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June 01, 2020 Ryan Walsh, discussing the OpenAI Jukebox from Jun 1, 2020
Ryan Walsh discusses OpenAI Jukebox and how AI-generated music could affect working musicians.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Ryan Walsh, Part 1" [0:05:31]
OpenAI Jukebox - "Rock, in the style of Elvis Presley" [0:11:24]
- "Interview with Ryan Walsh, Part 2" [0:20:07]
OpenAI Jukebox - "Dream Pop, in the style of Marissa Nadler" [0:20:34]
- "Quiz Time" [0:34:06]
OpenAI Jukebox - "Pop, in the style of The Beatles" [0:35:02]
OpenAI Jukebox - "Erasure" [0:36:11]
OpenAI Jukebox - "Ella Fitzgerald" [0:37:07]
OpenAI Jukebox - "Queen" [0:38:02]
- "Mark's comments after the interview" [0:43:01]
Governor Andrew Cuomo - "Press conference excerpt" [0:52:03]
Hallelujah the Hills - "Folk Music is Insane" [0:53:02]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/93630
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May 11, 2020 Jathan Sadowski, author, "Too Smart: How Digital Capitalism is Extracting Data, Controlling Our Lives, and Taking Over the World" from May 11, 2020
Jathan Sadowski, author, "Too Smart: How Digital Capitalism is Extracting Data, Controlling Our Lives, and Taking Over the World"
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
Kraftwerk - "Tanzmusik" [0:15:41]
- "Interview with Jathan Sadowski" [0:15:47]
- "Mark's comments after the interview" [0:48:23]
Fine Young Cannibals & GE - "C by GE light bulb instructions" [0:53:16]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/93184
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May 05, 2020 Movies covering pandemics, dystopias, AI, and tech gadgets - chosen by Mark's friend Paul in Atlanta from May 4, 2020
Movie picks for pandemics and dystopias, with Mark's friend Paul in Atlanta.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack [0:00:48]
- "Mark's intro" [0:02:16]
- "Interview w/Paul in Atlanta" [0:14:27]
- "Mark's comments" [0:41:31]
Cavern of Anti-Matter - "Dystopian Shopping Mall" - Blood Drums [0:53:30]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/93054
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April 27, 2020 Contact tracing, pros and cons - with Daniel Kahn Gillmor, ACLU senior staff technologist from Apr 27, 2020
Daniel Kahn Gillmor, senior staff technologist at the ACLU, discusses contact tracing and the Apple-Google partnership.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack
- "Mark's intro" [0:00:06]
- "Interview with Daniel Kahn Gillmor, Part 1" [0:21:23]
- "Interview with Daniel Kahn Gillmor, Part 2" [0:35:22]
Kosmicher Läufer - "Morgenröte" - The Secret Cosmic Music of the East German Olympic Program 1972-83, Vol. 2 [0:51:25]
- "Mark's comments" [0:52:31]
Porno For Pyros - "Pets" - Porno for Pyros [0:54:54]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/92916
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April 21, 2020 Toby Ord, author, "The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity" from Apr 20, 2020
Toby Ord, author of "The Precipice," on the end of the world.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Toby Ord, Part 1" [0:14:53]
- "Interview with Toby Ord, Part 2" [0:39:34]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/92739
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April 14, 2020 David Sax, author, "The Soul of an Entrepreneur" from Apr 13, 2020
David Sax, author of "The Soul of an Entrepreneur," about entrepreneurialism in the age of corona.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with David Sax" [0:18:58]
- "Mark's comments" [0:51:22]
Brent McCollough - "Stayin' Inside" [0:56:25]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/92622
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April 07, 2020 Chris Gilliard on surveillance during corona from Apr 6, 2020
Privacy scholar Chris Gilliard returns to the show to discuss surveillance during corona.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Chris Gilliard" [0:17:02]
- "Mark's comments" [0:53:09]
Pink Tiles - "The Internet" [0:55:47]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/92486
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March 30, 2020 Kyle Chayka, author, "The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism" from Mar 30, 2020
Kyle Chayka, author of "Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism" - also tech news of Zoom, YouTube, and a musical treat.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Kyle Chayka" [0:15:35]
- "Mark's comments" [0:35:42]
John Toso and Fabio Martoglio - "Corona Virus" [0:39:57]
Daniel Matarazzo - "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (with new lyrics)" [0:42:05]
Raven Baxter - "Wipe It Down" [0:43:51]
- "Mark's comments" [0:46:22]
Vietnam's Ministry of Health - "Jealous Corona" [0:54:03]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/92340
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March 23, 2020 Albert Fox Cahn and Liz O'Sullivan from Surveillance Technology Oversight Project from Mar 23, 2020
Albert Fox Cahn and Liz O'Sullivan from Surveillance Technology Oversight Project - and special reporter Dan Casey.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Special reporter Dan Casey" [0:01:24]
- "Interview w/Albert Fox Cahn & Liz O'Sullivan" [0:13:53]
The Raffeys - "Big Brother" - Eep Snörpsh Now [0:55:19]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/92200
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March 17, 2020 Special reporter Dan Casey on recent tech news from Mar 16, 2020
Special reporter Dan Casey debuts on Techtonic with news of Big Tech contractors - and generative design creating some ridiculous emails.
Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune"
- "Mark's intro"
- "Interview with Dan Casey" [0:16:36]
Vietnam's Ministry of Health - "Jealous Corona" [0:55:53]
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/92057
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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.