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- 07 / 03 / 07 -
The air conditioning is finally fixed causing a big difference in the mood at the station, it's the 30th anniversary of WUSB, what the radio station has meant to Emmanuel over the years, the effect that has occurred due to trends in radio, a memory from the past in the form of the Sea Shanty ID, a memory from "The Voice of Long Island" back in 1981 involving an ice cube fight in the studios, the WUSB anniversary collage from 1981, dramatic events that have taken place in the U.K. in recent days, SUVs in the News: the recent terrorist attacks compared with normal SUV incidents, how the attacks actually show the relative safety we're living in, information on the VIPR teams being deployed all over, false alarms, the fact that doctors were behind the thwarted terrorist attacks, Scooter Libby has his prison sentence suspended by President Bush, the absurdity of the iPhone hype, some of the built in restrictions, the annoyance of people who need to check mail at all times, feedback on last week's bird topic, audio from the mystery bird is played again, more on Michael Moore and Paris Hilton, the problems with health care in the United States, how doctors mistreat people in this country, Emmanuel's examples, Finn is up with a brand new show next.
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July 3
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- 07 / 10 / 07 -
Focusing on local issues, the campus at Stony Brook is blurred on Google Maps, some of Emmanuel's secrets of past campus mischief, a list of the other places that are blurred, Emmanuel was inside the Shoreham nuclear power plant, a call for detailed pictures of the obscured places, a controversy involving a canceled fireworks show at Jones Beach, alternate ways of dealing with the situation, one elected official's cluelessness, the difference between censorship and guiding a discussion, what Usenet has dissolved into, why Wikipedia hasn't gone down this road, the racist reaction in the Newsday forums to a violent attack on Long Island, the murder of a gay man spurs anti-gay rhetoric in the Newsday forums, Justice Scalia is found to be taking "24" seriously, a listener reports the sound of whippoorwills, how to deal with anti-gay attacks in the military, the latest news on the Hotel Pennsylvania, this has been an extremely busy summer, Cindy Sheehan challenges Nancy Pelosi to make impeachment a priority.
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July 10
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- 07 / 17 / 07 -
Emmanuel's frustration with the retail world, the challenge of canceling a Vonage account, the hassle of buying Claritin-D or Sudafed which requires the logging of your name in a big book, the incredible amount of time it now takes to find out if a local branch of a bank is open compared with how long it took in the past, Emmanuel's ordeal trying to buy beer in a surplus store, a plot is revealed for a Columbine style attack at a high school on Long Island, a reading of the statements written by each kid, what it takes to push someone into this position, why the ease of obtaining weapons makes this situation so much worse, some help from Henry Rollins getting into delay, background checks for people who want to get guns, a call from a former student who planted a pipe bomb in his high school, why gun advocates are smart, advice for kids in the same position, a challenge to figure out the language in a particular song.
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July 17
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- 07 / 24 / 07 -
The aftermath from last week's steam pipe explosion in New York City, the flimsy state of our infrastructure, Emmanuel's idea to help rebuild things, what we can learn from the Chinese, Emmanuel urges more people to see "Sicko," why Emmanuel has been driving with his brights on, the eagerness of the authorities to find fault, the death of Tammy Faye, the inordinate amount of news coverage, why editors are necessary, more overt racism from the Newsday forums, the fascination of King's Park Psychiatric Center, how Newsday allows the use of the word "gorillas" to describe black people, who to contact in order to complain, the topix.net system, trying to figure out the meaning of "John From Cincinnati," a brief summary of what's happened so far, examples of bad acting in the program, the language on the outro song last week was Welsh, reaction to the situation in American high schools, the potential of everyone to act like an animal.
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July 24
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- 07 / 31 / 07 -
The next couple of weeks will be prerecorded shows, Emmanuel will be heading to Europe, looking forward to the Chaos Communication Camp, the second North Korea show will be on next week, in two weeks there will be a special show recorded in Beijing, NASA vows not to have any more drunk astronauts, the history of setbacks to the space program, how space exploration has benefited mankind, what could happen when a new civilization is found, a bank machine spits out too much money, a rash of crazy stories out of Phoenix, two news helicopters collide while filming a car chase, what law enforcement is trying to do as a result, a really crazy story involving Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband, the Hilton connection, how Paris Hilton has infiltrated the Google search bar on browsers, an aborted exorcism in Phoenix, reaction from the top to the controversy over the Newsday forums, some other examples of the problem, more on canceling Vonage, Emmanuel's ordeal canceling service from jConnect, feedback on last week's explosion, remembering Robert Moses, how the Brooklyn Queens Expressway never seems to be finished with repair work, a botched attempt at getting into delay smoothly, Emmanuel will be at the London 2600 meeting this week, some clarification on the Canadian health care system, Emmanuel's quest for a pencil in order to fill out a form for federal jury duty.
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July 31
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