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- 06 / 04 / 2025 -
The feeling of powerlessness in light of current events isn't accurate, how people can support WBAI, war has been declared on those voicing opposition to the current regime, how WBAI stands against this, why the big tech companies are terrified, Susie Wiles' phone is hacked, not much time has passed since Trump took power and there have already been a significant number of security issues, how the excuse of being hacked is overused, theorizing on how to actually get answers, questioning the use of "nation state" as culprits, an employee at the Defense Intelligence Agency does something stupid, use of the word "gruntled," how this person was caught, Kyle and Emmanuel come across an anti-Trump demonstration run by an organization called Indivisible, June 14th will be a huge day of protest, Kyle describes the No Kings demonstrations, how people are becoming afraid to show their faces due to ICE actions, every single immigration court is listed online, how every judge is listed with a code through a website and phone number, actions are taking place outside the courthouses, how this info will be available on archive.org if it's taken down on the net, how families are being treated like criminals, a judge is arrested by ICE for helping an immigrant, Trump is making use of a company known as Palantir for massive personal data collection, the severe privacy threat this represents, why this needs to be challenged and stopped, Alex describes why this is unprecedented, how even Trump supporters are unhappy with this, creating consequences.
Overtime: The hum returns unexpectedly, Kyle and Emmanuel leave the others to carry on while they track down the problem, more discussion of the Palantir story, Rob describes what is terrifying about all of this, Kyle tries to test out the phone line from a distance, how the audio is way too low, Emmanuel gives up on taking phone calls, trying a call to see if it's even possible to take calls this week, all of this was tested before the show, Kyle's book recommendations, Gila is thrown by an offer of perks, responding to a challenge to not talk about current events, Kyle appears to have fixed the phone line, Emmanuel calls in to test the connection, phone lines are now open, some advice on how to improve the phone equipment, experiments with the hum result in Kyle from the past and Emmanuel from the future communicating, an audio challenge, speaker submissions for HOPE have closed, a listener followup to Alex's observations on the "habeas corpus" phrase, a question about volunteering at HOPE, a quick answer to the challenge, what slow scan television signals are all about, some very specific suggestions on fixing the audio problems, Emmanuel recounts getting a QSL card from Radio Tirana, how Radio Pyongyang can still be heard, special thanks for Kyle's engineering, it's possible all the calls tonight were on landlines, more reminders about HOPE, the importance of communicating and not giving up, it's Pride Month.
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June 4
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Off The Hook Overtime
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Off The Hook Overtime is also available on the Channel2600 YouTube channel here:
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- 06 / 11 / 2025 -
Kyle is a background process, Alex is in Prague, recommending a place for Alex to go, what there is to like about Prague, the Institute of Cryptoanarchy, there is no "Overtime" tonight, New York State legislators pass a bill to require police departments to allow journalists to have access to their encrypted communications, what is currently happening in the streets of Los Angeles, ICE raids in Nassau County are prevented due to "interference," the importance of being able to monitor law enforcement, how to manipulate artificial intelligence into finding frequencies for ICE, the bizarre way that Waymos were set on fire in Los Angeles, how what appeared to be an act of vandalism turned into a real statement, Rob describes the dangers of lithium-ion fires, the fact that Trump is sending military into American cities against the wishes of local government, Kyle describes the concept of civil disobedience, how the media isn't focusing on the rubber bullets being fired into crowds, pronouncing "posse comitatus" properly, No Kings Day is coming up this Saturday, the response to Trump's military parade planned for Saturday, Emmanuel gets artificial intelligence to come up with tactics to fight an evil federal agency known as FIRE, people in camouflage are recorded firing something into crowds in New York City, the issue of covering faces, technological ideas for fighting back, advice for how to stay safe this Saturday.
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June 11
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- 06 / 18 / 2025 -
Reports on what it was like at the various No Kings Day protests this past Saturday, Ford is recalling Mustangs because of a locking issue with its electronic locks, Alex discusses obsession with ChatGPT, how Gemini helped Emmanuel with a programming challenge, whether it was right for Emmanuel to thank it, Gila and Emmanuel commiserate over the difficulty of being English majors, an idea for AI-run churches, Rob describes how AI made up a picture of noodles for a commercial product, some advertising tricks involving pictures of food, Kyle discusses the issue of constantly giving out location details for medical devices, feedback on the critique of Signal, what's different from sending to an outdated email address versus sending to an outdated Signal account, feedback on the pronunciation of "Czechia," a flashback to one of Emmanuel's shows in 1991 where a warning about a potentially oppressive regime was dismissed by a caller, Rob describes the fun of listening to old shows at random, the Facebook page of an Alaskan dog rescue group is deleted, how 50,000 followers were lost, the importance of keeping backups, famous hold music from Cisco.
Overtime: More on medical devices giving out locations, help is needed in getting word out about the HOPE conference, way too few tickets have been sold so far, a rundown of some of the highlights at the conference, what is unique about the St. John's environment, Emmanuel may have the flu, a possible instance of Lyme disease, the hum is back somehow, Rebel questions whether 2600 meetings are actually meetings, memories of the old TAP meetings, asking whether there are meetings on July 4th, Rebel is heading to the Far East, trouble communicating between Rebel and Alex, mass confusion from Alex as he tries to be heard, why there aren't more listeners, the prospect of people who only listen to "Overtime," people who think YouTube is the Internet, a Rebel call in disguise, thoughts on the New York City mayoral campaign, understanding how ranked choice voting works, thoughts on Mamdani and Cuomo, Gila's thoughts on Adams' pandering to the Jewish community, a pro-Trump caller who's boycotting HOPE, advice on building a PBX, disagreement on what has been happening in Los Angeles, how the military parade was very underwhelming, some thoughts on radio here and abroad, Kyle slams the receiver down, acknowledging a helpful email to address the hum issue, an offer of old telephone equipment from someone's shed, Gila gives advice on how to find cooling centers, next week is a call-in show on WBAI, Kyle exercises restraint, Juneteenth is tomorrow.
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June 18
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Off The Hook Overtime
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- 06 / 25 / 2025 -
It's very hot today, Alex is in Dusseldorf, Costco cards are not valid forms of Real ID, seeing who in the studio has Real ID, Kyle maintains that flying is still torture, Alex's trip through Europe on various trains, tonight is a phone-in show, left versus right in blockchain technologies, HOPE is accused of being in the "wrong New York," a telephone switch in a cereal box, Alex describes how the trains often run late in Germany, how everyone complains about the trains in their country, Emmanuel is impressed with the technology that New York's mass transit now uses, a new camera that shows trains in Woodside, Emmanuel discovers the color coding that designates the origin of trains heading to Manhattan, how AI helped explain this as well as helped solve an espresso machine challenge for Kyle, whether it will be possible to get HOPE tickets at the event, a caller's experience with the Enhanced ID option, Gila explains the only advantage of Enhanced IDs, what makes a passport card a more secure form of ID than a driver's license, an apparent penalty for not having a social media account when trying to travel to the States, Gila theorizes that Irish citizens are being punished by the United States for their country's support of Palestinians, Rob describes how easy it could be to target Irish travelers on social media, Alex describes what border guards can and can't require travelers to do, Rebel's experience crossing the border into Russia, a violation of Rebel's phone restriction, Kyle reveals a technicality, why everyone should have an ICE tracker on their phones, Kyle gets artificial intelligence to admit that a radio studio could cause heat exhaustion, how these border issues need to be fixed before the Olympics and the World Cup.
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June 25
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