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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.

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August 11, 2026

Data center disasters from Aug 10, 2026

Data center disasters Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's comments" Lulu Lewis - "Destroy All Data" [0:52:46] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/167241

August 3, 2026

Judson Merrill, author, "Paranoid Storytelling" from Aug 3, 2026

Judson Merrill, author, "Paranoid Storytelling" Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [via Futurism] - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Judson Merrill" [0:03:03] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:04] The Fall - "Telephone Thing" [thanks to Wendy del Formaggio!] [0:54:32] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/167038

July 27, 2026

Fighting for delivery worker rights: Los Deliveristas Unidos from Jul 27, 2026

Fighting for delivery worker rights: Los Deliveristas Unidos Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Los Deliveristas Unidos" [0:04:49] Juan Luis Guerra y 440 - "El Costo De La Vida" - Areito [0:55:57] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/166787

July 20, 2026

Carissa Veliz, author, "Prophecy" from Jul 20, 2026

Carissa Veliz, author, "Prophecy" Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a - "Mark's intro" Kirk Pearson - "Modem of Home" - n/a [0:01:44] - "Interview with Carissa Véliz" [0:01:49] Kirk Pearson - "Haptic Workshop" - n/a [0:23:11] - "Interview with Carissa Véliz" [0:25:02] Kirk Pearson - "Bio Magnification" - n/a [0:46:25] - "Mark's comments" [0:46:39] Dmitry_Milk - "We Are Vocoders" - DiHalt2026 summer party [A chiptune version of Kraftwerk's "Robots" played on a ZX Spectrum] [0:55:45] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/166591

July 14, 2026

Dystopia roundup, police edition from Jul 13, 2026

Dystopia roundup, police edition Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's comments" Burning House - "Turn Off the Robot" [image by Beetle Moses] [0:54:49] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/166310

June 29, 2026

Nicholas Smyth on Big Tech devices in schools from Jun 29, 2026

Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Interview with Nicholas Smyth" Casey & Strick - "Read A Book" [0:55:46] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/165768

June 22, 2026

Gerry McGovern, author, "99th Day: A Warning About Technology" from Jun 22, 2026

Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Gerry McGovern" [0:02:39] - "Mark's comments" [0:48:51] Danish Sky - "Attack of the Killer Robots" [0:53:31] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/165500

June 16, 2026

The upside-down world from Jun 15, 2026

Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Mark's comments" Jimmy Cliff - "World Upside Down" [0:54:28] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/165187

June 9, 2026

Dave Karpf on the data center backlash from Jun 8, 2026

Dave Karpf on the data center backlash Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Dave Karpf" [0:02:22] - "Mark's comments" [0:43:10] Ambassade - "The Influencer Accent" [0:55:08] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/165013

June 1, 2026

Ben Recht, author, "The Irrational Decision" from Jun 1, 2026

Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Ben Recht" [0:02:58] - "Mark's comments" [0:47:59] Knights of Molino - "Take Back Control" [0:54:56] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/164793