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- 04 / 02 / 2025 -
There won't be an "Overtime" this week, another instance of Madison Square Garden owners targeting people who they deem to be enemies, a man is barred simply for designing a t-shirt critical of the owner, how he hadn't gone to any of the venues in years, how this has gone even further than the examples outlined in the past, wondering how this could possibly be legal, an example of petty tyrants, Emmanuel challenges the Madison Square Garden owner to label him as their enemy, Gila describes the abuse made possible by owning both the venue and the team in one location, accusations of threatening behavior on behalf of the banned person, the incredible amount of touchiness from someone with lots of power in response to a slight bit of criticism, how this could never happen at Pacifica, how people can support WBAI, Emmanuel has been insulting the wrong Dolan, why it's important to get angry at these kinds of abuses of technology and power, another big law firm caves to Trump, the importance of fighting back against bullies, information about 2.8 billion Twitter IDs is leaked, how this demonstrates the danger of using sensitive information when opening social media accounts, Emmanuel gets under the skin of MAGA people on Twitter, some of the insults that were thrown, being scolded for posting a Washington Post story, an accusation of terrorism for posting a list of Tesla dealers that came from the Tesla website, the fact that people in the Trump administration are saying they want to send U.S. citizens to prisons in El Salvador, Emmanuel questions how it's possible to really piss off the opposition if Twitter isn't used, OpenSNP announces it's shutting down and deleting its data due to a rising threat in abuse, it's been the worst quarter for hacks in the cryptocurrency industry, there will be 2600 meetings this Friday.
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April 2
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- 04 / 09 / 2025 -
Some good news for a change, Alex announces the release of Virgil Griffith, an annoying echo, why the court had such hostility for Virgil, how Emmanuel thinks he helped the North Korean regime more than Virgil did, the true crime lies in Virgil's being held prisoner for any amount of time, Alex goes over the particulars in this case, how the sentence was reduced, the echo is traced to Alex, Emmanuel's reluctance to being thankful to the authorities for his release, how Alex made things much easier for Virgil, some possible restrictions Virgil will be facing, the potential for a presidential pardon, Emmanuel reports on Trump's latest actions regarding executive orders against former employees for crimes as serious as treason, what the Department of Justice can do at this point, this is what Trump has been promising to do, the chilling effect this will have, Trump has fired the head of the National Security Agency, how Laura Loomer somehow was behind this, how Trump's tanking of the stock market isn't even the main story, an analogy to what the stock market has been going through, detecting disloyalty among federal workers in the Trump administration, Alex is smoking, future hopes for Virgil, "Overtime" is on tonight, next week will be a call-in show.
Overtime: Confusion over moving the van on the YouTube display, Alex finally wears headphones, Kyle explains how software might have played a part in the echoing earlier, starting the program again, making it clear that people should not call next week if they call this week, a poll on who has a rotary phone, Kyle describes how rotary phones are not a waste, Emmanuel tries to call from a rotary phone, how pulse dialing is still being used in various places, Emmanuel isn't able to connect to the show's number from a different landline, trying to troubleshoot the problem, Rebel brings up tie lines and foreign exchange lines, Emmanuel admonishes childish antics on the show, Gila describes foreign exchanges, Emmanuel recalls an old trick involving a phone that was supposed to auto-dial a bank, Gila describes a misdial to 911, recalling the last time everyone sent a fax, discussing TWX and Telex, Rob explains what TWX stood for, Alex has disappeared again, asking for donations to WBAI even though this program isn't on the radio, the story of a man sent to El Salvador by mistake who the Trump administration is refusing to do anything about, a warning how American citizens could soon also be subjected to this sort of treatment, how Real IDs will soon be required for air travel within the United States, a caller has more talk of tie lines, Emmanuel's memories of a General Motors telephone service called Travelnet, how the logical area code system was destroyed by poor planning, more on the Connections Museum in Seattle, Bobcat has a challenge for Rob over his deleted account on Twitter, questioning just how much identity theft can be achieved here, Rob provides a list of other accounts that he's canceled, Kyle asserts that "Rob couldn't care any more less," some parallels to this behavior as suggested by chat members, clarification on who Trump is accusing of what with his executive orders, accepted talks for HOPE will be announced soon, how a percentage of ticket sales this month will be donated to EFF.
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April 9
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- 04 / 16 / 2025 -
There won't be an "Overtime" tonight since this is a call-in program, 4chan has been hacked with its internal data apparently being leaked, how this could be a blow to the alt-right community, Alex's theory on how this happened, a ransomware site is hacked and an anti-crime message placed on their page, Alex describes a glimpse into the operations of cybercriminals, Zoom is reported to be down, a call from Kingston in upstate New York, discussion of a marijuana company in California, how the show is being rebroadcast upstate, yet more legal firms cave to Trump, questioning how any legal firm could be trusted after doing this, Rebel ties up the phone and is banned for the next two weeks, a call from Woodstock, a caller offers historical perspective on current events, the inability of Congress to do anything effective, the absurdity of a cabinet meeting where everyone was forced to praise Trump, some facts and memories of two stations called WIOF, a caller brings up a story called "The Silver Egghead" by Fritz Leiber that seems to predict artificial intelligence, Alex describes how people are cheating themselves by using artificial intelligence as a crutch, Emmanuel remembers a story called "The Machine Stops" by E.M Forster from 1909 that also predicted the future, a caller has info on a nationwide speaking tour, what is ahead in the future.
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April 16
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- 04 / 23 / 2025 -
Kyle somehow has a different voice, Alex is in Switzerland, Emmanuel suggests checking the price of various items while he's over there, crosswalk signals in Seattle are hacked to broadcast a different message, how fake audio recordings were used, artificial intelligence gives some detail as to how this might have taken place, memories of 1997 when someone hacked a New York City subway escalator sign and got an incredible amount of media attention, Alex explains why this kind of a hack is harmless and in the hacker spirit, how nearly everyone in Suffolk County got a phone call in the middle of the night concerning a missing person, questions about how exactly this was set up, theorizing on the logic behind deciding who to call and who not to call, trying to determine if cell phone users also received the call, what Silver Alerts and Amber Alerts are, Emmanuel and Gila read the same story, Emmanuel explains how he was able to tie up entire phone exchanges in the past very easily, the different things that CALEA stands for, Pete Hegseth reveals secret information on a second Signal chat with dozens of unauthorized people, Emmanuel's prediction on Hegseth's fate, why this sort of behavior isn't good for anyone, Alex's prediction on Hegseth, what people can do at this point, the Voice of America is given new life by a federal court, trying to find VOA's frequency for when they return to the air, how the Trump administration viewed VOA, what they must think of a place like WBAI, why the station needs to be supported now more than ever, coming to terms with the damage Elon Musk may have caused in recent months, how people can access the show's archives without signal issues.
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April 23
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- 04 / 30 / 2025 -
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April 30
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Off The Hook Overtime
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