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

Emmanuel and Kyle are back in the studio, traveling internationally, volunteering to help ICE detainees, ICE training period reduced, we're running on an old operating system, fake Wikipedia pages, listener email, free bus service.

Listener email, hactivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage, Vietnam to force YouTube to allow skipping ads, social media "addiction" warnings, AI manipulated images, Public Domain Day, Sony patents AI "ghost player".

Emmanuel and Kyle are at the Chaos Communications Congress and already in 2026, banned items at NYC Mayoral Inauguration, kids at CCC, Alex is in London, greetings from the Chelsea Arts Club, CCC talks are available online.

Alex is in Florida, Gila is on the mend, redacted info in Epstein files easily recovered, segment pulled from 60 Minutes airs in Canada, 83 million music files scraped from Spotify, documenting ICE license plates.

Emmanuel and Kyle are away on assignment, a medical emergency, trains cancelled over fake bridge collapse image, unremovable Copilot on LG TVs, Firefox will become a "modern AI browser", Amazon pulls AI-powered recaps from Prime Video.

NYC tree lighting ceremony, new Twitter features, age verification laws.

KFC removes hacker ad campaign, ESPN radio station says it's signal was hacked, Emma Best of DDoSecrets joins the panel to discuss the release of Jeffrey Epstein emails.

Alex is in Buenos Ares, listener mail, new studio hardware, listener phone calls, controversy at St John's over HOPE, phone problems, Cloudflare outage.

Far-right UK activist cleared of charges for refusing to give police PIN to his phone, students using Google Docs as chat clients, Cody Kociemba joins the panel to discuss his No Longer Evil project to revive old Nest thermostats.

Feelings about the election results, reactions to last week's show, new life for old Nest thermostats, unnecessary complexity, listener email, ICE using facial recognition tech.