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A show from WFMU about our shift to a digital future. Mark Hurst interviews creators and thinkers about technology, community, videogames, and whatever else is next.
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Citizens are being forced to pay for Big Tech data centers, feat. Pat Garofalo
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Pat Garofalo" [0:06:25]
- "Mark's comments" [0:37:13]
Momus - "The Enshittification of Everything" - Ballyhoo [0:55:48]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/158415
How low can the tech oligarchs go?
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a
- "Mark's comments"
Stereolab - "Space Moment" - Music for the Amorphous Body Study Center [0:53:24]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/158295
Paul Mozur on Big Tech data centers outside the US
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a
- "Mark's comments"
Kirk Pearson - "Modem of Home" - n/a [0:04:35]
- "Interview with Paul Mozur" [0:04:46]
Kirk Pearson - "Haptic Workshop" - n/a [0:26:35]
- "Interview with Paul Mozur" [0:27:00]
Kirk Pearson - "Bio Magnification" - n/a [0:51:57]
- "Mark's comments" [0:52:04]
Acidulant - "Taking Orders from Machines" - Acidulant - Planet Jack EP [0:55:26]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/157889
Aram Sinnreich, co-author, "The Secret Life of Data"
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Aram Sinnreich" [0:03:41]
- "Mark's comments" [0:45:35]
Les Bibliothécaires (Various) - "High Score" [0:56:00]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/157671
Widening inequality and Big Tech surveillance, feat. Dan Currell
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Dan Currell" [0:04:54]
- "Mark's comments" [0:32:15]
Joel Chapman - "From the Bedroom to the Bathroom" [via The Dannys] [0:55:48]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/157597
Filmmaker Amanda Hanna-McLeer on the Luddite renaissance
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic"
- "Interview with Amanda Hanna-McLeer"
The Microbes - "Computer" [0:54:22]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/157354
The protest against smartphones, with Logan Lane
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic"
- "Mark's intro"
- "The protest" [0:07:15]
- "Mark's comments" [0:37:04]
Rude Mechanical Orchestra - "We Shall Overcome" [Image from Cat and Girl] [0:55:34]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/157126
AI and surveillance keep spreading
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic"
- "Mark's comments"
The Layoffs - "We're All In Formation" [0:55:06]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/156829
Megan Greenwell, author, "Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream"
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a
- "Mark's intro"
Kirk Pearson - "Modem of Home" - n/a [0:03:32]
- "Interview with Megan Greenwell" [0:03:40]
Kirk Pearson - "Haptic Workshop" - n/a [0:27:41]
- "Interview with Megan Greenwell" [0:29:21]
Kirk Pearson - "Bio Magnification" - n/a [0:47:00]
- "Mark's comments" [0:47:08]
KILN - "Ptarmigan" - Lemon Borealis [0:54:45]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/156556
Glenn Adamson, author, "A Century of Tomorrows: How Imagining the Future Shapes the Present"
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Glenn Adamson" [0:05:23]
- "Mark's comments" [0:46:04]
Hot 8 Brass Band - "Remember the Time" [0:55:03]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/156259
Joseph Weizenbaum warned us about AI 50 years ago (feat. Faine Greenwood)
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Faine Greenwood" [0:05:42]
- "Mark's comments" [0:41:13]
Posthuman - "The Screens Of Our Lives" [0:54:49]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/155999
Milestones for Big Tech... and Techtonic
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic"
- "Mark's comments"
Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul - "Thank You" [0:53:38]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/155884
Cory Doctorow, author and journalist
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Cory Doctorow" [0:02:28]
- "Mark's comments" [0:45:51]
Michael Hearst with Claudia Gonson - "Eyes Without A Face" [0:56:24]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/155658
Webb Keane, author, “Animals, Robots, Gods: Adventures in the Moral Imagination”
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Webb Keane" [0:03:17]
- "Mark's comments" [0:43:18]
Timothy Clover - "Trolley Car Line" [0:55:30]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/155425
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00]
Brendan Keogh - "Interview with Sara and Stu Pt. 1" - Techtonic [0:02:17]
GLaDOS from Portal (Ellen McLain) - "Still Alive" - Portal 2: Songs to Test By [0:29:40]
Brendan Keogh - "Interview with Sara and Stu Pt. 2" - Techtonic [0:32:22]
The Sound - "New Dark Age" - From the Lions Mouth [0:56:41]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/155264
Adam Becker, author, "More Everything Forever"
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Adam Becker" [0:03:49]
- "Mark's comments" [0:45:18]
The Flaming Ember - "Robot in a Robot's World" [0:53:47]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154965
Three emerging dystopias: money, water, and truth
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a
- "Mark's comments"
Kirk Pearson - "Bio Magnification" - n/a [0:21:33]
- "Mark's comments" [0:22:30]
Kirk Pearson - "Bio Magnification" - n/a [0:33:46]
- "Mark's comments" [0:35:33]
Casey & Strick - "Read A Book" - n/a [0:53:02]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154555
Duncan Moench on "soylent screens" and producerism
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Duncan Moench" [0:04:36]
- "Mark's comments" [0:46:15]
Posthuman - "The Screens Of Our Lives" [0:55:10]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153977
Ed Park, author, "An Oral History of Atlantis"
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a
- "Interview with Ed Park"
Donovan - "Atlantis" - single [0:53:44]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154814
Daniel Solove, author, "On Privacy and Technology"
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:04]
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Daniel Solove" [0:03:11]
- "Mark's comments" [0:44:53]
The Metronomes - "A Circuit Like Me" [0:54:31]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154339
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