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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Mark Hurst is the host of Techtonic on WFMU, the author of the books "Customers Included" and "Bit Literacy," the creator of Good Todo, the curator of the Gel conference, and the founder of his over-20-year-old company Creative Good.
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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由Mark Hurst and WFMU
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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…
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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由Mark Hurst and WFMU
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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由Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Megan Greenwell, author, "Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream" from Sep 29, 2025
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…
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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…
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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由Mark Hurst and WFMU
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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由Mark Hurst and WFMU
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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由Mark Hurst and WFMU
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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由Mark Hurst and WFMU
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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:…
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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由Mark Hurst and WFMU
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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/playlis…
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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由Mark Hurst and WFMU
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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由Mark Hurst and WFMU
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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由Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Burn Hollywood Burn - Will AI save the movies? Dan Morfitt fills in with guest John Ashbrook from Jul 7, 2025
Music behind DJ: An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn - "Audio from the motion picture trailer" [0:00:00] Music behind DJ: Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:48] Music behind DJ: Dan Morfitt with guest John Ashbrook - "Pt 1" [0:01:25] David Bowie - "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" [0:23:17] Music behind DJ: Dan Morfitt with guest John …
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Compulsory surveillance and other threats Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's comments" 8X8 (Lane Steinberg & Alex Khodchenko) - "Are You Gaslighting Me, Alexa?" [0:53:33]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153625由Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Lori Emerson, author, "Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook" Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's intro" [0:03:34] - "Interview with Lori Emerson" [0:07:27] - "Mark's comments" [0:44:22] Kirk Pearson - "Modem of Home" [0:57:29]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153378由Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Unveiling our new theme song by Kirk Pearson, and Big Tech alternatives Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Kirk Pearson unveils the new Techtonic theme song" [0:09:35] - "Mark's comments" [0:36:14] Kirk Pearson - "The Self Driving Car's Gonna Repossess Itself" [0:56:15]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153129…
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Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna, authors, "The AI Con" Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna" [0:02:55] - "Mark's comments" [0:44:42] XTC - "Real By Reel" [0:54:37]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/152572由Mark Hurst and WFMU
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David Greenwood, author of the sci-fi dystopian novel "The Cloud Intern" Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with David Greenwood" [0:02:28] - "Mark's comments" [0:39:13] Stereolab - "Aerial Troubles" [0:54:52]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/152407由Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Surveillance scholar Chris Gilliard on Facebook's spy glasses Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Chris Gilliard" [0:02:57] - "Mark's comments" [0:43:09] Marie Davidson - "Demolition (Radio Edit)" [0:54:51]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/152175由Mark Hurst and WFMU
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