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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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  • Tuesday · length unknown

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

    Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Mark's intro" Ben Grosser - "Redaction of "The Future is for Everyone"" [music is "Caprice" by Sees. thx to Jesse Doris] [0:05:43] - "Interview with Ben Grosser" [0:15:20] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:13] Ben Grosser - "Order of Magnitude" [0:55:27] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/167678

  • August 18 · length unknown

    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

  • August 11 · length unknown

    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

  • August 3 · length unknown

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

    Judson Merrill, author, "Paranoid Storytelling" Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [via Futurism] - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Judson Merrill" [0:03:03] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:04] The Fall - "Telephone Thing" [thanks to Wendy del Formaggio!] [0:54:32] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/167038

  • July 20 · length unknown

    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 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

  • July 14 · length unknown

    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

  • June 16 · length unknown

    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

  • June 9 · length unknown

    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

  • June 1 · length unknown

    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

  • May 25 · length unknown

    "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] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/164555

  • May 18 · length unknown

    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] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/164297

  • April 20 · length unknown

    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 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

  • April 13 · length unknown

    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

  • April 7 · length unknown

    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] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162819

  • March 31 · length unknown

    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] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162642

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