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Off The Hook a podcast from 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. It discusses the hacker's view of the emerging technology, and the threats posed by an increasingly Orwellian society. Hear updates on security flaws from the hacker perspective, as well as the latest news from within the hacker community. Follow us on Twitter @HackerRadioShow and Mastodon @[email protected]

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Off The Hook - Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/10/22

Alex is in Bali, requirements to call yourself a lawyer, commending Putin, Meta ordered to pay $25 billion to New Mexico, weak CA certificates discovered, PHP vulnerabilities found by AI.

Off The Hook - Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/10/15

Emmanuel's landline is broken, YouTuber built Flock-like camera to track police vehicles, Trump declares those who still use the term "AI" are the enemy, Trump Mobile under scrutiny, supermarket refrigerators across Europe targeted by cyberattack, daylight saving time could become permanent.

Off The Hook - Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/10/08

Short staffed, man sentenced to prison for AI-assisted music streaming fraud, bill introduced to ban Flock cameras, protecting AM radio, ICE blocked from making arrests at courthouses, listener mail, ICANN reveals new gTLDs.

Off The Hook - Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/10/01

Kyle is still out, more info on the ShinyHunters FBI hack, FBI wants to open a dialog, concern for the hackers, more revelations about AI going rogue, listener phone calls.

Off The Hook - Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/09/24

Kyle is in the Pacific Northwest, Alex explains his absence two weeks ago, air traffic control problems, Trump renames AI, flaws in the system, FBI hacked by ShinyHunters, Australia considering ban on smart glasses.

Off The Hook - Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/09/17

Alex is back in NY, warnings about AI, how much is hype vs realty, who do we trust, what can we do now.

Off The Hook - Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/09/10

Alex is out, LG TVs caught snooping, what's changed since 9/11, lifting some airport restrictions, documents released regarding air quality after 9/11.

Off The Hook - Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/09/03

Everyone is still sick, Alex is in Greece, listener email, new AI rules for school kids in NYC, Flock camera bans.

Off The Hook - Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/08/27

Still recovering from HOPE, everyone's sick, listener phone calls, explaining technical terms, X10 home automation, fighting against the commercialization of the Internet.

Off The Hook - Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/08/20

Post HOPE show, the panel reminisces about their favorite moments of the con, music from the conference, YouTube takes down conference streams, march to the old Hotel Penn site, moderating panels, interacting with people on the street, Renoly Santiago spoke about filming Hackers.

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4.1 out of 5

124 reviews

★★★★★

Darbycrash1 2026/06/12

Great podcast

I started listening a year ago, listen to every episode now. Only feedback is sometimes Alex or another person makes a good point and Emmanuel will co...

★★★★★

lgavs 2025/07/24

Long time off the hook listener.

Never miss an episode. Long, long, long time listener. Important show. Now more than ever. Thanks to, & support WBAI too.

★☆☆☆☆

Kyles ipad12345678901 2025/06/30

Dude….

What’s with all the politics on this one? I can’t handle it anymore. I didn’t start listening to this show for political commentary and it’s gotten ...

★☆☆☆☆

Shannon30338 2025/03/23

Buy American

Trump and .Elon train. Too political we want a tech show! Also…. Apologize for this below. They are mad a judge ruled the cdc was not able to di...

★☆☆☆☆

omar_miller 2024/05/10

A shell of what once was a great show

I used to tune into OTH every week on shortwave. To listen to these jokers today (especially Emmanuel) it is incredible how fall they have fallen. I...

★☆☆☆☆

glitch77 2023/07/01

Not with a bang, but a whimper.

2600 and Off the Hook are cultural icons, but tuning in today you would never know it. Long gone are the days of discussing the latest telecom hijinks...

★★★★★

CaryMGVR 2022/08/04

A CYBER TRADITION ....

Been listening to EG & Co. on "Off the Hook" on WBAI-FM every Wwdnesday in New York City and here it is in convienent autodownload podcast form: HUZZA...

★★☆☆☆

the real raskol 2022/07/09

turned into a liberal vaccination podcast

wow, this show is no longer about hacking just constant vaccine talk. nothing even about the virus itself. both for-profit bio weapons. 2600 can no lo...

★☆☆☆☆

Offdray 2022/04/23

Thought the show was abut hacking news, not more COVID

I can see COVID stuff anywhere.

★★★★★

drg0nzo 2021/08/04

A show for hackers and people who hate fascism.

Laughing at the MAGA fool reviews. The program has always been against fascists. That’s what you guys are.

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