We talked to a trio of phone phreaks, Lucky225, Royal, and greyarea, about their exploits from the peak of phreaking and the impact it had on their lives.

The additional music from this episode was provide by our friend Kevin Hoover.

Our website: vaguebooking.net

Email: [email protected]

This week we explore the life of one of the most remarkable phone phreaks of all time, Joybubbles.

Thank you to our friend Eva for her wonderful reading of Joybubble's obituary, and to Rachel Morrison for her insights.

Rachel’s Film: https://www.joybubblesthemovie.com

Joybubble’s Hotline: 206 333 5464

Our website: vaguebooking.net

Email: [email protected]

As a bonus episode, we're very pleased to share with you Evan Doorbell's excellent radio series about his experiences with Phone Phreaking. If you enjoy this episode, check out Evan's series to learn even more. Thank you so much, Evan, for allowing us to republish this in our feed.

https://www.evan-doorbell.com/

www.vaguebooking.net

We talk to the reporter and author Phil Lapsley about his remarkable book Exploding the Phone, all about the practice of phone phreaking and its remarkable impact on the development of hacker culture.

Phil’s Site: Explodingthephone.com

Phil’s Talk: The Next HOPE (2010): Cats and Mice: The Phone Company, the FBI, and the Phone Phreaks

Esquire Magazine article "The Secrets of the Little Blue Box": https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1u0Xl18uoBYd9rbe1ZSDkT7Q-bI_lWGMA

Our Website: vaguebooking.net

Our email: [email protected]

We introduce the thesis of a People's History of the Internet.

If you want to read more about the Colonial Pipeline hack: https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/colonial-pipeline-hack-russians-fbis-ransom-grab-what-really-happened

Our website: http://vaguebooking.net/

Email: [email protected]

We're back! A People's History of the Internet, debuting soon.

We're joined by LA activist and candidate for LA City Council District 13 Albert Corado. We talk about Albert's extremely personal stakes in defunding the police and making a better Los Angeles, and how his activism intersects with using social media to troll and anger the people in power in Los Angeles.

Follow Albert: @digitalurn

@ALforLA2022

Follow People's City Council: @PplsCityCouncil

This week we talk to two dedicated Portland based activists about the relentless protests. We talk about what it's been like to attempt to cover these protests accurately, the myriad of difficulties that come from keeping the radical spirit of these protests alive, and what the successes of the protests have been so far.

Daddy M/Alissa can be found on Twitter: @R3volutionDaddy

Antifa Hotdog can be found on Twitter: @666hotdogs666

Some other journalists and activists in Portland to follow:

@MacSmiff

@MrOlmos

@IWriteOK

We're back! After a hiatus to reel and recover from Coronavirus and to figure out how to respond to the massive uprising for Black Lives that has taken place in the last couple of months, we're happy to release this interview with Chip Gibbons, policy director of Defending Rights and Dissent and host of the Still Spying Podcast.

You can find chip on Twitter @chipgibbons89

Mitch Wells of the seminal Louisiana sludge metal band Thou joins us to talk about his very funny, off-the-wall talk show he's started in the midst of quarantine, Big Garden.

The top of the episode is a clip from Big Garden, you can check out more of the show on Mitch's Instagram @mitchwhales

You can find the reviews of Thou, both positive and negative here: http://noladiy.org/thoupast.html?fbclid=IwAR3YsauNevn9LgvcG-EYw5XvfhRdsyJYj9YmWxaivv1V8Zu6hAzD4-KZlCo

Check out Thou covering "Sabotage": https://vimeo.com/30275075

The song at the end is "Don't Vote" by Thou, be sure to support them on their Bandcamp.