

Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU
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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Dec 9, 2025 • 0sec
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

Dec 2, 2025 • 0sec
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

Nov 25, 2025 • 0sec
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]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/158415

Nov 18, 2025 • 0sec
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

Nov 12, 2025 • 0sec
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 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

Nov 4, 2025 • 0sec
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

Oct 27, 2025 • 0sec
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]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/157597

Oct 20, 2025 • 0sec
Filmmaker Amanda Hanna-McLeer on the Luddite renaissance from Oct 20, 2025
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

Oct 14, 2025 • 0sec
The protest against smartphones, with Logan Lane from Oct 13, 2025
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

Oct 6, 2025 • 0sec
AI and surveillance keep spreading from Oct 6, 2025
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


