Ozone Nightmare

Today on the 5: Privacy has become a mainstay complaint among technology buffs, and there doesn't seem to a week anymore without some news of data being tracked or personal information being disclosed. The angst gets all the airplay, but don't a large number of really end up acting in support of less privacy, not more?

This week:

Hurricane SandyDisney Star WarsPunisher War Zone

Music for the show provided by Reed Love.

Today on the 5: I've noticed that when people talk about bands that have been around a while, a frequent criticism is that they've changed their sound too much. Do we like bands better when they stick to the sound we first liked them with?

Today on the 5: A friend recently told me he's going to be test driving the new WiiU system from Nintendo. I think the WiiU may be the last console Nintendo comes out, or at the very least is the beginning of the end.

Today on the 5: We hear frequently about the hidden costs of the things we buy. Slave labor, child labor, unfair working conditions...do any of these factor into our spending, or do we just pay attention when it's something we don't care about?

Today on the 5: A story made the rounds earlier in the week about an Amazon customer who found that her Kindle library had been effectively erased, and that she was banned from buying anything from Amazon again. My question is, why do people feel they own anything delivered through a digital ecosystem?

This week:

Red Dwarf XThe Evil DeadSecret SixKnightfallThe Death Of SupermanForward Unto Dawn

Music for the show provided by Reed Love.

Today on the 5: Continuing my recent efforts to revisit some things I had negative opinions of, I have started watching Star Trek: Voyager. I haven't seen the series since it was first on TV, so I wasn't sure what I would think watching it after so many years.

Today on the 5: A court decision has denied the heirs of Joe Shuster new copyright to Superman, the character he co-created with Jerry Siegel. Is this a case of justice diverted?

Today on the 5: It's been hard to miss all the news surrounding Lance Armstrong lately. Isn't the bigger story here not the cheating, but what we want the rules to be?