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- 08 / 02 / 11 -
The last live show for a while, tonight will feature the conclusion of the recent cross country trip, Emmanuel is visiting Kyle in Seattle, a description of the scene underneath the flight path of an airport, the beauty of the industrial section, reacting to the planes passing over, the difference between airports in New York and Seattle, what the Georgetown neighborhood is like, the village atmosphere within a city, what visiting the Museum of Communications was like, an unusual plane sighting, how Kyle got involved with the museum, how technological communities can work together, the allure of flight, a description of Hacker Bot Labs and some of the projects underway there, how Kyle manages to keep up with so many different projects, how Seattle is a good city to walk around in, the passion for bicycling that exists in Seattle, how Kyle got interested in riding a tall bike, some of the hazards involved, what makes Boeing Field unique, Kyle is on live from Seattle, F-16s flew overhead this morning in preparation for a festival, Britney Spears is spotted in Port Jefferson, Kyle and Emmanuel will be heading to Belarus after the Chaos Camp in addition to Poland and the Ukraine, an example of a cat's perceptiveness, the Hacker Calendar is about to be released, next week's show will be a recording from Denmark.
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August 2
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- 08 / 09 / 11 -
Emmanuel should be in Germany when this show airs but the program was recorded in Denmark last Christmas Eve, Kyle and Emmanuel are visiting Joachim and Jessica in the countryside of Denmark, how it's not so easy to gain citizenship of another country after getting married, how going to the embassy didn't help and resulted in a big waste of money, how it's become so difficult for potential immigrants to America, how Jessica got deported from Denmark, communes in Denmark, confusion about permanent residency, how it's even more difficult for people from other parts of the world, Danish radio, some of the adjustment Jessica had to go through when she first moved to Denmark, differences with doors and sugar, how people are more informal in Denmark, Jessica describes the Danish hospital where she gave birth, comparing the tax rates between the United States and Denmark, how Danish people initially appeared to be the same to Jessica, differences regarding choices in the supermarket, some of the other items that are hard to get in Denmark, Kyle recalls some of the pricing issues in Norway, the issue of close walkers in Scandinavia, avoidance of confrontation, the concept of "hygge" in Denmark and how it's hard to translate, some funny translations, how intonation can make a difference, how Jessica imported her cat into Denmark, the apparent lack of cats in Scandinavia, Danish radio.
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August 9
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- 08 / 16 / 11 -
Tonight will be another show recorded in Denmark, Danish radio, Kyle and Emmanuel are on a train between Copenhagen and Hamburg that will eventually get on a boat, a series of issues involving train tickets on this trip, the problem obtaining tickets in Norway, the difficulty using American credit cards in this region, the problem at the train station in Stockholm due to snow, the loss of a train on the schedule board, an uncomfortable ride, a final irony, yet more confusion at the Copenhagen train station, trying to deal with the German train people on the phone from Denmark, how first class tickets were obtained in the end, describing the current train, the failings of the various train systems, Kyle discovers he has Danish roots, the five countries that Kyle comes from, what a visit to Christiania was like, some of the rules, the different culture within Christiania, how the people on Pusher Street were different than those in the rest of the neighborhood, the Copenhagen metro, the price of a dog ticket, more shock at the prices, looking forward to German prices, ways of getting good deals, the arctic conditions in the streets of Copenhagen, Danish radio.
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August 16
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- 08 / 23 / 11 -
Tonight's show was recorded in Germany last December, Emmanuel should be in the Ukraine when this show airs, Kyle and Emmanuel are standing at an outdoor food stand in Berlin, what Gluhwein is, describing the surrounding scene, how this winter has had a lot of snow so far, the ill-fated adventure involved in getting a German SIM card in Hamburg, the Fonic phone company, where things started to go wrong, the advantage of using SIMs in other phones, Kyle's ordeal on the Fonic website, some bad experiences in the O2 and Rossman outlets, a memorable laundromat, trying to make progress through a computerized phone system without knowing the language, how the frustration didn't end when an English-speaking representative was finally reached, the challenge of finding a valid postal code, how success didn't mean an end to Kyle's battle to get his phone working, Kyle's views on the history of the phone network, the possible risks of using foreign SIMs, the story ends abruptly.
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August 23
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- 08 / 30 / 11 -
Emmanuel and Kyle are back live in the studio, a rundown of the activities of the past few weeks, the odd way of doing things in Belarus, the odds of revolt coming to Belarus, what the Ukraine was like, accidentally winding up in that country on the 20th anniversary of their independence, a rundown of some of the political upheaval going on in that country, a contrast between two opposing demonstrations, the everyday activities that can result in stress in these countries, Kyle and Emmanuel got back into the States just in time for the hurricane, this was Kyle's first hurricane, Emmanuel regrets missing the earthquake in New York, what it was like driving around the island after the hurricane, how people gravitated to the South Shore, the magic of radio during periods like this, there have been no trains in the area for days, why Emmanuel doesn't want to hear that we "dodged a bullet" with this hurricane, two calls from Shirley, calls from people with no power, a harrowing story from a listener, how the local media worked during this crisis, the loss of a famous tree on East 9th Street in New York City, more stories of travels are ahead, how hardship doesn't have to be all bad.
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August 30
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