Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU

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

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

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

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

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

Chris Gilliard on Amazon’s admission that Ring spies on us
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Chris Gilliard" [0:04:01]
- "Mark's comments" [0:45:43]
Beans on Toast - "Alexa" [thanks to Roger!] [0:55:01] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/161231

Peter Dear ("The World As We Know It") and how we interpret AI
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Peter Dear" [0:05:28]
- "Mark's comments" [0:25:03]
Andrew Thompson - "We're In Business" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/160970

AI is spreading where it doesn't belong
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic"
- "Mark's comments"
corook - "Scooby" [0:53:57] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/160799

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

Peter Schmidt on the book “Attensity” by the Friends of Attention
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Peter Schmidt" [0:02:45]
- "Mark's comments" [0:45:20]
Decisive Pink - "Dopamine" [0:54:21] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/160616

Ken Freedman and Mark discuss the year ahead
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a
- "Mark and Ken discuss the year ahead"
Far Out Monster Disco Orchestra - "Black Sun (Joe Claussell's Dub Mix)" - Black Sun [0:56:22] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/159930

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 - "Bio Magnification" - n/a [0:47:00]
- "Mark's comments" [0:47:08]
KILN - "Ptarmigan" - Lemon Borealis [0:54:45] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/156556

John Warner, author, "More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with John Warner" [0:03:19]
- "Mark's comments" [0:46:00]
Marissa Nadler & Stephen Brodsky - "More Than Words" [0:55:17] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/150949

Stone carvers Chris Pellettieri and Arissa Ramoutar on art made by humans, not AI
Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune"
- "Interview with Chris Pellettieri and Arissa Ramoutar"
Horace Ferguson - "Great Stone" [0:54:14] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148075

Music behind DJ:
[Paul Bradley Carr on his novel "The Confessions" and on opening a bookstore]

Music behind DJ:
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a

Music behind DJ:
- "Mark's intro"

- "Interview with Paul Bradley Carr" [0:03:49]
- "Mark's comments" [0:48:24]
declu - "Real Friends" - single [0:54:30] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/160355

Lora Kolodny from CNBC on Grok's sexualized images
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Lora Kolodny" [0:02:39]
- "Mark's comments" [0:34:29]
Lulu Lewis - "Destroy All Data" - Single [0:54:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/160035

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/playlists/shows/154555

Tim Schwab, author, "The Bill Gates Problem"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Tim Schwab" [0:02:28]
- "Mark's comments" [0:45:55]
John Dog - "Twitter Must Die" [0:54:53] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144583

Tim Wu, author, "The Age of Extraction"
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Tim Wu" [0:01:06]
- "Mark's comments" [0:50:46]
KILN - "Uranium Lullaby" - Lemon Borealis [0:54:14] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/159555

Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00]
Adam Allsuch Boardman - "Interview with Sara and Stu Pt. 1" - Techtonic [0:14:10]
A Flock Of Seagulls - "Messages" - A Flock of Seagulls [0:28:54]
Adam Allsuch Boardman - "Interview with Sara and Stu Pt. 2" - Techtonic [0:32:59]
Soul Coughing - "Unmarked Helicopters" - Songs in the Key of X [0:57:15] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/159292

The first annual Creepy Awards
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a
- "The Creepy Awards"
Karen Souza - "Creep" - Essentials [0:53:53] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/159211

Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a [0:00:00]
- "Interview with Noah McCormack"
Patrick Cowley - "Robot Children (Do You Love Your)" - Catholic [0:53:43] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/158867

Amateur radio is a superpower: Thomas Witherspoon
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Thomas Witherspoon" [0:02:56]
- "Mark's comments" [0:47:45]
Todd Mazierski - "Amateur radio during Hurricane Melissa" [0:53:31] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/158764

Citizens are being forced to pay for Big Tech data centers, feat. Pat Garofalo
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Pat Garofalo" [0:06:25]
- "Mark's comments" [0:37:13]
Momus - "The Enshittification of Everything" - Ballyhoo [0:55:48] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/158415

How low can the tech oligarchs go?
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a
- "Mark's comments"
Stereolab - "Space Moment" - Music for the Amorphous Body Study Center [0:53:24] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/158295

Paul Mozur on Big Tech data centers outside the US
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a
- "Mark's comments"
Kirk Pearson - "Modem of Home" - n/a [0:04:35]
- "Interview with Paul Mozur" [0:04:46]
Kirk Pearson - "Haptic Workshop" - n/a [0:26:35]
- "Interview with Paul Mozur" [0:27:00]
Kirk Pearson - "Bio Magnification" - n/a [0:51:57]
- "Mark's comments" [0:52:04]
Acidulant - "Taking Orders from Machines" - Acidulant - Planet Jack EP [0:55:26] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/157889

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

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

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

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

AI and surveillance keep spreading
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic"
- "Mark's comments"
The Layoffs - "We're All In Formation" [0:55:06] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/156829

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

Nick Couldry, author of “The Space of the World,” on how social media is driving us crazy
Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Nick Couldry" [0:05:07]
- "Mark's comments" [0:45:40]
Carlo Patrão - "Kaizen" [0:54:43] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/149244

Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune" [0:00:00]
- "Mark and Ken discuss AI" [0:02:58]
Jebediah Creek - "I Love Pushin' People Over in the Supermarket" [0:08:36]
- "Psychedelic Kungfu Funk - Journey From the East" [0:22:41]
Large Language - "The Momus from Mnezhige Thistle" - Largely Incwvugble [0:42:17]
Momus - "The Enshittification of Everything" [0:54:48] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147850

Nicole Kobie, author, "The Long History of the Future"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Nicole Kobie" [0:03:38]
- "Mark's comments" [0:41:01]
Chris Imler - "The Internet Will Break My Heart" [0:54:33] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146677

Astronomer Samantha Lawler on Starlink space junk
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Sam Lawler" [0:07:30]
- "Mark's comments" [0:44:11]
Momus - "The Enshittification of Everything" - Ballyhoo [0:53:53] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146229

Music behind DJ:
[Author and Historian David Suisman on Music and the Military, interviewed by Station Mgr Ken] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145970

Dystopia update
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's comments"
CEL - "Five minutes to self​-​destruct" [https://gagarinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/five-minutes-to-self-destruct] [0:54:01] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145741

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:00]
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Yaroslav Trofimov" [0:07:02]
- "Mark's comments" [0:40:34]
Kalush Orchestra - "Stefania" [0:53:21] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145042

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

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

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

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

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://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/155264

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

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

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

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

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 Ashbrook - "Pt 2" [0:29:36]

Leftfield feat John Lydon - "Open Up" [0:51:38] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153771

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

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

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

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

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

Discussing "Careless People" by Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams
Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune"
- "Mark's comments"
Van Morrison - "Why Are You On Facebook" [0:53:52] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151952

Sybil Derrible, author, "The Infrastructure Book"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Sybil Derrible" [0:03:04]
- "Mark's comments" [0:44:19]
Adrian Carter - "SQUARES" - n/a [0:55:11] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151759

Dan Morfitt and Mark Hurst discuss dystopian movies
Music behind DJ:
Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

Music behind DJ:
- "Dystopian movies w/Dan Morfitt"

WorkFromHome - "Hey!WhatAboutMe?" - MourningCommute [0:56:19] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151547

Sue-Lin Wong, host of "Scam Inc," on terrifying new online scams
Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Sue-Lin Wong" [0:03:57]
- "Mark's comments" [0:44:25]
Michael Hearst & Olivier Conan - "99 Luftballons" [0:56:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/150848

Emergency surveillance update
Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune"
- "Mark's comments"
Georgia Mass Choir - "Bye and Bye" [0:54:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/150627

Discussing Spotify with Liz Pelly, author of "Mood Machine"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Liz Pelly" [0:01:31]
- "Mark's comments" [0:49:34]
Cadence Weapon - "My Computer" [0:55:43] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/150392

Ben Snyder, author, "Spy Plane: Inside Baltimore’s Surveillance Experiment"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Ben Snyder" [0:05:14]
- "Mark's comments" [0:45:23]
Hirofumi Asaba - "All of Me" [0:55:10] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/150162

Marathon week 2 with cohost Matt Warwick
Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune"
- "PLEDGE to Techtonic 800-989-9368 or wfmu.org/donate" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/149954

Fundraising w/cohost station manager Ken Freedman
Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune"
- "1-800-989-9368 - Please Pledge!"
Pink Tiles - "Internet" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/149723

AI and the future of war – with "Flash Wars" director Daniel Wunderer
Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Daniel Wunderer" [0:14:01]
- "Mark's comments" [0:34:39]
Crazy Gang - "Telephone Computer" [0:53:44] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/149485

August Lamm: you don't need a smartphone
Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune"
- "Interview with August Lamm"
Andrew Thompson - "We're In Business" [0:54:20] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/149014

Supervillains in tech – with Greg Epstein, Chris Gilliard, and Jim Starlin
Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview w/Greg Epstein, Chris Gilliard, Jim Starlin" [0:06:40]
- "Mark's comments" [0:46:20]
Alan Silvestri - "Thanos Theme (Suite)" [0:54:35] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148678

Welcome to the oligarchy: on Big Tech's government takeover
Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
Music behind DJ:
- "Mark's comments"

Shahar Varshal - "I Want To Break The Wall" - Keine Album [0:54:56] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148541

Kirk Pearson, author, "Electronic Music From Scratch"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Kirk Pearson" [0:02:52]
- "Mark's comments" [0:41:35]
Kirk Pearson - "DIY Techtonic theme song" - n/a [0:54:21]
Raymond Scott - "Tempo Block" - Soothing Sounds for Baby, Volume 2 (6-12 Months) [0:55:32] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148227

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:00]
- "Mark's intro" [0:02:35]
- "Interview with Andrew Smith" [0:05:06]
- "Mark's comments" [0:45:24]
Basil Kirchin - "Silicon Chip" [0:57:49] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147616

Don Fleming - "Piano Rolls"
Frank Milne - "Jingle Bells" [Piano Roll
QRS 1798
Piano: Themola (circa 1928)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggrI0dabYy8]
Don Fleming - "The Phonograph" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recoupment

https://www.techdirt.com/2008/08/21/emi-virgin-records-sues-platinum-selling-band-for-30-million-despite-not-paying-them-a-dime-in-royalties/

Are Music Recording Contracts Equitable? An Economic Analysis of the Practice of Recoupment
https://www.meiea.org/resources/Journal/html_ver/Vol04_No01/Vol_4_No_1_A5.html]
George Gouraud - "Christmas message to Thomas Edison" [This message, the oldest known Christmas-related sound recording in the world, was made by Colonel George Gouraud, Thomas Edison's sales agent in England, on December 21, 1888.
https://youtu.be/mIM-af5Ze08]
Don Fleming - "The Lap-Steel Pickup" [This is the best of the wiki pages that gets into the history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_coil_guitar_pickup]
The Surfers - "Here Comes Santa Claus In A Red Canoe" - Christmas From Hawaii
Don Fleming - "Radio"
Jimmy Durante - "Inka Dinka Doo" - 1948 Christmas Eve Radio Broadcast [Jimmy Durante Show; Episode: Problems With Christmas Dinner; Original Air Date 12/24/1948.]
Don Fleming - "Drum Machines"
Can - "Silent Night" - "Silent Night" b/w "Cascade Waltz" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147300

Our year in surveillance: Pokemon Go, Microsoft spy-bots, drones, and more
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's comments"
The Killer Whales - "Who Controls the Video Screen" [0:54:34] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147130

Arvind Narayanan, author, "AI Snake Oil"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Arvind Narayanan" [0:04:54]
- "Mark's comments" [0:47:52]
Waveshaper - "E.P.R.O.M." [0:55:33] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146887