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December 12, 2017 78 mins

We're talking about hacking. Ryan runs down the history of hacking, starting with model trains and long distance calling. Spencer talks about Gary McKinnon and how he stole pictures of UFOs from NASA. We also play the What In The F%$K Was That!? Wikipedia game. 

Hot Topics: Gary McKinnon, Phone Phreaking, Gef The Talking Mongoose, Dog Spinning, What In The F%$K Was That!?, We Have Been Bamboozled, Phantom Time Hypothesis, Hackathon, 1337 h4x0r, Self-deprecating Worms, and much more.  

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