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Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU

by Mark Hurst and WFMU

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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  1. Becky Holmes on the future of online fraud from Oct 19, 2026

    Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Becky Holmes" [0:02:05] - "Mark's comments" [0:39:17] Bill Callahan - "Computer" - My Days of 58 [thanks to Wendy del Formaggio] [0:54:31] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/169684

  2. The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments from Oct 12, 2026

    Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Mark's comments" - "Interview with Deirdre Loughridge and Thomas Patteson" [0:04:20] - "Mark's comments" [0:39:57] MAP 71 - "Machine Emotion" [on Bandcamp] [0:55:25] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/169421

  3. Don Fleming guest hosts: Kenneth - What is the Frequency? from Oct 5, 2026

    - "Kenneth- What is the Frequency?" [Collage of reports on the attack on Dan Rather] [0:00:00] - "Don Fleming - Frequences" [This week kicks off our fall 'sorta silent' fundraiser. Join the Swag for Life team or consider a one time pledge to help keep us on the air. Click on the banner at the top...

  4. Let's all ridicule AI from Sep 28, 2026

    Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Mark's comments" David Sparks and the Urban Appalachians - "Apocalyptic Idiocracy" [https://urbanappalachian.bandcamp.com] [0:54:56] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/168952

  5. Jesse Jarnow on ticketing apps and live music from Sep 21, 2026

    Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Interview with Jesse Jarnow" Neil Young - "Prisoners of Rock and Roll" [0:56:04] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/168774

  6. Byron Tau on government surveillance from Sep 14, 2026

    Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Byron Tau from June 24, 2024" [0:05:15] - "Interview with Byron Tau" [0:14:24] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:32] Elle Cordova - "Data Centers" [0:55:43] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/168492

  7. Listening to AI voices make no sense from Sep 7, 2026

    Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Mark's comments" Kind Regards - "Keith Juluka x Laila" [0:55:38] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/168253

  8. Paul Davies, author, "Quantum 2.0" from Aug 31, 2026

    Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Paul Davies" [0:02:35] - "Mark's comments" [0:40:40] Jesse Welles - "The Nerd Reich" [0:54:47] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/167994

  9. Ben Grosser made poetry from Zuck's manifesto from Aug 24, 2026

    Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Mark's intro" Ben Grosser - "Redaction of "The Future is for Everyone"" [music is "Caprice" by Sees. thx to Jesse Doris] [0:05:43] - "Interview with Ben Grosser" [0:15:20] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:13] Ben Grosser - "Order of Magnitude" [0:55:27]...

  10. Gil Duran, author, "The Nerd Reich" from Aug 17, 2026

    Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Gil Duran" [0:02:08] Peter Peter Hughes - "Tracking Devices" [0:53:24] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/167574

  11. Data center disasters from Aug 10, 2026

    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

  12. Judson Merrill, author, "Paranoid Storytelling" from Aug 3, 2026

    Judson Merrill, author, "Paranoid Storytelling" Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [via Futurism] - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Judson Merrill" [0:03:03] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:04] The Fall - "Telephone Thing" [thanks to Wendy del Formaggio!] [0:54:32]...

  13. Fighting for delivery worker rights: Los Deliveristas Unidos from Jul 27, 2026

    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

  14. Carissa Veliz, author, "Prophecy" from Jul 20, 2026

    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...

  15. Dystopia roundup, police edition from Jul 13, 2026

    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

  16. Nicholas Smyth on Big Tech devices in schools from Jun 29, 2026

    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

  17. Gerry McGovern, author, "99th Day: A Warning About Technology" from Jun 22, 2026

    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

  18. The upside-down world from Jun 15, 2026

    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

  19. Dave Karpf on the data center backlash from Jun 8, 2026

    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

  20. Ben Recht, author, "The Irrational Decision" from Jun 1, 2026

    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

  21. "Muskism" authors Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff from May 25, 2026

    "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]...

  22. When is it OK to use AI? from May 18, 2026

    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]...

  23. Julie Scelfo, founder of Mothers Against Media Addiction (MAMA) from May 4, 2026

    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

  24. Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, author, "Your Data Will Be Used Against You" from Apr 27, 2026

    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

  25. Starlink and Kessler Syndrome, feat. astronomer Samantha Lawler from Apr 20, 2026

    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...

  26. Cindy Cohn, author, "Privacy's Defender" from Apr 13, 2026

    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

  27. Evan Selinger and Albert Fox Cahn, authors, "Move Slow and Upgrade" from Apr 6, 2026

    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]...

  28. Dystopia update: good news edition from Mar 30, 2026

    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]...

  29. Janet Vertesi, founder of the Opt Out Project from Mar 23, 2026

    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

  30. A visit to Repair Cafe El Barrio from Mar 16, 2026

    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

  31. Marathon week 2 w/cohost Jesse Jarnow from Mar 9, 2026

    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

  32. Marathon week 1 w/cohost station manager Ken Freedman from Mar 2, 2026

    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

  33. Celebrating 400 episodes of Techtonic from Feb 23, 2026

    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

  34. Chris Gilliard on Amazon’s admission that Ring spies on us from Feb 16, 2026

    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

  35. Peter Dear ("The World As We Know It") and how we interpret AI from Feb 9, 2026

    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

  36. AI is spreading where it doesn't belong from Feb 2, 2026

    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

  37. Peter Schmidt on the book "Attensity" by the Friends of Attention from Jan 26, 2026

    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

  38. Paul Bradley Carr, author, "The Confessions" from Jan 19, 2026

    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"…

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  39. Lora Kolodny from CNBC on Grok's sexualized images from Jan 12, 2026

    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

  40. Ken Freedman and Mark discuss the year ahead from Jan 5, 2026

    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

  41. Tim Wu, author, "The Age of Extraction" from Dec 29, 2025

    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

  42. The Ghost of Christmas Tech Anxieties - Sara Clemens and Stu Horvath fill in, with guest Adam Allsuch Boardman from Dec 22, 2025

    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 -...

  43. The first annual Creepy Awards from Dec 15, 2025

    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

  44. Noah McCormack from The Baffler: "We used to read things in this country" from Dec 8, 2025

    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

  45. Amateur radio is a superpower: Thomas Witherspoon from Dec 1, 2025

    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

  46. Citizens are being forced to pay for Big Tech data centers, feat. Pat Garofalo from Nov 24, 2025

    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]...

  47. How low can the tech oligarchs go? from Nov 17, 2025

    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

  48. Paul Mozur on the spread of data centers from Nov 10, 2025

    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...

  49. Aram Sinnreich, co-author, "The Secret Life of Data" from Nov 3, 2025

    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

  50. Widening inequality and Big Tech surveillance, feat. Dan Currell from Oct 27, 2025

    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]...

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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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