# Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936.md RSS feed: https://wfmu.org:443/podcast/TD.xml Official site: https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/TD Author: Mark Hurst and WFMU (4podcast8@wfmu.org) Episodes: 104 ## Resource 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. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936.md ## Episodes - [Dystopia roundup, police edition from Jul 13, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/dystopia-roundup-police-edition-from-jul-13-2026) — 2026-07-14T01:09:44+00:00 - [Nicholas Smyth on Big Tech devices in schools from Jun 29, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/nicholas-smyth-on-big-tech-devices-in-schools-from-jun-29-2026) — 2026-06-29T23:27:26+00:00 - [Gerry McGovern, author, "99th Day: A Warning About Technology" from Jun 22, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/gerry-mcgovern-author-99th-day-a-warning-about-technology-from-jun-22-2026) — 2026-06-22T23:41:04+00:00 - [The upside-down world from Jun 15, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/the-upside-down-world-from-jun-15-2026) — 2026-06-16T01:20:23+00:00 - [Dave Karpf on the data center backlash from Jun 8, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/dave-karpf-on-the-data-center-backlash-from-jun-8-2026) — 2026-06-09T01:31:21+00:00 - [Ben Recht, author, "The Irrational Decision" from Jun 1, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/ben-recht-author-the-irrational-decision-from-jun-1-2026) — 2026-06-01T23:21:30+00:00 - ["Muskism" authors Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff from May 25, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/muskism-authors-quinn-slobodian-and-ben-tarnoff-from-may-25-2026) — 2026-05-25T23:37:43+00:00 - [When is it OK to use AI? from May 18, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/when-is-it-ok-to-use-ai-from-may-18-2026) — 2026-05-18T23:16:10+00:00 - [Julie Scelfo, founder of Mothers Against Media Addiction (MAMA) from May 4, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/julie-scelfo-founder-of-mothers-against-media-addiction-mama-from-may-4-2026) — 2026-05-04T23:16:28+00:00 - [Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, author, "Your Data Will Be Used Against You" from Apr 27, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/andrew-guthrie-ferguson-author-your-data-will-be-used-against-you-from-apr-27-2026) — 2026-04-27T23:43:13+00:00 - [Starlink and Kessler Syndrome, feat. astronomer Samantha Lawler from Apr 20, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/starlink-and-kessler-syndrome-feat-astronomer-samantha-lawler-from-apr-20-2026) — 2026-04-20T23:23:41+00:00 - [Cindy Cohn, author, "Privacy's Defender" from Apr 13, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/cindy-cohn-author-privacy-s-defender-from-apr-13-2026) — 2026-04-13T23:22:15+00:00 - [Evan Selinger and Albert Fox Cahn, authors, "Move Slow and Upgrade" from Apr 6, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/evan-selinger-and-albert-fox-cahn-authors-move-slow-and-upgrade-from-apr-6-2026) — 2026-04-07T01:21:09+00:00 - [Dystopia update: good news edition from Mar 30, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/dystopia-update-good-news-edition-from-mar-30-2026) — 2026-03-31T04:11:52+00:00 - [Janet Vertesi, founder of the Opt Out Project from Mar 23, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/janet-vertesi-founder-of-the-opt-out-project-from-mar-23-2026) — 2026-03-23T23:20:59+00:00 - [A visit to Repair Cafe El Barrio from Mar 16, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/a-visit-to-repair-cafe-el-barrio-from-mar-16-2026) — 2026-03-16T23:41:15+00:00 - [Marathon week 2 w/cohost Jesse Jarnow from Mar 9, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/marathon-week-2-w-cohost-jesse-jarnow-from-mar-9-2026) — 2026-03-09T23:26:34+00:00 - [Marathon week 1 w/cohost station manager Ken Freedman from Mar 2, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/marathon-week-1-w-cohost-station-manager-ken-freedman-from-mar-2-2026) — 2026-03-03T00:18:32+00:00 - [Celebrating 400 episodes of Techtonic from Feb 23, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/celebrating-400-episodes-of-techtonic-from-feb-23-2026) — 2026-02-24T00:42:54+00:00 - [Chris Gilliard on Amazon’s admission that Ring spies on us from Feb 16, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/chris-gilliard-on-amazon-s-admission-that-ring-spies-on-us-from-feb-16-2026) — 2026-02-17T00:42:17+00:00 - [Peter Dear ("The World As We Know It") and how we interpret AI from Feb 9, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/peter-dear-the-world-as-we-know-it-and-how-we-interpret-ai-from-feb-9-2026) — 2026-02-10T15:48:36+00:00 - [AI is spreading where it doesn't belong from Feb 2, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/ai-is-spreading-where-it-doesn-t-belong-from-feb-2-2026) — 2026-02-03T00:36:33+00:00 - [Peter Schmidt on the book "Attensity" by the Friends of Attention from Jan 26, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/peter-schmidt-on-the-book-attensity-by-the-friends-of-attention-from-jan-26-2026) — 2026-01-27T00:14:25+00:00 - [Paul Bradley Carr, author, "The Confessions" from Jan 19, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/paul-bradley-carr-author-the-confessions-from-jan-19-2026) — 2026-01-20T00:14:35+00:00 - [Lora Kolodny from CNBC on Grok's sexualized images from Jan 12, 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu-225936/lora-kolodny-from-cnbc-on-grok-s-sexualized-images-from-jan-12-2026) — 2026-01-13T00:43:10+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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