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- 08 / 05 / 2026 -
Emmanuel has had a day and is completely unprepared for the show, it feels oppressive today, the hacking of Hugging Face by OpenAI, questioning whether this is something that should be considered "going rogue," analyzing the guardrails and the agents involved, discussing who should be held accountable, how this was entirely foreseeable, Anthropic reveals how Claude was able to access the Internet when it wasn't supposed to, how Alex interacted with Claude recently, a famous quote from the past that can apply to the events of today, BBC has gotten rid of longwave, Emmanuel's Smart car has a longwave radio, opening up the phone lines, Rebel is in Italy, how data gets restricted to an extremely slow speed when traveling, Alex gives advice on how to avoid this, Emmanuel remembers when he got hopelessly lost in Belgrade, Alex recalls an adventure with marines on the Fourth of July in Prague, how that changed his life, Emmanuel's encounter with Americans in Estonia, Alex inadvertently comes up with a great slogan for the marines, Kyle and Emmanuel have been dealing with getting a network for next week's HOPE conference, how this challenge will be met one way or another, how lineups at hacker conferences have gotten a lot more diverse and interesting, how people can support WBAI, the station has been on the air for 66 years, enthusiasm for creemees in Vermont, thoughts on Flock cameras and surveillance, how to be a hacker, copyright law and artificial intelligence, whether or not humans will be able to tell the difference between synthetically-generated and human-generated content, embracing imperfections, Gila reads The Onion's policy on A.I., thoughts on the 13th floor, it's quite likely Emmanuel won't be on the show next week as preparations for HOPE move into high gear.
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August 5
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- 08 / 12 / 2026 -
There are special guests tonight, Efrat Sternberg joins the conversation, LambdaCalculus and Kusanagi also join the fun, HOPE is happening this weekend, the conference has sold out, a Delta flight's Wi-Fi was hit by hackers after Defcon, Gila tries to understand the thinking behind this, Monday was Zero Cool Day, Alex explains how easy it is to launch a deauth attack, this may have been done through a Flipper Zero, LambdaCalculus discusses his upcoming talk at HOPE, using alternative tools instead of the mainstream ones, what Veilid is all about, anger at the current state of the Internet, Efrat shares her background working with survivors of abuse, what her talk is going to be about, the umbrella of stalking, Efrat's history at HOPE, Kusanagi describes her involvement at the info desk at HOPE and coordinating volunteers, her feelings on the new space, the history of the hotel, describing "Hackers Got Talent," Rob and Gila will be emceeing this event, Gila tries to remember if she saw Efrat at the first "Hackers Got Talent," the skill of knowing area codes, looking forward to Renoly Santiago's appearance, describing what Hackers.Town is, some of the other talk highlights, Alex bows out of taking the ham radio test at HOPE, Alex will be moderating a talk with Cindy Cohn, some more highlights, Rob explains what's unique about HOPE, LambdaCalculus discusses the growth and evolution of HOPE, how to support WBAI.
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August 12
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- 08 / 19 / 2026 -
Trouble getting Rob's audio, the post-HOPE show, thoughts on having a HOPE without Greg, getting everyone's thoughts on how the conference went, Alex is exhausted from all of the activity, how this conference felt like one of the best, memories of the first HOPE in 1994, Gila arrives late, everyone seems to have forgotten to try making free phone calls from the hotel rooms, someone was able to get a tour of the old power plant downstairs, Gila describes going down to the break bar, the convenience of the 24-hour diner downstairs, Rob and Gila describe how "Hackers Got Talent" went, Rebel met the challenge of rapidly naming area codes, Kyle's impressions of the discussions that took place, a donation made it possible to host a celebration the day before the conference, how a movie was able to be shown across the street, how overcrowding in the venue was avoided, featuring all nine tracks that were played in between talks, how Google accused the conference of violating community standards by playing one of these tracks overnight, the threat of losing the video feed on YouTube, how German hackers at the Chaos Computer Club saved the day by providing alternative streaming, Google eventually admitted their mistake, the absurdity of the SoundExchange policy that affects music played on the radio, Kyle describes the march to the site of Hotel Pennsylvania that took place on Saturday, how Johannes from Austria gave a sermon at the site, over 60 people took part in this unique event, Alex describes what it was like to moderate three talks and how they each played out, Alex's eight-year-old son fills in for an absent speaker, videos will be up in a variety of places, the number of newcomers to HOPE, Rob discusses what it was like to meet listeners at the conference, hanging out outside the hotel on Eighth Avenue, the incredible amount of activity on that street, enthusiasm from a Starbucks employee, Alex describes the wide cross section of people who appeared at the conference, thanks to all of the musicians who contributed music to the event, what the Renoly Santiago talk was like, the Winn Schwartau connection, the frenzy behind the start of the panel, a piece from "Hackers," "Overtime" will follow tonight.
Overtime: Trying to establish contact with the people in Signal-land, feedback from the "Joybubbles" movie, Emmanuel's impressions after seeing only a few minutes of the film, reports from the New York premiere of "Reality Games," the possibility of having a hacker film festival at the theater across the street, the tribute to Greg Newby inside the printed program, Greg's sister attended the conference and gave a talk, everyone is worn out from all of the activity, how Alex expended a lot of energy over the weekend, Emmanuel hears the ducks that are near Alex, how Thomas Jefferson likely would have understood the concept of free software, talk of gender-free bathrooms, why Emmanuel dislikes urinals, Alex recalls having to use a squat toilet in the Vatican, squat toilets in Japan and China face opposite directions, Kyle was able to pull a network out of nothing for the conference, Kyle describes the process, a question as to whether Joybubbles ever attended HOPE, why it's dangerous to start thanking people, recalling old phone books with listings for the letter A, hoping that someone has video of the march, Gila explains why staying at the hotel was a good idea, the unique elevator system in the hotel, Kyle knows of secret elevators, Rob had 3.5-inch floppy disks to give away at the conference, the convenience of room locations, praise for the attendees and how they treated each other, Rob is reintroduced to the TRS-80, signing off early due to fatigue, Emmanuel describes what it was like to drive a big truck into the city, Kyle acknowledges the big team effort.
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August 19
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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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aasjQ9GeiM
- 08 / 26 / 2026 -
Kyle's voice is several octaves lower, Rob and Gila are having audio problems, this is a call-in show primarily for the radio audience, "Overtime" will not be on tonight, the number to call to support WBAI, wondering if everyone is sick, a caller requests less jargon in the conversations, there used to be a drug show on WBAI, Emmanuel's idea for a show with nothing but taxi drivers, the "free drugs" banner at HOPE and what it was really all about, questioning why Rob and Gila's doorbell sounds so harsh, urging Rebel not to call, a caller explains what's behind X10 devices, some of the tasks that X10 technology can perform, how the Internet isn't involved, an explanation of how this technology works and how long it's been around, a caller has a website with 1990s GeoCities style, why acknowledgment is important, a call from a co-author of a book on the fight against commercialization of the Internet, discussing Usenet, Kyle points out that the Internet was never a utopia, remembering John Perry Barlow's "Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace," a question about charging cords for phones that don't last, the hour has gone by too fast.
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August 26
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