Lock and Code tells the human stories within cybersecurity, privacy, and technology. Rogue robot vacuums, hacked farm tractors, and catastrophic software vulnerabilities—it’s all here.
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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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Past speeches and talks from the Black Hat Briefings computer security conferences. The Black Hat Briefings USA 2007 was held August 1-3 in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace. Two days, sixteen tracks, over 95 presentations. Three keynote speakers: Richard Clarke, Tony Sager and Bruce Schneier. A post convention wrap up can be found at http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-usa-07/bh-usa-07-index.html Black Hat Briefings bring together a unique mix in security: the best minds from government agencies and ...
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Past speeches and talks from the Black Hat Briefings computer security conferences. The Black Hat Briefings USA 2007 was held August 1-3 in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace. Two days, sixteen tracks, over 95 presentations. Three keynote speakers: Richard Clarke, Tony Sager and Bruce Schneier. A post convention wrap up can be found at http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-usa-07/bh-usa-07-index.html Black Hat Briefings bring together a unique mix in security: the best minds from government agencies and ...
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Security writer Steve Ragan talks with experts about the latest in cybersecurity, ransomware, malware, hacking and more. Stay informed, minimize risk and protect your organization. Catch new episodes weekly. 284975
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Host Aroop Mukharji sits down for conversations with experts from the Belfer Center and beyond to discuss their areas of expertise and to get to know the people on the front lines and at the forefront of thought just a little bit better.
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Ulises Mejias and Nick Couldry on “Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back.” Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's Intro" [0:00:04] - "Interview with Ulises Mejias and Nick Couldry" [0:04:42] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:00] Rocket 808 - "Under Surveillance" [0:54:39]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139638…
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Tracing what went wrong in 2012 for today’s teens, with Dr. Jean Twenge
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You’ve likely felt it: The dull pull downwards of a smartphone scroll. The “five more minutes” just before bed. The sleep still there after waking. The edges of your calm slowly fraying. After more than a decade of our most recent technological experiment, in turns out that having the entirety of the internet in the palm of your hands could be … no…
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AI-generated music: a conversation with Michael Shelley, WFMU DJ Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Michael Shelley" [0:06:21] - "Mark's comments" [0:44:19] AI - "The Techtonic Twist" - n/a [0:55:21]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139403By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Eve Herold, author, "Robots and the People Who Love Them" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack Music behind DJ: - "Mark's intro" n/a - "Interview with Eve Herold" - n/a [0:03:33] Music behind DJ: - "Mark's comments" [0:40:46] Hurst & Ottsc - "Spameater" - Spameater [0:54:41]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139154…
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Picking fights and gaining rights, with Justin Brookman
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Our Lock and Code host, David Ruiz, has a bit of an apology to make: “Sorry for all the depressing episodes.” When the Lock and Code podcast explored online harassment and abuse this year, our guest provided several guidelines and tips for individuals to lock down their accounts and remove their sensitive information from the internet, but larger p…
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Richard Polt, author, "The Typewriter Revolution" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Richard Polt" [0:03:07] - "Mark's comments" [0:41:43] Boston Typewriter Orchestra - "Left Blank" [0:54:34]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138921By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Outrage roundup: antitrust, AI, and Big Tech invading New York City Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" The Glass Bead Band - "I Am a Computer" [0:54:24]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138717By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Porn panic imperils privacy online, with Alec Muffett (re-air)
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A digital form of protest could become the go-to response for the world’s largest porn website as it faces increased regulations: Not letting people access the site. In March, PornHub blocked access to visitors connecting to its website from Texas. It marked the second time in the past 12 months that the porn giant shut off its website to protest n…
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Better late than never... Mark covers some tech news he's been waiting awhile to bring up. Kenta Nagata - "Koopa Troopa Beach" - Mario Kart 64 - "Mark's comments" - "Interview with Stashu and ChukAmok" [0:27:42] Tykwer, Heil, and Klimek - "Running One" - Lola Rennt [0:54:29]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138478…
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DJ PAYPAL - "Go Off!" - IRL DJ PAYPAL - "Work" - Drake Edits Vol. 2 Music behind DJ: [Guest host Lily Wen interviews NY-based journalist Liz Pelly about how surveillance changes listening habits.] DJ PAYPAL - "Whisper Zone" - IRL DJ PAYPAL - "We Finally Made It (feat. DJ Earl)" - Sold Outhttps://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138198…
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Securing your home network is long, tiresome, and entirely worth it, with Carey Parker
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Few words apply as broadly to the public—yet mean as little—as “home network security.” For many, a “home network” is an amorphous thing. It exists somewhere between a router, a modem, an outlet, and whatever cable it is that plugs into the wall. But the idea of a “home network” doesn’t need to intimidate, and securing that home network could be si…
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Ian Johnson, author of "Sparks," on China's underground historians Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Ian Johnson" [0:08:24] - "Mark's comments" [0:44:33] The Harp Twins - "500 Miles" [0:55:05]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138018By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Mark Hurst and his co-host Dave the Spazz Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Pledge 1-800-989-WFMU or online at wfmu.org!" Pink Tiles - "The Internet"https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137814By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Going viral shouldn't lead to bomb threats, with Leigh Honeywell
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A disappointing meal at a restaurant. An ugly breakup between two partners. A popular TV show that kills off a beloved, main character. In a perfect world, these are irritations and moments of vulnerability. But online today, these same events can sometimes be the catalyst for hate. That disappointing meal can produce a frighteningly invasive Yelp …
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Marathon week 1 w/cohost station manager Ken Freedman Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark and Ken raise money for WFMU" Si-mark & Scott-funkel - "The Sounds of Surveillance" [0:54:37]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137587By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Dystopia update: surveillance cameras everywhere and ChatGPT going haywire Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" Daona - "Live Machines" [0:53:14]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137363By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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How to make a fake ID online, with Joseph Cox
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For decades, fake IDs had roughly three purposes: Buying booze before legally allowed, getting into age-restricted clubs, and, we can only assume, completing nation-state spycraft for embedded informants and double agents. In 2024, that’s changed, as the uses for fake IDs have become enmeshed with the internet. Want to sign up for a cryptocurrency …
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Scott Shapiro, author, "Fancy Bear Goes Phishing" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Scott Shapiro" [0:03:06] - "Mark's comments" [0:36:30] Peter Frampton feat. Courtney Pine - "Boot It Up" [0:53:56]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137124By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Astronomer Sam Lawler on the danger of Starlink satellites Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Sam Lawler" [0:06:46] - "Mark's comments" [0:46:43] Devo - "Space Junk" - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! [0:54:11]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136860…
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If only you had to worry about malware, with Jason Haddix
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If your IT and security teams think malware is bad, wait until they learn about everything else. In 2024, the modern cyberattack is a segmented, prolonged, and professional effort, in which specialists create strictly financial alliances to plant malware on unsuspecting employees, steal corporate credentials, slip into business networks, and, for a…
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On the Vision Pro: 40 years later, Apple turns into 1984 Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's comments" Two Guys in Wendell - "Getting to Know You" - Two Guys in Wendell [0:53:53]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136632By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Making better choices in tech Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" Hyperlink Dream Sync - "Unseen" [0:57:04]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136405By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Bruce Schneier predicts a future of AI-powered mass spying
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If the internet helped create the era of mass surveillance, then artificial intelligence will bring about an era of mass spying. That’s the latest prediction from noted cryptographer and computer security professional Bruce Schneier, who, in December, shared a vision of the near future where artificial intelligence—AI—will be able to comb through r…
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Ashley Shew, author, "Against Technoableism" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Ashley Shew" [0:03:39] - "Mark's comments" [0:41:35] Sweat Enzo - "Kill the Internet" [thanks to Irwin Chusid and listener Wenzo] [0:54:35]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136182By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Ben Grosser, artist and creator of Minus, a better social network Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Ben Grosser" [0:04:22] - "Mark's comments" [0:44:06] Mark Hurst - "Dramatic reading of Ben Grosser's redaction of Andreessen" [0:55:21]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/135921…
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On Thursday, December 28, at 8:30 pm in the Utah town of Riverdale, the city police began investigating what they believed was a kidnapping. 17-year-old foreign exchange student Kai Zhuang was missing, and according to Riverdale Police Chief Casey Warren, Zhuang was believed to be “forcefully taken” from his home, and “being held against his will.”…
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Jason Koebler, from 404 Media, on surveillance cams from a banned Chinese company Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Jason Koebler" [0:05:03] - "Mark's comments" [0:42:26] Why Bother? - "Eyes Everywhere" [thanks to Wendy from Wreck Your Own Adventure!] [0:53:23]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/135663…
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Discussing neurotech with station manager Ken Freedman Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Discussing neurotech with station manager Ken" Fat Chance - "Simple" - Artificial Stupidity [0:56:00]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/135453By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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DNA data deserves better, with Suzanne Bernstein
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Hackers want to know everything about you: Your credit card number, your ID and passport info, and now, your DNA. On October 1 2023, on a hacking website called BreachForums, a group of cybercriminals claimed that they had stolen—and would soon sell—individual profiles for users of the genetic testing company 23andMe. 23andMe offers direct-to-consu…
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Christmas 2023: Your favorite tech gifts Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Your favorite tech gifts" Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews - "O Holy Night" - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip [0:53:12]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/135203By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Meet the entirely legal, iPhone-crashing device: the Flipper Zero
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It talks, it squawks, it even blocks! The stocking-stuffer on every hobby hacker’s wish list this year is the Flipper Zero. “Talk” across low-frequency radio to surreptitiously change TV channels, emulate garage door openers, or even pop open your friend’s Tesla charging port without their knowing! “Squawk” with the Flipper Zero’s mascot and user-i…
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Guillaume Pitron, author, "The Dark Cloud" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Guillaume Pitron" [0:04:56] - "Mark's comments" [0:43:45] Lulu Lewis - "Destroy All Data" [0:54:25]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/134801By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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What tech is hiding: deception, surveillance, and exploitation of workers and children. Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" F Yeah Dinosaurs - "These Are the People That I Want To See (Eaten By the Dinosaurs)" [0:54:26]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/134580By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Why a ransomware gang tattled on its victim, with Allan Liska
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Like the grade-school dweeb who reminds their teacher to assign tonight’s homework, or the power-tripping homeowner who threatens every neighbor with an HOA citation, the ransomware group ALPHV can now add itself to a shameful roster of pathetic, little tattle-tales. In November, the ransomware gang ALPHV, which also goes by the name Black Cat, not…
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The Furbie Orchestra - "Takes Over" [0:00:00] Todd Rundgren - "Intro/Breathless" - Something/Anything? [Todd demonstrates all the terrible things that can go wrong when making a record] [0:02:04] Johnny Burnette And The Rock 'N Roll Trio - "Train Kept A Rollin’" - Tear It Up 17 Wild Rockabilly Classics [Did Paul Burlison really take one of the tube…
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Kris De Decker, founder, Low-tech Magazine Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Kris de Decker" [0:07:05] - "Mark's comments" [0:47:48] Linus Akesson - "Vivaldi Summer Presto" [0:56:55]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/134134By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Ed Park, author, "Same Bed Different Dreams" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Ed Park" [0:03:46] - "Mark's comments" [0:42:48] Suicide - "Dream Baby Dream" - Single [0:54:24]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/133844By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Tech villain update: Zuckerberg, Andreessen, Neumann, Bankman-Fried Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack Music behind DJ: - "Mark's comments" Triola - "Reboot Me" - Scapegoat [0:53:49]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/133649By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Defeating Little Brother requires a new outlook on privacy
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A worrying trend is cropping up amongst Americans, particularly within Generation Z—they're spying on each other more. Whether reading someone's DMs, rifling through a partner's text messages, or even rummaging through the bags and belongings of someone else, Americans enjoy keeping tabs on one another, especially when they're in a relationship. Ac…
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Facial recognition w/Kashmir Hill, author, "Your Face Belongs to Us" Game Boy Tune - "Tomaš Dvořák" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Kashmir Hill" [0:03:28] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:45] Zero Wing - "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" [0:55:05]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/133428By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Sun Araw - "The Stakeout (feat. W. Giacchi)" - On Patrol [0:00:00]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/133200By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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MGM attack is too late a wake-up call for businesses, says James Fair
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In September, the Las Vegas casino and hotel operator MGM Resorts became a trending topic on social media... but for all the wrong reasons. A TikTok user posted a video taken from inside the casino floor of the MGM Grand—the company's flagship hotel complex near the southern end of the Las Vegas strip—that didn't involve the whirring of slot machin…
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Brian Merchant, author, "Blood in the Machine" – about the Luddites Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Brian Merchant" [0:04:36] - "Mark's comments" [0:47:28] Si-Mark and Scott-Funkel - "The Sounds of Surveillance" [0:54:44]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/132931By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Antitrust against Google and Amazon: a review Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" [0:00:00] Anders Enger Jensen - "Keeping Up With Commodore" [0:53:51]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/132708By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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AI sneak attacks, location spying, and definitely not malware, or, what one teenager fears online
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What are you most worried about online? And what are you doing to stay safe? Depending on who you are, those could be very different answers, but for teenagers and members of Generation Z, the internet isn't so scary because of traditional threats like malware and viruses. Instead, the internet is scary because of what it can expose. To Gen Z, a fe…
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JOB playwright Max Friedlich Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Max Friedlich" [0:04:16] - "Mark's comments" [0:41:01] Lil Miquela - "Top 10 Moments of 2021 (From a Robot)" [0:54:55]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/132491By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Surveillance in the subway, the store, the stadium, and the sky Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" Lulu Lewis - "Destroy All Data" [0:54:32]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/132237By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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What does a car need to know about your sex life?
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When you think of the modern tools that most invade your privacy, what do you picture? There's the obvious answers, like social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram. There's email and "everything" platforms like Google that can track your locations, your contacts, and, of course, your search history. There's even the modern web itself, …
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Michael Hearst discusses his new Mean Marcus album, "Say Hello To The Party" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Michael Hearst" [0:04:51] - "Mark's comments" [0:36:30] Songs for Fearful Flyers - "Alprazolam" [0:55:21]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/131875By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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