, questioning how operators would see that a customer was trying to reach them in the old days, recollecting the old touch tone fee, Emmanuel tries to have a meaningful conversation with a personal assistant named Justin, Kyle recalls personal answering services and the parallel to some A.I. services of today, why law firms don't tend to have automated attendants, Kyle produces classic hold music on his phone, a question about the HOPE conference, Kyle points out how hackers have an intensity about things they're interested in, a question about the naming of the conferences, a caller reports that Emmanuel has a sound bite in a podcast called "Decoder Ring," Kyle discusses Emmanuel's other radio show on WUSB, Emmanuel recalls what WUSB taught him, the recordings from older shows that document phone calls from the past, there is an issue currently with the 2600 and HOPE websites.
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July 22
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Off The Hook Overtime
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- 07 / 29 / 2026 -
Next week will be the monthly WBAI call-in show, a brief excerpt from a hearing in Washington DC, Anthony Fauci refuses to answer a single question from Republicans looking to blame him for COVID, how pleading the Fifth Amendment can make someone appear guilty, how it was used this time as a tactic, Alex's interpretation of this strategy, how there was no advantage to answering any question, how this should be a warning to everyone and a demonstration of what the Fifth Amendment is about, Alex questions whether Fauci was entitled to plead the Fifth at all, waiting for justice to finally be realized, a U.S. citizen entering the country gives a self-destruct password to customs officers and is being charged with obstruction of justice, this story is becoming known more than a year after this happened, Kyle questions the validity of an obstruction charge in this case, how this is a case of individual rights versus law enforcement expectations, how this kind of precedent would make the very concept of encryption useless, how this is a feature of GrapheneOS, Alex describes what actually happened when the password was entered, how the data wasn't really erased, a parallel to the Fauci incident, Kyle describes how things like this add to an already stressful experience, how protecting yourself is being considered intent, the parallel to how encryption is viewed by some, coming up with hypotheticals, how to install GrapheneOS and learn more about it.
Overtime: There won't be an "Overtime" next week, HOPE is a little over two weeks away, a preview of some of what's planned, Kyle describes the whole thing as surreal, what is unique about HOPE, Kyle and Emmanuel found great tacos near the conference venue, the incredible diversity of food options within a block or two, the landmarks that are very close to the conference, the issue with rooms at the New Yorker Hotel selling out, Gila's experience making a change in reservations at the hotel, Alex is involved in two talks, Alex describes a breach at the FBI of the Epstein files years ago, Renoly Santiago will be on a panel at HOPE, remembering the panel discussion on "Hackers" in 1994 at the first HOPE conference, Rob and Gila will be hosting "Hackers Got Talent" this year, Gila issues a challenge, what's included in the hotel rooms, wondering if there are still 976 numbers, naming all four of the premium exchanges in New York, defining the differences between them, the 394 and 955 exchanges, the story of an OpenAI agent hacking into a system without permission, the sound of all the stories Emmanuel didn't get to this week, Emmanuel had never been to the New Yorker Hotel until this year, Gila describes the "break bar," how a bar called "The Taylor" is at 505 Eighth Avenue which is the old address of WBAI, more info on the taco place near the hotel, Emmanuel realizes how much fun HOPE is going to be, Rebel is in Geneva, warning Rebel that France is currently on fire, the Italian Eurostar, Rebel experiences Swiss prices, how Emmanuel deals with jet lag, Alex's impression of the Swiss, some of the places Emmanuel has been to, Alex describes his past experience in Tunisia and Algeria, advice on the best way to get to the hotel from Grand Central Station and other places, Emmanuel is filling in for Kyle, the disadvantages of driving to the conference, how the HOPE location is one of the easiest in the country to get to, clarifying what donations are tax deductible, Emmanuel messes up the phone and has to walk between two locations to put calls on the air, Alex describes what toners were, a caller finds out about the virtual ticket, Alex defends the song "Africa" by Toto, the telephone history guy calls in, remembering the 999 exchange, the 903 and 905 area codes that went to Mexico, Emmanuel tells the story of the 706 area code which was documented on an old radio show, an update on Alex's quest for a ham radio license, why getting the word out about HOPE is key at this point.
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July 29
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Off The Hook Overtime
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