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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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Google antitrust decision party: celebrating the DOJ's win over the monopoly Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" JARC - "Move On Up" [0:22:54] Pookiesnackenburger - "Just One Cornetto" [0:22:41] Har-You Percussion Group - "Welcome to the Party" [0:22:27] Hot 8 Brass Band - "shake your body (down to the ground)" [0:34:39] - "Hampsterd…
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Jon Leidecker, aka Wobbly, on Negativland and fair use Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's intro" Negativland - "Don't Don't Get Freaked Out" - The World Will Decide [0:05:56] - "Interview with Jon Leidecker" [0:08:55] - "Mark's comments" [0:47:28] Wobbly - "Every Piano" - Popular Monitress [0:53:08]https://www.wfmu.or…
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Tech and the sandwich generation: protecting elders and kids from predatory Big Tech companies Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack Music behind DJ: - "Caring for elders w/tech" Plone - "Plock" - Plock [thanks to DJ Monica] [0:33:16] Music behind DJ: - "Caring for kids w/tech" [0:34:08] The Bo-Keys (featuring Percy Wiggins) - "St…
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Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - "Global A Go-Go" - Global A Go-Go [0:00:00] Set: Interview with Kirsten Eddy of Pew Research Billie Eilish - "Bad Guy" - When We A [0:24:17] Set: Interview with Alex Mahadevan of the Poynter Institute Waxahatchee - "Crowbar" - Tigers Blood [0:54:25]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/142238…
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Generative AI and the "cesspool internet" – with Jason Koebler Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Jason Koebler" [0:03:50] - "Mark's comments" [0:42:22] - "AI ripoff songs" [0:54:38]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/142018By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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How it started, how it's going: revisiting the warnings of the past Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" The Juice Media - "Honest Government Ad | AI" [0:53:31]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141782By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Carissa Véliz on digital ethics Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Carissa Véliz" [0:07:27] - "Mark's comments" [0:43:58] I Won't Google That - "Hurst & Ottsc" [0:53:26]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141553By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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The surveillance state is here: discussing with Byron Tau, author, "Means of Control" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Byron Tau" [0:03:50] - "Mark's comments" [0:42:51] Rocket 808 - "Under Surveillance" [0:54:13]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141329By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Mark answers listener questions about AI, robots, and whether we should throw our phones in the river. Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" The New Existentialists - "Last Days of the Internet" [Thanks to DJ Mike in Brooklyn!] [0:55:01]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141077By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Ultra-processed food w/Mark Schatzker and "Food, Inc. 2" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Mark Schatzker" [0:08:31] - "Mark's comments" [0:47:01] Sir Robert Orange Peel - "TikTok is frying my brain" [0:54:41]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/140831By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Johnny 5 - "." BMO - "." Conky 2000 - "." Wall-E - "." Bender - "." Gumby Robots - "." T-1000 - "." SAM The Wake & Bake Morning Show Computer K9 - "." Iron Giant - "." Transformers OLD ONES Mr. Roboto - "." Crow T. Robot ROOMBA Paulie's Robot - "." Robbie Junior - "." Mechanical Turk - "." Fuureal - "." Nanobot Alpha 5 - "." Furby - "." Rosie the R…
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We should all switch to Linux Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Peter" [0:08:43] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:52] Highly Effective People - "Under Surveillance" [thanks to Evan "Funk" Davies] [0:54:26]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/140361By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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What's eating Google? Exploring Google's descent into AI madness. Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" Hurst & Ottsc - "I Won't Google That" [0:54:30]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/140133By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Chris Gilliard on what AI is really for Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's Intro" - "Interview with Chris Gilliard" [0:03:22] - "Mark's comments" [0:39:05] Hurst & Ottsc - "AI" - Spameater [0:52:45]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139898By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Discussing disaster alerts with Jeannette Sutton, station manager Ken Freedman, and Mark Hurst Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark and Ken interview Jeannette Sutton" The Routes - "The Robots" [0:55:08]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/131761By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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Coco Krumme, author, "Optimal Illusions" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Coco Krumme" [0:08:09] - "Mark's comments" [0:43:51] Fifth District - "Potter Potter Potter" [0:55:00]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/131517By Mark Hurst and WFMU
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