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- 06 / 07 / 11 -
An aborted start, an appeal to listeners to serve as witnesses to the abuse of station equipment at the hands of state bureaucracy, why it's unavoidable to complain about the equipment and temperature, Emmanuel will be heading west next week, what will be airing over the next three weeks, a Club Mate event will be taking place in Seattle this weekend, the Anthony Weiner scandal goes ballistic, what is truly inappropriate in this case, why blaming hackers was the worst part of the whole thing, the ridiculous level of standards that politicians are held to, Governor Cuomo suspends New York's participation in the "Secure Communities" immigration enforcement program, the hypocrisy of the moral indignation towards illegal immigration, comparing it to the past, the new Winnipeg team in the NHL sells out its season tickets reservations in five minutes, what the new team might be called, some geographical oddities, an update from the listener who went to the Bradley Manning rally in Kansas, Emmanuel might be a subscriber of possibilianism, what to look forward to on the radio for the remainder of the month, Emmanuel's first Starbucks encounter will be coming up in the next couple of weeks, Emmanuel's Twitter account.
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June 7
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- 06 / 14 / 11 -
The first in a series of Scandinavian winter shows taped in December 2010, tonight's show was recorded in Tromso, what is so alluring about this city, what's on tap for the next couple of weeks, Norwegian radio, Emmanuel and Kyle are looking down on Tromso from the top of a mountain, waiting for a flyover of jets, wondering how the moon can be out if the sun doesn't rise, Stig explains what it's like to live in such a place, Kyle describes the activity of the city, the jets arrive, Stig explains how the jet flyby works, occasional interaction with the Russians, how the city is brightened up in the midst of months of darkness, concern over frostbite setting in, Stig just returned from Russia and hasn't seen the sun since November, more Norwegian radio, figuring out how long the days last in northern Norway, using cod liver oil to get through the winter, planning the trip back down the mountain, more Norwegian radio, Kyle discusses his apprehension of traveling in the cable car, speculating on what it must be like to live in a place like this, a "snow blast," taking the cable car back down and trying not to fixate on what's actually going on, Kyle slips on the ice, more Norwegian radio.
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June 14
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- 06 / 21 / 11 -
Tonight's show was recorded on a train between Norway and Sweden in December 2010, an unusual Swedish radio excerpt, Emmanuel and Kyle have just crossed into Sweden, it's been five days since the sun has been seen, recollections of Tromso, Kyle's impression of the university there, the intricate tunnel system that exists under the city, the places that surround the city, the otherworldly effect of the area, trying to figure out how the moon works this far north, more bad luck trying to see the Northern Lights, an idea to start a solar weather channel, the incredible expense of this region, how Emmanuel and Kyle managed not to spend too much, a dog pulling a snowmobile at a train station, Kyle compares this sleeper to Amtrak, a misadventure with water in the cabin, Kyle makes the floor squeak, looking forward to possibly seeing the sun tomorrow, some updates on meat, some of the good deals that were found, a misunderstanding with beer, how the quality of life is much higher here, most everything in Norway is closed on Sundays, how the original plans to go to Oslo went awry, an online ordering nightmare, how a woman at the local tourist bureau saved the day with a creative solution, the advantage of being flexible, Swedish radio.
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June 21
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- 06 / 28 / 11 -
A continuation of last week's train ride from December 2010, more examples of unusual Swedish radio, Emmanuel's plan to get a discounted room rate, Kyle's experience taking pictures outside while waiting for the train, the towels arrive to clean up the wet floor in the train, Kyle opens the window of the moving train to see if it's snowing, adjusting the temperature inside the cabin, the effects of traveling and meeting so many different people, a good deal involving a Norwegian SIM, concluding the train portion of the show, more Swedish radio, an update as the sun is finally seen in Stockholm one week after being spotted last, the crazy schedule that Emmanuel and Kyle have fallen into, how the sun was spotted, what it was like to arrive in Stockholm in the middle of a snowstorm, there was a recent suicide bombing in Stockholm, more Swedish radio.
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June 28
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