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- 09 / 03 / 2025 -
Trying to reach Alex who's in a cab, there is no time for "Overtime" this week, what it was like to be in Rome earlier in the day, Kyle and Emmanuel went to Vermont and experienced some interesting connectivity challenges, some annoying changes in the latest Samsung update, how Emmanuel couldn't reboot his phone in order to get a signal, Emmanuel resists giving specific location info to Alex, how Google sent Kyle and Emmanuel miles out of the way and up a mountain to make a simple U-turn, Emmanuel defines hacking to a listener mocking the show for its technical issues, why on-air foulups are interesting to watch or listen to, Mastodon is completely unable to comply with Mississippi's age verification law, Rob explains why this is so, what Google has to give up after losing a big court case, how Google results have gotten worse, Emmanuel's resistance to being forced to use Chrome, why it's important to identify all of these companies as Google, how a parade from Chinese state television kept getting interrupted by Google's advertising, how this overt commercialization makes the United States look, DOGE has put critical Social Security information at risk, progress in technology to identify ICE agents under their masks, Rob warns of the risk involved in using AI here, the very real danger of masked agents grabbing people off the street, Gila recollects shaming a haunted house employee, how technology can be used in both good and evil ways, Kyle describes how individuals can be empowered, Rob updates listeners on this week's 2600 meetings.
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September 3
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- 09 / 10 / 2025 -
Alex is driving across the state line, listener email, a helpful guide to rebooting a Samsung phone after an update that made it really difficult, critique for the show's failure to gather age information of listeners to protect the children, use of the word "lockdown," Rob defends the use of the term, how COVID is still here, countering claims that the vaccine is dangerous, why New York is fortunate regarding availability of the vaccine, a hilarious Burger King hack that criticizes their security practices, how interactions at drive-up windows are being saved to train artificial intelligence, access to bathroom rating screens, Gila reveals info about an AI-powered takedown service that Burger King uses, a hacker gains access to Nexar-branded cameras containing dashcam footage, guessing the amount of data involved, a therapist is revealed to be using ChatGPT during a session, Kyle explains how such scenarios can come about and what people can do to protect themselves, questioning whether this constitutes a HIPPA violation, what makes AI unacceptable for mental health treatment, "old wine in a new bottle," Kyle's call to get it together, a call to support WBAI.
Overtime: Alex sounds much better after arriving at his destination, it's been a while since the last episode of "Overtime," positive reaction to Emmanuel's definition of hacking, Rob describes how Medicare will be paying AI a share in rejected claims found through it, wondering where the money is actually coming from, how Google censors obscenities in captioning on YouTube, wondering why the hard-of-hearing are prevented from seeing these words, an experiment to generate the longest possible dash, it will take a couple of days for the captioning to be generated for this show, "Ghostface Gila," more examples of obscenities being suppressed, some experiments involving obscenities, Kyle comes up with a unique solution, listener examples of "clean" obscenities, "monkey fighting snakes," how "Elon Musk" was banned in the chat for three months without anyone noticing, who the richest person in the world is now, Kyle's challenge to callers, a call to hack more things, war.gov was registered and launched in the last week, the idea of a slamming sound when hanging up a phone, Emmanuel's issue with people on TV not saying "goodbye" when hanging up, the Rate and Route operator, Rebel's question about Telex terminals, going over the seven dirty words, wondering if relay operators still exist, Kyle explains how it works, why sign is preferred over typing, a parallel to how health companies and media companies interact with consumers, a Washington DC caller describes the National Guard troops that are now in the streets, the issue of an AI-generated talk at Defcon, Kyle describes some of the sound improvements that have been made, experimenting with the seven dirty words to see if they all get dashes on YouTube, why Emmanuel doesn't like the em-dash, the kinds of dashes that are acceptable, Emmanuel discovers Alex was also an English major, trying to get an em-dash to appear easily when typing, an idea to use phones for medical diagnoses, a caller's opinions on the National Guard in Washington DC, how Trump can get away with this for 30 days, thoughts on today's assassination of Charlie Kirk, why the narrative should not be taken over for political purposes, the pinnacle of tonight's obscenity experiment for YouTube.
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September 10
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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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- 09 / 17 / 2025 -
Lots of hate and cowardice in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination, the tie-in to technology, what goes without saying, how the leadership of the country quickly turned on its own people, why the show will avoid identifying information in listener letters, one of the websites that sought to target people with unacceptable views of Kirk, how the site has since been erased and even removed from Internet Archive, how someone who was criticizing the reaction was also listed as one of the killers, the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel for his comments on the assassination, the involvement of FCC chair Brendan Carr, analyzing Kimmel's remarks, looking at Carr's threats, the promise of WBAI, why it's essential to support such a bastion of free speech in this day and age, a distracting sound from someone's computer, Alex discusses a case from a century ago that is relevant today, the Nexstar reaction, how this has even affected Ben and Jerry's due to their corporate owners, why this is an unprecedented scenario, why everyone needs to be very concerned, next week will be a call-in show on WBAI, examples of media companies caving to Trump, why people within the Trump administration will also eventually be targeted, Alex's apprehension when crossing the border, how even Proton Mail shut down journalist accounts, the Phrack connection, where people can find the article, there will be a citywide test of the wireless emergency alert system tomorrow, a tribute to freedom.
Overtime: The late breaking Jimmy Kimmel story, Gila's views on Charlie Kirk, criticism from the chat, how to win a debate, a stark difference between left and right, Emmanuel's impatience waiting for democracy to arrive, the issue of whether or not hate speech is protected, how Pam Bondi is broadly defining hate speech as anything that disagrees with the current regime, Rob changes the subject to the anniversary of the release of "Hackers," some of the results of last week's experiments with obscene words being censored on YouTube's captioning, why it's important to make such features easy to set, Rob explains how Google's AI Overview isn't reliable, testing out the quality of the phone line, the frustration of having unwanted windows open after inadvertently touching a key, questions and discussion of past connectivity, how merchants used to have to verify credit card numbers in the past, Emmanuel wonders if anyone is still using ISDN, the availability of DSL Internet service, Nexstar is lobbying the FCC to change the rules to allow for them to buy more stations, a recommendation for "WZZQ: The Movie," how digital TV ruined the fun of television tuning, thoughts on Isaac Asimov, how HOPE conferences are limited to Earth, more on generating an em-dash, thoughts on the numeric keypad, the issue of copper lines being retired, a proposed return to having a single landline that's available in every town, more advice on the audio issues, a caller remembers old radio broadcasts, "Overtime" won't be on for a while for various reasons, a call from the past, Emmanuel's American Express Platinum card that isn't the right kind of Platinum card for airport lounges, Alex and Gila compare Platinum cards.
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September 17
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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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- 09 / 24 / 2025 -
A skeleton crew tonight, there won't be a show next week, Kyle and Emmanuel will be heading to Whitehorse to see Greg Newby who has entered hospice after battling pancreatic cancer since March, recalling the HOPE closing ceremonies where everyone was waving at Greg, how Greg was the one who found St. John's, memories of when Greg first came upon the scene, there is no plan yet on how to get up to see him, last week's breaking news on Jimmy Kimmel has exploded, listener objections to the show's focusing on free speech issues, a bizarre Secret Service press release claims to have shut down a network of SIM servers in the New York area, some of the many questions raised, some of the info that wasn't included in the press release, a quote from Matt McCool, Alex is quoted in the story Emmanuel is reading, Alex explains what's bogus about this story, why Google can no longer be trusted, the impossibility of getting through to a human at big tech companies, how kids are being victimized through Xbox, how the issue of encryption has changed over the years, Kyle outlines what's needed for Meshnet to take off, HOPE videos will be available soon, a quick description of what a mesh network is, a call for messages for Greg.
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September 24
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