For centuries, people have imagined strange and fantastical musical instruments - sometimes predicting later technologies like phonographs and generative AI. And then there’s the infamous “cat piano.” Deirdre Loughridge and Thomas Patteson discuss their book “The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments.”

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Techtonic with Mark Hurst is a weekly one-hour talk show exploring how technology is affecting all of us. Through interviews with authors and journalists, Mark Hurst explores the effects of surveillance capitalism, screen addiction, and tech utopianism. The show spotlights the risks to democracy, society, and the environment due to the actions of giant corporations and tech platforms. Techtonic is a production of WFMU, a freeform independent radio station in Jersey City, New Jersey. Techtonic is the first syndicated radio show in WFMU's over 65-year history.

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