
Techtonic with Mark Hurst | 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.
Latest episodes

Jan 14, 2025 • 0sec
Stone carvers Chris Pellettieri and Arissa Ramoutar from Jan 13, 2025
Stone carvers Chris Pellettieri and Arissa Ramoutar on art made by humans, not AI
Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune"
- "Interview with Chris Pellettieri and Arissa Ramoutar"
Horace Ferguson - "Great Stone" [0:54:14]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148075

Jan 7, 2025 • 0sec
Ken Freedman and Mark Hurst listen to AI from Jan 6, 2025
Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune" [0:00:00]
- "Mark and Ken discuss AI" [0:02:58]
Jebediah Creek - "I Love Pushin' People Over in the Supermarket" [0:08:36]
- "Psychedelic Kungfu Funk - Journey From the East" [0:22:41]
Large Language - "The Momus from Mnezhige Thistle" - Largely Incwvugble [0:42:17]
Momus - "The Enshittification of Everything" [0:54:48]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147850

Dec 31, 2024 • 1h 8min
Andrew Smith, author, "Devil in the Stack" from Dec 30, 2024
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:00]
- "Mark's intro" [0:02:35]
- "Interview with Andrew Smith" [0:05:06]
- "Mark's comments" [0:45:24]
Basil Kirchin - "Silicon Chip" [0:57:49]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147616

Dec 24, 2024 • 0sec
Guest host Don Fleming: Musical Tech: Naughty or Nice? from Dec 23, 2024
Don Fleming - "Piano Rolls"
Frank Milne - "Jingle Bells" [Piano Roll
QRS 1798
Piano: Themola (circa 1928)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggrI0dabYy8]
Don Fleming - "The Phonograph" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recoupment
https://www.techdirt.com/2008/08/21/emi-virgin-records-sues-platinum-selling-band-for-30-million-despite-not-paying-them-a-dime-in-royalties/
Are Music Recording Contracts Equitable? An Economic Analysis of the Practice of Recoupment
https://www.meiea.org/resources/Journal/html_ver/Vol04_No01/Vol_4_No_1_A5.html]
George Gouraud - "Christmas message to Thomas Edison" [This message, the oldest known Christmas-related sound recording in the world, was made by Colonel George Gouraud, Thomas Edison's sales agent in England, on December 21, 1888.
https://youtu.be/mIM-af5Ze08]
Don Fleming - "The Lap-Steel Pickup" [This is the best of the wiki pages that gets into the history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_coil_guitar_pickup]
The Surfers - "Here Comes Santa Claus In A Red Canoe" - Christmas From Hawaii
Don Fleming - "Radio"
Jimmy Durante - "Inka Dinka Doo" - 1948 Christmas Eve Radio Broadcast [Jimmy Durante Show; Episode: Problems With Christmas Dinner; Original Air Date 12/24/1948.]
Don Fleming - "Drum Machines"
Can - "Silent Night" - "Silent Night" b/w "Cascade Waltz"
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147300

Dec 17, 2024 • 0sec
Our year of surveillance from Dec 16, 2024
Our year in surveillance: Pokemon Go, Microsoft spy-bots, drones, and more
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's comments"
The Killer Whales - "Who Controls the Video Screen" [0:54:34]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147130

Dec 10, 2024 • 0sec
Arvind Narayanan, author, "AI Snake Oil" from Dec 9, 2024
Arvind Narayanan, author, "AI Snake Oil"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Arvind Narayanan" [0:04:54]
- "Mark's comments" [0:47:52]
Waveshaper - "E.P.R.O.M." [0:55:33]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146887

Dec 3, 2024 • 0sec
Nicole Kobie, author, "The Long History of the Future" from Dec 2, 2024
Nicole Kobie, author, "The Long History of the Future"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Nicole Kobie" [0:03:38]
- "Mark's comments" [0:41:01]
Chris Imler - "The Internet Will Break My Heart" [0:54:33]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146677

Nov 26, 2024 • 0sec
Technology we're thankful for, from listeners from Nov 25, 2024
Technology we're thankful for, from listeners
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's comments" [0:00:13]
Human Error - "Going to Town" [0:55:57]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146453

Nov 19, 2024 • 0sec
Astronomer Samantha Lawler on Musk's space junk from Nov 18, 2024
Astronomer Samantha Lawler on Starlink space junk
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Sam Lawler" [0:07:30]
- "Mark's comments" [0:44:11]
Momus - "The Enshittification of Everything" - Ballyhoo [0:53:53]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146229

Nov 12, 2024 • 0sec
Guest host Station Mgr Ken interviews David Suisman on music and the military from Nov 11, 2024
Music behind DJ:
[Author and Historian David Suisman on Music and the Military, interviewed by Station Mgr Ken]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145970