Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU

Feb 03 2025 103 ep. 34 mins 954

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A show from WFMU about our shift to a digital future. Mark Hurst interviews creators and thinkers about technology, community, videogames, and whatever else is next.

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Supervillains in tech – with Greg Epstein, Chris Gilliard, and Jim Starlin from Feb 3, 2025

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 from Jan 27, 2025

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" from Jan 20, 2025

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/sho

Stone carvers Chris Pellettieri and Arissa Ramoutar from Jan 13, 2025

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

Ken Freedman and Mark Hurst listen to AI from Jan 6, 2025

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/playlist

Andrew Smith, author, "Devil in the Stack" from Dec 30, 2024

Dec 30 2024 68 mins

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

Guest host Don Fleming: Musical Tech: Naughty or Nice? from Dec 23, 2024

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

Our year of surveillance from Dec 16, 2024

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" from Dec 9, 2024

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

Nicole Kobie, author, "The Long History of the Future" from Dec 2, 2024

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