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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Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Mark's intro" Ben Grosser - "Redaction of "The Future is for Everyone"" [music is "Caprice" by Sees. thx to Jesse Doris] [0:05:43] - "Interview with Ben Grosser" [0:15:20] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:13] Ben Grosser - "Order of Magnitude" [0:55:27] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/167678
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Gil Duran" [0:02:08] Peter Peter Hughes - "Tracking Devices" [0:53:24] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/167574
Data center disasters Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's comments" Lulu Lewis - "Destroy All Data" [0:52:46] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/167241
Judson Merrill, author, "Paranoid Storytelling" Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [via Futurism] - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Judson Merrill" [0:03:03] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:04] The Fall - "Telephone Thing" [thanks to Wendy del Formaggio!] [0:54:32] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/167038
Fighting for delivery worker rights: Los Deliveristas Unidos Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Los Deliveristas Unidos" [0:04:49] Juan Luis Guerra y 440 - "El Costo De La Vida" - Areito [0:55:57] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/166787
Carissa Veliz, author, "Prophecy" Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a - "Mark's intro" Kirk Pearson - "Modem of Home" - n/a [0:01:44] - "Interview with Carissa Véliz" [0:01:49] Kirk Pearson - "Haptic Workshop" - n/a [0:23:11] - "Interview with Carissa Véliz" [0:25:02] Kirk Pearson - "Bio Magnification" - n/a [0:46:25] - "Mark's comments" [0:46:39] Dmitry_Milk - "We Are Vocoders" - DiHalt2026 summer party [A chiptune version of Kraftwerk's "Robots" played on a ZX Spectrum] [0:55:45] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/166591
Dystopia roundup, police edition Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's comments" Burning House - "Turn Off the Robot" [image by Beetle Moses] [0:54:49] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/166310
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Interview with Nicholas Smyth" Casey & Strick - "Read A Book" [0:55:46] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/165768
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Gerry McGovern" [0:02:39] - "Mark's comments" [0:48:51] Danish Sky - "Attack of the Killer Robots" [0:53:31] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/165500
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Mark's comments" Jimmy Cliff - "World Upside Down" [0:54:28] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/165187
Dave Karpf on the data center backlash Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Dave Karpf" [0:02:22] - "Mark's comments" [0:43:10] Ambassade - "The Influencer Accent" [0:55:08] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/165013
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Ben Recht" [0:02:58] - "Mark's comments" [0:47:59] Knights of Molino - "Take Back Control" [0:54:56] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/164793
"Muskism" authors Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff" [0:02:37] - "Mark's comments" [0:49:36] Joel Fajerman and Jan Yrssen - "Racines Synthétiques" [0:55:03] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/164555
When is it OK to use AI? Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's comments" Andrew Singleton (read by Mark Hurst) - "In Our Glorious AI Future, There Will Be No Such Thing as Money (For You)" [0:41:39] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:25] The Jack Rubies - "Are We Being Recorded?" [0:54:56] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/164297
Julie Scelfo, founder of Mothers Against Media Addiction (MAMA) Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Julie Scelfo" [0:04:29] - "Mark's comments" [0:47:17] Juliana Hatfield Three - "Addicted" [0:54:13] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/163824
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a [0:00:00] - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Andrew Guthrie Ferguson" [0:02:24] - "Mark's comments" [0:42:16] Jimmy Lunceford and His Orchestra - "Call the Police!" - Single [0:54:40] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/163587
Starlink and Kessler Syndrome, feat. astronomer Samantha Lawler Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a - "Mark's intro" [0:00:16] Kirk Pearson - "Modem of Home" - n/a [0:05:07] - "Interview with Sam Lawler" [0:05:17] Kirk Pearson - "Haptic Workshop" - n/a [0:23:45] - "Interview with Sam Lawler" [0:24:41] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:27] Jed Feiman and Nehemiah Markos - "Our Mom-and-Pop Data Center, read by Mark Hurst" [0:48:50] SMA - "NOT A BUBBLE" - TECHNOTHEISM [0:53:16] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/163336
Cindy Cohn, author, "Privacy's Defender" Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Cindy Cohn" [0:02:31] - "Mark's comments" [0:48:48] Grateful Dead - "Mexicali Blues" [0:54:39] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162978
Evan Selinger and Albert Fox Cahn, authors, "Move Slow and Upgrade" Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Evan Selinger and Albert Fox Cahn" [0:04:04] - "Mark's comments" [0:47:18] The Polecats - "Make a Circuit With Me" [0:55:40] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162819
Dystopia update: good news edition Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Dystopia update: good news edition" [0:00:00] Matthew Elefant (read by Mark Hurst) - "San Francisco Killed New York Food Delivery" [0:42:56] Sam Rockwell - "Opening monologue (Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die)" [0:54:59] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162642
Janet Vertesi, founder of the Opt Out Project Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Janet Vertesi" [0:03:00] - "Mark's comments" [0:49:26] Laibach - "Allgorhythm (feat. Wiyaala)" [0:55:26] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162465
A visit to Repair Cafe El Barrio Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's intro" - "A visit to Repair Café El Barrio" [0:04:26] - "Mark's comments" [0:34:57] MrWeebl - "Badger Badger" [0:56:05] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162249
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Pledge! w/Mark and Jesse Jarnow" - Call 800-989-9368 Marathon week 2 w/cohost Jesse Jarnow https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/161892
Marathon week 1 w/cohost station manager Ken Freedman Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Pledge! w/Mark and station manager Ken" - Call 800-989-9368 https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/161795
Celebrating 400 episodes of Techtonic Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's comments" [0:00:24] NightNight - "Total Control" [0:55:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/161505
