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Hacking Explained: Jack Rice and Dan Patterson on Progressive AM 950

May 19, 2014

Jack and Dan discuss a brief history of hacking, explain how the NSA captured personal user data from major internet providers, and provide a few essential security tips for the web and mobile on Minnesota’s progressive talk station, AM 950.

Learn more about about the NSA from expert James Bamford, and security from host Steve Gibson.

Thanks for listening to Jack and Dan.

Stay tuned.

Filed under: Audio, Blog, Culture, Episode, Friends, Interviews, Media, News and Politics, News/Commentary, Podcast, Politics, Radio, Regular, Reporting, Tech, Technology Tagged: AM 950, Dan Patterson, Episode, Glenn Greenwald, Hackers, Hacking, Jack Rice, NSA, Podcast, Radio, Snowden, Technology

Source: Dan Patterson
http://danpatterson.com/2014/05/19/hacking-explained-jack-rice-and-dan-patterson-on-progressive-am-950/

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Life

Sudan Stories: Language, Guns, & Phones – Media Training In Cairo

April 28, 2014

Recorded in March 2014 as part of a media training by Small World News in Cairo, Egypt.

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From an ad-hoc classroom through the bustling streets of Cairo, Egypt to the Pyramids of Giza, this is an audio journal of stories and thoughts recorded while working with Small World News to train Sudanese media makers in March of 2014.

Our hotel was located down a busy, dusty ally in downtown Cairo. Each day our team scribbled on charts and whiteboards in a top-floor classroom with windows that opened to the noisy clanking of perpetual construction. For two weeks over coffee and sheesha with our Sudanese colleagues we used Android devices to review the techniques of telling stories that deeply resonate with people.

Our group was remarkable, and individually live fascinating lives in different regions of Sudan. Each day was an opportunity to learn more about family, music, language, and culture. With the help of great translators listened to personal stories, asked questions, and recorded audio. As with my prior trip to Sudan, I also occasionally recorded short audio journal entries of our activity. Far from an official report, this is a narrative that tries to capture the essence of the people of Sudan, as well as the sounds of Egypt.

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In this episode you’ll hear a number of captivating stories:

The story of a mother awake in a storm anxiously awaiting the return of her son.
The impact of the Egyptian revolution on tourism at the Giza Pyramids.
The impact of violence and systemic marginalization on language, music, and dance in Kordofan.
How mobile phones are empowering disenfranchised groups.
The pop music of Sudan, Egypt, Eritrea, and Ethiopia.

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Notes:

The experiences shared in this story are raw, unvettable, and sometimes shocking. Yet these experiences are shared by thousands of Sudanese refugees and internally displaced persons. To learn more about systemic marginalization and the wars in Sudan, Kordofan, and Darfur please read Richard Cockett’s Sudan, Darfur, Islamism and the World.

The stories shared in this episode were conducted with a local, untrained translator and recorded on the fly with a Marantz PMD620. I speak Arabic poorly and did my best to keep up with the narrative, but surely much nuance and context was lost in translation. Arabic clarification and edits are welcome.

Thanks for listening.

سلام‎

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Source: Dan Patterson
http://danpatterson.com/2014/04/28/sudan-stories-language-guns-phones/

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Life

Sudan Stories: The Story of N – Imprisoned and Blinded

April 23, 2014

Recorded in March 2014 as part of a media training by Small World News in Cairo, Egypt.

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cairo_sunset N is from a city in Sudan. I met her during our training course in Cairo. N was a media student for two weeks and I had to opportunity to know her well. In Sudan, N has a reputation as a hard-working and warm-hearted activist. Her loud voice was heard and noted by the UN and the international community, but was largely ignored by the Sudanese government. Until she witnessed corruption and spoke too loudly.

For the crime of witnessing and reporting corruption, N was imprisoned and kept in solitary confinement. She placed in a stark cell and kept alone for months. Her only company was the bright light that shone perpetually, keeping her awake for days at a time. From time to time she was removed from her cell and forced by her captors to stare in to a blinding light during brutal interrogations.

Then, just prior to Ramadan for reasons still unknown, she was released. She’s worried about government surveillance, her family, and her safety. She wanted to learn to make media as a form of empowerment. Over coffee and cheap cigarettes N shared her story as we sat and looked at the Cairo sunset.

The experiences shared by N are raw, unvettable, and sometimes shocking. Yet N’s experience is shared by thousands of Sudanese refugees and internally displaced persons. To learn more about systemic marginalization and the wars in Sudan, Kordofan, and Darfur please read Richard Cockett’s Sudan, Darfur, Islamism and the World.

Note: This interview was conducted with a local, untrained translator and recorded on the fly with a Marantz PMD620. I speak Arabic poorly and did my best to keep up with the narrative, but surely much nuance and context was lost in translation. Arabic clarification and edits are welcome.

Thanks for listening.

سلام‎

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Sudan Stories:

Filed under: Audio, Blog, Episode, Interviews, Media, News and Politics, News/Commentary, Podcast, Politics, Radio, Reporting Tagged: Audio, Blind, Egypt, Episode, N, Podcast, Prison, Sudan

Source: Dan Patterson
http://danpatterson.com/2014/04/23/sudan-stories-the-story-of-n-imprisoned-and-blinded/

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Life, Tech

Sudan Stories: The Story of M – Sell a Kidney or Make Bombs

April 22, 2014

Recorded in March 2014 as part of a media training by Small World News in Cairo, Egypt.

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sudan_thumbs_in_cairo M is a Sudanese activist living in Cairo. As a young man in Sudan M was kidnapped, forced to join the military, and punished for refusing to learn bomb-making tactics. Years later M was released and built a life in Sudan. Yet he was seized again and tortured by the government. He bribed his way to freedom, sold his house, and fled to Cairo. Now he’s running out of money. M faces a choice between selling a kidney and becoming a suicide bomber.

I was introduced to M by friends in our Sudanese training program. On the final day of training our translator tugged my sleeve while I was busy checking the encryption on a mobile device. M – shy, short, with a strong voice but sympathetic disposition and dressed in Western clothing – was was introduced as a Cairo resident friend of our group. M shared his story as we sat together on cracked brown couches in the bright, smoke-filled lobby of a small hotel in downtown Cairo.

The experiences shared by M are raw, unvettable, and sometimes shocking. Yet M’s experience is shared by thousands of Sudanese refugees and internally displaced persons. To learn more about systemic marginalization and the wars in Sudan, Kordofan, and Darfur please read Richard Cockett’s Sudan, Darfur, Islamism and the World.

Thanks for listening.

سلام‎

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Filed under: Audio, Blog, Culture, Interviews, Media, News and Politics, News/Commentary, Podcast, Politics, Post Archive, Radio, Reporting Tagged: Audio, Egypt, Escape, Freedom, Interview, Kidney, Podcast, Sudan, Suicide Bomb

Source: Dan Patterson
http://danpatterson.com/2014/04/22/sudan-stories-the-story-of-m-sell-a-kidney-or-make-bombs/

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Nydia Velasquez Over Ben and Jerry’s

June 27, 2012

CHB reader “Stephen” sends us this dispatch and photo regarding Tuesday’s primary:

Walking to work this morning I saw this (attached) and it made me wonder why Nydia feels she is above all others (club promoters, musicians, artists, etc) who get fined and/or arrested for posting bills. Isn’t this a form of vandalism? Post No Bills?
Just thought this would be an interesting point of conversation. I wonder what Nydia’s take on vandalism is.

Source: Cobble Hill Blog
http://cobblehillblog.com/archives/7436