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Mark Hurst and WFMU
Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU
Technology
Society & Culture
Video Games
English
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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Episodes
Episodes
104
28 September 2026
Let's all ridicule AI from Sep 28, 2026
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00]- "Mark's comments"David Sparks and the Urban Appalachians - "Apocalyptic Idiocracy" [https://urbanappalachian.bandcamp.com] [0:54:56]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/168952
21 September 2026
Jesse Jarnow on ticketing apps and live music from Sep 21, 2026
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00]- "Interview with Jesse Jarnow"Neil Young - "Prisoners of Rock and Roll" [0:56:04]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/168774
15 September 2026
Byron Tau on government surveillance from Sep 14, 2026
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00]- "Mark's intro"- "Interview with Byron Tau from June 24, 2024" [0:05:15]- "Interview with Byron Tau" [0:14:24]- "Mark's comments" [0:45:32]Elle Cordova - "Data Centers" [0:55:43]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/168492
08 September 2026
Listening to AI voices make no sense from Sep 7, 2026
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00]- "Mark's comments"Kind Regards - "Keith Juluka x Laila" [0:55:38]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/168253
01 September 2026
Paul Davies, author, "Quantum 2.0" from Aug 31, 2026
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00]- "Mark's intro"- "Interview with Paul Davies" [0:02:35]- "Mark's comments" [0:40:40]Jesse Welles - "The Nerd Reich" [0:54:47]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/167994
25 August 2026
Ben Grosser made poetry from Zuck's manifesto from Aug 24, 2026
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
18 August 2026
Gil Duran, author, "The Nerd Reich" from Aug 17, 2026
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
11 August 2026
Data center disasters from Aug 10, 2026
Data center disastersKirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic"- "Mark's comments"Lulu Lewis - "Destroy All Data" [0:52:46]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/167241
03 August 2026
Judson Merrill, author, "Paranoid Storytelling" from Aug 3, 2026
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
27 July 2026
Fighting for delivery worker rights: Los Deliveristas Unidos from Jul 27, 2026
Fighting for delivery worker rights: Los Deliveristas UnidosKirk 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
