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Jan 9, 2024 • 0sec

Jason Koebler, from 404 Media, on cameras from a banned Chinese company from Jan 8, 2024

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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Jan 2, 2024 • 0sec

Mark discusses neurotech with station manager Ken from Jan 1, 2024

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/135453
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Dec 26, 2023 • 0sec

Your favorite tech gifts from Dec 25, 2023

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/135203
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Dec 19, 2023 • 0sec

What's the BEST app? from Dec 18, 2023

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Dec 12, 2023 • 0sec

Guillaume Pitron, author, "The Dark Cloud" from Dec 11, 2023

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/134801
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Dec 5, 2023 • 0sec

What tech is hiding from Dec 4, 2023

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/134580
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Nov 28, 2023 • 0sec

Scott Williams guests hosts from Nov 27, 2023

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 tubes out of his amp in order to get this beautifully broken and dirty sound??] [0:05:28] The Creative Arts Club of The Saint Matthew's Lutheran Church of Jersey City - "Scratching Rapping Rappy Rap" - Live on WFMU! Studio C! [0:12:20] Christian Marclay - "Guitar Drag (excerpt)" - Guitar Drag [0:15:52] Christian Marclay - "Jimi Hendrix" - More Encores (Christian Marclay Plays WIth The Records Of…) [0:17:58] The Doors as unintended - "Hello, Oswald About You" [0:22:04] Homer Dudley (Bell Labs) - "The Voder (1939)" [before it became the vocoder and wrecked a nice beach] [0:23:20] John Larry Kelly Jr and Louis Gerstman - "IBM 704 Sings Diasy Bell, 1961" [0:30:06] Kraftwerk - "Tanzmusik (remixed)" [0:32:34] 2 AI Chatbots - "Can't get it right" [0:34:18] Another AI Frank Sinatra - "Creep (Radiohead Cover)" [0:36:55] Happy Valley Band - "In The Air Tonight" - Organum Perceptus [humans reinterpret algorithms attempting to interpret humans] [0:45:34] Unk. - "The Talking Car (1953)" [0:42:35] Unk. - "Hijinx" - Great Phone Calls! (V/a) [0:45:05] AI Jukebox Frank Sinatra - "Hot Tub Christmas" [0:49:01] Ray Bradbury - "Dial Double Zero" [0:52:09] Dave - "Takes out HAL" [0:53:59] Ace Cannon - "Blues Stay Away From Me, losing steam" [0:55:57] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/134363
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Nov 21, 2023 • 0sec

Kris De Decker, founder, Low-Tech Magazine from Nov 20, 2023

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/134134
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Nov 14, 2023 • 0sec

Ed Park, author, "Same Bed Different Dreams" from Nov 13, 2023

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/133844
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Nov 7, 2023 • 0sec

Tech villain update: Zuckerberg, Andreessen, Neumann, Bankman-Fried from Nov 6, 2023

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/133649

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