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- 06 / 01 / 11 -

The show wasn't on last week, a reminder to pay pledges, tackling the major story of "Weinergate," Emmanuel takes exception to Anthony Weiner's language, trying to figure out exactly what happened on Twitter, blaming it all on hackers, Redhackt explains what sidejacking is, the annoyance of Twitter in everyday society, Rob continues to resist Facebook, how people trust their email to corporations, a "Frontline" piece airs on Bradley Manning and Wikileaks, the PBS website is hacked in protest by a group named LulzSec, Voltaire explains what was wrong with the piece, debating whether or not the feature humanizes Manning, what the website hackers could have accomplished, a listener wonders about law enforcement infiltration into Anonymous, Pentagon cyber strategy may allow for military responses to cyber attacks, an Egyptian court fines ousted President Mubarak for shutting down the Internet earlier this year, one example of why it's not a good idea to speak too loudly on the phone, the story of "Phonehenge West," a study raises questions over the health risks of cell phones, tracking down a problem with a studio microphone, debating health risks in today's society, Redhackt explains what Stuxnet is, Summercon will be taking place later this month.

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June 1
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- 06 / 08 / 11 -

A microphone malfunction, Al Jazeera is now on before the show, Skype has finally been set up in the studios, attempting to connect to Kyle using Skype, the connection appears to be one way only, figuring things out over the phone, testing the latency, Club Mate Day in Seattle is this weekend, Kyle's change in habit regarding recharging the battery in his phone, the Pentagon Papers are set to be declassified on Monday, documents from 17th century England are also released, analysis of a Guardian story quoting Emmanuel as saying that one in four hackers is an informant, the continuation of the Anthony Weiner scandal, a call for an apology to the hacker community for the false accusation, the continuing LulzSec story, how this is more of a traditional approach to hacking, nobody from the show made it to Dayton this year, French media is forbidden from using Facebook or Twitter as words in news stories, trying to figure out why the calls are so lousy tonight.

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- 06 / 15 / 11 -

Emmanuel is in Rockwall, Texas, why Emmanuel is driving across the country, the challenge of driving with no license plates, the free WiFi in Rockwall, the 2600 site is blocked, some contact information on who to complain to, how blacklists are compiled, Emmanuel's trip to tornado-ravaged Joplin, Missouri, how radio seems to have failed the area, the importance of community radio, the Senate website has been hacked, what LulzSec has been up to, Sony's hacking woes, problems with the house analogy, an old way of harassing people using pagers, the long forgotten voicemail number for the radio show is still in operation, the significance of what the LulzSec attacks are accomplishing, how it ties into activism, Bernie's incident with Home Depot and an air conditioner he didn't order, the bizarre disclaimer attached to the Home Depot email, Emmanuel's issue with a Gmail account that gets mail for all sorts of people, the Sarah Palin emails have been released, the initial lack of an electronic release, the White House cuts access to lots of .gov websites, ways to possibly save the data, Facebook's plans to identify people's faces, Emmanuel visits a hacker space known as the Texarkana Institute of Technology, an update from a Wikileaks protest.

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- 06 / 22 / 11 -

Emmanuel is using Gmail to communicate from Irvine, California, Mish has relocated to Irvine, the problems with driving through the Bible Belt, a call for a whole lot more immigrants, the influence of Mexican radio, attempts to hear KPFK in Los Angeles have proven unsuccessful, border patrol checkpoints that are located well within the United States, some examples of the anti-Mexican sentiment that prevails in much of the country, the mistaken belief by many that identity papers are required, Emmanuel visits the border fence, Brenno de Winter is on from Amsterdam after being interrogated for his knowledge of recent transit card hacking, what this case has already cost Brenno, how the police treated him, where support has come from, Brenno will be at the hacker camp in Germany this summer, special coins are released in the Netherlands that have QR codes, a large number of new top level domains will soon be possible, the FBI raids a data center in Virginia, how the FBI confused servers with racks, a statement from LulzSec in celebration of their one thousandth tweet, reports of an arrest overseas, information Twitter might have that could incriminate people.

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- 06 / 29 / 11 -

A special episode on Verizon, Bicycle Mark is visiting from Amsterdam, Emmanuel has returned from his cross country voyage, a one-week Verizon outage cripples the 2600 mail server, the possibility that this was an intentional act, the many different stories that came out of Verizon in the last week, some of the damage that was done as a result, one theory as to why this happened, the LulzSec connection, Mike reports on a positive ruling by the Supreme Court concerning video games, a whole bunch of listener phone calls regarding problems with Verizon, Redhackt gives alternatives to Verizon, why Vodaphone would be a better name for Verizon Wireless, Bicycle Mark discusses the different ways in which phone companies interact with communities in Europe, clarification on the Chaos Communication Camp.

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June 29
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