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- 12 / 03 / 14 -

Breaking news is occurring during the show as a New York grand jury declines to return an indictment against a police officer in a controversial Staten Island incident, Gabriella Coleman will be discussing her new book on Anonymous, a look at a massive hack involving Sony, the North Korean connection, unreleased movies are released online, 100 terabytes of data are said to be involved, Gabriella explains how "Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous" came to be written, an excerpt from Gabriella's HOPE X talk on Anonymous, how Anonymous has changed since 2007, updates on some of the demonstrations currently going on, the potential dangers of mob justice, what the reaction to the book has been so far, the case of Sabu, Emmanuel's appearance in the book, the controversy that surrounded the informant panel at The Next HOPE, a phone snafu, a live report from midtown on the demonstration that's taking place near the tree lighting, the prevalence of informants in the hacker world, the connection of the hacker community to the political world, some facts on the Jeremy Hammond and Barrett Brown cases, updates from Anonymous on demonstrations nationwide, Rob gives a schedule of upcoming events.

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December 3
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- 12 / 10 / 14 -

An incredibly clueless judge, some quotes from Judge Richard Posner on the negative aspects of privacy, the site for the Chaos Communication Congress is blocked in the United Kingdom for being "extremist," Emmanuel will be at CCC this year, how to get tickets to the event, Americans fear getting hacked more than anything else, a rock guitarist is among those arrested for online attacks, a timeline of the Sony hacking story, questioning whether or not this attack was really "undetectable," an excerpt from an upcoming documentary on phone phreak Joybubbles, filmmaker Rachel Morrison joins the discussion, how this film was inspired by Joybubbles' obituary in The New York Times, why he was so inspiring, Joybubbles was on "Off The Hook" in November of 1991, his regression to childhood, when the film will be completed, pondering where the term "phone phreaking" originated, Pirate Bay is apparently shut down, the question of whether other people should bring it back up, a call to meet people in Europe around the time of the Chaos Communication Congress.

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December 10
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- 12 / 17 / 14 -

Emmanuel demonstrates a feature that allows anyone to spoof their phone number when calling certain people, how this could be used in very bad ways, the latest on Pirate Bay, sleazy tactics of net neutrality opponents, future cars could conceivably report their owners for speeding, the question of penalties for violations and how to apply them, the Sony story continues to grow, North Korea is officially blamed, there have been class action suits against Sony by former employees in the aftermath of the data breach, why this isn't an act of war, an offer is made to Sony for hackers to distribute the controversial film for them, steps Sony could have taken to protect themselves, Sony's attempts to silence the reporting of this story, how the terrorist angle is being exploited by Sony, no further release plans are in the works for "The Interview," what Bureau 121 is all about, a movie with a hacker theme called "The Throwaways" has also been affected by this incident, how Seth Rogen and Howard Stern are reported to have said this hacking incident is no different than 9/11, how the Chaos Communication Congress will be streamed online, historic news about Cuba, a song about Sony.

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December 17
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- 12 / 24 / 14 -

Excerpts of "The Interview," how 2600 managed to get into the middle of the controversy, how hackers were being blamed for the whole mess with North Korea, Kyle and Emmanuel detail what was involved in the offer to Sony from 2600 and the resulting media attention, reports that the United States took North Korea off the Internet, great North Korean quotes, some humor from a Sony executive, how threats to Twitter by Sony are being received, how posting the phrase "putting wings on pigs" on Instagram got a man in serious trouble, a hotel gets penalized for disrupting Wi-Fi signals, the army plans to launch two stationary blimps over Washington DC as part of air defense, a fight between Google and the entertainment industry in Mississippi, looking forward to the Chaos Communication Congress which starts in a couple of days, Kyle and Emmanuel will be overseas for next week's New Year's Eve show, listener calls about blimps, Mike gives information on an odd lawsuit against Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras, problems with the WBAI archives, an update on premiums, it's National Eggnog Day.

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December 24
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- 12 / 31 / 14 -

It's New Year's Eve, Emmanuel and Kyle are in Hamburg blowing things up, a strange beeping on the phone line, the aftermath of the Chaos Communication Congress, McFly discusses the move of the conference to Hamburg from Berlin, a discussion of the highlights of this year's conference, thoughts on "Citizenfour," the beeping problem is solved in the studio, Renderman describes the firework he's about to launch, Bobson from Bulgaria is on the scene, the impromptu teahouse that was present at CCC, a reenactment of a talk from the Galactic Hacker Party in 1989, how the conversation back then has remained relevant today, looking forward to the Chaos Communication Camp in August, where Kyle and Emmanuel will be traveling to in future weeks, Bernie joins the conversation, the NSA is reported to have been monitoring Skype, India is blocking a bunch of popular websites, why such attempts are ultimately fruitless, defining an underground hacker chat room, some more hints on the Sony hack, Sony is accused of pirating music in "The Interview," an update on the thumb drives, final words for 2014.

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December 31
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