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{{Infobox Radio Show
{{Infobox Radio Show
| show_name = Off the Hook
| show_name = Off the Hook
| other_names =
| other_names =
| image =
| image = Off the Hook Radio.png
| imagesize =
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| format = [[Talk radio]], [[Current affairs (news format)|current affairs]]
| format = [[Talk radio]], [[Current affairs (news format)|current affairs]]
| television =
| television =
| audio_format = [[Stereophonic]]
| audio_format = [[Stereophonic]]
| record_location = [[New York City, New York]]
| record_location = [[New York City, New York]]
| runtime = 60 min.
| runtime = 60 min.
| creator = [[Eric Corley|Emmanuel Goldstein]]
| creator = [[Eric Corley|Emmanuel Goldstein]]
| developer =
| developer =
| producer =
| producer =
| executive_producer =
| executive_producer =
| presenter = [[Eric Corley|Emmanuel Goldstein]]
| presenter = [[Eric Corley|Emmanuel Goldstein]]
| starring = Various panelists
| starring = Various panelists
| opentheme = "Much Worse" (Extended Mix) by [[Big Audio Dynamite]]
| opentheme = "Much Worse" (Extended Mix) by [[Big Audio Dynamite]]
| endtheme =
| endtheme =
| country = [[United States]]
| country = [[United States]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| home_station = [[WBAI]]
| home_station = [[WBAI]]
| syndicates =
| syndicates =
| first_aired = 1988
| first_aired = 1988
| last_aired = present
| last_aired = present
| website = [http://www.2600.com/offthehook/ Off the Hook]
| website = {{URL|www.2600.com/offthehook/}}
| podcast = [http://www.2600.com/oth-broadband.xml high-fidelity feed]
| podcast = [http://www.2600.com/oth-broadband.xml high-fidelity feed]
}}'''''Off the Hook''''' is a hacker-oriented weekly [[talk radio]] program, hosted by [[Eric Corley|Emmanuel Goldstein]],<ref>{{Cite news | title = Radio show focuses on hacking | newspaper = Associated Press | date = June 14, 1997 | url = http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/061497/tech_online2600.html | postscript = <!--None-->}} {{dead link|date=June 2010}}</ref> which focuses on the societal ramifications of [[information technology]] and the [[law]]s that [[regulation|regulate]] how [[information society|people]] use them. It airs Wednesday nights at 7:00 p.m. [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]] in [[New York City]] on the [[community radio]] station [[WBAI]] 99.5 FM. It is also [[simulcast]]ed online via streaming [[MP3]], rebroadcast on various other [[radio station]]s,<ref name="homepage">{{cite web | title = 2600 Off The Hook | date = Feb 1, 1997 | url = http://www.2600.com/oth/}}</ref> and has been made available as a [[podcast]] (since long before that term was coined).
}}'''''Off the Hook''''' is a hacker-oriented weekly [[talk radio]] program, hosted by [[Eric Corley|Emmanuel Goldstein]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=Radio show focuses on hacking |newspaper=Associated Press |date=June 14, 1997 |url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/061497/tech_online2600.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101061343/http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/061497/tech_online2600.html |archive-date=January 1, 2009 }} </ref> which focuses on the societal ramifications of [[information technology]] and the [[law]]s that [[regulation|regulate]] how [[information society|people]] use them. It airs Wednesday nights at 7:00 p.m. [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]] in [[New York City]] on the [[community radio]] station [[WBAI]] 99.5 FM. It is also [[simulcast]] online via streaming [[MP3]], rebroadcast on various other [[radio station]]s,<ref name="homepage">{{cite web | title = 2600 Off The Hook | date = Feb 1, 1997 | url = http://www.2600.com/oth/}}</ref> and has been made available as a [[podcast]] (since long before that term was coined).


== History ==
== History ==
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Some notable events in the program's history include:
Some notable events in the program's history include:
* On November 30, 1999, journalist [[Amy Goodman]] reported live from the [[WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 protest activity|World Trade Organization protests]], while being repeatedly approached by police and tear-gassed.
* On November 30, 1999, journalist [[Amy Goodman]] reported live from the [[WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 protest activity|World Trade Organization protests]], while being repeatedly approached by police and tear-gassed.
* As an [[April Fool's Day]] prank in 2008, the crew faked a hack on [[Barack Obama]]'s campaign website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-9910026-33.html |title=Barack Obama's website was not hacked |accessdate=2008-09-16 |date=2008-04-02 |publisher=CNET}}</ref>
* As an [[April Fool's Day]] prank in 2008, the crew faked a hack on [[Barack Obama]]'s campaign website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-9910026-33.html |title=Barack Obama's website was not hacked |access-date=2008-09-16 |date=2008-04-02 |publisher=CNET}}</ref>
* As an [[April Fool's Day]] prank in 2009, the show staged a [[wikt:en:mock#Noun|mock]] shutdown and takeover of [[WBAI]] by a new [[country music|country]] station. Rather than the show's intro, the hour opened with an apparent station [[sign-off]] followed by the [[sign-on|introduction]] of "New York's New Radio Station," playing a "10,000 song [[wikt:en:marathon#Noun|marathon]]" to celebrate the birth of "Country 99.5".<ref name=bsdbox_wbaigonecountry>{{cite web|last=Graziano|first=Michael|title=WBAI Gone Country|url=http://www.bsd-box.net/~mikeg/blog/index.php?/archives/93-WBAI-Gone-Country.html|publisher=bsd-box.net/~mikeg/blog/|accessdate=29 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=archive2009>{{cite web|title=Off The Hook April 2009|url=http://www.2600.com/offthehook/2009/0409.html|work=The 2009 Off The Hook audio archive|publisher=2600|accessdate=29 March 2012}}</ref> For 17 minutes WBAI broadcast to the [[New York metropolitan area|Greater New York area]] as a country station.<ref name=archive2009 />
* As an [[April Fool's Day]] prank in 2009, the show staged a [[wikt:en:mock#Noun|mock]] shutdown and takeover of [[WBAI]] by a new [[country music|country]] station. Rather than the show's intro, the hour opened with an apparent station [[sign-off]] followed by the [[sign-on|introduction]] of "New York's New Radio Station," playing a "10,000 song [[wikt:en:marathon#Noun|marathon]]" to celebrate the birth of "Country 99.5".<ref name=bsdbox_wbaigonecountry>{{cite web|last=Graziano|first=Michael|title=WBAI Gone Country|url=http://www.bsd-box.net/~mikeg/blog/index.php?/archives/93-WBAI-Gone-Country.html|publisher=bsd-box.net/~mikeg/blog/|access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=archive2009>{{cite web|title=Off The Hook April 2009|url=http://www.2600.com/offthehook/2009/0409.html|work=The 2009 Off The Hook audio archive|publisher=2600|access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref> For 17 minutes WBAI broadcast to the [[New York metropolitan area|Greater New York area]] as a country station.<ref name=archive2009 />


=== Possible Conclusion ===
=== Possible Conclusion ===


On November 13, 2012, it was announced that "Off the Hook" is possibly facing conclusion due to "[[2600 magazine|2600]]"'s frustration with WBAI, as well as difficulty accessing the studio and its resources in the wake of [[Hurricane Sandy]].<ref>[http://www.2600.com/news/view/article/12291 AN OPEN LETTER TO OUR LISTENERS FROM THE STAFF OF "OFF THE HOOK", Posted 13 Nov 2012 05:07:34 UTC]. Retrieved November 2012.</ref> As of October 9, 2013, however, new episodes have continued airing over WBAI,<ref>[http://www.2600.com/offthehook/2013/1013.html ''Off the Hook'', 2013 October 9]</ref>.
On November 13, 2012, it was announced that "Off the Hook" was possibly facing conclusion due to "[[2600 magazine|2600]]"'s frustration with WBAI, as well as difficulty accessing the studio and its resources in the wake of [[Hurricane Sandy]].<ref>[http://www.2600.com/news/view/article/12291 AN OPEN LETTER TO OUR LISTENERS FROM THE STAFF OF "OFF THE HOOK", Posted 13 Nov 2012 05:07:34 UTC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116063758/http://www.2600.com/news/view/article/12291 |date=16 November 2012 }}. Retrieved November 2012.</ref> However, new episodes have continued airing over WBAI.<ref>[http://www.2600.com/offthehook/2013/1013.html ''Off the Hook'', 2013 October 9]</ref>


== Show format ==
== Show format ==
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Listener calls vary from people commenting and asking questions about previously discussed topics to reporting their own news. Calls are taken in an unfiltered fashion, with callers being selected at random and immediately put on-air (although there is a seven-second delay). The show does not utilize a [[producer (radio)|producer]] to [[wikt:en:screening#Verb|screen]] for 'valid' calls before bringing them on-air. As such, it's not uncommon for callers to speak [[off topic]], or seek help for a computer-related problem, possibly mistaking ''Off the Hook'' for the subsequent radio program on WBAI, ''[http://www.pcradioshow.org/ The Personal Computer Show]''.<ref>[http://wbai.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=133&Itemid=40 WBAI Program Schedule Overview]. Retrieved July 2009.</ref> It is also not uncommon for calls to be dropped, or for callers to hang up, much to the consternation of the show's hosts.
Listener calls vary from people commenting and asking questions about previously discussed topics to reporting their own news. Calls are taken in an unfiltered fashion, with callers being selected at random and immediately put on-air (although there is a seven-second delay). The show does not utilize a [[producer (radio)|producer]] to [[wikt:en:screening#Verb|screen]] for 'valid' calls before bringing them on-air. As such, it's not uncommon for callers to speak [[off topic]], or seek help for a computer-related problem, possibly mistaking ''Off the Hook'' for the subsequent radio program on WBAI, ''[http://www.pcradioshow.org/ The Personal Computer Show]''.<ref>[http://wbai.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=133&Itemid=40 WBAI Program Schedule Overview]. Retrieved July 2009.</ref> It is also not uncommon for calls to be dropped, or for callers to hang up, much to the consternation of the show's hosts.


Since the show has an [[international]] [[audience]], due to its streamed web presence and coverage of topics often of international interest, callers [[international phone call|come]] from many countries in addition to the [[US]].
Since the show has an international [[audience]], due to its streamed web presence and coverage of topics often of international interest, callers [[international phone call|come]] from many countries in addition to the [[US]].


== Personalities ==
== Personalities ==
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* [[Bernie S]]
* [[Bernie S]]
* Kyle
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* &#91;dot&#93;Ret
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* Rob Vincent, a.k.a. "Rob T Firefly"
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* volt4ire
* Jim Vichench
* [https://www.crowell.com/en/professionals/alexander-urbelis ''Alexander Urbelis'']
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* Mike Castleman
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* Redhackt
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* Rob Vincent, aka "Rob T Firefly"
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* Alexander Urbelis
* Arseny
* Arseny
* Gus
* Gus
* Izaac Falken
* Izaac Falken
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* Jim Vichench, a.k.a. "Red Balaclava"
* Juintz
* Juintz
* Leo
* Leo
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* [[Mark Abene|Mark Abene, a.k.a. "Phiber Optik"]]
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* Mike Castleman
* notKevin
* notKevin
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* [[Mark Abene|Mark Abene, aka "Phiber Optik"]]
* Redbird
* Redbird
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* Redhackt
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* volt4ire
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* &#91;dot&#93;Ret
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* [[Dan Kaminsky]]
* [[Dan Kaminsky]]
* [[Julian Assange]]
* [[Julian Assange]]
* KRT_
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* [[Kevin Mitnick]]
* [[Kevin Mitnick]]
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* [[Mitch Altman]]
* [[Mitch Altman]]
* [[Negativland]]
* [[Negativland]]
* [[Dave Buchwald]]
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* RenderMan
* RenderMan
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== External links==
== External links==
* [http://www.2600.com/offthehook/ ''Off the Hook''] official site
* [http://www.2600.com/offthehook/ ''Off the Hook''] official site
* [http://wbai.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=362&Itemid=142 Show page] at [[WBAI]]
* [http://www.wbai.org/program.php?program=76 Show page] at [[WBAI]]


[[Category:Audio podcasts]]
[[Category:Audio podcasts]]
[[Category:2600: The Hacker Quarterly]]
[[Category:2600: The Hacker Quarterly]]
[[Category:Pacifica Radio programs]]
[[Category:Pacifica Foundation programs]]
[[Category:Works about computer hacking]]

Latest revision as of 02:22, 25 August 2024

Off the Hook
GenreTalk radio, current affairs
Running time60 min.
Country of originUnited States
Language(s)English
Home stationWBAI
Hosted byEmmanuel Goldstein
StarringVarious panelists
Created byEmmanuel Goldstein
Recording studioNew York City, New York
Original release1988 –
present
Audio formatStereophonic
Opening theme"Much Worse" (Extended Mix) by Big Audio Dynamite
Websitewww.2600.com/offthehook/
Podcasthigh-fidelity feed

Off the Hook is a hacker-oriented weekly talk radio program, hosted by Emmanuel Goldstein,[1] which focuses on the societal ramifications of information technology and the laws that regulate how people use them. It airs Wednesday nights at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time in New York City on the community radio station WBAI 99.5 FM. It is also simulcast online via streaming MP3, rebroadcast on various other radio stations,[2] and has been made available as a podcast (since long before that term was coined).

History

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Premiere

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Off the Hook first aired on Thursday, October 7, 1988. It was originally set to debut Friday, August 12, 1988, but a fire on the radio transmitter floor of the Empire State Building forced a postponement.[3]

Notable events

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Some notable events in the program's history include:

Possible Conclusion

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On November 13, 2012, it was announced that "Off the Hook" was possibly facing conclusion due to "2600"'s frustration with WBAI, as well as difficulty accessing the studio and its resources in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.[7] However, new episodes have continued airing over WBAI.[8]

Show format

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After a quick presentation of the panelist(s) or on-air guest(s), the radio show normally starts with a report and discussion of the previous week's most interesting hacker, technology, and activist related news. Sometimes, it also features an interview with external guests.

Listener contributions

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Toward the end of the program, Goldstein often reads listener e-mails and/or takes listener phone calls, time providing.

Listener calls vary from people commenting and asking questions about previously discussed topics to reporting their own news. Calls are taken in an unfiltered fashion, with callers being selected at random and immediately put on-air (although there is a seven-second delay). The show does not utilize a producer to screen for 'valid' calls before bringing them on-air. As such, it's not uncommon for callers to speak off topic, or seek help for a computer-related problem, possibly mistaking Off the Hook for the subsequent radio program on WBAI, The Personal Computer Show.[9] It is also not uncommon for calls to be dropped, or for callers to hang up, much to the consternation of the show's hosts.

Since the show has an international audience, due to its streamed web presence and coverage of topics often of international interest, callers come from many countries in addition to the US.

Personalities

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Many individuals, from across the hacker, activist, computer security, etc. communities, have played active roles in or appeared on the show over the years.

Emmanuel Goldstein has regularly hosted the show since its inception.

The show's current lineup:
Past regular panelists:
  • Alexander Urbelis
  • Arseny
  • Gus
  • Izaac Falken
  • Mike Castleman
  • notKevin
  • Redbird
  • Redhackt
  • [dot]Ret
Other occasional returning and notable one-time guests:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Radio show focuses on hacking". Associated Press. June 14, 1997. Archived from the original on January 1, 2009.
  2. ^ "2600 Off The Hook". Feb 1, 1997.
  3. ^ Off the Hook show notes - October 7, 1988
  4. ^ "Barack Obama's website was not hacked". CNET. 2008-04-02. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  5. ^ Graziano, Michael. "WBAI Gone Country". bsd-box.net/~mikeg/blog/. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Off The Hook April 2009". The 2009 Off The Hook audio archive. 2600. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  7. ^ AN OPEN LETTER TO OUR LISTENERS FROM THE STAFF OF "OFF THE HOOK", Posted 13 Nov 2012 05:07:34 UTC Archived 16 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 2012.
  8. ^ Off the Hook, 2013 October 9
  9. ^ WBAI Program Schedule Overview. Retrieved July 2009.
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