Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU

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

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

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

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 Embers - "Robot in a Robot's World" [0:53:47] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154965

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

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

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" - "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

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://freeform.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153771