Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU
WFMU presents Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU.
Mark Hurst and WFMU · WFMU podcasts
Show overview
Techtonic with Mark Hurst | WFMU has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 109 episodes. That works out to roughly 1 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 18 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 52 episodes published. Published by WFMU podcasts.
From the publisher
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.
Latest Episodes
View all 109 episodesJulie Scelfo, founder of Mothers Against Media Addiction (MAMA) from May 4, 2026
Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, author, "Your Data Will Be Used Against You" from Apr 27, 2026
Starlink and Kessler Syndrome, feat. astronomer Samantha Lawler from Apr 20, 2026
Cindy Cohn, author, "Privacy's Defender" from Apr 13, 2026
Evan Selinger and Albert Fox Cahn, authors, "Move Slow and Upgrade" from Apr 6, 2026
Dystopia update: good news edition from Mar 30, 2026
Dystopia update: good news edition Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Dystopia update: good news edition" [0:00:00] Matthew Elefant (read by Mark Hurst) - "San Francisco Killed New York Food Delivery" [0:42:56] Sam Rockwell - "Opening monologue (Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die)" [0:54:59] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162642
Janet Vertesi, founder of the Opt Out Project from Mar 23, 2026
Janet Vertesi, founder of the Opt Out Project Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Janet Vertesi" [0:03:00] - "Mark's comments" [0:49:26] Laibach - "Allgorhythm (feat. Wiyaala)" [0:55:26] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162465
A visit to Repair Cafe El Barrio from Mar 16, 2026
A visit to Repair Cafe El Barrio Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's intro" - "A visit to Repair Café El Barrio" [0:04:26] - "Mark's comments" [0:34:57] MrWeebl - "Badger Badger" [0:56:05] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/162249
Marathon week 2 w/cohost Jesse Jarnow from Mar 9, 2026
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] - "Pledge! w/Mark and Jesse Jarnow" - Call 800-989-9368 Marathon week 2 w/cohost Jesse Jarnow https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/161892
Marathon week 1 w/cohost station manager Ken Freedman from Mar 2, 2026
Marathon week 1 w/cohost station manager Ken Freedman Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Pledge! w/Mark and station manager Ken" - Call 800-989-9368 https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/161795
Celebrating 400 episodes of Techtonic from Feb 23, 2026
Celebrating 400 episodes of Techtonic Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's comments" [0:00:24] NightNight - "Total Control" [0:55:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/161505
Chris Gilliard on Amazon’s admission that Ring spies on us from Feb 16, 2026
Chris Gilliard on Amazon’s admission that Ring spies on us Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Chris Gilliard" [0:04:01] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:43] Beans on Toast - "Alexa" [thanks to Roger!] [0:55:01] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/161231
Peter Dear ("The World As We Know It") and how we interpret AI from Feb 9, 2026
Peter Dear ("The World As We Know It") and how we interpret AI Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Peter Dear" [0:05:28] - "Mark's comments" [0:25:03] Andrew Thompson - "We're In Business" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/160970
AI is spreading where it doesn't belong from Feb 2, 2026
AI is spreading where it doesn't belong Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's comments" corook - "Scooby" [0:53:57] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/160799
Peter Schmidt on the book "Attensity" by the Friends of Attention from Jan 26, 2026
Peter Schmidt on the book “Attensity” by the Friends of Attention Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Peter Schmidt" [0:02:45] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:20] Decisive Pink - "Dopamine" [0:54:21] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/160616
Paul Bradley Carr, author, "The Confessions" from Jan 19, 2026
Music behind DJ: [Paul Bradley Carr on his novel "The Confessions" and on opening a bookstore] Music behind DJ: Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a Music behind DJ: - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Paul Bradley Carr" [0:03:49] - "Mark's comments" [0:48:24] declu - "Real Friends" - single [0:54:30] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/160355
Lora Kolodny from CNBC on Grok's sexualized images from Jan 12, 2026
Lora Kolodny from CNBC on Grok's sexualized images Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Lora Kolodny" [0:02:39] - "Mark's comments" [0:34:29] Lulu Lewis - "Destroy All Data" - Single [0:54:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/160035
Ken Freedman and Mark discuss the year ahead from Jan 5, 2026
Ken Freedman and Mark discuss the year ahead Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a - "Mark and Ken discuss the year ahead" Far Out Monster Disco Orchestra - "Black Sun (Joe Claussell's Dub Mix)" - Black Sun [0:56:22] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/159930
Tim Wu, author, "The Age of Extraction" from Dec 29, 2025
Tim Wu, author, "The Age of Extraction" Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" - n/a - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Tim Wu" [0:01:06] - "Mark's comments" [0:50:46] KILN - "Uranium Lullaby" - Lemon Borealis [0:54:14] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/159555
The Ghost of Christmas Tech Anxieties - Sara Clemens and Stu Horvath fill in, with guest Adam Allsuch Boardman from Dec 22, 2025
Kirk Pearson - "Theme from Techtonic" [0:00:00] Adam Allsuch Boardman - "Interview with Sara and Stu Pt. 1" - Techtonic [0:14:10] A Flock Of Seagulls - "Messages" - A Flock of Seagulls [0:28:54] Adam Allsuch Boardman - "Interview with Sara and Stu Pt. 2" - Techtonic [0:32:59] Soul Coughing - "Unmarked Helicopters" - Songs in the Key of X [0:57:15] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/159292