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Guillaume Pitron, author,"The Dark Cloud"from Dec 11, 2023 from 2023-12-11T19:58:07
Guillaume Pitron, author, "The Dark Cloud"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Guillaume Pitron" [0:04:56]
- "Mark's comments" [0:43:45]
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What tech is hiding from Dec 4, 2023 from 2023-12-04T19:35:48
What tech is hiding: deception, surveillance, and exploitation of workers and children.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's comments"
F Yeah Dinosaurs - "These Are the People...
Scott Williams guests hosts from Nov 27, 2023 from 2023-11-27T21:30:40
The Furbie Orchestra - "Takes Over" [0:00:00]
Todd Rundgren - "Intro/Breathless" - Something/Anything? [Todd demonstrates all the terrible things that can go wrong when making a record] [0:02...
Kris De Decker, founder, Low-Tech Magazine from Nov 20, 2023 from 2023-11-20T19:32:32
Kris De Decker, founder, Low-tech Magazine
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Kris de Decker" [0:07:05]
- "Mark's comments" [0:47:48]
Li...
Ed Park, author,"Same Bed Different Dreams"from Nov 13, 2023 from 2023-11-13T19:28:31
Ed Park, author, "Same Bed Different Dreams"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Ed Park" [0:03:46]
- "Mark's comments...
Tech villain update: Zuckerberg, Andreessen, Neumann, Bankman-Fried from Nov 6, 2023 from 2023-11-06T19:48:09
Tech villain update: Zuckerberg, Andreessen, Neumann, Bankman-Fried
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
Music behind DJ:
- "Mark's comments"
Triol...
Facial recognition w/Kashmir Hill, author,"Your Face Belongs to Us"from Oct 30, 2023 from 2023-10-30T19:43:07
Facial recognition w/Kashmir Hill, author, "Your Face Belongs to Us"
Game Boy Tune - "Tomaš Dvořák"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Kashmir Hill" [0:03:28]
- "Mark's comm...
Taser Drones in Elementary Schools from Oct 23, 2023 from 2023-10-23T19:23:23
Sun Araw - "The Stakeout (feat. W. Giacchi)" - On Patrol [0:00:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/133200
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Brian Merchant, author,"Blood in the Machine"– about the Luddites from Oct 16, 2023 from 2023-10-16T19:17:23
Brian Merchant, author, "Blood in the Machine" – about the Luddites
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Brian Merchant" [0:04:36]
- "Mark's com...
Antitrust lawsuits against Google and Amazon from Oct 9, 2023 from 2023-10-09T19:44:10
Antitrust against Google and Amazon: a review
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's comments" [0:00:00]
Anders Enger Jensen - "Keeping Up With Commodore" [0:53:51]
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JOB playwright Max Friedlich from Oct 2, 2023 from 2023-10-02T20:37:13
JOB playwright Max Friedlich
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Max Friedlich" [0:04:16]
- "Mark's comments" [0:41:01]
Lil Miquela - "To...
Surveillance in the subway, the store, the stadium, and the sky from Sep 25, 2023 from 2023-09-25T19:59:35
Surveillance in the subway, the store, the stadium, and the sky
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's comments"
Lulu Lewis - "Destroy All Data" [0:54:32]
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Michael Hearst discusses his new Mean Marcus album,"Say Hello To The Party"from Sep 18, 2023 from 2023-09-18T19:59:34
Michael Hearst discusses his new Mean Marcus album, "Say Hello To The Party"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Michael Hearst" [0:04:51]
- "M...
Disaster alerts: Jeannette Sutton, Ken Freedman and Mark discuss from Sep 11, 2023 from 2023-09-11T20:59:23
Discussing disaster alerts with Jeannette Sutton, station manager Ken Freedman, and Mark Hurst
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark and Ken interview Jeannette Sutton"
The Route...
Coco Krumme, author,"Optimal Illusions"from Sep 4, 2023 from 2023-09-04T20:18:52
Coco Krumme, author, "Optimal Illusions"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Coco Krumme" [0:08:09]
- "Mark's comments" [0:43:51]
Fifth D...
Tamara Kneese, author of"Death Glitch"from Aug 28, 2023 from 2023-08-28T19:25:15
Tamara Kneese, author, "Death Glitch"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Tamara Kneese" [0:03:23]
- "Mark's comments" [0:42:46]
Bochum W...
Updates on past shows from Aug 21, 2023 from 2023-08-21T20:02:27
Updates on past shows
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's comments"
Tony Ann - "iPhone Alarm as a Piano Ballad" [0:54:52]
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Boondoggle's Pat Garofalo on Amazon's data-center scam from Aug 14, 2023 from 2023-08-14T19:22:13
Pat Garofalo on Amazon's data-center scam
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Pat Garofalo" [0:07:20]
- "Mark's comments" [0:47:54]
Aloe ...
Listener questions from Aug 7, 2023 from 2023-08-07T20:07:05
Mark answers listener questions about AI, Japan, and whether things are getting better or worse.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark answers listener questio...
Bruce Schneier, author,"A Hacker's Mind"from Jul 31, 2023 from 2023-07-31T19:19:11
Bruce Schneier, author, "A Hacker's Mind"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Bruce Schneier" [0:05:10]
- "Mark's comm...
Josh O'Kane, author of"Sideways,"on Google's failure in Toronto from Jul 24, 2023 from 2023-07-24T22:50:36
Josh O'Kane, author of "Sideways," on Google's failure in Toronto
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Josh O'Kane" [0:09:24]
- "Mark's comments...
Station Manager Ken guest hosts The Happy Episode of Techtonic from Jul 17, 2023 from 2023-07-17T19:14:37
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Surveillance roundup from Jul 3, 2023 from 2023-07-03T19:21:05
Surveillance roundup: you're being watched in grocery stores, in video games, and everywhere else
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's comments"
Mighty Micro - "Replaced by a ...
Paul Salopek on walking through"the handmade world"from Jun 26, 2023 from 2023-06-26T20:15:04
Paul Salopek on walking through "a handmade world" in southwest China
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Paul Salopek" [0:07:35]
- "Mark's com...
Ridiculing Apple's Vision Pro headset with Paris Marx from Jun 19, 2023 from 2023-06-19T21:50:17
Ridiculing Apple's Vision Pro headset with Paris Marx
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Paris Marx" [0:05:00]
- "Mark's comments" [0:45:42]
Internet addiction and the ITAA: Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous from Jun 12, 2023 from 2023-06-12T19:12:55
Internet addiction and the ITAA: Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Jay D." [0:06:05]
- "Mark's comm...
Harold Burris-Meyer and manipulative sound, feat. Ted Houghtaling from May 29, 2023 from 2023-05-29T19:33:20
Harold Burris-Meyer and manipulative sound, feat. Ted Houghtaling
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Ted Houghtaling" [0:04:47]
- "Mark's comm...
Cybersecurity and"how the world ends"from May 22, 2023 from 2023-05-22T19:58:58
Cybersecurity and "how the world ends"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark discusses cybersecurity"
Balanescu Quartet - "Robots" [0:55:20]
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Mark tries to convince Matt Warwick to say no to a brain chip from May 15, 2023 from 2023-05-15T19:30:07
Mark tries to convince Matt Warwick to say no to a brain chip
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Interview with Matt Warwick"
yes/and - "Centered Shell" - ...
Nita Farahany, author,"The Battle for Your Brain"from May 8, 2023 from 2023-05-08T20:28:33
Nita Farahany, author, "The Battle for Your Brain"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Nita Farahany" [0:04:37]
- "Mar...
How working in the tech industry has changed, with WFMU's Dave Mandl from May 1, 2023 from 2023-05-01T19:57:19
How working in the tech industry has changed, with WFMU's Dave Mandl
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Interview with Dave Mandl"
Time Trout - "Smart City" - Stuck Like Jane Auste...
You're being watched by surveillance glasses, Tesla cars, and robot police dogs from Apr 24, 2023 from 2023-04-24T19:51:48
You're being watched by surveillance glasses, Tesla cars, and robot police dogs
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's comments"
Jan Jelinek - "Social Engineering" [0:54:50]
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Meredith Broussard, author,"More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech"from Apr 17, 2023 from 2023-04-17T19:14:01
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:00]
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Meredith Broussard" [0:04:42]
- "Mark's comments" [0:38:54]
Felix Kubin - "Download Yourself" [0:...
Station Manager Ken fills in and interviews Journalist Matt Taibbi from Apr 10, 2023 from 2023-04-10T19:42:51
Matt Taibbi Interview [0:00:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/126568
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Roger guest-hosts: Gen Z Speaks (about social media) from Apr 3, 2023 from 2023-04-03T19:28:10
Cisco, age 22, senior [0:00:00]
Kayla, age 23, recent graduate [0:11:12]
Adam, age 25, senior [0:21:59]
Jiwon, age 23, recent graduate [0:29:50]
Hasan, age 24, senior [0:37:...
Sandrine Rigaud, co-author,"Pegasus"from Mar 27, 2023 from 2023-03-27T19:37:40
Sandrine Rigaud, co-author, "Pegasus" and Editor-in Chief, Forbidden Stories
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Sandrine Rigaud" [0:09:46]
- "...
Fundraising marathon show with co-host Bryce from Mar 13, 2023 from 2023-03-13T19:19:53
Fundraising show with DJ Bryce
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Fundraising with Bryce"
Si-mark & Scott-funkel - "A Simple Desultory Techtonic" [0:20:06]
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Fundraising marathon show, w/cohost Trouble from Mar 6, 2023 from 2023-03-06T19:42:41
Fundraising marathon show, w/cohost Trouble
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Fundraising with Trouble"
Si-mark & Scott-funkel - "The Only Honest Man in Big Tech" [0:50:38]
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Gaylord Fields discusses Spotify's AI DJ from Feb 27, 2023 from 2023-02-27T19:37:30
Gaylord Fields discusses Spotify's AI DJ
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Gaylord Fields" [0:06:31]
- "Mark's comments" [0:35:01]
Inde...
Joe Turow, author,"Americans Can't Consent to Companies' Use of Their Data"from Feb 20, 2023 from 2023-02-20T19:55:25
Joe Turow, author, "Americans Can't Consent to Companies' Use of Their Data"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Joe Turow" [0:09:33]
- "Mark's...
Susan Linn, author,"Who's Raising the Kids?"from Feb 13, 2023 from 2023-02-13T19:19:58
Susan Linn, author, "Who's Raising the Kids? Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Children"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Susan Linn" [0:04...
Our AI-generated future: Mark Hurst on AI-extruded text and music from Feb 6, 2023 from 2023-02-06T19:32:52
Our AI-generated future: Mark Hurst on AI-extruded text and music
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Nothing Forever"
- "Mark on AI generators" [0:03:22]
Torie Bosch, editor, “You Are Not Expected to Understand This” from Jan 30, 2023 from 2023-01-30T19:18:05
Torie Bosch, editor, “You Are Not Expected to Understand This”: How 26 Lines of Code Changed the World
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "...
Sarah Lamdan, author,"Data Cartels"from Jan 23, 2023 from 2023-01-23T19:28:58
Sarah Lamdan, author, "Data Cartels: The Companies That Control and Monopolize Our Information"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Sarah Lamdan" [0:...
Craig Silverman and Google's ad business of"porn, piracy, and fraud"from Jan 16, 2023 from 2023-01-16T19:22:49
Craig Silverman and Google's ad business of "porn, piracy, and fraud"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Craig Silverman" [0:05:13]
- "Mark's ...
Surveillance roundup from Jan 9, 2023 from 2023-01-09T19:16:16
Surveillance roundup: you're being spied on by vacuums, toilets, and more.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Surveillance roundup"
The Dictaphone - "Transmission Clause" [0:56:07]...
Mark and Station Manager Ken discuss the year ahead from Jan 2, 2023 from 2023-01-02T19:52:18
Mark and Station Manager Ken discuss the Twitter Files and the year ahead.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "The year ahead, with Station Manager Ken"
The Pink Tiles - "Internet" ...
ARB Guest Hosts Today: Digital Intimacy from Dec 26, 2022 from 2022-12-26T20:12:19
Underground Resistance - "Electronic Warfare (Oz Speaks)" - Electronic Warfare
!Bang Elektronika - "High Technology, More Reliable" - Audio Beat Warfare [0:00:13]
Little Danny - "Limeri...
Darren Byler, co-translator of"The Backstreets: A Novel from Xinjiang"from Dec 19, 2022 from 2022-12-19T20:11:40
Darren Byler, co-translator, "The Backstreets: A Novel from Xinjiang."
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Interview with Darren Byler" [0:06:46]
- "Mark's comments" [0:43:51]
...
Rachel Ignotofsky, author,"The History of the Computer"from Dec 12, 2022 from 2022-12-12T20:06:27
Rachel Ignotofsky, author and illustrator, “The History of the Computer”
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Rachel Ignotofsky and Thomas Mason" [0:1...
On game design: Eric Zimmerman, author,"The Rules We Break"from Dec 5, 2022 from 2022-12-05T19:16:39
Eric Zimmerman, game designer and author, "The Rules We Break"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Eric Zimmerman" [0:05:51]
Pink Tiles - "Inte...
Why you shouldn't trust Apple from Nov 28, 2022 from 2022-11-28T19:28:58
Why you shouldn't trust Apple
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's comments"
Dennis Young - "Morphogenic Waves" [0:54:22]
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David Sax, author,"The Future is Analog"from Nov 21, 2022 from 2022-11-21T19:51:11
David Sax, author, "The Future is Analog"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with David Sax" [0:06:33]
- "Mark's comments"...
Lurking dangers of tech from Nov 14, 2022 from 2022-11-14T19:49:52
Lurking dangers of tech.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's comments"
Ted Stevens - "A Series of Tubes remix" - N/A [0:54:49]
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Carissa Véliz, author,"Privacy is Power"from Nov 7, 2022 from 2022-11-07T19:29:26
Carissa Véliz, author, "Privacy is Power." And about that Link5G story...
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Carissa Véliz"...
Nightmares from Silicon Valley from Oct 31, 2022 from 2022-10-31T19:55:40
Nightmares from Silicon Valley
Disney - "Disney's Haunted Mansion Ambience"
- "Mark's intro" [0:00:43]
- "Nightmares from Silicon Valley" [0:31:00]
- "Mark's comments" [0:48...
Adrian Hon, author,"You've Been Played"from Oct 24, 2022 from 2022-10-24T20:18:55
Adrian Hon, discusses gamification in his new book, "You've Been Played."
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro" [0:00:34]
- "Interview with Adrian Hon" [0:05:06]
-...
Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive from Oct 17, 2022 from 2022-10-17T20:01:26
Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Brewster Kahle" [0:03:21]
- "Mark's comments" [0:43:41]
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Douglas Rushkoff on his new book,"Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires"from Oct 3, 2022 from 2022-10-03T19:18:01
Douglas Rushkoff discusses his new book, "Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires."
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Do...
Subways and surveillance - with Christopher Robbins from Hell Gate from Sep 26, 2022 from 2022-09-26T19:35:06
Subways and surveillance - with Christopher Robbins from Hell Gate
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Christopher Robbins" [0:06:35]
- "Mark's...
Aaron Sachs, author,"Up from the Depths"– on Melville, Mumford, and difficult times from Sep 19, 2022 from 2022-09-19T19:38:49
Aaron Sachs, author, "Up from the Depths" – on Melville, Mumford, and difficult times
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Aaron Sachs" [0:09:49]
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Five years of Techtonic from Sep 12, 2022 from 2022-09-12T20:05:14
Celebrating the five-year anniversary of Techtonic with emails and audio messages from listeners.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's comments"
Si-mark & Scott-funkel - "The ...
Workplace surveillance: a very Techtonic Labor Day from Sep 5, 2022 from 2022-09-05T20:27:38
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:00]
- "Mark's comments"
Tarrus Riley - "Micro Chip" [0:54:50]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/s...
To Help Ensure Your Safety: The Sounds of Surveillance from Aug 29, 2022 from 2022-08-29T19:37:49
The Furby Organ - "The Big Furby Takeover"
Si-mark & Scott-funkel - "The Sounds of Surveillance" [feat. Greg Harrison and Matt Fiveash, audio captcha by Lily Wen] [0:01:52]
The Mothers ...
Molly Osberg and New York's new Link5G surveillance towers from Aug 22, 2022 from 2022-08-22T19:14:55
Molly Osberg and New York's new surveillance towers
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Molly Osberg" [0:09:55]
- "Mar...
Touring the Torment Nexus from Aug 15, 2022 from 2022-08-15T20:16:23
Touring the Torment Nexus: comparing the warnings issued by past guests with recent, real-world tech news.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's comments"
James Bridle, author,"Ways of Being"from Aug 8, 2022 from 2022-08-08T19:28:42
James Bridle, author, "Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with James B...
"What now?"How to resist Big Tech if Congress fails... from Aug 1, 2022 from 2022-08-01T19:21:14
With Congress unable to pass antitrust, facing the question: "What now?"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's comments"
Steve Ballmer - "Monkey Boy Dance" [0:34:21]
Ted ...
Paris Marx, author,"Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation"from Jul 25, 2022 from 2022-07-25T21:10:58
Paris Marx, author, "Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro" [0:00:19]
- "Interview wit...
Ben Tarnoff, author,"Internet for the People"from Jul 18, 2022 from 2022-07-18T19:43:42
Ben Tarnoff discusses his new book "Internet for the People: The Fight for Our Digital Future."
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Ben Tarnoff" [0:0...
Station Manager Ken guest hosts Techtonic tonight from Jul 11, 2022 from 2022-07-11T19:19:20
Station Manager Ken - "Guest Hosting for Techtonic" [0:00:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/117587
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The July 4th montage show from Jul 4, 2022 from 2022-07-04T20:00:58
The July 4th montage show
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's comments" [0:00:13]
Pink Tiles - "The Internet" [0:58:25]
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Jonathan Crary, author,"Scorched Earth: Beyond the Digital Age to a Post-Capitalist World"from Jun 27, 2022 from 2022-06-27T20:27:54
Jonathan Crary, author, "Scorched Earth: Beyond the Digital Age to a Post-Capitalist World"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Jonathan Crary" [0:04...
Our last chance to defeat Big Tech (for awhile) from Jun 20, 2022 from 2022-06-20T20:42:23
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:00]
- "Mark's comments"
DJ Cremoso - "Losing My Religion (Rustico Mashup)" [0:54:35]
https://w...
Jennifer Egan, author,"The Candy House"from Jun 13, 2022 from 2022-06-13T20:11:57
Jennifer Egan, author, "The Candy House"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Jennifer Egan" [0:02:23]
- "Mark's comments" [0:42:14]
Willi...
Surveillance roundup from Jun 6, 2022 from 2022-06-06T19:21:08
Surveillance roundup: reviewing where the surveillance state is popping up (everywhere).
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's comments"
Linus Akesson - "Partita Prelude for 8-...
Jeff Deutsch, author,"In Praise of Good Bookstores"from May 30, 2022 from 2022-05-30T20:04:40
Jeff Deutsch, author, "In Praise of Good Bookstores"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Jeff Deutsch" [0:06:28]
- "Mark's comments" [0:44:48]<...
Buffalo and Big Tech from May 23, 2022 from 2022-05-23T20:07:07
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:00]
- "Mark's comments"
Dennis Young - "Paradigm Shift" - Voyager [On Bandcamp] [0:52:40]
http...
Perry Metzger interview (cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin), with guest host Dave Mandl from May 16, 2022 from 2022-05-16T19:30:48
L'Ensemble Rayé - "Phare-est" - Quelques Pièces Détachées
Perry Metzger - "Interview" [0:01:15]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/1157...
Carolyn Chen, author,"Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley"from May 9, 2022 from 2022-05-10T13:47:53
Carolyn Chen, author, "Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Car...
On Musk and Twitter – with Paul Bradley Carr from May 2, 2022 from 2022-05-02T19:33:52
On Elon Musk's Twitter takeover – with Paul Bradley Carr, author, 1414º
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Paul Bradley Carr" [0:12:52]
- "Mar...
Paul Salopek is walking"Out of Eden"and around the world from Apr 25, 2022 from 2022-04-25T19:55:49
Paul Salopek discusses his 24,000-mile "Out of Eden Walk" and what it means for our technological society.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Paul S...
Why you should be worried about data brokers from Apr 18, 2022 from 2022-04-19T15:57:27
Why you should be worried about data brokers
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- "Mark on data brokers" [0:01:08]
Muse - "Compliance" [0:57:38]
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Sasha Stiles, poet and artist, on her book"Technelegy"from Apr 11, 2022 from 2022-04-11T19:18:58
Sasha Stiles, poet and artist, on her book "Technelegy"
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- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Sasha Stiles" [0:05:19]
- "Mark's comments" [0:43:1...
Justin E. H. Smith, author,"The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is"from Apr 4, 2022 from 2022-04-04T20:39:42
Justin Smith, author, "The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro" [0:01:30]
- "Interview with Justin E. H. Smith" [0:03:55]
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Ethan Gutmann on digital spycraft in human rights work in China from Mar 28, 2022 from 2022-03-28T20:51:30
Ethan Gutmann on the digital spycraft of human rights work
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Ethan Gutmann" [0:09:30]
- "Mark's comments" [0:...
Damon Krukowski on the Bandcamp purchase from Mar 21, 2022 from 2022-03-21T19:44:33
Damon Krukowski on the purchase of Bandcamp
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Damon Krukowski" [0:06:56]
- "Mark's comments" [0:46:18]
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Fundraising marathon show w/cohost Matt Warwick from Mar 14, 2022 from 2022-03-14T19:35:37
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Fundraising with Matt Warwick"
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/113590
Fundraising marathon show, w/cohost Ken Freedman from Mar 7, 2022 from 2022-03-07T20:06:56
Fundraising show, and a tech-news game, with station manager Ken Freedman
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- "Fundraising with Ken Freedman"
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Ukraine, NFTs, Wordle tracking, Starlink junk, IRS facerec... from Feb 28, 2022 from 2022-02-28T20:40:24
Ukraine, NFTs, Wordle tracking, Starlink junk, and IRS facerec.
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- "Mark's comments"
Cadence Weapon - "On Me" [0:55:59]
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Kelly Weill, author,"Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything"from Feb 21, 2022 from 2022-02-21T20:25:56
Kelly Weill, author, "Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Kell...
The time I met Jeff Bezos: reflecting on how success changed Amazon&Bezos from Feb 14, 2022 from 2022-02-14T19:53:20
The time I met Jeff Bezos: reflecting on how success changed Amazon & Bezos
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's comments"
Arthur Harisson & Rupert Chapelle - "Real World" [0:...
Alec MacGillis, author,"Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America"from Feb 7, 2022 from 2022-02-07T20:01:26
Alec MacGillis discusses his book "Fulfillment: America in the Shadow of Amazon."
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Alec MacGillis" [0:04:25]
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Dave Holmes, creator,"Waiting for Impact"podcast from Jan 24, 2022 from 2022-01-24T19:40:55
Dave Holmes, former MTV VJ, discusses his new podcast, "Waiting for Impact."
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Dave Holmes...
Darren Byler, author,"In the Camps: China's High-Tech Penal Colony"from Jan 17, 2022 from 2022-01-17T20:08:21
Darren Byler, author, "In the Camps: China's High-Tech Penal Colony"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Darren Byler" [0:03:54]
The Organizing...
Damon vs. DiCaprio and"Don't Look Up"from Jan 10, 2022 from 2022-01-10T19:39:13
Damon vs. DiCaprio and "Don't Look Up": praising dystopian truth tellers
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Don't Look Up trailer" [0:20:00]
- "Matt Damon cr...
Station Manager Ken joins for a game of"Who Said It"from Jan 3, 2022 from 2022-01-03T19:15:22
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:00]
- "Mark and Ken play "Who Said It""
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/111376
Mark Schatzker, author,"The End of Craving"from Dec 27, 2021 from 2021-12-27T21:19:17
Mark Schatzker, author, "The End of Craving"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Mark Schatzker" [0:07:06]
- "Mark's comments" [0:46:15]
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Maria, Meta, Musk: Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa, arrogance from Meta, and TIME's person of the year, Elon Musk from Dec 20, 2021 from 2021-12-20T21:56:46
Maria, Meta, Musk: Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa, arrogance from Meta, and TIME's person of the year, Elon Musk
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Maria" [0...
Gretchen Peters, exec director of ACCO, on crime and corruption online from Dec 13, 2021 from 2021-12-13T20:09:16
Crime and corruption online - with Gretchen Peters from the Alliance to Counter Crime Online (ACCO)
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Gretchen Pete...
Steve Elkins, director,"Echoes of the Invisible"from Dec 6, 2021 from 2021-12-06T21:30:03
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:00]
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Steve Elkins" [0:06:10]
- "Mark's comments" [0:38:03]
Matmos - "Platformalism (ARANXTA YAROS REMI...
Station Manager Ken Guest Hosts Techtonic Tonight from Nov 29, 2021 from 2021-11-29T21:52:15
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Activision, AirPods, Adams, and your calls from Nov 22, 2021 from 2021-11-22T19:33:10
Activision, AirPods, Adams, and your calls.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's tech news roundup"
- "Your calls" [0:38:58]
Remy - "Dogecoin Rap" [0:57:29]
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Paul Bradley Carr, author, 1414º from Nov 15, 2021 from 2021-11-15T20:13:22
Paul Bradley Carr, author, 1414º
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Paul Bradley Carr" [0:02:24]
- "Mark's comments" ...
Tyson Yunkaporta, author,"Sand Talk"from Nov 8, 2021 from 2021-11-08T20:31:22
Tyson Yunkaporta, author, "Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Tyson ...
David Yoon, author,"Version Zero"from Nov 1, 2021 from 2021-11-01T19:36:27
How would you fix the internet? David Yoon, author, "Version Zero," offers some ideas.
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- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with David Yoon" [0:07:18]
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"Red Heaven"directors Lauren DeFilippo&Katherine Gorringe from Oct 25, 2021 from 2021-10-25T20:06:04
Surviving on Mars: "Red Heaven" directors Lauren DeFilippo & Katherine Gorringe.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Lauren DeFilippo & Katherine Gor...
The return of call screener Phil from Oct 18, 2021 from 2021-10-18T19:47:56
The return of call screener Phil as we discuss armed robot dogs and other bad ideas.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Your calls" [0:28:18]
Reaktive EP - "...
David Bodanis, author,"The Art of Fairness"from Oct 11, 2021 from 2021-10-11T19:40:28
Do nice guys always finish last? David Bodanis discusses his new book, "The Art of Fairness."
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with David Bodanis" [0:1...
What just happened to Facebook and Instagram? from Oct 4, 2021 from 2021-10-04T19:58:49
The Facebook outage: what just happened? And what should we do next?
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Your calls and comments 201-209-9368" [0:37:33]
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Joe Turow, author,"The Voice Catchers"from Sep 27, 2021 from 2021-09-27T20:11:03
Joe Turow discusses voice surveillance and his new book, "The Voice Catchers."
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Joe Turow" [0:11:49]
- "Mark...
Ten reasons to smash your smartphone from Sep 20, 2021 from 2021-09-20T19:44:27
Ten reasons to smash your smartphone
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's comments"
Negativland - "Content" [0:56:36]
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Decentralizing computers with Dave Ackley, founder of the T2 Tile Project from Sep 13, 2021 from 2021-09-13T20:52:08
Decentralizing computers with Dave Ackley, founder of the T2 Tile Project
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Dave Ackley" [0:07:27]
- "Mark's ...
Matt Warwick on cryptocurrencies and dodgy smartphone apps from Sep 6, 2021 from 2021-09-06T20:20:24
Discussing cryptocurrency and dodgy smartphone apps with DJ Matt Warwick, host of WFMU's Garbage Time.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Matt Warwi...
Tech Can Be Fun! Guest Host Amanda Nazario with WFMU guests Paul Bruno and Abbie from Mars. from Aug 30, 2021 from 2021-08-30T21:59:09
- "Amanda's intro" [0:00:00]
- "This week: OnlyFans reverses its decision" [See these articles for more info:
Maitland Ward in the Daily Beast
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Shannon Mattern, author,"A City Is Not a Computer"from Aug 23, 2021 from 2021-08-25T11:59:50
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:00]
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Shannon Mattern" [0:09:11]
- "Mark's comments" [0:43:58]
Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - "Tomo...
The WeWork fiasco - with Eliot Brown, author,"The Cult of We"from Aug 16, 2021 from 2021-08-16T19:44:09
The WeWork fiasco - with Eliot Brown, co-author, "The Cult of We"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Eliot Brown" [0:03:12]
- "Mark's comments...
Vaccine apps - with Albert Fox Cahn from Aug 9, 2021 from 2021-08-09T19:16:09
Albert Fox Cahn discusses vaccine apps - and Apple's recent announcement about scanning private iPhone photos.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
Sports and tech, and a few movie picks, with Mark's friend Paul from Aug 2, 2021 from 2021-08-02T19:31:10
Discussing sports in tech, and some movie picks, with Mark's friend Paul.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
Music behind DJ:
- "Mark's intro"
Mu...
Jon Fasman, author,"We See It All"from Jul 19, 2021 from 2021-07-19T19:37:07
Jon Fasman, author, "We See It All: Liberty and Justice in an Age of Perpetual Surveillance"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview ...
Annette LeMay Burke, photographer and author,"Fauxliage"from Jul 12, 2021 from 2021-07-12T19:40:30
Annette LeMay Burke discusses "Fauxliage," her new book of photographs of fake cell phone towers.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Annette LeMay B...
Craig Taylor, author,"New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time"from Jun 28, 2021 from 2021-06-28T20:52:57
Craig Taylor on his new oral history, "New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Craig Taylor" [0:10:44]
Cook, Khan, crypto, Christie's, corona complicity... and Pink Floyd. from Jun 21, 2021 from 2021-06-21T21:58:19
Cook, Khan, and a crypto explainer. Also, Pink Floyd.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Mark's comments" [0:45:17]
- "Roger Waters ...
Cupertino, Cuban, crypto, Cadence, Cena, China, and calling cicadas from Jun 14, 2021 from 2021-06-14T19:12:04
Cupertino, Cuban, crypto, Cadence, Cena, China, and calling cicadas
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Excerpt of Bari Weiss and Mark Cuba...
Amelia Pang, author,"Made in China,"on forced labor creating American products from Jun 7, 2021 from 2021-06-07T21:45:23
Amelia Pang discusses her book, "Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods."
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interv...
Listeners banning tech from May 24, 2021 from 2021-05-24T21:56:28
Listeners banning tech: 10 listeners describe what technology they'd ban.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Listeners banning tech" [0:19:59]
Spitting Image...
Managing photos with Marci Brennan&Chris George from Past Present Pix from May 17, 2021 from 2021-05-17T19:20:46
Managing photos w/Marci Brennan and Chris George, from PastPresentPix.com
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Marci Brennan and Chris George" [0:08:2...
Pete Davis, author,"Dedicated"from May 10, 2021 from 2021-05-10T21:25:19
Pete Davis discusses his book "Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing."
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Pete Davis" [0...
Frank Pasquale, author,"New Laws of Robotics"from May 3, 2021 from 2021-05-03T19:27:39
Frank Pasquale discusses his book "New Laws of Robotics." Mark recommends it highly.
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- "Interview with Frank Pasquale" [0:05:45]...
Dennis Glover, author,"Factory 19"from Apr 26, 2021 from 2021-04-26T19:16:47
Dennis Glover discusses his novel "Factory 19," imagining a community banning all digital devices & tech invented after 1948.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "In...
Bob Ostertag, musician and author,"Facebooking the Anthropocene in Raja Ampat"from Apr 19, 2021 from 2021-04-19T21:21:52
Bob Ostertag discusses his new book "Facebooking the Anthropocene in Raja Ampat."
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Bob Ostertag" [0:01:56]
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The Problem with Head Transplants, with Dr. Brandy Schillace from Apr 12, 2021 from 2021-04-12T19:31:51
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Tim Harford, author,"The Data Detective"from Apr 5, 2021 from 2021-04-05T20:35:01
Tim Harford discusses his new book, "The Data Detective."
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Tim Harford" [0:07:10]
- "Mark's comments" [0:45:...
Disinformation and a stuck boat from Mar 29, 2021 from 2021-03-29T19:43:52
Disinformation and a stuck boat: how Big Tech CEOs have us all stuck in a narrow canal
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Tim Maughan excerpt" [0:08:32]
- "C...
Paul Kingsnorth, author,"Alexandria"from Mar 22, 2021 from 2021-03-22T19:24:11
Paul Kingsnorth discusses his new book, "Alexandria."
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Paul Kingsnorth" [0:05:32]
- "Mark's comments" [0:50:...
Fundraising marathon show, w/cohost Ken Freedman from Mar 15, 2021 from 2021-03-15T19:14:47
Fundraising marathon show, w/cohost Ken Freedman
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Fundraising with Staysh"
https://www.wfmu.org/pl...
Fundraising marathon show, w/cohost Sheila B. from Mar 8, 2021 from 2021-03-08T20:38:58
Fundraising marathon show w/cohost Sheila B, who talks about getting off social media.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Interview with DJ Sheila B."
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Nabiha Syed, president, The Markup from Mar 1, 2021 from 2021-03-02T00:04:38
Nabiha Syed, president of The Markup, discusses ethical data-driven journalism, covering Big Tech.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Nabiha Syed" [...
Annie Jacobsen, author,"First Platoon"from Feb 22, 2021 from 2021-02-22T21:52:29
Annie Jacobsen discusses her book "First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Annie J...
Andrea Pitzer, author,"Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World"from Feb 15, 2021 from 2021-02-15T19:30:27
Andrea Pitzer, author, "Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World"
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- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Andrea Pitzer, part 1" [0:06:43]
- ...
Station Manager Ken and Mark Discuss the WFMU Comments Community from Feb 8, 2021 from 2021-02-08T19:18:20
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Adrian Daub, author,"What Tech Calls Thinking"from Feb 1, 2021 from 2021-02-01T20:06:17
Adrian Daub discusses his book "What Tech Calls Thinking: An Inquiry Into the Intellectual Bedrock of Silicon Valley"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview ...
Matt Novak, editor of Paleofuture, on past visions of the future from Feb 11, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Matt Novak, editor of Paleofuture, talks about past visions of the future.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Matt Novak"...
Prof. Susan Crawford, author, "Fiber" from Feb 4, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Harvard Law School professor Susan Crawford, author of the new book "Fiber," speaks with Mark Hurst about why Internet access is so awful in the US, and how places like Norway, South Korea, and S...
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Douglas Rushkoff, author, "Team Human" from Jan 28, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Douglas Rushkoff, author of "Team Human," a manifesto arguing for genuine human connection in a society full of isolating, addictive technology.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium...
Prof. Safiya Noble, author, "Algorithms of Oppression" from Jan 21, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Professor Safiya Noble joins Mark to talk about her book "Algorithms of Oppression," which explains how search engines like Google reinforce and amplify the racism in American society.
Toma...
David Lowery (Camper Van Beethoven & Cracker) on music in the digital age from Jan 14, 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
David Lowery on how tech is changing the music business, causing musicians to make less and less money, and how things might improve in the future.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinar...
Jonathan Lethem, author,"The Arrest"from Jan 25, 2021 from 2021-01-25T19:18:29
Jonathan Lethem discusses his new novel, "The Arrest," about a world without screens.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Jo...
Sarah Brayne, author,"Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing."from Jan 18, 2021 from 2021-01-18T20:34:46
Surveillance and policing with Sarah Brayne, author, "Predict and Surveil"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Sarah Brayne"...
Big Tech and insurrection - discussing with station manager Ken Freedman from Jan 11, 2021 from 2021-01-11T20:23:40
Big Tech's role in the insurrection: a discussion with station manager Ken Freedman.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's comments"
Ken Congratulated ...
The past and future of the office with Sheila Liming, author of"Office"from Jan 4, 2021 from 2021-01-04T19:19:19
The past and future of the office - with Sheila Liming, author of "Office"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Sheila Liming" [0:09:33]
- "Mark...
Best of 2020: tech books and video games from Dec 28, 2020 from 2020-12-28T19:59:32
Mark discusses the best tech books and video games of 2020.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "David Courtwright, "Age of Addiction" excer...
J. Khadijah Abdurahman on Timnit Gebru's firing and"the moral collapse"of AI ethics from Dec 14, 2020 from 2020-12-14T20:20:21
J. Khadijah Abdurahman on Timnit Gebru's firing and "the moral collapse" of AI ethics
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with J....
Tron Life and the surveillance gift guide from Dec 7, 2020 from 2020-12-07T20:45:05
Mark reflects on "Tron Life" and reviews a surveillance gift guide.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
Mark Hurst - "Tron Life" - First Perso...
Adrian Hon, author,"A New History of the Future in 100 Objects"from Nov 30, 2020 from 2020-11-30T21:09:34
Adrian Hon discusses his book "A New History of the Future in 100 Objects."
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- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Adrian Hon" ...
Ben Tarnoff and Moira Weigel, editors,"Voices from the Valley"from Nov 16, 2020 from 2020-11-26T00:46:28
Ben Tarnoff and Moira Weigel discuss their new book "Voices from the Valley."
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Ben Tarnof...
The election and Big Tech from Nov 9, 2020 from 2020-11-26T00:45
Mark Hurst discusses the election and Big Tech.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
Mark Hurst - "Upper West Side, Nov 7, 2020"
- "Van Jones on CNN, Nov 7, 202...
William Deresiewicz, author,"The Death of the Artist"from Nov 2, 2020 from 2020-11-26T00:39:16
William Deresiewicz talks about his book "The Death of the Artist."
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Bill Deresiewicz" [0...
Alan Jacobs, author,"Breaking Bread with the Dead"from Oct 5, 2020 from 2020-11-26T00:37:02
Alan Jacobs discusses his new book "Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind."
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
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Is it safe to use the new Covid Alert app? with Daniel Kahn Gillmor, aka dkg from Oct 19, 2020 from 2020-11-26T00:35:35
Is it safe to use the new Covid Alert app? with Daniel Kahn Gillmor, aka dkg
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Daniel Kahn...
The video game audio challenge, with DJ Paradox from Oct 12, 2020 from 2020-11-26T00:33:49
Antitrust news and a videogame challenge w/DJ Paradox
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
Whitaker Blackhall - "Mario Montage of Funk" - Logic...
Gizmodo's Shoshana Wodinsky on Spotify from Nov 23, 2020 from 2020-11-24T19:28:24
Gizmodo's Shoshana Wodinsky discusses Spotify, and what it's doing with our data.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack [0:00:27]
- "Mark's intro" [0:01:07]
- "I...
Station Manager Ken Fills in: Interview with Author&Journalist Matt Taibbi from Oct 26, 2020 from 2020-10-26T19:16:30
Tomas Dvorak - "Gameboy Tune (Haunting Love Theme From Techtonic Lagoon)" [0:00:00]
Matt Taibbi [Interview from 10-19-2020] [0:10:40]
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Ken Freedman fills in from Sep 28, 2020 from 2020-09-28T19:16:04
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Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes from Sep 21, 2020 from 2020-09-21T21:14:25
Marc Abrahams talks about the Ig Nobel prizes and "improbable research."
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Marc Abrahams" [0:06:45]
- "Mark's...
Steve Lambert, artist and activist from Sep 14, 2020 from 2020-09-14T20:09:53
Steve Lambert, artist-activist, on capitalism, Facebook, and the Covid vaccine.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Steve La...
Cory Doctorow, author,"How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism"from Sep 7, 2020 from 2020-09-07T19:51:11
Cory Doctorow discusses his new book, "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Cory Doct...
Ben Hunt, from Epsilon Theory, on corruption in finance&tech from Aug 31, 2020 from 2020-08-31T19:54:15
Ben Hunt, from Epsilon Theory, on corruption in finance & tech.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro" [0:00:05]
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Katie Mack, author,"The End of Everything"from Aug 24, 2020 from 2020-08-24T19:28:07
Katie Mack, author of "The End of Everything," on the end of the universe
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- "Mark's intro" [0:00:55]
- "Interview with Kati...
Elaine Kasket, author,"All the Ghosts in the Machine"- on the afterlife of data from Aug 17, 2020 from 2020-08-18T00:27:13
Elaine Kasket, author, "All the Ghosts in the Machine," on the digital afterlife of data.
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- "Mark's intro" [0:00:54]
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Joel Kotkin, author,"The Coming of Neo-Feudalism"from Aug 10, 2020 from 2020-08-10T19:53:52
Joel Kotkin, author, "The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class"
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The Big Tech hearings - and Lisa Macpherson from Public Knowledge from Aug 3, 2020 from 2020-08-03T19:51:48
The Big Tech hearings - and Lisa Macpherson from Public Knowledge
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- "Mark's intro" [0:02:23]
- "Zuck lying to Congress" [0:12:03]
- "Interview...
Discussing free speech with Scott Johnston, author,"Campusland"from Jul 27, 2020 from 2020-07-27T19:41:23
A discussion about free speech, featuring "Campusland" author Scott Johnston
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- "Mark's intro" [0:00:02]
- "Simpsons excerpt" [0:19:05]
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Ed Park, author of"Personal Days,"on reading during a pandemic from Jul 20, 2020 from 2020-07-20T20:12:16
Ed Park, novelist and journalist, on reading during a pandemic
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- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Ed Park" [0:10:37]
- "Mark's comments after ...
Zoom in schools, surveillance&police, and deepfakes from Jul 13, 2020 from 2020-07-13T19:22:46
Zoom in schools, surveillance & police, and deepfakes - feat. DJ Paradox
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- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with DJ Paradox" [0:13:07]
- "Mark's co...
Ben Green, author,"The Smart Enough City"from Jul 6, 2020 from 2020-07-06T19:22:59
Ben Green's new book "The Smart Enough City" describes how cities can make use of digital technology, while preserving privacy and justice.
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Mark Zuckerberg finally blinks from Jun 29, 2020 from 2020-06-29T19:43:57
Mark Zuckerberg finally blinked. Mark Hurst talks about the Facebook boycott and other tech news stories.
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- "Mark's intro" [0:00:21]
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Voices in tech 4: Apple, eBay, facial rec, and Joe on Zuck from Jun 22, 2020 from 2020-06-22T19:22:31
Mark discusses Apple, eBay, facial rec, and the Zuck rant by Joe Scarborough.
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- "David Heinemeier Hansson on Vergecast" [0:07:06]
Jason Fried, cofounder of Basecamp, on launching Hey.com, a new email service from Jun 15, 2020 from 2020-06-15T19:23:18
Proof that tech can be good: Jason Fried talks about launching Hey.com, a new email service that respects user privacy.
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Chris Gilliard on Big Tech companies exploiting the very community they claim to support. from Jun 8, 2020 from 2020-06-08T20:16:19
Chris Gilliard, on Big Tech companies expressing support for the black community (which is exploited by Big Tech)
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Ryan Walsh, discussing the OpenAI Jukebox from Jun 1, 2020 from 2020-06-01T19:55:49
Ryan Walsh discusses OpenAI Jukebox and how AI-generated music could affect working musicians.
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- "Interview with Ryan Walsh, Part 1...
Steven Levy, author,"Facebook: The Inside Story"from May 25, 2020 from 2020-05-25T20:32:49
Veteran tech journalist Steven Levy discusses his new book "Facebook: The Inside Story."
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- "Interview with Steven Levy, P...
Jathan Sadowski, author,"Too Smart: How Digital Capitalism is Extracting Data, Controlling Our Lives, and Taking Over the World"from May 11, 2020 from 2020-05-11T19:27:59
Jathan Sadowski, author, "Too Smart: How Digital Capitalism is Extracting Data, Controlling Our Lives, and Taking Over the World"
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Movies covering pandemics, dystopias, AI, and tech gadgets - chosen by Mark's friend Paul in Atlanta from May 4, 2020 from 2020-05-04T23:55:34
Movie picks for pandemics and dystopias, with Mark's friend Paul in Atlanta.
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Contact tracing, pros and cons - with Daniel Kahn Gillmor, ACLU senior staff technologist from Apr 27, 2020 from 2020-04-27T19:14:08
Daniel Kahn Gillmor, senior staff technologist at the ACLU, discusses contact tracing and the Apple-Google partnership.
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Toby Ord, author,"The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity"from Apr 20, 2020 from 2020-04-20T21:17:23
Toby Ord, author of "The Precipice," on the end of the world.
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- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Toby Ord, Part 1" [0:14:53]
- "Interview with...
David Sax, author,"The Soul of an Entrepreneur"from Apr 13, 2020 from 2020-04-13T20:11:58
David Sax, author of "The Soul of an Entrepreneur," about entrepreneurialism in the age of corona.
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Chris Gilliard on surveillance during corona from Apr 6, 2020 from 2020-04-06T20:11:37
Privacy scholar Chris Gilliard returns to the show to discuss surveillance during corona.
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Kyle Chayka, author,"The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism"from Mar 30, 2020 from 2020-03-30T19:22:36
Kyle Chayka, author of "Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism" - also tech news of Zoom, YouTube, and a musical treat.
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Albert Fox Cahn and Liz O'Sullivan from Surveillance Technology Oversight Project from Mar 23, 2020 from 2020-03-23T19:26:23
Albert Fox Cahn and Liz O'Sullivan from Surveillance Technology Oversight Project - and special reporter Dan Casey.
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Special reporter Dan Casey on recent tech news from Mar 16, 2020 from 2020-03-16T20:57:17
Special reporter Dan Casey debuts on Techtonic with news of Big Tech contractors - and generative design creating some ridiculous emails.
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Station manager Ken Freedman cohosts for marathon 2020 from Mar 9, 2020 from 2020-03-09T19:12:38
Station manager Ken Freedman cohosts for the 2020 fundraising marathon.
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Mary Wing cohosts for marathon 2020 from Mar 2, 2020 from 2020-03-02T19:38:06
Mary Wing cohosts the first fundraising marathon 2020 episode of Techtonic.
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Rana Foroohar, author, "Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles – And All Of Us" from Feb 24, 2020 from 2020-02-24T19:43:13
Rana Foroohar, author, "Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles - And All Of Us"
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Jumana Abu-Ghazaleh, founder, Pivot for Humanity from Feb 17, 2020 from 2020-02-17T20:17:33
Jumana Abu-Ghazaleh, founder of Pivot for Humanity, on encouraging Big Tech engineers to adopt more ethical practices.
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Voices in tech 3: facial recognition, anti-competitive Big Tech giants, & a robot from Feb 10, 2020 from 2020-02-10T19:21:45
Voices in tech - on facial recognition, anti-competitive behavior from Big Tech giants, and one creepy robot.
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David Courtwright, author, "The Age of Addiction" from Feb 3, 2020 from 2020-02-03T19:17:59
On addiction: Prof. David Courtwright talks about his book "The Age of Addiction: How Bad Habits Became Big Business."
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Melanie Mitchell, author, "Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans" from Jan 27, 2020 from 2020-01-27T19:15:42
[Melanie Mitchell talks about her new book "Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans."]
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Jonathan Fischer, Slate's tech editor, on "The Evil List" from Jan 20, 2020 from 2020-01-20T19:16:14
Jonathan Fischer, technology editor at Slate, talks about "The Evil List" - the 30 most harmful tech companies in the world.
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Aaron Roth, co-author, "The Ethical Algorithm" from Jan 13, 2020 from 2020-01-13T20:01:08
Aaron Roth co-authored the new book "The Ethical Algorithm" to explore how (and if!) algorithms can be programmed to generate fair and ethical outcomes.
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Station Manager Ken Freedman on tech trends in 2020 from Jan 6, 2020 from 2020-01-06T19:52:42
Mark and station manager Ken Freedman discuss tech trends coming up in 2020.
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Dvorak keyboard and other tech tips from Dec 30, 2019 from 2019-12-30T20:33:28
The Dvorak keyboard leads Mark to give three unusual tech tips.
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- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with DJ Paradox"
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Matt Klinman and Sam West, creators of "Smartr" podcast series from Dec 16, 2019 from 2019-12-16T20:05:56
Matt Klinman and Sam West created "Smartr," a new satirical podcast series that mercilessly makes fun of Silicon Valley startup culture.
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Doug Hill, author, "Not So Fast: Thinking Twice About Technology" from Dec 9, 2019 from 2019-12-09T19:53:43
In his book "Not So Fast: Thinking Twice About Technology," Doug Hill surveys what tech critics have been trying to tell us for a couple hundred years. (Maybe this time we'll listen to th...
Joe Hollier, co-founder, The Light Phone from Dec 2, 2019 from 2019-12-02T21:17:21
Joe Hollier, co-founder of The Light Phone - a minimalist smartphone NOT made by Big Tech.
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Voices in tech: Sacha Baron Cohen, Aral Balkan, and Dr. Chris Gilliard from Nov 25, 2019 from 2019-11-25T19:28:03
Voices in tech: Sacha Baron Cohen, Aral Balkan, and Dr. Chris Gilliard.
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- "Chris Gilliard at Congress"
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Whistleblowers in tech - w/Jack Poulson, Irene Knapp, Liz O'Sullivan, and Delphine Halgand from Nov 18, 2019 from 2019-11-18T19:33:43
Whistleblowers in tech - featuring Jack Poulson, Irene Knapp, Liz O'Sullivan, and Delphine Halgand.
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- "Mark's intro"
- "Interv...
Tim Maughan, author, "Infinite Detail" from Nov 11, 2019 from 2019-11-11T19:34:37
What would happen if the Internet turned off? Tim Maughan discusses his novel "Infinite Detail," which compares an Internet-free world with today's tech-saturated society.
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NYC Mesh, a community-owned network: Scott Rasmussen and Jillian Murphy from Nov 4, 2019 from 2019-11-04T19:21:49
NYC Mesh provides high-speed Internet access *without* using Big Telecom companies. Organizers Scott Rasmussen and Jillian Murphy explain how it works.
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Bron Gondwana, CEO of Fastmail from Oct 28, 2019 from 2019-10-28T19:38:19
Bron Gondwana, CEO of Fastmail, describes how he runs a tech company with transparency and honesty - while teaching gym classes on the side.
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Station Manager Ken Freedman: human-on-robot violence from Oct 21, 2019 from 2019-10-21T19:39:34
There are increasing reports of human-on-robot violence. Station Manager Ken Freedman and Mark discuss why this is happening.
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Astra Taylor, author, "Democracy May Not Exist, But We’ll Miss it When It’s Gone" from Oct 14, 2019 from 2019-10-14T19:22:30
Democracy in the digital age: Astra Taylor talks about her book "Democracy May Not Exist, But We'll Miss It When It's Gone."
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David Dichelle, live from Leipzig, Germany (and host of Continental Subway on Give the Drummer Radio) from Oct 7, 2019 from 2019-10-07T19:28:31
David Dichelle, live from Leipzig, Germany, talks about resisting the global monoculture - he's the host of Continental Subway on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio.
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Problems with Juul (and scooters and Tik Tok) from Sep 30, 2019 from 2019-09-30T19:50:28
Problems with Juul, e-scooters, and TikTok.
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- "Mark's tech news roundup"
- "Your comments"
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Luther Lowe, from Yelp, on Google anti-trust from Sep 23, 2019 from 2019-09-23T19:25:12
The Google anti-trust investigation is in full swing, thanks in part to advocacy from tonight's guest Luther Lowe, who leads public policy for Yelp.
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Sarah T. Roberts, author of "Behind the Screen," on content moderators from Sep 16, 2019 from 2019-09-16T19:16:41
On content moderation: Prof. Sarah T. Roberts discusses her book "Behind the Screen" about the invisible, and often exploited, human moderators of Big Tech social media.
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Arthur Holland Michel, author, "Eyes in the Sky" from Sep 9, 2019 from 2019-09-09T19:27:17
On the aerial surveillance above your head right now: Arthur Holland Michel talks about his book "Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All."
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Carl Miller, author, "The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab" from Sep 2, 2019 from 2019-09-02T19:31:54
On power in the digital age: Carl Miller, author, "The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab."
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Jeremiah Moss, author, "Vanishing New York" from Aug 26, 2019 from 2019-08-26T20:40:38
Jeremiah Moss, author of the book "Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul" - and how smartphones contribute to the problem.
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Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann on their new book "Super Thinking" (and Duck Duck Go) from Aug 19, 2019 from 2019-08-19T19:51:03
Gabriel Weinberg and Lauren McCann, co-authors and spouses, talk about "Super Thinking," their new book on mental models. Plus: Gabriel talks about his company Duck Duck Go.
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Amy Webb, author of "The Big Nine," talks about AI and our future from Aug 12, 2019 from 2019-08-12T19:49:12
Amy Webb discusses her book "The Big Nine" and how AI will help determine the future of the world.
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The tech-tips episode from Aug 5, 2019 from 2019-08-05T19:29:52
The tips show: Mark Hurst gives his picks for the best & worst tech available today.
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Juliette Kayyem on terrorism; Neuralink's mind-reading device; and Libra from Jul 29, 2019 from 2019-07-29T19:20:41
Juliette Kayyem on terrorism & social media; Facebook's Libra; and Elon Musk and his Neuralink mind-control device.
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Showdown between Big Tech & democracy - who will win? from Jul 22, 2019 from 2019-07-22T20:04:09
A showdown between Big Tech and democracy: who will win? Mark Hurst plays highlights of Big Tech executives getting grilled in Washington last week.
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Matt Stroud, author, "Thin Blue Lie" from Jul 15, 2019 from 2019-07-15T20:33:59
Matt Stroud, author of "Thin Blue Lie," tells the story of the company that makes Tasers, leading to what he calls "the failure of high-tech policing."
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Dr. Chris Gilliard on surveillance and its effects on marginalized communities from Jul 8, 2019 from 2019-07-08T19:21:52
Dr. Chris Gilliard discusses facial recognition and its effects on marginalized communities.
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Archive show: Shoshana Zuboff, author, "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" from Jul 1, 2019 from 2019-07-01T20:05:12
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- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Shoshana Zuboff, Part 1"
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Scott Urban, "privacy eyewear" designer from Jun 24, 2019 from 2019-06-24T19:26:18
Chicago-based artist Scott Urban used to spend his time handcrafting custom-made eyeglass frames. Then a few years ago, he started noticing the spread of surveillance cameras throughout h...
Damon Krukowski, podcaster and author, "Ways of Hearing" from Jun 17, 2019 from 2019-06-17T20:24:25
In his podcast and book "Ways of Hearing," Damon Krukowski explores "the nature of listening in our digital world." Krukowski, formerly the drummer for Galaxie 500, talks with Mark about ...
Jenny Odell, author, "How to Do Nothing" from Jun 10, 2019 from 2019-06-10T19:29:20
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Joseph Menn, author, "Cult of the Dead Cow" from Jun 3, 2019 from 2019-06-03T19:21:02
Joseph Menn talks about his new book "Cult of the Dead Cow," which tells the story of a group of hackers, founded in Texas in 1984, that's still active today in resisting oppressive surve...
Justin E. H. Smith, author, "Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason" from May 27, 2019 from 2019-05-27T20:43:57
Justin E. H. Smith, author, "Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason."
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- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Justin E...
Daniel J. Clark, director of "Behind the Curve," on Flat Earthers from May 20, 2019 from 2019-05-20T19:41:15
Daniel J. Clark, director of "Behind the Curve," on making a movie about Flat Earthers (without making fun of them) - a small but devoted community, brought together by YouTube conspiracy...
Shoshana Zuboff, author, "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" from May 13, 2019 from 2019-05-13T19:59:06
Shoshana Zuboff's new book "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" describes why Google, Facebook, and other Big Tech companies are so obsessed with spying on every moment of your life. Surv...
Roger McNamee, author, "Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe" from May 6, 2019 from 2019-05-06T21:19:16
Silicon Valley investor Roger McNamee was an early advisor to Mark Zuckerberg in the early days of Facebook. McNamee's new book "Zucked" tells the story of his disillusionment, then horro...
Emerging voices diagnosing the risks of tech today from Apr 29, 2019 from 2019-04-29T21:29:14
Mark plays clips of people who are raising the alarm on tech: Katie Porter, John Borthwick, Tristan Harris, and Carole Cadwalladr.
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Paul Mozur, New York Times journalist, on surveillance in China from Apr 22, 2019 from 2019-04-22T22:00:49
Paul Mozur, New York Times journalist, talks about what's happening in China: surveillance, control, and the fate of Uighurs in the Xinjiang region.
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Clive Thompson, author, "Coders" from Apr 15, 2019 from 2019-04-15T21:27:40
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- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Clive Thompson"
- "Your calls & comments 201-536-9368"
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Sam Schwartz, aka "Gridlock Sam," on autonomous vehicles and "No One at the Wheel" from Apr 1, 2019 from 2019-04-01T21:45:02
Sam Schwartz, aka Gridlock Sam, on autonomous vehicles and his book "No One at the Wheel."
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Kevin Dugan, New York Post reporter, on Earnin app from Mar 25, 2019 from 2019-03-25T21:18:32
Kevin Dugan discusses his New York Post story on "Earnin," a startup with over $100 million in Silicon Valley venture capital, which allows users to get an advance payment on their payche...
Nis Frome on losing weight in the digital age from Mar 18, 2019 from 2019-03-18T20:33:35
Nis Frome talks about getting fit, and losing weight, with digital technology... which he says is addictive.
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"Staysh" Ken Freedman cohosts for marathon 2019 from Mar 11, 2019 from 2019-03-11T20:20:26
Station Manager Ken Freedman cohosts with Mark the second of two Techtonic 2019 marathon shows.
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A message about WFMU's fundraising marathon 2019 from Mar 5, 2019 from 2019-03-05T11:55:04
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Pseu Braun cohosts for marathon 2019 from Mar 4, 2019 from 2019-03-04T21:05:55
Pseu Braun (from Pseu's Thing With A Hook) cohosts with Mark the first of two Techtonic 2019 marathon shows.
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Tim Harford, author and economist, on kicking his smartphone addiction (plus, a cameo by Catherine Price!) from Feb 25, 2019 from 2019-02-25T20:20:50
Tim Harford, economist and author, describes how he kicked his smartphone addiction. Also, a quick chat with Catherine Price, author of "How to Break Up With Your Phone."
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Maxim Pozdorovkin, director, "The Truth About Killer Robots" from Feb 18, 2019 from 2019-02-18T20:49:10
Maxim Pozdorovkin, director of the documentary "The Truth About Killer Robots," talks about robots that have been involved in human fatalities.
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