- Off the Hook (radio program)
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Off the Hook Genre talk radio, current affairs Running time 60 min. Country United States Languages English Home station WBAI Hosts Emmanuel Goldstein Starring Various panelists Creators Emmanuel Goldstein Recording studio New York City, New York Air dates since 1988 Audio format Stereophonic Opening theme "Much Worse" (Extended Mix) by Big Audio Dynamite Website Off the Hook Podcast high-fidelity feed Off the Hook is a hacker-oriented weekly talk radio program hosted by Emmanuel Goldstein.[1] 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 simulcasted 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.
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History
Premiere
Off the Hook was first aired on Thursday, October 7, 1988. It was originally set to debut Friday, August 12, 1988, but there was a fire on the radio transmitter floor of the Empire State Building, forcing the radio show to be broadcast at a later date.[3]
Notable events
Some notable events in the program's history include:
- On November 30, 1999, journalist Amy Goodman reported live from the 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.[4]
Personalities
Emmanuel Goldstein has hosted the show since its inception and there are and have been many other individuals from across the hacker, activist, and info-sec community(s) on the show.
The show's current lineup: Past regular panelists: Other occasional returning and notable one-time guests: - Bernie S
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- Gus
- Jim Vichench
- Mike
- Redhackt
- Rob T Firefly
- volt4ire
- Arseny
- Izaac Falken
- Juintz
- Leo
- notKevin
- Phiber Optik
- Redbird
- Bicyclemark
- Bre Pettis
- Dan Kaminsky
- Julian Assange
- Kevin Mitnick
- Lazlow Jones
- LexIcon
- Mitch Altman
- RenderMan
- Rop Gonggrijp
- Steven Rambam
- Tiffany Rad
Format of the show
After a quick presentation of the panelist or guests present in studio (or on the phone), the radio show normally starts with a report and discussion of the last week's most interesting hacker or technology related news. Sometimes it also features an interview with external guests. At the end of the hour-long radio program the host might read some of the received listener e-mails, and if there's time for it, open up for listener phone calls who can call in live and either give their comment on the previously discussed topics or report their own news. Since the show is also streamed on the web, it also has an international audience.
It is also not uncommon to hear some of the callers seek help for a computer-related problem, possibly mistaking Off the Hook to be the subsequent radio program on WBAI, called Personal Computer Show[5].
References
- ^ "Radio show focuses on hacking" ([dead link]). Associated Press. June 14, 1997. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/061497/tech_online2600.html
- ^ "2600 Off The Hook". Feb 1, 1997. http://www.2600.com/oth/.
- ^ Off the Hook show notes - October 7, 1988
- ^ "Barack Obama's website was not hacked". CNET. 2008-04-02. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-9910026-33.html. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ WBAI Program Schedule Overview. Retrieved July 2009.
External links
- Off the Hook official site
- Show page at WBAI
Categories:- Audio podcasts
- 2600: The Hacker Quarterly
- Pacifica Radio programs
- United States radio show stubs
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