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- 08 / 07 / 02 -

A minithon show, more encouragement for listeners to report suspicious activity, the worrying changes that have been taking place on Wall Street, the coming of digital television, the broadcast flag mandate, more on the Berman bill legalizing attacks on computers by the MPAA and RIAA, why the minithon is important, how people are virtually asking for bad legislation, the danger of allowing governments to do too much, the uniform blandness of radio stations, Seraf is warned not to take pictures under the Brooklyn Bridge, the stupid ways terrorists are profiled, the White House is unreachable from WBAI, a case of fraud allegedly linked to September 11, sensitive laptops disappear, the potential for internment camps in the United States, TIA (Total Information Awareness) is announced, some of the projections of this plan, the futile yet effective influence such programs have on populations. This show includes fundraising.

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August 7
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- 08 / 14 / 02 -

Still getting used to the new timeslot, Mike has a successful Amtrak experience, Emmanuel will be on the French islands off Canada again next week, the Neverlost system on rental cars and how it can malfunction, how receiving Canadian TV enables people to learn more about specific regions, a sex offender list in California, new speaking cameras in Watts, Jim reveals why Seraf was harassed for trying to take pictures under the Brooklyn Bridge, the hypocrisy of barricades being built around certain buildings, Operation TIPS is scaled back after a massive negative reaction, the prospects of an Al Qaeda cyber attack, the origins of the "electronic Pearl Harbor" phrase, the effectiveness of spam, the power of telemarketers, Emmanuel gets stuck in Spanish mode while calling Sprint PCS, trying to reach a human at Sprint PCS to find out about a new $3.50 charge for live assistance, a question concerning the legality of redistributing the radio show, the importance of understanding secret societies, why so many streets seem to have the same names, upcoming portability of cellular phone numbers, the unfairness of the toll-free number listing service, a new low cost prepaid phone card.

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August 14
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- 08 / 21 / 02 -

Emmanuel doesn't make it to St. Pierre after all, Canada's strange policy that bars entry to people who were arrested in the past, what is required to get around this, issues of illegal immigration, high tech is used to keep Moroccans out of Spain, monitoring brain waves, major record labels sue major providers over access to a Chinese music site, Mike gets threatened for using the word "anonymizer," clarification on the Sprint PCS charge for talking to human operators, a college survey that asks political questions, some interesting corporate addresses, the purpose archive.org serves, competition for local phone service, strange behavior involving telemarketers, a caller's experience at the Canadian border in the past.

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August 21
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- 08 / 28 / 02 -

Uncertainty as to the schedule over the next couple of weeks, the importance of doing a show on September 11, Ken Gale reminisces about what it was like a year ago, an article on the DeCSS case in the current edition of Playboy, why some magazines come out far in advance of their published dates, a company fights back against threats from the RIAA, commercials designed to "cherish freedom" airing on CNN, Jim's experience trying to use a computer anonymously in a library, regulations prohibiting packages over a certain weight from being dropped in mailboxes, a secretive federal court rules against further privacy invasions, Wilmington, Delaware tries to compile a database of people who are likely to commit crimes in the future, the difficulty getting into the United States from Canada and other countries, a listener composes a piece of music inspired by "Off The Hook," Phil Kaplan of fuckedcompany.net tells of his bad experience with the Ford Motor Company, daily operations of the site, callers can't hear the feed over the phone, an engineer fixes the problem, the dangers of GPS.

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August 28
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