LibriVox 5th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3 by VARI: Recent Episodes
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.
Pseu Braun (from Pseu's Thing With A Hook) cohosts with Mark the first of two Techtonic 2019 marathon shows.
Tomaš Dvo?ák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark and Pseu talk tech"
WFMU.org - "Pledge! Pledge! Pledge!" [800-989-9368]
WFMU.org - "Pledge! Pledge! Pledge!" [800-989-9368]
Crazy Gang - "Telephone Computer" http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/84534
Tim Harford, economist and author, describes how he kicked his smartphone addiction. Also, a quick chat with Catherine Price, author of "How to Break Up With Your Phone."
Tomaš Dvo?ák - "Game Boy Tune"
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"Mark's intro"
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"Call with Catherine Price"
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"Interview with Tim Harford"
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"Your calls and comments"
Anders Enger Jensen - "Rainbow Dreams (Instrumental)" http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/84406
Maxim Pozdorovkin, director of the documentary "The Truth About Killer Robots," talks about robots that have been involved in human fatalities.
Tomas Dvorak - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
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"Mark's intro"
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"Interview with Maxim Pozdorovkin"
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"Your calls and comments 201-536-9368"
Sheldon Allman - "Univac and the Humanoid" - Folks Songs for the 21st Century http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/84265
Matt Novak, editor of Paleofuture, talks about past visions of the future.
Tomaš Dvo?ák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
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"Mark's intro"
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"Interview with Matt Novak"
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"Your calls 201-536-9368 (201-KEN-WFMU)"
ElectroSound - "Back To The 80's" - No album http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/84133
Harvard Law School professor Susan Crawford, author of the new book "Fiber," speaks with Mark Hurst about why Internet access is so awful in the US, and how places like Norway, South Korea, and Singapore enjoy low-cost, super-high-speed Internet access via fiber optic cables.
Tomaš Dvo?ák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
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"Mark's intro"
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"Interview with Susan Crawford"
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"Your calls and comments 201-536-9368" http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/84002
Douglas Rushkoff, author of "Team Human," a manifesto arguing for genuine human connection in a society full of isolating, addictive technology.
Tomaš Dvo?ák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
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"Mark's intro"
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"Interview with Douglas Rushkoff"
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"Your calls and comments 201-536-9368"
Shooby Taylor - "The Theme" - Shooby Taylor, the Human Horn - Side 1 http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/83873
Professor Safiya Noble joins Mark to talk about her book "Algorithms of Oppression," which explains how search engines like Google reinforce and amplify the racism in American society.
Tomaš Dvo?ák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
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"Mark's intro"
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"Interview with Safiya Noble"
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"Your comments"
The O'Jays - "Love Train" http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/83738
David Lowery on how tech is changing the music business, causing musicians to make less and less money, and how things might improve in the future.
Tomaš Dvo?ák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
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"Mark's intro"
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"Interview with David Lowery"
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"Your calls and comments 201-536-9368"
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"Uncanny Valley"
Camper Van Beethoven - "Take The Skinheads Bowling" - Telephone Free Landslide Victory http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/83614
Mark and Station Manager Ken Freedman discusses the year ahead in tech.
Tomaš Dvo?ák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
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"Mark's intro"
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"Interview with Ken Freedman"
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"Your calls and comments 201-536-9368"
Cult Fantastic - "Screens" http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/83478
Tomaš Dvo?ák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
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"Mark's intro"
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"Interview with Matt Haughey"
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"Your comments"
The Raffeys - "Big Brother" - Eep Snörpsh Now http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/83345
Tomaš Dvo?ák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro"
Dee Yan-Key - "Jazzy Bells" - My Christmas Music
Paul Slocum - "Up On the Housetop" - The 8bits of Christmas
an0va - "The First Noel / O Come All Ye Faithful" - XMAS Compilation 2010
Mystery Mammal - "The First Noel" - Xmas in Space
fluidvolt - "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" - XMAS Compilation 2010
Music behind DJ:
Dee Yan-Key - "Jazzy Bells" - My Christmas Music
Xerox - "Take It From Here"
Victor Herbert Orchestra - "Chinese Dance, Dance of the Mirilitons (from the Nutcracker) [1913]" - Voices of Christmas Past
- "Mark's comments"
Yerzmyey - "merry christmas! jesus holy, born so lowly" - The 8bits of Christmas
BR1GHT-PR1MATE - "JOY2WRLD" - XMAS Compilation 2010
Gulag Picture Radio - "WXRT - Xmas On The Moon" - Interplanetary Materials
junior85 - "Christmas On An Island" - IT'S CHRISTMAS II
Music behind DJ:
Dee Yan-Key - "Jazzy Bells" - My Christmas Music
- "Mark's reading"
Vim - "when a child is bored" - The 8bits of Christmas
Jolly Roger Telephone Company - "Aggressive Sales Collection Agency"
- "Mark's comments"
Roger McGuinn - "Joy to the World" - Folk Den Project
George P. Watson - "Santa Claus Song 1902" - Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8270 http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/83118
Tomaš Dvo?ák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
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"Mark's intro"
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"Don't Let A Be-Back Get Away" - 1959 Oldsmobile show “Good News About Olds”
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"Interview with Dava Whisenant"
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"Your calls and comments 201-536-9368"
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"He's A Penney Man" - 1966 JC Penney show “Spirit of 66”
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"My Bathroom" - 1969 American-Standard show “The Bathrooms Are Coming” http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/83051
Tomas Dvorak - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
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"Mark's intro"
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"Interview with Rex Sorgatz"
The Raffeys - "Big Brother" - Eep Snörpsh Now http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/82932
Tomaš Dvo?ák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
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"Mark's intro"
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"Interview with Brian"
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"Your comments"
The Raffeys - "Big Brother" - Eep Snörpsh Now http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/82797
Tomaš Dvo?ák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
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"Mark's intro"
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"Interview with Jonathan Tepper"
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"Your calls and comments 201-209-9368"
The Pink Tiles - "Internet" http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/82666
Algorithms are rating you in ways you have no knowledge of, or control over. Big Tech and Wall Street are joining forces for just this reason. On this Techtonic, Mark interviews Frank Pasquale, law professor at University of Maryland, about his book "The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms That Control Money and Information."
Tomaš Dvo?ák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
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"Mark's intro"
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"Interview with Frank Pasquale"
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"Your calls and comments 201-209-9368"
Color Kings - "Black Box" - Black Box http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/82516
M.T. Anderson novel "Feed" describes a dystopian future where Americans walk around constantly distracted by digital advertising and social-media messages. Sound familiar?
Tomaš Dvo?ák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
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"Mark's intro"
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"Interview with M.T. Anderson"
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"Uncanny Valley"
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"Your comments"
Happy Prescriptions - "Feed" - Lights EP http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/82368
Mark interviews Ava Kofman, journalist at The Intercept, on LinkNYC kiosks.
Tomaš Dvo?ák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
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"Mark's intro"
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"Interview with Ava Kofman from The Intercept"
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"Your calls and comments 201-209-9368"
The Pink Tiles - "Internet" - #1 Fan (LP) http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/82248
Mark interviews Jesse Jarnow, author of "Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America" and host of WFMU's The Frow Show.
Tomaš Dvo?ák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
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"Mark's intro"
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"Interview with Jesse Jarnow, author of "Heads" and host of WFMU's The Frow Show"
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"Your calls and comments 201-209-9368"
The Grateful Dead - "Touch of Grey" - In the Dark http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/82032