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- 06 / 07 / 2023 -

An announcement about upcoming transmitter maintenance, Emmanuel recounts a recent visit with Virgil Griffith in prison, remembering the last time Virgil was in New York, some of the weird restrictions encountered when visiting a prison, Kyle and Emmanuel attend a mini Maker Faire on Long Island, an announcement about a new Coney Island Maker Faire in October, a fake declaration of martial law by Vladimir Putin is described as a "hack," how the new Twitter blue check policy made this easier, a ruling about warrants being required for cell phone searches at the border, wondering why such searches would ever be necessary, advice for people who travel, Gmail's new verification feature and why it's rather useless, why Gmail has very bad spam filtering, how Emmanuel's email was winding up in Gila's spam folder, revelations that Google contributed $45,000 to conservatives after the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe vs. Wade was leaked, the unfairness of many comment boards, how news networks are failing us, how every Amazon Ring employee was able to view customer videos, questioning why anyone would have a camera in their bathroom, how Ring customers were terrorized with creepy voices coming over their speakers, people are wearing masks again due to the smoke coming into the area from Canada.


Overtime: Why Emmanuel won't look at the live chat, Gila is moderating the chat, a quiet caller, Rebel is in Russia, how the serial number of his phone was copied by border guards, Emmanuel recommends a museum devoted to Peter the Great, more questions on traveling to Russia, where 2600 meetings currently take place in Russia, how Rebel is able to call in from there, Emmanuel learns something new about St. Petersburg, analyzing some online scams, the story of a lawyer who relied on artificial intelligence to make an argument in court, an update on the air quality in the area reveals the poorest possible conditions, Emmanuel's history at WBAI, Gila reveals that the 35th anniversary of the show will coincide with the Coney Island Maker Faire, what the aborted first show in 1988 was like.

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- 06 / 14 / 2023 -

Rob and Gila try to connect with Alex and Voltaire, Kyle and Emmanuel are away, controversy involving Reddit and an app called Apollo, how this caused a "blackout" on Reddit, Alex recalls the days of Usenet, Voltaire is finally connected, more on the lawyer who used artificial intelligence to write legal briefs, the European Union takes a step towards regulating artificial intelligence, the threat AI poses to writers and why it needs to be addressed on an ongoing basis, AI's lack of understanding of human humor, how an Amazon Fire tablet for kids was used to stalk a security researcher, what makes this particularly scary, why the show hasn't returned to the station's studios, the show won't be on next week.

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- 06 / 28 / 2023 -

Kyle and Emmanuel are in the Yukon, Greg Newby joins the discussion, using the Starlink service for this connection, how Greg's house is completely off the grid, the radiotelephone service that's also available there, what frequencies are being used on that system, why Kyle and Emmanuel have journeyed up to the Yukon, Greg's participation in the Denali 135 ultra-marathon, Greg describes the device that allowed communication with the outside world while outside of cell reception range, Greg ran the equivalent of more than five marathons, the signal to Canada is lost, Alex is at the Chelsea Arts Club in London, the various radio stations Kyle and Emmanuel have dropped in on in the Yukon and Alaska, the effect that wildfires have been having in various places, Canada will reportedly lose access to news sites via social media, wondering how news sites are defined, new iPhones are triggering calls to the police by dancing people, how accidental calls to the police in the United Kingdom are being made in the same manner that Emmanuel discovered months ago, the city of Fort Worth is the victim of a hack targeting anti-abortion policies, Emmanuel explains why this is a good and necessary thing.

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June 28
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