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- 02 / 02 / 10 -
Remembering last week's poor showing of phone calls, the theme of being able to do better, reflections on the State of the Union address, people who seem to want things to fail, Emmanuel's problems with both the right and left wing, the issue of gays in the military is in the news again, the undue power that the opposing minority seems to have on important issues, a BBC piece on why people vote against their own interests, two questions to ask with regards to health insurance, more on last week's mysterious story out of New Orleans, how ACORN has made things worse for themselves, the hypocrisy of some on the left who use the law selectively, why walking into a federal building shouldn't be such a big deal, The Quest for Starbucks: the list is cut down to 4096, an 1899 recording of last week's telephone song, another song from the 100th anniversary of the Bell System, some phone company history, some listener feedback.
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February 2
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- 02 / 09 / 10 -
Emmanuel is upset at all of the snow that Washington DC received, how close the blizzard came to New York, how the nation's capital is unable to handle snow, why chaos is fun, the outer boroughs of New York City will be getting the 929 area code in the future, wondering how phone numbers get used up so fast, a correction on the Paris sound played earlier in the year, Emmanuel had a run-in with one of the CD players, an excerpt from the State of the Union address from 1982, the odd parallels to 2010, smacking sense into the left, the danger of losing interest or thinking both sides are the same, The Quest for Starbucks: the list goes down to 2048, next week won't be a live show, ten random locations from the top and bottom of last week's list are checked against this week's list, another song from the 100th anniversary of the Bell System, an example of a really bad phone company slogan, some phone company milestones, a caller has visions of impending doom, the recent curtailment of NASA's planned return to the moon, things to disagree with Obama on, next week's show will be a recording from Scotland.
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February 9
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- 02 / 16 / 10 -
Emmanuel is at a Yoko Ono concert this week, this show was prerecorded in Edinburgh last year, Mutant Rob joins Emmanuel at an outdoor Kurdish restaurant, the Fringe Festival is in progress, Mutant Rob remembers his last show on WUSB, it's the day after the Lockerbie bomber was released, anger in response to the hero's welcome he received in Libya, the concept of compassionate release and how that's completely alien in American culture, an explanation of Scottish pounds and how they relate to English pounds, some of the different words used in Scotland, Mutant Rob's wife Peg joins the conversation, an excerpt from BBC news on the Lockerbie controversy, a visit to the Whisky Society, Emmanuel tries to figure out all the subtle nuances involved in all of the different flavors, Peg describes what's so unique about this place, comparing the tastes of the various whiskies, Emmanuel's desire to try haggis, what puddings are in Scotland, Mutant Rob describes some of the food of Scotland, some traditional Scottish music.
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February 16
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- 02 / 23 / 10 -
Emmanuel had a very frustrating day driving all the way into the city to press a button, music from Scotland, Emmanuel is in Leith with Mutant Rob and Peg, how the area relates to "Trainspotting," the story of a particularly violent pub and its transformation, a new type of whisky to try at the Whisky Society, reading parts of the description, examples of weird words, trying to identify specific tastes, Emmanuel describes the strange napkin he found in an Indian restaurant in Glasgow, Peg describes the adventure at the Kurdish place earlier in the evening, what a corkage fee is, the difficulty of getting water in some establishments, some things to look forward to on a future Scotland show, Emmanuel's close call getting to the station today, some more Scottish music.
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February 23
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