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Sep 23, 2024 • 0sec

What if no one wants AI? from Sep 23, 2024

What if no one wants AI? An argument in three parts. Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" [0:00:09] Plone - "Plock" [0:19:38] New Riders Of The Purple Sage - "Fun, Fun, Fun" [0:36:12] The Organizing Committee - "The Day Computers Became Obsolete" [0:53:24] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144344
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Sep 16, 2024 • 0sec

Helen Phillips, author, "HUM" from Sep 16, 2024

Helen Phillips, author of the dystopian novel "HUM" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Helen Phillips" [0:03:41] - "Mark's comments" [0:37:45] The New Existentialists - "Last Days of the Internet" [0:55:02] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144052
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Sep 9, 2024 • 0sec

Even more devices are spying on you from Sep 9, 2024

Even more devices are spying on you: surveillance phones, cars, and more... Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" John Fekner City Squad - "2 4 5 7 9 11" [0:55:09] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143859
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Sep 2, 2024 • 0sec

Carl Öhman, author, "The Afterlife of Data" from Sep 2, 2024

Carl Öhman, author, "The Afterlife of Data: What Happens to Your Information When You Die and Why You Should Care" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Carl Öhman" [0:05:18] - "Mark's comments" [0:42:37] Lulu Lewis - "Destroy All Data" [0:53:49] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143612
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Aug 26, 2024 • 0sec

Guest host Alan on Rancho Mastatal from Aug 26, 2024

Music behind DJ: Rancho Mastatal [www.ranchomastatal.com] [0:00:00] Music behind DJ: - Appropriate Technology [https://ranchomastatal.com/appropriate-technology] [0:08:50] Music behind DJ: - Building with Earth [https://ranchomastatal.com/earth-building-intensive] [0:14:50] Music behind DJ: - El Pueblo De Mastatal [https://ranchomastatal.com/people-of-mastatal] [0:24:20] Music behind DJ: - Permaculture Design [https://ranchomastatal.com/permaculture-design-course-fall] [0:35:30] Music behind DJ: - Timber Framing [https://ranchomastatal.com/natural-building-timber-frame-construction] [0:40:20] Music behind DJ: - Bamboo Construction [https://ranchomastatal.com/natural-building-bamboo-construction] [0:52:20] Music behind DJ: - Wilderness First Responder [https://ranchomastatal.com/wilderness-first-responder] [0:54:25] The Grateful Dead - "Jack Straw" - Grateful Dead Europe 1972 [0:57:20] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143344
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Aug 20, 2024 • 0sec

Paula Bialski, author, "Middle Tech" from Aug 19, 2024

Paula Bialski, author, "Middle Tech: Software Work and Culture of Good Enough" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Paula Bialski" [0:08:14] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:59] Paula and Karol - "Expectations" [0:55:05] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143172
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Aug 12, 2024 • 0sec

Google antitrust decision party from Aug 12, 2024

Tomaš Dvořák, an artist celebrated for his Game Boy music, joins Anders Enger Jensen, known for his inventive Mega Jump remixes, in a lively discussion. They toast to the DOJ's significant antitrust win over Google, exploring its implications for competition and consumer rights in the tech industry. The conversation shifts to the vibrant celebration filled with eclectic dance music, heightening the festive atmosphere. Listeners are encouraged to reflect on accountability within tech, all set against a backdrop of pulsating beats.
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Aug 6, 2024 • 0sec

Jon Leidecker, aka Wobbly, on Negativland and fair use from Aug 5, 2024

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.org/playlists/shows/142638
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Jul 29, 2024 • 0sec

Tech and the sandwich generation from Jul 29, 2024

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) - "Stuck In The Middle With You" - Super Hits Of The Seventies - Original Hits, Today's Stars (Wfmu 2012 DJ Premium) [0:53:41] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/142472
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Jul 22, 2024 • 0sec

Guest host Brian D. on disinformation with Kirsten Eddy and Alex Mahadevan from Jul 22, 2024

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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