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- 10 / 07 / 2026 -
It's a bit short-staffed tonight as Gila ran into subway problems and Kyle is dealing with important matters on the west coast, October 24th is the deadline to register to vote in New York State, a Justice Department press release makes heavy use of the Trump mandated phrase "super intelligence," Alex is familiar with the judge in this case, wondering what the big deal is with creating A.I. slop and figuring out how to make money off it, guessing what the fine for this was, Gila arrives, the possibility of not allowing the federal government to operate Flock cameras, Alex describes a parallel with state drinking ages, the desire to vandalize these cameras, Emmanuel explains how marking them is a better move, recalling a system in England that allowed people to request footage when they appeared on government surveillance cameras, an ICE alert for Uniondale, Rob recollects the Surveillance Camera Players, how Ring cameras do indeed provide humorous footage for a TV show, Gila questions whether Flock will become a generic word like Kleenex, the need for warning signs when there's surveillance, a bipartisan effort to require AM radios in cars, questioning panelists on when the last time they listened to AM radio was, Emmanuel describes the sport of Dxing, why AM radio is crucial in emergencies, how some electric cars create interference on the AM band, ICE is now prohibited from arresting people who show up for court hearings, Alex describes how immigrants face the constant threat of being detained even when following the rules, Alex describes the mind games that ICE plays with vulnerable individuals, an invitation to send letters to the show, listener feedback to last week's outro, Alex describes the ICANN application process for new top level domains, how the .hack domain was applied for, Emmanuel's issue with ICANN charging huge fees for applying and not refunding it if the application isn't accepted, Rob reveals the applicants for the .hack domain, another reminder to register to vote.
Overtime: Hitting the right buttons, Rob gets the Elisapie album after hearing last week's outro, Emmanuel recommends "North of North" and Alex disagrees, how there are two cover songs with the same title done by the same artist, encouraging people to learn about native music, Emmanuel's trip to what is now called Iqaluit many years ago, bringing the van back, the death of Margaret Hamilton, Rob explains her importance to the community, Rob's LEGO tribute, the story of Hedy Lamarr, Emmanuel has to run back and forth to manage the phone calls due to Kyle's absence, trying to figure out why the phone callers can't hear the microphone Emmanuel is using, a call from a HOPE attendee, a story about a local community's public hearing on the Flock camera controversy, the large number of HOPE attendees who were there for the first time, a call for Kyle to get "many awards" for the network accomplishment, HOPE videos are now out, an announcement is forthcoming on HOPE's future, Emmanuel loses his temper when Alex confuses an off the hook tone with a busy signal, Emmanuel's plan for answering the phone with a microphone that doesn't completely work, trying to say the phone number as a team, a report on a lack of people at the Washington DC 2600 meeting, a caller describes how software developers are excited about A.I., the tremendous power in their hands and the potential for changing civilization, Alex describes the danger of agentic A.I. becoming dominant, Emmanuel explains the logic behind how calls to the two shows are taken, Alex explains the 14th Amendment and how it relates to immigrants, Rebel is the last caller for the first time in memory, a repeated recording causes confusion, more on AM radios in electric cars, examples of distant radio stations that can be heard on the AM band, advising people to listen to the shipping reports on BBC Radio 4, final words from everyone, how people can get HOPE videos, the next project will be YouTube which requires a bit of work, the new 2600 issue is out.
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October 7
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Off The Hook Overtime
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- 10 / 14 / 2026 -
Alex isn't as far away as he sounds but will be in a distant place next week, it's been five weeks since Emmanuel's landline stopped working, Verizon has missed at least five appointments so far, how this is made more complicated since Emmanuel is subscribed through a different company, an example of the poor quality of communications at this unnamed company, how this has turned into a demonstration of frustration, the irony of this happening to Emmanuel, why Emmanuel uses this specific company, Rob's memories of Emmanuel complaining over the air about landlines, Emmanuel corrects Alex as to what NYNEX stood for, what has been lost today, the story of a Canadian who designed a Flock-like system to specifically track police cars, the weirdness of referring to someone as a "YouTuber," how this spotlights the concerns about Flock cameras monitoring anyone, Alex explains how this person is tracking blatantly marked cars that aren't trying to hide, the importance of being able to track what's going on with law enforcement, Trump now considers people who continue to use the phrase "artificial intelligence" to be the enemy, the almost unbelievable evil of Elon Musk, Slovenia is seeing an uptick in domain reservations due to their .si name, how "super" is a different prefix than "artificial," how there's no differentiation between man or machine when using "super," Trump Mobile is investigated after a data breach, Emmanuel gets a news bulletin, how Trump gets away with every scam he's involved with and why this demonstrates a flaw in our system, refrigerators in France are hacked and turned up to 50 degrees Celsius, another story of Samsung refrigerators in South Korea that were adversely affected due to a software upgrade, Gila explains the harvest festival in South Korea that was ruined by this, discussing what motivates people to be destructive and questioning whether the media even reported this story accurately, why such situations are an opportunity to develop something better, the issue of making Daylight Savings Time permanent is coming up again, why this is a really stupid idea, how making Standard Time permanent would be a better option, Trump's weird logic, some Canadian provinces are switching to permanent Daylight Savings Time which will cause all kinds of problems, where ICE is operating today.
Overtime: The phone number is displayed early, Emmanuel questions whether the radio station went silent after the show or if it was a personal assistant error, the host of the show that follows "Off The Hook" actually died some time ago, preparing some conditions for the inevitable Rebel call, Alex suggests a "random team effort" in giving out the phone number, Emmanuel tries to coordinate picking up the phone, Rebel's issue getting gas at a New Jersey gas station where the Internet went down and credit cards stopped being accepted, Emmanuel tries to clarify that the refrigerator story took place in South Korea, recollecting the days when credit card checks were made over the phone with a printed booklet, the 955 exchange, the Rate and Route operator, thoughts on Windows NT, recent developments make the United States more of an ally with Russia than Ukraine, the raid on Representative Ilhan Omar's home, wondering what reconstruction is going to be like once the national nightmare is over, Gila wonders if these things can ever be fixed, memories of "Special Bulletin," a caller has technical info on police scanners, an update on Alex's pursuit of a ham radio license, a discussion on different views in politics, the money needed to take care of veterans, Rob's challenge on when Caller ID data is sent, how everyone would use the number of rings to send messages in the past, how the words "comfortable" and "Alice Fine" were used to convey messages, a possible touch tone message, there is a cricket in the studio, Rob's ill-fated joke about crickets.
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October 14
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- 10 / 21 / 2026 -
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October 21
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