Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU

Discussing disaster alerts with Jeannette Sutton, station manager Ken Freedman, and Mark Hurst

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"Mark and Ken interview Jeannette Sutton"

The Routes - "The Robots" [0:55:08] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/131761

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Tamara Kneese, author, "Death Glitch"

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Tamara Kneese" [0:03:23]
"Mark's comments" [0:42:46]

Bochum Welt - "Feelings on a Screen" [0:55:16] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/131265

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Updates on past shows

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"Mark's comments"

Tony Ann - "iPhone Alarm as a Piano Ballad" [0:54:52] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/131026

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Pat Garofalo on Amazon's data-center scam

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Pat Garofalo" [0:07:20]
"Mark's comments" [0:47:54]

Aloe Blacc - "I Need a Dollar" [0:54:54] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/130777

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Mark answers listener questions about AI, Japan, and whether things are getting better or worse.

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"Mark answers listener questions"

The Evens - "All You Find You Keep" - Get Evens [0:53:56] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/130488

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Bruce Schneier, author, "A Hacker's Mind"

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Bruce Schneier" [0:05:10]
"Mark's comments" [0:46:03]

El Deux + Martin Kraft - "Computermädchen" [0:55:17] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/130261

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Josh O'Kane, author of "Sideways," on Google's failure in Toronto

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Josh O'Kane" [0:09:24]
"Mark's comments" [0:47:49]

The Simpsons / Lyle Lanley - "Monorail Song" [0:55:35] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/130032

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Surveillance roundup: you're being watched in grocery stores, in video games, and everywhere else

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"Mark's comments"

Mighty Micro - "Replaced by a Micro Chip" [(thanks to Evan Funk Davies)] [0:52:28] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/129323

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Paul Salopek on walking through "a handmade world" in southwest China

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Paul Salopek" [0:07:35]
"Mark's comments" [0:45:27]

Moondog - "Enough About Human Rights" [0:54:21] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/129090

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Ridiculing Apple's Vision Pro headset with Paris Marx

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Paris Marx" [0:05:00]
"Mark's comments" [0:45:42]

Daily Show - "Glass Half Empty" [0:54:28] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/128836

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Internet addiction and the ITAA: Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Jay D." [0:06:05]
"Mark's comments" [0:41:31]

Decisive Pink - "Dopamine" [0:54:31] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/128613

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Why you shouldn't trust Apple

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"Mark's comments"

Dennis Young - "Morphogenic Waves" [0:54:22] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/122118

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David Sax, author, "The Future is Analog"

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with David Sax" [0:06:33]
"Mark's comments" [0:45:53]

Waveshaper - "Cabin Fever in Space" - Retro Future [0:54:36] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/121868

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Lurking dangers of tech.

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"Mark's comments"

Ted Stevens - "A Series of Tubes remix" - N/A [0:54:49] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/121632

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Carissa Véliz, author, "Privacy is Power." And about that Link5G story...

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Carissa Véliz" [0:03:54]
"Mark's comments" [0:29:13]

Gus Bodenheim - "The WFMU Updated Privacy Policy Update" - N/A [0:53:17] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/121426

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Nightmares from Silicon Valley

Disney - "Disney's Haunted Mansion Ambience"

"Mark's intro" [0:00:43]
"Nightmares from Silicon Valley" [0:31:00]
"Mark's comments" [0:48:15]

Emerson Collins - "Haunted American Airlines flight" [0:55:49] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/121193

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Adrian Hon, discusses gamification in his new book, "You've Been Played."

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"Mark's intro" [0:00:34]
"Interview with Adrian Hon" [0:05:06]
"Mark's comments" [0:45:52]

Pink Tiles - "The Internet" [0:54:54] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/120981

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Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Brewster Kahle" [0:03:21]
"Mark's comments" [0:43:41]
"Special outtro" [0:57:12] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/120756

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Douglas Rushkoff discusses his new book, "Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires."

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Douglas Rushkoff" [0:08:18]
"Mark's comments" [0:46:01]

Pink Tiles - "The Internet" [0:57:43] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/120314

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Subways and surveillance - with Christopher Robbins from Hell Gate

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Christopher Robbins" [0:06:35]
"Mark's comments" [0:32:04]

Cadence Weapon - "On Me" [0:56:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/120094

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Aaron Sachs, author, "Up from the Depths" – on Melville, Mumford, and difficult times

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Aaron Sachs" [0:09:49]
"Mark's comments" [0:45:28]

Mecha Maiko - "The Kids" - NOT OK [0:55:39] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/119863

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Celebrating the five-year anniversary of Techtonic with emails and audio messages from listeners.

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"Mark's comments"

Si-mark & Scott-funkel - "The Sounds of Surveillance" [0:34:34] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/119634

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Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:00]

"Mark's comments"

Tarrus Riley - "Micro Chip" [0:54:50] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/119397

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The Furby Organ - "The Big Furby Takeover"

Si-mark & Scott-funkel - "The Sounds of Surveillance" [feat. Greg Harrison and Matt Fiveash, audio captcha by Lily Wen] [0:01:52]

The Mothers - "He ALWAYS Listens" - 200 Motels [0:04:39]

Two Neighbors - "Bad camera mojo" [0:06:12]

CVS - "To Help Ensure Your Safety" [0:08:01]

If You Can Hear This Message - "Evacuate Now" [0:08:38]

Action Plus - "Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo (The Car Alarm Song)" - Action Plus [0:08:52]

Bina48 Robot - "Chatting with Siri" [0:11:42]

THUNDERSHEETS! - "LOTS OF EM!" [0:13:40]

OLA Talking Surveillance Camera - "Kickstarter ad" [0:16:09]

Scott - "Asks OLA" [0:18:37]

The Eurythmics - "DoublePlusGood" - 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) [0:18:31]

Sophia and Hal (GPT-3) - "Two AIs talk about becoming human" [0:30:32]

Hall & Oates - "I'm Watching You (A Mutant Romance)" - War Babies [0:34:05]

Siri does HAL [0:38:20]

The Input/Output Fetishes - "Two AIs talk about what it's like to be an AI" [0:38:42]

Simply Saucer - "Here Come The Cyborgs, Pt. 1" - Cyborgs Revisited [0:41:42]

Checkout BOTs - "Checkin' Out The Checkout BOTs" [0:45:49]

AI Jack - "Rants about the Weather" [0:46:42]

AI Anna - "I'm Gettin' Existential Again" [0:49:54]

Pere Ubu - "My Friend is a Stooge for the Media Priests" - Ray Gun Suitcase [0:51:06]

S&G - "Oh my grace, I've got no hiding place" [0:56:35] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/119156

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Molly Osberg and New York's new surveillance towers

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Molly Osberg" [0:09:55]
"Mark's comments" [0:35:40]

The Special Pillow - "Access Denied" - Mind Wipe [0:54:30] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/118893

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Touring the Torment Nexus: comparing the warnings issued by past guests with recent, real-world tech news.

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"Mark's comments"

Charlton Heston - "Soylent Green is People" - Soylent Green [0:56:29] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/118725

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James Bridle, author, "Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence"

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with James Bridle" [0:02:56]
"Mark's comments" [0:40:35]

Moondog - "Enough About Human Rights" [0:53:48] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/118497

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With Congress unable to pass antitrust, facing the question: "What now?"

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"Mark's comments"

Steve Ballmer - "Monkey Boy Dance" [0:34:21]

Ted Stevens - "Tubes" [0:54:04] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/118275

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Paris Marx, author, "Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation"

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"Mark's intro" [0:00:19]
"Interview with Paris Marx" [0:04:46]
"Mark's comments" [0:45:09]

The Simpsons - "Canyonero" [0:56:21] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/117967

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Ben Tarnoff discusses his new book "Internet for the People: The Fight for Our Digital Future."

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Ben Tarnoff" [0:04:22]
"Mark's comments" [0:40:31]

Katie Alice Greer - "FITS/My Love Can't Be" [thx to efd! dropbox] [0:52:59] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/117816

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Station Manager Ken - "Guest Hosting for Techtonic" [0:00:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/117587

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The July 4th montage show

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"Mark's comments" [0:00:13]

Pink Tiles - "The Internet" [0:58:25] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/117250

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Jonathan Crary, author, "Scorched Earth: Beyond the Digital Age to a Post-Capitalist World"

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Jonathan Crary" [0:04:58]
"Mark's comments" [0:40:37]

Ekoplekz - "Surveillance System" [0:54:59] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/117145

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Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:00]

"Mark's comments"

DJ Cremoso - "Losing My Religion (Rustico Mashup)" [0:54:35] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/116891

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Jennifer Egan, author, "The Candy House"

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Jennifer Egan" [0:02:23]
"Mark's comments" [0:42:14]

Willie Nelson - "With A Little Help From My Friends" - A Beautiful Time [Willie's 72nd album (age 89!)] [0:54:04] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/116690

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Surveillance roundup: reviewing where the surveillance state is popping up (everywhere).

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"Mark's comments"

Linus Akesson - "Partita Prelude for 8-Bit Ensemble" [(source)] [0:56:37] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/116450

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Jeff Deutsch, author, "In Praise of Good Bookstores"

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Jeff Deutsch" [0:06:28]
"Mark's comments" [0:44:48]

Harry Nilsson - "I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City" [0:55:44] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/116196

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"Mark's comments"

Dennis Young - "Paradigm Shift" - Voyager [On Bandcamp] [0:52:40] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/115990

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L'Ensemble Rayé - "Phare-est" - Quelques Pièces Détachées

Perry Metzger - "Interview" [0:01:15] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/115775

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Carolyn Chen, author, "Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley"

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Carolyn Chen" [0:04:25]
"Mark's comments" [0:43:21]

DJ Cremoso - "Losing My Religion Remix (Rüstico Mashup)" - n/a [0:55:47] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/115544

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On Elon Musk's Twitter takeover – with Paul Bradley Carr, author, 1414º

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Paul Bradley Carr" [0:12:52]
"Mark's comments" [0:40:57]

Daona - "White Web" - The Secret Assembly [https://daona.bandcamp.com/album/the-secret-assembly] [0:54:11] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/115032

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Paul Salopek discusses his 24,000-mile "Out of Eden Walk" and what it means for our technological society.

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Paul Salopek" [0:08:59]
"Mark's comments" [0:48:00]

The Cleverlys - "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" [0:53:57] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/114900

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Why you should be worried about data brokers

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:09]

"Mark on data brokers" [0:01:08]

Muse - "Compliance" [0:57:38] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/114676

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Sasha Stiles, poet and artist, on her book "Technelegy"

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Sasha Stiles" [0:05:19]
"Mark's comments" [0:43:16]

Anders Enger Jensen - "Steal This Riff" [0:56:13] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/114436

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Justin Smith, author, "The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is"

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"Mark's intro" [0:01:30]
"Interview with Justin E. H. Smith" [0:03:55]
"Mark's comments" [0:39:45]

Colin Potter - "The State" [0:54:53] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/114234

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Ethan Gutmann on the digital spycraft of human rights work

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Ethan Gutmann" [0:09:30]
"Mark's comments" [0:46:45]

Twilight Archive - "Secretly Measured" [0:56:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/114014

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Damon Krukowski on the purchase of Bandcamp

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Damon Krukowski" [0:06:56]
"Mark's comments" [0:46:18]

Galaxie 500 - "Strange" [0:56:51] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/113797

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"Fundraising with Matt Warwick" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/113590

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Fundraising show, and a tech-news game, with station manager Ken Freedman

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"Fundraising with Ken Freedman" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/113365

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Ukraine, NFTs, Wordle tracking, Starlink junk, and IRS facerec.

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"Mark's comments"

Cadence Weapon - "On Me" [0:55:59] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/113157

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Kelly Weill, author, "Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything"

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Kelly Weill" [0:03:27]
"Mark's comments" [0:38:29]

Flat Earth Man - "Don't Let Them Take Your Mind" [0:53:59] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/112917

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The time I met Jeff Bezos: reflecting on how success changed Amazon & Bezos

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"Mark's comments"

Arthur Harisson & Rupert Chapelle - "Real World" [0:53:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/112712

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Alec MacGillis discusses his book "Fulfillment: America in the Shadow of Amazon."

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Alec MacGillis" [0:04:25]
"Mark's comments" [0:39:22]

Mark Pritchard - "One Way Mirror" [https://markpritchard.bandcamp.com/track/one-way-mirror] [0:54:48] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/112493

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Dave Holmes, former MTV VJ, discusses his new podcast, "Waiting for Impact."

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Dave Holmes" [0:06:07]
"Mark's comments" [0:42:06]

Dog's Eye View - "Everything Falls Apart" - Happy Nowhere [0:55:03] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/112047

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Darren Byler, author, "In the Camps: China's High-Tech Penal Colony"

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Darren Byler" [0:03:54]

The Organizing Committee - "The Day Computers Became Obsolete" [https://notype.bandcamp.com/track/the-day-computers-became-obsolete] [0:53:40] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/111772

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Damon vs. DiCaprio and "Don't Look Up": praising dystopian truth tellers

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"Mark's intro"
"Don't Look Up trailer" [0:20:00]
"Matt Damon crypto commercial" [0:38:55]
"Cryptoland video" [0:47:20]

Peter Mukoko - "Esimo Esimo" - No Funk No Chop: Underground African Funk & Disco Hits 1977-1982 [0:56:53] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/111607

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"Mark and Ken play "Who Said It"" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/111376

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Mark Schatzker, author, "The End of Craving"

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Mark Schatzker" [0:07:06]
"Mark's comments" [0:46:15]

Wrangler - "Machines Designed (To Eat You Up)" [https://wrangler.bandcamp.com/track/machines-designed-to-eat-you-up] [0:54:48] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/111128

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Maria, Meta, Musk: Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa, arrogance from Meta, and TIME's person of the year, Elon Musk

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"Mark's intro"
"Maria" [0:11:05]
"Meta" [0:18:20]
"Musk" [0:44:49]

Ergo Phizmiz ft. Depresstival - "Dot Com Boom" [https://strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/track/dot-com-boom] [0:54:50] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/110912

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Crime and corruption online - with Gretchen Peters from the Alliance to Counter Crime Online (ACCO)

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"Interview with Gretchen Peters" [0:06:31]
"Mark's comments" [0:46:09]

Antipop Consortium - "Technocracy" [0:55:37] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/110686

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Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:00]

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Steve Elkins" [0:06:10]
"Mark's comments" [0:38:03]

Matmos - "Platformalism (ARANXTA YAROS REMIX)" [https://arantxayaros.bandcamp.com/track/matmos-platformalism-aranxta-yaros-remix] [0:55:23] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/110459

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Activision, AirPods, Adams, and your calls.

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"Mark's tech news roundup"
"Your calls" [0:38:58]

Remy - "Dogecoin Rap" [0:57:29] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/110019

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Paul Bradley Carr, author, 1414º

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Paul Bradley Carr" [0:02:24]
"Mark's comments" [0:44:38]

Haroon Mirza - "Technology will (en)Slave Us" - Pathology in Three Parts [https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/haroon-mirza-pathology-in-three-parts/] [0:54:44] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/109787

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Tyson Yunkaporta, author, "Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World"

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Tyson Yunkaporta" [0:08:01]
"Mark's comments" [0:43:03]

The Pink Tiles - "Internet" - #1 Fan [https://thepinktiles.bandcamp.com/album/1-fan-lp] [0:55:20] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/109486

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How would you fix the internet? David Yoon, author, "Version Zero," offers some ideas.

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with David Yoon" [0:07:18]
"Mark's comments" [0:40:43]

Van Morrison - "Why Are You On Facebook" [0:55:41] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/109323

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Surviving on Mars: "Red Heaven" directors Lauren DeFilippo & Katherine Gorringe.

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Lauren DeFilippo & Katherine Gorringe" [0:04:29]
"Mark's comments" [0:33:32]

Ren & Stimpy - "Space Madness excerpt" [0:54:28] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/109127

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The return of call screener Phil as we discuss armed robot dogs and other bad ideas.

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"Mark's intro"
"Your calls" [0:28:18]

Reaktive EP - "Voodoo God" [https://ekoplekz.bandcamp.com/track/voodoo-god] [0:56:38] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/108921

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Do nice guys always finish last? David Bodanis discusses his new book, "The Art of Fairness."

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"Interview with David Bodanis" [0:11:30]
"Mark's comments" [0:50:02]

Jim Nesbitt - "Nice Guys Always Finish Last" [0:56:04] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/108697

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The Facebook outage: what just happened? And what should we do next?

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"Mark's intro"
"Your calls and comments 201-209-9368" [0:37:33] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/108490

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Joe Turow discusses voice surveillance and his new book, "The Voice Catchers."

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Joe Turow" [0:11:49]
"Mark's comments" [0:47:10]

Peter Peter Hughes - "Tracking Devices" [0:56:19] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/108276

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Ten reasons to smash your smartphone

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"Mark's comments"

Negativland - "Content" [0:56:36] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/108058

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Decentralizing computers with Dave Ackley, founder of the T2 Tile Project

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Dave Ackley" [0:07:27]
"Mark's comments" [0:46:32]

Tarrus Riley - "Micro Chip" [0:56:12] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/107832

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Discussing cryptocurrency and dodgy smartphone apps with DJ Matt Warwick, host of WFMU's Garbage Time.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Matt Warwick" [0:09:37]

Cadence Weapon - "On Me" [0:57:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/107591

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"Amanda's intro" [0:00:00]
"This week: OnlyFans reverses its decision" [See these articles for more info:

Maitland Ward in the Daily Beast

Jillian C. York in the Guardian] [0:04:16]

"Thoughts on smartphone gaming!"
"Interview with WFMU DJ Paul Bruno" [0:13:59]

Rick Astley - "Never Gonna Give You Up (excerpt)" [0:31:05]

"Thoughts on social media!" [0:37:07]
"Interview with WFMU DJ Abbie From Mars" [0:37:52]
""Technology" in the Film Forum brochure" [0:56:10] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/107376

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Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:00]

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Shannon Mattern" [0:09:11]
"Mark's comments" [0:43:58]

Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - "Tomorrow People" [0:54:35]

Shannon Mattern, author, "A City Is Not a Computer" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/107151

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The WeWork fiasco - with Eliot Brown, co-author, "The Cult of We"

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Eliot Brown" [0:03:12]
"Mark's comments" [0:46:38]

Negativland - "Don't Don't Get Freaked Out" - The World Will Decide [0:56:10] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/106894

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Albert Fox Cahn discusses vaccine apps - and Apple's recent announcement about scanning private iPhone photos.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Albert Fox Cahn" [0:06:52]
"Mark's comments" [0:37:19]

A Frames - "Surveillance" - S/T [0:55:02] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/106663

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Discussing sports in tech, and some movie picks, with Mark's friend Paul.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

Music behind DJ:

"Mark's intro"

Music behind DJ:

"Interview with Paul from Miami" [0:04:04]

Music behind DJ:

"Mark's comments" [0:39:51]

Sunset Pig - "Everything is Fake" - Everything is Fake [0:53:56] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/106439

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Jon Fasman, author, "We See It All: Liberty and Justice in an Age of Perpetual Surveillance"

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Jon Fasman" [0:02:40]
"Mark's comments" [0:37:42]

Schneider TM - "iBot (With A Soul)" - The 8 Of Space [0:55:12] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/105971

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Annette LeMay Burke discusses "Fauxliage," her new book of photographs of fake cell phone towers.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Annette LeMay Burke" [0:03:40]
"Interview with Annette LeMay Burke, part 2" [0:18:48]

Ken from Hyde Park's comment - "Photo of flaming cactus (not from 'Fauxliage')" [0:27:22]

"Mark's comments" [0:30:58]

Cadence Weapon - "On Me" [0:54:22] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/105743

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Craig Taylor on his new oral history, "New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time"

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Craig Taylor" [0:10:44]

Chris Stamey - "Manhattan Melody (That's My New York)" - New Songs for the 20th Century [0:53:26] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/105312

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Cook, Khan, and a crypto explainer. Also, Pink Floyd.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's intro"
"Mark's comments" [0:45:17]
"Roger Waters at People's Forum" [0:49:14]

Andy Rehfeldt - "Can't Touch This / Tiny Dancer (Andy Rehfeldt mashup)" - None https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/104913

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Cupertino, Cuban, crypto, Cadence, Cena, China, and calling cicadas

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's intro"
"Excerpt of Bari Weiss and Mark Cuban" [0:28:43]
"John Cena apologizes" [0:42:48]

Rockwell - "Somebody's Watching Me" - Somebody's Watching Me Single [0:54:11] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/104867

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Amelia Pang discusses her book, "Made in China: A Prisoner, an SOS Letter, and the Hidden Cost of America's Cheap Goods."

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Amelia Pang" [0:11:51]
"Mark's comments" [0:47:54]

Rockwell - "Somebody's Watching Me" [0:55:20] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/104586

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Listeners banning tech: 10 listeners describe what technology they'd ban.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Listeners banning tech" [0:19:59]

Spitting Image - "I'm a Car Man" [0:44:21]

"Mark's comments" [0:44:36]

Mecha Maiko - "Meet Me At The Arcade" [0:56:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/104170

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Managing photos w/Marci Brennan and Chris George, from PastPresentPix.com

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Marci Brennan and Chris George" [0:08:23]
"Mark's comments" [0:38:18]

Van Morrison - "Why Are You On Facebook" [0:56:42] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/103969

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Pete Davis discusses his book "Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing."

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Pete Davis" [0:03:34]
"Mark's comments" [0:39:06]

Joe Pug - "Hymn #101" [0:55:37] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/103744

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Frank Pasquale discusses his book "New Laws of Robotics." Mark recommends it highly.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's comments"
"Interview with Frank Pasquale" [0:05:45]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:48:15]

The Cool Greenhouse - "Alexa!" [0:55:22] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/103517

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Dennis Glover discusses his novel "Factory 19," imagining a community banning all digital devices & tech invented after 1948.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Dennis Glover" [0:04:09]
"Mark's comments" [0:35:19]
"She Drives Me Crazy (Percusapella) GE remix" [0:54:37] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/103307

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Bob Ostertag discusses his new book "Facebooking the Anthropocene in Raja Ampat."

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Bob Ostertag" [0:01:56]
"Mark's comments" [0:44:44]

Bob Ostertag - "w00t" - w00t [A collage of computer game sound and image, composed entirely from fragments of music from computer games. (See more)] [0:47:14]

Bob Ostertag - "Machine State, No. 1" - Bob Ostertag Plays the Aalto [0:50:30] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/103086

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Tim Harford discusses his new book, "The Data Detective."

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Tim Harford" [0:07:10]
"Mark's comments" [0:45:06]

Buffalo MC - "Stop and Bust a Move" [0:55:51] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/102661

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Disinformation and a stuck boat: how Big Tech CEOs have us all stuck in a narrow canal

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Tim Maughan excerpt" [0:08:32]
"Congressional hearing excerpts" [0:27:52]

Angélique Kidjo - "Once In a Lifetime" [0:55:41] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/102472

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Paul Kingsnorth discusses his new book, "Alexandria."

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Paul Kingsnorth" [0:05:32]
"Mark's comments" [0:50:18]

Caetano Veloso - "[Nothing But] Flowers" [0:56:16] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/102231

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Fundraising marathon show, w/cohost Ken Freedman

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Fundraising with Staysh" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/102075

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Fundraising marathon show w/cohost Sheila B, who talks about getting off social media.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Interview with DJ Sheila B." https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/101873

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Nabiha Syed, president of The Markup, discusses ethical data-driven journalism, covering Big Tech.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Nabiha Syed" [0:09:10]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:43:06]

Julian Munyard - "Television" - Talk in Pictures [0:55:13] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/101663

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Annie Jacobsen discusses her book "First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance"

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Annie Jacobsen" [0:04:11]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:35:10]

KILN - "Oceantumblers" [0:54:52] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/101390

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Andrea Pitzer, author, "Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World"

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Andrea Pitzer, part 1" [0:06:43]
"Interview with Andrea Pitzer, part 2" [0:24:19]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:38:39]
"Walrus serenade" [0:56:44]
"More walruses!" [0:57:14] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/101180

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Adrian Daub discusses his book "What Tech Calls Thinking: An Inquiry Into the Intellectual Bedrock of Silicon Valley"

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Adrian Daub, part 1" [0:03:29]
"Interview with Adrian Daub, part 2" [0:21:36]
"Mark's comments" [0:41:14]

Negativland - "Don't Don't Get Freaked Out" - The World Will Decide [0:57:14] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/100846

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Jonathan Lethem discusses his new novel, "The Arrest," about a world without screens.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Jonathan Lethem, part 1" [0:03:07]
"Interview with Jonathan Lethem, part 2" [0:20:33]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:38:18]

James Hetfield and the News - "Hip to Be the Sandman" [0:55:38] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/100618

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Surveillance and policing with Sarah Brayne, author, "Predict and Surveil"

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Sarah Brayne" [0:17:11]
"Mark's comments" [0:53:28]

MC Hammer - "Can't Touch This / Tiny Dancer (Andy Rehfeldt mashup)" - n/a [0:56:27] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/100409

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Big Tech's role in the insurrection: a discussion with station manager Ken Freedman.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's comments"

Ken Congratulated Mark [0:15:01]

More comments from Mark [0:15:40]

Still more comments from Mark [0:17:08]

"Discussion with station manager Ken Freedman" [0:19:30]

The Pink Tiles - "Internet" - #1 Fan [0:57:08] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/100199

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The past and future of the office - with Sheila Liming, author of "Office"

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Sheila Liming" [0:09:33]
"Mark's comments" [0:40:02]
"Work Song from Postal Employees in Ghana" - James Koetting / Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples [0:56:07] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/99914

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Mark discusses the best tech books and video games of 2020.

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"Mark's intro"
"David Courtwright, "Age of Addiction" excerpt" [Techtonic from Feb 3, 2020] [0:10:43]
"Rana Foroohar, "Don't Be Evil" excerpt" [Techtonic from Feb 24, 2020] [0:16:32]
"Toby Ord, "The Precipice" excerpt" [Techtonic from Apr 20, 2020] [0:26:45]
"Steven Levy, "Facebook: The Inside Story" excerpt" [Techtonic from May 25, 2020] [0:35:41]
"Elaine Kasket, "All the Ghosts in the Machine" excerpt" [Techtonic from Aug 17, 2020] [0:38:17]
"William Deresiewicz, "The Death of the Artist" excerpt" [Techtonic from Nov 2, 2020] [0:41:21]
"2020's best video games with DJ Paradox" [0:44:49]

JARC - "Move On Up" [Thanks to the Duane Train, Dec 16 episode] [0:55:09] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/99746

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J. Khadijah Abdurahman on Timnit Gebru's firing and "the moral collapse" of AI ethics

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with J. Khadijah Abdurahman" [0:14:25]

Hachalu Hundessa - "Maalan Jira" [0:46:40]

"Mark's comments" [0:47:29]

Meme - "Hamster Dance" [0:55:43] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/99331

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Mark reflects on "Tron Life" and reviews a surveillance gift guide.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's intro"

Mark Hurst - "Tron Life" - First Person, Fourth Wall [0:31:14]

"Mark's comments" [0:42:02]

Negativland - "Content" - The World Will Decide [0:54:25] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/99141

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Adrian Hon discusses his book "A New History of the Future in 100 Objects."

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Adrian Hon" [0:05:56]
"Mark's comments" [0:40:47]

Sheila B. - "Excerpt from Sophisticated Boom Boom 11-27-20" [0:46:57]

Nabihah Iqbal - "hashtag IRL" [0:55:04] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/98894

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Ben Tarnoff and Moira Weigel discuss their new book "Voices from the Valley."

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Ben Tarnoff and Moira Weigel" [0:05:56]

Garth Brooks and Huey Lewis - "Workin' for a Livin'" [0:56:15] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/98500

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Mark Hurst discusses the election and Big Tech.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

Mark Hurst - "Upper West Side, Nov 7, 2020"

"Van Jones on CNN, Nov 7, 2020" [0:01:55]
"Mark's comments" [0:03:53]
"John McCain concession 2008" [0:13:21]
"Big Tech after the election" [0:17:28]
"Section 230 hearing excerpts" [0:37:09]

Nathan Navarro - "Jeopardy 7 Mode Remix" [0:56:41] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/98310

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William Deresiewicz talks about his book "The Death of the Artist."

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Bill Deresiewicz" [0:12:14]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:53:43]

The Pink Tiles - "Internet" [0:56:48] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/98099

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Alan Jacobs discusses his new book "Breaking Bread with the Dead: A Reader's Guide to a More Tranquil Mind."

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Alan Jacobs" [0:05:58]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:45:23]

Pink Tiles - "The Internet" [0:51:17] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/97257

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Is it safe to use the new Covid Alert app? with Daniel Kahn Gillmor, aka dkg

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Daniel Kahn Gillmor" [0:13:55]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:34:57]
"She Drives Me Crazy (Percusapella) GE remix" [0:56:40] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/97697

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Antitrust news and a videogame challenge w/DJ Paradox

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's intro"

Whitaker Blackhall - "Mario Montage of Funk" - Logic Stuff

"Videogame challenge w/DJ Paradox" [0:14:47]

DJ Paradox - "Mario theme" [0:52:02] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/97477

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Gizmodo's Shoshana Wodinsky discusses Spotify, and what it's doing with our data.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack [0:00:27]

"Mark's intro" [0:01:07]
"Interview with Shoshana Wodinsky" [0:11:40]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:43:41]

The Pocket Gods - "We're All No Hit Wonders Now" - 100mostXcellent30 [0:53:38]

The Pocket Gods - "YouTube Is Fleecing You" - 100mostXcellent30 [0:54:05]

The Pocket Gods - "Nobody Makes Money Any More" - 100mostXcellent30 [0:54:50]

Negativland - "More Data" - The World Will Decide [0:57:05] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/98714

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Tomas Dvorak - "Gameboy Tune (Haunting Love Theme From Techtonic Lagoon)" [0:00:00]

Matt Taibbi [Interview from 10-19-2020] [0:10:40] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/97897

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Marc Abrahams talks about the Ig Nobel prizes and "improbable research."

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Marc Abrahams" [0:06:45]
"Mark's comments" [0:44:27]

Pink Tiles - "The Internet" [0:58:21] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/96819

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Steve Lambert, artist-activist, on capitalism, Facebook, and the Covid vaccine.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Steve Lambert" [0:15:43]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:53:00]

Steve Lambert - "404 Page Video" [0:56:32] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/96596

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Cory Doctorow discusses his new book, "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism"

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Cory Doctorow" [0:07:33]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:51:10]

Matt Robertson - "Flight" - In Echelon [0:55:48] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/96381

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Ben Hunt, from Epsilon Theory, on corruption in finance & tech.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's intro" [0:00:05]
"Interview with Ben Hunt" [0:12:07]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:53:09]

Alan Dobson - "Nowhere To Hide" - Lost Broadcast [0:56:59] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/96161

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Katie Mack, author of "The End of Everything," on the end of the universe

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"Mark's intro" [0:00:55]
"Interview with Katie Mack" [0:17:32]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:42:50]

Eric Bibb and Needed Time - "Just Keep Goin' On" - World Playground - A Musical Adventure For Kids [0:55:33] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/95943

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Elaine Kasket, author, "All the Ghosts in the Machine," on the digital afterlife of data.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:08]

"Mark's intro" [0:00:54]
"Interview with Elaine Kasket" [0:10:15]
"Mark's comments on Google's selfish ledger" [0:44:55]

Mecha Maiko - "End of Your Life" [0:56:29] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/95722

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Joel Kotkin, author, "The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class"

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"Mark's intro" [0:00:01]
"Interview with Joel Kotkin" [0:10:16]
"Mark comments on Jeff Bezos at the hearings" [0:41:00]

Monty Python - "I'm Being Repressed" [0:55:08] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/95455

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The Big Tech hearings - and Lisa Macpherson from Public Knowledge

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro" [0:02:23]
"Zuck lying to Congress" [0:12:03]
"Interview with Lisa Macpherson" [0:24:01]

Marlon Craft - "The Internet Lied" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/95272

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A discussion about free speech, featuring "Campusland" author Scott Johnston

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro" [0:00:02]
"Simpsons excerpt" [0:19:05]
"Interview with Scott Johnston" [0:21:54]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:48:41]

Patton Oswalt - "My Dumb Brain (excerpt FCC Remix)" [0:53:05]

XTC - "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" [0:56:28] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/95057

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Ed Park, novelist and journalist, on reading during a pandemic

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Ed Park" [0:10:37]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:44:40]

Jimmy Durante - "The Day I Read A Book" [0:48:07]

"Tech news" [0:48:23]

Casey & Strick - "Read A Book" [0:54:08] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/94829

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Zoom in schools, surveillance & police, and deepfakes - feat. DJ Paradox

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with DJ Paradox" [0:13:07]
"Mark's comments on tech and law enforcement" [0:22:27]
"Deepfake feature" [0:48:41]

Neil Young - "My New Robot" [0:55:42] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/94662

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Ben Green's new book "The Smart Enough City" describes how cities can make use of digital technology, while preserving privacy and justice.

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Ben Green" [0:10:40]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:48:44]

Steve Earle - "City of Immigrants" [0:53:58] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/94402

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Mark Zuckerberg finally blinked. Mark Hurst talks about the Facebook boycott and other tech news stories.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro" [0:00:21]
"Mark Zuckerberg blinks" [0:30:06]

Grimes - "We Appreciate Power" [0:52:18]

The Hood Internet - "1989" [0:54:59] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/94289

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Mark discusses Apple, eBay, facial rec, and the Zuck rant by Joe Scarborough.

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"Mark's intro"
"David Heinemeier Hansson on Vergecast" [0:07:06]
"Mark tells the eBay story" [0:16:10]
"John Oliver on facial recognition" [0:33:19]
"Joe Scarborough on Zuck" [0:43:56]
"Leap Before You Look" [0:52:13]

Aztec Camera - "Jump" [0:53:54] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/94122

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Proof that tech can be good: Jason Fried talks about launching Hey.com, a new email service that respects user privacy.

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"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Jason Fried" [0:06:24]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:46:31]

A Frames - "Surveillance" [0:54:41] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/93939

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Chris Gilliard, on Big Tech companies expressing support for the black community (which is exploited by Big Tech)

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Chris Gilliard" [0:06:40]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:39:17]

Andy Rehfeldt - "Can't Touch This / Tiny Dancer (Andy Rehfeldt mashup)" [0:56:14] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/93791

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Ryan Walsh discusses OpenAI Jukebox and how AI-generated music could affect working musicians.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Ryan Walsh, Part 1" [0:05:31]

OpenAI Jukebox - "Rock, in the style of Elvis Presley" [0:11:24]

"Interview with Ryan Walsh, Part 2" [0:20:07]

OpenAI Jukebox - "Dream Pop, in the style of Marissa Nadler" [0:20:34]

"Quiz Time" [0:34:06]

OpenAI Jukebox - "Pop, in the style of The Beatles" [0:35:02]

OpenAI Jukebox - "Erasure" [0:36:11]

OpenAI Jukebox - "Ella Fitzgerald" [0:37:07]

OpenAI Jukebox - "Queen" [0:38:02]

"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:43:01]

Governor Andrew Cuomo - "Press conference excerpt" [0:52:03]

Hallelujah the Hills - "Folk Music is Insane" [0:53:02] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/93630

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Veteran tech journalist Steven Levy discusses his new book "Facebook: The Inside Story."

Tomaš Dvořák - "Gameboy Tune (SW remix)"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Steven Levy, Part 1" [0:07:37]
"Interview with Steven Levy, Part 2" [0:29:05]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:50:09]

Queen - "Another One Bites the Dust, but every other beat is missing" [0:54:59] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/93497

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Jathan Sadowski, author, "Too Smart: How Digital Capitalism is Extracting Data, Controlling Our Lives, and Taking Over the World"

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"

Kraftwerk - "Tanzmusik" [0:15:41]

"Interview with Jathan Sadowski" [0:15:47]
"Mark's comments after the interview" [0:48:23]

Fine Young Cannibals & GE - "C by GE light bulb instructions" [0:53:16] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/93184

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Movie picks for pandemics and dystopias, with Mark's friend Paul in Atlanta.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack [0:00:48]

"Mark's intro" [0:02:16]
"Interview w/Paul in Atlanta" [0:14:27]
"Mark's comments" [0:41:31]

Cavern of Anti-Matter - "Dystopian Shopping Mall" - Blood Drums [0:53:30] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/93054

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Daniel Kahn Gillmor, senior staff technologist at the ACLU, discusses contact tracing and the Apple-Google partnership.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack

"Mark's intro" [0:00:06]
"Interview with Daniel Kahn Gillmor, Part 1" [0:21:23]
"Interview with Daniel Kahn Gillmor, Part 2" [0:35:22]

Kosmicher Läufer - "Morgenröte" - The Secret Cosmic Music of the East German Olympic Program 1972-83, Vol. 2 [0:51:25]

"Mark's comments" [0:52:31]

Porno For Pyros - "Pets" - Porno for Pyros [0:54:54] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/92916

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Toby Ord, author of "The Precipice," on the end of the world.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Toby Ord, Part 1" [0:14:53]
"Interview with Toby Ord, Part 2" [0:39:34] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/92739

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David Sax, author of "The Soul of an Entrepreneur," about entrepreneurialism in the age of corona.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with David Sax" [0:18:58]
"Mark's comments" [0:51:22]

Brent McCollough - "Stayin' Inside" [0:56:25] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/92622

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Privacy scholar Chris Gilliard returns to the show to discuss surveillance during corona.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Chris Gilliard" [0:17:02]
"Mark's comments" [0:53:09]

Pink Tiles - "The Internet" [0:55:47] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/92486

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Kyle Chayka, author of "Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism" - also tech news of Zoom, YouTube, and a musical treat.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Kyle Chayka" [0:15:35]
"Mark's comments" [0:35:42]

John Toso and Fabio Martoglio - "Corona Virus" [0:39:57]

Daniel Matarazzo - "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (with new lyrics)" [0:42:05]

Raven Baxter - "Wipe It Down" [0:43:51]

"Mark's comments" [0:46:22]

Vietnam's Ministry of Health - "Jealous Corona" [0:54:03] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/92340

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Albert Fox Cahn and Liz O'Sullivan from Surveillance Technology Oversight Project - and special reporter Dan Casey.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Special reporter Dan Casey" [0:01:24]
"Interview w/Albert Fox Cahn & Liz O'Sullivan" [0:13:53]

The Raffeys - "Big Brother" - Eep Snörpsh Now [0:55:19] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/92200

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Special reporter Dan Casey debuts on Techtonic with news of Big Tech contractors - and generative design creating some ridiculous emails.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Dan Casey" [0:16:36]

Vietnam's Ministry of Health - "Jealous Corona" [0:55:53] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/92057

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Station manager Ken Freedman cohosts for the 2020 fundraising marathon.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"

Call 800-989-9368 to PLEDGE - "We're drawing for Silenced by Sound" [0:02:32]

Vietnam's Ministry of Health - "Jealous Corona" [0:56:07] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/91922

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Mary Wing cohosts the first fundraising marathon 2020 episode of Techtonic.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"

Red Rockers - "China" [0:53:53] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/91780

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Rana Foroohar, author, "Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles - And All Of Us"

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Rana Foroohar" [0:21:44]
"Your comments" [0:49:34]

The Hood Internet - "1980, by Steve Reidell" [0:55:54] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/91591

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Jumana Abu-Ghazaleh, founder of Pivot for Humanity, on encouraging Big Tech engineers to adopt more ethical practices.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro"
"Interview with Jumana Abu-Ghazaleh" [0:12:01]
"Your comments" [0:40:18]

The Hood Internet - "1979, by Steve Reidell" [0:55:21] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/91456

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Voices in tech - on facial recognition, anti-competitive behavior from Big Tech giants, and one creepy robot.

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"

"Mark's intro" [0:00:04]
"Hearings on Big Tech facerec/monopolies" [0:13:53]
"Your comments" [0:51:19]

Pink Tiles - "Internet" [0:57:06] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/91345

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