Mark Hurst

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Host of Techtonic on WFMU: https://techtonic.fm .. Projects and bio at https://creativegood.com .. anti-Big Tech, pro-everyone who's trying to make tech better.
RADIO SHOW / PODCASThttps://techtonic.fm
WRITING / PROJECTS / BIOhttps://creativegood.com

Great conversation on Techtonic with Julie Scelfo, founder of MAMA - Mothers Against Media Addiction.

Share this episode with any parents you know!

Full episode:
https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-05-04-julie-scelfo-founder-of-mothers-against-media-addiction-mama/

5/ Yes, we're literally putting out chairs and a stage on a roller rink. Our venue is Skate Time, a revitalized retro roller skating rink in Accord, New York.

After speaker talks and in-person experiences, we're OF COURSE going to host a roller-skating party on Friday night. With a live band.

Really enjoyed speaking w/ Andrew Guthrie Ferguson about his important book "Your Data Will Be Used Against You."

All your emails, search engine queries, social media activity, Alexa and Ring spy data - all of it is exposed with a single warrant.

Full episode: https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-04-27-andrew-guthrie-ferguson-author-your-data-will-be-used-against-you/

Yell the wrong thing at Madison Square Garden and they'll find you and identify you - in your seating area.

From "The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine" in Wired: https://www.wired.com/story/madison-square-garden-jim-dolan-surveillance-machine/

From "What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat" by Noah Hawley:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/05/billionaire-consequence-free-reality/686588/

I spoke with astronomer Samantha Lawler - @sundogplanets - about how Elon Musk has proposed to burn up in the sky one truck-sized satellite *per hour*. Unclear what that will do to the atmosphere, but it's not good.

Full episode:
https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-04-20-starlink-and-kessler-syndrome-feat-astronomer-samantha-lawler/

gonna use this on every AI chat session now. (inspired by @fka_tabs )

"an air conditioner written in python" somehow works -

I interviewed Cindy Cohn from @eff on Techtonic about her memoir "Privacy's Defender."

Full episode:
https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-04-13-cindy-cohn-author-privacys-defender/

Cindy gave a great quote about the surveillance monopolists:

Excited to share my Techtonic interview w/ @FoxCahn & Evan Selinger about their book "Move Slow and Upgrade."

Full episode:
https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-04-06-evan-selinger-and-albert-fox-cahn-authors-move-slow-and-upgrade/

In the excerpt below, Evan describes how the tech oligarchs see themselves as world-historical geniuses:

*Good* news from our tech dystopia, on the latest Techtonic:

Facebook lost two trials, & shut down the metaverse, & their "pervert glasses" are being shunned.

PLUS I made a special audio segment on SF ruining NYC food delivery.

Full episode:
https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-03-30-dystopia-update-good-news-edition/