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- 07 / 11 / 06 -

The passing of Syd Barrett, an obituary, analysis of the lyrics of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," a selection from Syd Barrett's solo career, the story of Barrett's last days with Pink Floyd, the automated anti-drug machine kicks in, bombs hit Mumbai, tips on terrorism, media misperceptions about terrorism, the government's role, the Big Dig tunnel collapse, a weird survey on lying, more military atrocities in Iraq, why this kind of thing keeps happening, turmoil in Ukraine, why this may be a good thing, how this could be applied in the States, cases of abuse within the military, why it's important to be sympathetic to members of the military, the simplicity of soccer and why it's a poor man's sport, more on the world's fascination with it, Gaelic football, the danger of alienation, how to make signs to hang on expressway overpasses, North Korea test fires their missiles, how the Bush administration is playing this, a selection from "Rutland Weekend Television."

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July 11
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- 07 / 18 / 06 -

A collection of legal IDs, Emmanuel is in a weird state on the Tuesday before HOPE, how Emmanuel has been up for two days, driving down to Philadelphia to pick up Segways for the conference, a new voice is identified as Kevin, the intense heat Emmanuel and Kevin were subjected to in the 2600 van, Kevin will be one of the people supervising the Segways, George W. Bush leaves a microphone open by accident, how playing the Bush quote could get the station fined, what to look forward to in the indecent version of "Off The Hook" scheduled for the conference, questioning why people are offended by simple words, the Middle East explodes after soldiers are kidnapped from Israel, how the media is biased in reporting the conflict, the absurd reaction in Lebanon, Emmanuel's idea on solving the Middle East crisis, how the color coding system has failed, calling Mike to find out what the nation's color is, Mike discusses what to expect at the infodesk at HOPE, some of the workshops at the conference, the Graffiti Research Lab, the vendor space will be much bigger this year, videos will be available almost instantly, annoyances with credit cards, Emmanuel's pleasant conversation with a computer, the plan for setting up, calling Bernie on the phone, plans for a ham radio station at the conference, Bernie explains the concept behind QSL cards, how New York is a very friendly city, a call from Arseny, identifying a song that was played on "Off The Hook."

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July 18
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- 07 / 25 / 06 -

It's recovery time from all of the activities of the conference, Autojack is in the studio, the many hassles involved in running a conference, how it all came together, Autojack talks about the hammocks, a history of HOPE, making a call to Mike, what the vendors were like this year, recollecting Senator Ted Stevens' words on the Internet, remembering some of the people who attended, what the preparations were like, some of the media attention surrounding the arrest of Steve Rambam, memories of Richard Stallman's talk, a controversial Jello Biafra display at HOPE, this year's social engineering antics, some of the biblical weather that took place over the weekend, how Rop obtained the hammocks, Arseny calls in with his recollections, more media coverage, thoughts on the future.

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July 25
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