Techtonic with Mark Hurst is a weekly radio show from WFMU about technology, how it's affecting us, and what we can do about it.

Celebrating 400 episodes of Techtonic

Feb 23, 2026

When Techtonic began in the fall of 2017, many people still thought big tech companies were a force for good. How things have changed! To celebrate the show’s 400th episode, Mark Hurst revisits some notable interviews along the way.

Show Notes

Featuring excerpts from:

• ep1: September 11, 2017: Scott Heiferman: Alexa Doesn’t Love You

• ep7: October 23, 2017: Phone-robots will fight telemarketers for you – feat. Roger Anderson, founder of Jolly Roger Telephone Co.

• ep100: September 9, 2019: Arthur Holland Michel, author, “Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All”

• ep135: May 25, 2020: Steven Levy, author, “Facebook: The Inside Story”

• ep200: October 25, 2021: “Red Heaven” directors Lauren DeFilippo & Katherine Gorringe

• ep268: April 17, 2023: Meredith Broussard, author, “More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech”

• ep300: January 8, 2024: Jason Koebler, from 404 Media, on cameras from a banned Chinese company

• ep322: June 24, 2024: Byron Tau, author, “Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State”