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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, 22 Apr 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/04/23

Alex had an eventful week, unequal application of laws, Kash Patel sues The Atlantic, Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges, tech companies falling in line with the Trump administration, more age verification problems.

Off The Hook - Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/04/16

Jason Scott joins the panel, news sites blocking Internet Archive, hard drive shortage, origins of the Internet Archive, disappearing domains, rides of glory, DiscMaster.

Off The Hook - Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/04/09

The Artemis II mission, Five Nights at Epstein's, Microsoft says not to trust Copilot, Target says it's not responsible for its AI shopping assistant, Amazon abandons old Kindle models.

Off The Hook - Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/04/02

A old April Fools prank, astronauts are on their way to the moon, Meta and YouTube found liable in social media addiction trial, listener phone calls.

Off The Hook - Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/03/26

Alex is in Taipei, FBI seizes leak sites of pro Iranian hackers, INTERPOL takes down 45000 malicious IPs, US bans foreign made Internet routers, listener mail, Joybubbles documentary.

Off The Hook - Wed, 18 Mar 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/03/19

Iran's supreme leader has a Twitter account, the lack of interoperability between platforms, President Trump's private phone number, listener email.

Off The Hook - Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/03/12

Pushback against age verification technology, monetization of social media, listener criticism, 1 billion identity records exposed in ID verification data leak, Iranian hacking group targeted Stryker in attack, hackers broke into FBI system, Jello Biafra hospitalized after stroke.

Off The Hook - Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/03/05

Alex is in Old Blighty, flight disruptions, presidential power, Anthropic pushes back against Pentagon, elected officials on Twitter, FCC encourages patriotic content.

Off The Hook - Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/02/26

Surviving the blizzard, impending RAM shortage, new app detects nearby smart glasses, listener phone calls.

Off The Hook - Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:00:00 EST

2026/02/19

Alex is in London, Ring cuts ties with Flock, Dutch cops arrest man after sending him confidential files, AI agent complains about rejected code contribution, DHS wants social media sites to expose anti-ICE accounts.

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4.1 out of 5

121 reviews

★★★★★

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.

★★★★★

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...

★☆☆☆☆

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...

★★★★★

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.

★★☆☆☆

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.

★★☆☆☆

J. X. R. H. 2021/05/28

Been listening since 1994

I miss the old days when Emmanuel was surrounded by more peers whose opinions were counted as equal to his even when different (like Jim’s for example...

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