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- 08 / 05 / 2020 -
Rob connects everyone together, Kyle and Emmanuel are stuck in a car after losing power due to Tropical Storm Isaias, this is a post-HOPE show with Johnny Xmas, Beaches, and Nikgod, Johnny describes why Radio Statler is so important to the conference, Beaches describes how the archives will work, the amazing amount of talks that spanned the nine days of the conference, Greg Newby joins the conversation, Greg was bitten by a dog today, the dog was not one of the 24 that Greg owns, Greg describes how easy it was to get treated in Canada, the amazing amount of work that Greg put in to help make the conference happen, how the speakers were coordinated, Johnny describes the ease of the process, how the Matrix chat system really worked out, Gila describes watching the conference come together, Emmanuel's awkward situation in a parked car, Greg explains why Matrix was chosen over Discord for the main conference, Emmanuel describes what HOPE bumps were, some of the software that was utilized, the amazing tasks that volunteers undertook, the effectiveness of the help desk, how the wiki was used much more this year, how a problem with workshop registration early on in the conference was resolved, the conference raised over $10,000 for EFF, how to show support for WBAI, thoughts on some of the nine keynotes who spoke at HOPE, how young people gave a lot of talks this year, the film festival that took place during the conference, the musical performances that occurred each night, final thoughts.
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August 5
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- 08 / 12 / 2020 -
A late start, an audio skip caused by pulling out a thumb drive, fan noise, predicting when things will go back to normal, the Democratic convention will be covered on WBAI in a week, attempts to bring phone calls back to the show, a listener review of the HOPE conference, how to use the 2600 SecureDrop service, how to support the radio station, an update on a Twitter hack involving celebrities and a scam, what this hack revealed about how Twitter is run, analyzing how a 17-year-old was able to pull this hack off, how the arraignment was Zoom-bombed, what the appropriate response to a case like this should be, how only verified Twitter accounts were affected, comparing what happened to an actual in-person crime, a hack involving a potential vaccine for COVID-19, questioning whether this is even a crime, the relationship to whistleblowing. This show includes light fundraising.
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August 12
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- 08 / 19 / 2020 -
Another rough opening, confusion on what time the show ends, Democratic convention coverage is about to begin on WBAI, how the online format seems to have worked so far for the Democrats, why fears of a denial of service attack are unfounded, Alex's two-year-old is listening to the show, the show is knocked off the air again, frustration with the station not picking up the phone, Emmanuel bemoans the fact that people don't seem to know how to communicate anymore, Alex says the "T" word, why Trump is a politician, how the post office is being targeted now by the Trump administration and how this could interfere with the election, questioning where the local Board of Elections office is, how Gila's old neighborhood answered that question, Emmanuel's concern over ballots being stored for an extended period of time, how Alex's name changed in the voter registration file, trying to figure out how this could have happened, how something like this could be used to clog the system, a Republican report on the Russian role in the 2016 election, why this sort of thing should be expected, how security precautions can help prevent them, Notepad++ is banned in China due to a developer protest regarding Hong Kong, a browser variable that means "banned by the state," more on the possible TikTok threat, how Alex has become more involved in this, convention coverage is coming up next.
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August 19
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- 08 / 26 / 2020 -
A perfect intro, Kyle gets locked out of Skype which has prevented a connection to anyone else, a thorough explanation of what's going on, how Emmanuel is ultimately responsible because he borrowed Kyle's computer, Republican convention coverage will be on WBAI tonight, getting an alternative Zoom call set up, the danger of another outbreak if people don't follow the guidelines, a contact tracing app called Aura is unveiled at Albion College in Michigan, why this could be a great gap year for students, a major security flaw, welcoming the rest of the crew through Zoom, analyzing how the Republicans are running their convention, how people are being put at risk for no reason, Alex focuses on the Orwellian aspects of the Republican message, how bad people tend to always be angry, the absurdity of calling Joe Biden a radical, Alex helps file a lawsuit against Trump on behalf of TikTok, discussion of the Hatch Act and how the Trumps seem to be violating it, issues of civil unrest, how people were executed by a Trump supporter in last night's demonstration in Wisconsin, some thoughts from George Carlin on politicians caught up in scandal.
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August 26
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