Members of the Luddite Club on not using smartphones or social media Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Interview with Luddite Club members" Maps - "Lack of Sleep" - Counter Melodies [0:54:58]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145508Mark Hurst and WFMU

A conversation about mathematics inspired by an area the size of Wales. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett

A conversation about mathematics inspired by an area the size of Wales. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett

Christopher Brown, author, “A Natural History of Empty Lots” Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Christopher Brown" [0:04:42] - "Mark's comments" [0:46:16] Hurst & Ottsc - "I Won't Google That" [0:54:19]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145230Mark Hurst and WFMU

Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" [0:00:00] - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Yaroslav Trofimov" [0:07:02] - "Mark's comments" [0:40:34] Kalush Orchestra - "Stefania" [0:53:21]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/145042Mark Hurst and WFMU

A conversation about election mathematics inspired by a ballot. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Sam Hansen. For more from Sam and the Carry the Two podcast check out this episode about Mathematics and Voting.Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett

A conversation about election mathematics inspired by a ballot. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Sam Hansen. For more from Sam and the Carry the Two podcast check out this episode about Mathematics and Voting.Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett

Silkie Carlo, director, Big Brother Watch Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Silkie Carlo" [0:03:38] - "Mark's comments" [0:43:14] Highly Effective People - "Under Surveillance" [0:54:33]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144808Mark Hurst and WFMU

Tim Schwab, author, "The Bill Gates Problem" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Tim Schwab" [0:02:28] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:55] John Dog - "Twitter Must Die" [0:54:53]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144583Mark Hurst and WFMU

A conversation about mathematics inspired by a space-filling curve. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett

A conversation about mathematics inspired by a space-filling curve. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett.Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett

What if no one wants AI? An argument in three parts. Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" [0:00:09] Plone - "Plock" [0:37:07] New Riders Of The Purple Sage - "Fun, Fun, Fun" [0:37:08] The Organizing Committee - "The Day Computers Became Obsolete" [0:53:24]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144344…

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/144052Mark Hurst and WFMU

A conversation about mathematics inspired by a low bridge sign. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Adam Townsend. The plot discussed around 11 minutes and various other photos are available on Adam’s Height Hunt website (spoilers for the episode’s twists and turns!).Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett

A conversation about mathematics inspired by a low bridge sign. Presented by Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett, with special guest Adam Townsend. The plot discussed around 11 minutes and various other photos are available on Adam’s Height Hunt website (spoilers for the episode’s twists and turns!).Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett

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/143859Mark Hurst and WFMU

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…

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…

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/143172Mark Hurst and WFMU

Google antitrust decision party: celebrating the DOJ's win over the monopoly Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" JARC - "Move On Up" [0:22:54] Pookiesnackenburger - "Just One Cornetto" [0:22:41] Har-You Percussion Group - "Welcome to the Party" [0:22:27] Hot 8 Brass Band - "shake your body (down to the ground)" [0:34:39] - "Hampsterd…

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.or…

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) - "St…

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…

Generative AI and the "cesspool internet" – with Jason Koebler Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Jason Koebler" [0:03:50] - "Mark's comments" [0:42:22] - "AI ripoff songs" [0:54:38]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/142018Mark Hurst and WFMU

How it started, how it's going: revisiting the warnings of the past Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" The Juice Media - "Honest Government Ad | AI" [0:53:31]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141782Mark Hurst and WFMU

Carissa Véliz on digital ethics Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Carissa Véliz" [0:07:27] - "Mark's comments" [0:43:58] I Won't Google That - "Hurst & Ottsc" [0:53:26]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141553Mark Hurst and WFMU

The surveillance state is here: discussing with Byron Tau, author, "Means of Control" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Byron Tau" [0:03:50] - "Mark's comments" [0:42:51] Rocket 808 - "Under Surveillance" [0:54:13]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141329Mark Hurst and WFMU

Mark answers listener questions about AI, robots, and whether we should throw our phones in the river. Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" The New Existentialists - "Last Days of the Internet" [Thanks to DJ Mike in Brooklyn!] [0:55:01]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141077Mark Hurst and WFMU

Ultra-processed food w/Mark Schatzker and "Food, Inc. 2" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Mark Schatzker" [0:08:31] - "Mark's comments" [0:47:01] Sir Robert Orange Peel - "TikTok is frying my brain" [0:54:41]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/140831Mark Hurst and WFMU

Johnny 5 - "." BMO - "." Conky 2000 - "." Wall-E - "." Bender - "." Gumby Robots - "." T-1000 - "." SAM The Wake & Bake Morning Show Computer K9 - "." Iron Giant - "." Transformers OLD ONES Mr. Roboto - "." Crow T. Robot ROOMBA Paulie's Robot - "." Robbie Junior - "." Mechanical Turk - "." Fuureal - "." Nanobot Alpha 5 - "." Furby - "." Rosie the R…

We should all switch to Linux Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Peter" [0:08:43] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:52] Highly Effective People - "Under Surveillance" [thanks to Evan "Funk" Davies] [0:54:26]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/140361Mark Hurst and WFMU

What's eating Google? Exploring Google's descent into AI madness. Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" Hurst & Ottsc - "I Won't Google That" [0:54:30]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/140133Mark Hurst and WFMU

Chris Gilliard on what AI is really for Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's Intro" - "Interview with Chris Gilliard" [0:03:22] - "Mark's comments" [0:39:05] Hurst & Ottsc - "AI" - Spameater [0:52:45]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139898Mark Hurst and WFMU

Ulises Mejias and Nick Couldry on “Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back.” Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's Intro" [0:00:04] - "Interview with Ulises Mejias and Nick Couldry" [0:04:42] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:00] Rocket 808 - "Under Surveillance" [0:54:39]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139638…

AI-generated music: a conversation with Michael Shelley, WFMU DJ Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Michael Shelley" [0:06:21] - "Mark's comments" [0:44:19] AI - "The Techtonic Twist" - n/a [0:55:21]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139403Mark Hurst and WFMU

Eve Herold, author, "Robots and the People Who Love Them" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack Music behind DJ: - "Mark's intro" n/a - "Interview with Eve Herold" - n/a [0:03:33] Music behind DJ: - "Mark's comments" [0:40:46] Hurst & Ottsc - "Spameater" - Spameater [0:54:41]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139154…

Richard Polt, author, "The Typewriter Revolution" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Richard Polt" [0:03:07] - "Mark's comments" [0:41:43] Boston Typewriter Orchestra - "Left Blank" [0:54:34]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138921Mark Hurst and WFMU

Outrage roundup: antitrust, AI, and Big Tech invading New York City Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" The Glass Bead Band - "I Am a Computer" [0:54:24]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138717Mark Hurst and WFMU

Better late than never... Mark covers some tech news he's been waiting awhile to bring up. Kenta Nagata - "Koopa Troopa Beach" - Mario Kart 64 - "Mark's comments" - "Interview with Stashu and ChukAmok" [0:27:42] Tykwer, Heil, and Klimek - "Running One" - Lola Rennt [0:54:29]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138478…

DJ PAYPAL - "Go Off!" - IRL DJ PAYPAL - "Work" - Drake Edits Vol. 2 Music behind DJ: [Guest host Lily Wen interviews NY-based journalist Liz Pelly about how surveillance changes listening habits.] DJ PAYPAL - "Whisper Zone" - IRL DJ PAYPAL - "We Finally Made It (feat. DJ Earl)" - Sold Outhttps://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138198…

Ian Johnson, author of "Sparks," on China's underground historians Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Ian Johnson" [0:08:24] - "Mark's comments" [0:44:33] The Harp Twins - "500 Miles" [0:55:05]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138018Mark Hurst and WFMU

Mark Hurst and his co-host Dave the Spazz Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Pledge 1-800-989-WFMU or online at wfmu.org!" Pink Tiles - "The Internet"https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137814Mark Hurst and WFMU

Marathon week 1 w/cohost station manager Ken Freedman Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark and Ken raise money for WFMU" Si-mark & Scott-funkel - "The Sounds of Surveillance" [0:54:37]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137587Mark Hurst and WFMU

Dystopia update: surveillance cameras everywhere and ChatGPT going haywire Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" Daona - "Live Machines" [0:53:14]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137363Mark Hurst and WFMU

Scott Shapiro, author, "Fancy Bear Goes Phishing" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Scott Shapiro" [0:03:06] - "Mark's comments" [0:36:30] Peter Frampton feat. Courtney Pine - "Boot It Up" [0:53:56]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137124Mark Hurst and WFMU

Astronomer Sam Lawler on the danger of Starlink satellites Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Sam Lawler" [0:06:46] - "Mark's comments" [0:46:43] Devo - "Space Junk" - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! [0:54:11]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136860…