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Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU

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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Carl Öhman, author, "The Afterlife of Data" from Sep...

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/09/02

Carl Öhman, author, "The Afterlife of Data: What Happens to Your Information When You Die and Why You Should Care"Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Carl Öhman" [0:05:18] - "Mark's comments" [0:42:37] Lulu Lewis - "Destroy All Data" [0:53:49] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143612

Guest host Alan on Rancho Mastatal from Aug 26, 2024

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/08/26

Music behind DJ:Rancho Mastatal [www.ranchomastatal.com] [0:00:00] Music behind DJ: - Appropriate Technology [https://ranchomastatal.com/appropriate-technology] [0:08:50] Music behind DJ: - Building with Earth [https://ranchomastatal.com/earth-building-intensive] [0:14:50] Music behind DJ: - El Pueblo De Mastatal [https://ranchomastatal.com/people-of-mastatal] [0:24:20] Music behind DJ: - Permaculture Design [https://ranchomastatal.com/permaculture-design-course-fall] [0:35:30] Music behind

Paula Bialski, author, "Middle Tech" from Aug 19, 2024

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/08/20

Paula Bialski, author, "Middle Tech: Software Work and Culture of Good Enough"Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Paula Bialski" [0:08:14] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:59] Paula and Karol - "Expectations" [0:55:05] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143172

Google antitrust decision party from Aug 12, 2024

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/08/12

Google antitrust decision party: celebrating the DOJ's win over the monopoly Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" JARC - "Move On Up" [0:22:54] Pookiesnackenburger - "Just One Cornetto" [0:22:41] Har-You Percussion Group - "Welcome to the Party" [0:22:27] Hot 8 Brass Band - "shake your body (down to the ground)" [0:34:39] - "Hampsterdance Song" [0:44:00] Buffalo MC - "Stop and Bust a Move" [0:47:17] Anders Enger Jensen - "Jump (For My Love) Mega Jump Version" [0:52:16] Green Leaves -

Jon Leidecker, aka Wobbly, on Negativland and fair...

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/08/06

Jon Leidecker, aka Wobbly, on Negativland and fair useTomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's intro" Negativland - "Don't Don't Get Freaked Out" - The World Will Decide [0:05:56] - "Interview with Jon Leidecker" [0:08:55] - "Mark's comments" [0:47:28] Wobbly - "Every Piano" - Popular Monitress [0:53:08] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/142638

Tech and the sandwich generation from Jul 29, 2024

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/07/29

Tech and the sandwich generation: protecting elders and kids from predatory Big Tech companiesTomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack Music behind DJ: - "Caring for elders w/tech" Plone - "Plock" - Plock [thanks to DJ Monica] [0:33:16] Music behind DJ: - "Caring for kids w/tech" [0:34:08] The Bo-Keys (featuring Percy Wiggins) - "Stuck In The Middle With You" - Super Hits Of The Seventies - Original Hits, Today's Stars (Wfmu 2012 DJ Premium)

"A self-sustaining spiral of sh-t."--disinformation...

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/07/22

Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - "Global A Go-Go" - Global A Go-Go [0:00:00]Set: Interview with Kirsten Eddy of Pew Research Billie Eilish - "Bad Guy" - When We A [0:24:17] Set: Interview with Alex Mahadevan of the Poynter Institute Waxahatchee - "Crowbar" - Tigers Blood [0:54:25] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/142238

Generative AI and the "cesspool internet" – with...

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/07/15

Generative AI and the "cesspool internet" – with Jason KoeblerTomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Jason Koebler" [0:03:50] - "Mark's comments" [0:42:22] - "AI ripoff songs" [0:54:38] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/142018

How it started, how it's going: revisiting the...

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/07/08

How it started, how it's going: revisiting the warnings of the pastTomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" The Juice Media - "Honest Government Ad | AI" [0:53:31] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141782

Carissa Véliz on digital ethics from Jul 1, 2024

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/07/01

Carissa Véliz on digital ethicsTomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Carissa Véliz" [0:07:27] - "Mark's comments" [0:43:58] I Won't Google That - "Hurst & Ottsc" [0:53:26] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141553

Byron Tau, author, "Means of Control" from Jun 24, 2024

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/06/24

The surveillance state is here: discussing with Byron Tau, author, "Means of Control"Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Byron Tau" [0:03:50] - "Mark's comments" [0:42:51] Rocket 808 - "Under Surveillance" [0:54:13] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141329

Listener questions from Jun 17, 2024

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/06/18

Mark answers listener questions about AI, robots, and whether we should throw our phones in the river. Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" The New Existentialists - "Last Days of the Internet" [Thanks to DJ Mike in Brooklyn!] [0:55:01] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141077

Mark Schatzker and "Food, Inc. 2" from Jun 10, 2024

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/06/10

Ultra-processed food w/Mark Schatzker and "Food, Inc. 2"Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Mark Schatzker" [0:08:31] - "Mark's comments" [0:47:01] Sir Robert Orange Peel - "TikTok is frying my brain" [0:54:41] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/140831

Matt Warwick guest hosts Techtonic: What's the best...

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/06/03

Johnny 5 - "."BMO - "." Conky 2000 - "." Wall-E - "." Bender - "." Gumby Robots - "." T-1000 - "." SAM The Wake & Bake Morning Show Computer K9 - "." Iron Giant - "." Transformers OLD ONES Mr. Roboto - "." Crow T. Robot ROOMBA Paulie's Robot - "." Robbie Junior - "." Mechanical Turk - "." Fuureal - "." Nanobot Alpha 5 - "." Furby - "." Rosie the Robot - "." Ottoman - "." Mr. Machine - "." Robot from Lost In Space - "." Pepper the Social Robot - "." Crying baby Dolls - "." Gigantor -

We should all switch to Linux from May 27, 2024

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/05/27

We should all switch to LinuxTomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Peter" [0:08:43] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:52] Highly Effective People - "Under Surveillance" [thanks to Evan "Funk" Davies] [0:54:26] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/140361

What's eating Google? from May 20, 2024

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/05/20

What's eating Google? Exploring Google's descent into AI madness.Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" Hurst & Ottsc - "I Won't Google That" [0:54:30] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/140133

Chris Gilliard on what AI is really for from May 13,...

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/05/13

Chris Gilliard on what AI is really for Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's Intro" - "Interview with Chris Gilliard" [0:03:22] - "Mark's comments" [0:39:05] Hurst & Ottsc - "AI" - Spameater [0:52:45] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139898

"Data Grab" by Ulises Mejias and Nick Couldry from...

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/05/06

Ulises Mejias and Nick Couldry on “Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back.” Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's Intro" [0:00:04] - "Interview with Ulises Mejias and Nick Couldry" [0:04:42] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:00] Rocket 808 - "Under Surveillance" [0:54:39] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139638

Michael Shelley on AI-generated music from Apr 29, 2024

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/04/29

AI-generated music: a conversation with Michael Shelley, WFMU DJTomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Michael Shelley" [0:06:21] - "Mark's comments" [0:44:19] AI - "The Techtonic Twist" - n/a [0:55:21] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139403

Eve Herold, author, "Robots and the People Who Love...

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU ·

2024/04/22

Eve Herold, author, "Robots and the People Who Love Them" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack Music behind DJ: - "Mark's intro" n/a - "Interview with Eve Herold" - n/a [0:03:33] Music behind DJ: - "Mark's comments" [0:40:46] Hurst & Ottsc - "Spameater" - Spameater [0:54:41] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139154

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