TechNation Radio hosted by Dr Moira Gunn
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist ANNALEE NEWITZ who looks at the past, present and possible future of mass extinctions. Then on BioTech Nation we talk about stroke and the current standard of care, something new on the horizon, and how it works.
We talk to NY Times magazine's Jon Gertner. He's written "The Idea Factory"- Bell Labs and the grand age of American innovation. On BioTech Nation we talk about developing bio technology in the interest of global health as well as bio tech patent challenges.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Whartonis JONAH BERGER. He talks about Contagious - Why Things Catch On. Then on BioTech Nation- it's medical diagnostics and devices - looking inside our bodies and working with therapeutics.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with SALMAN KHAN, the founder of Khan Academy, creator of a thousand YouTube videos - all on calculus. Then on BioTech Nation, it's DR. GARY RUVKUN , Harvard Professor of Genetics who was awarded the 2012 Janssen Award for Biomedical Research.
In this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Phil Lapsley about the teenagers who hacked the phone company including Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Then on BioTech Nation, John Crowley, the Dad who sought solutions for his childrenís Pompe disease in the film Extraordinary Measures and on BioIssue of the Week: people are putting their own health data together - on the Internet - to see what works and what doesn't.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with John Geoghegan , whom you may know from his PBS documentary Japanese Supersub, Japanese surprise underwater aircraft carrier. Then on BioTech Nation, biotech uses your own tissues to repair everything from chronic wounds to sports injuries to heart attack and stroke, and on BioIssue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan tells us about the latest in the saga of the immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Psychiatrist PHIL STUTZ and Psychotherapist BARRY MICHELS about several simple tools proven effective in dealing with the challenges of everyday life. Then on BioTech Nation, Engineering new vaccines by typing DNA sequences into a computer.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Harvard professor MAHZARIN BANAJI (pronounced ìMAH-ZAH-REEN BAH- NAH-JEEî) on the set of tests which can measure your hidden biases. Then on BioTech Nation, a new treatment for candida (pronounced ìCAN-DID-DAHî), and unexpected algae blooms in Antarctica.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with PBS Frontline Host DOUG RUSHKOFF, the author of Present Shock and When Everything Happens Now. Then on BioTech Nation, Part II of the 2012 Biotech Industry wrap-up with Steven Burrill, the CEO of Burrill & Co.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Oxford University professor Viktor Mayer-Schonberger & Kenneth Cukier (pronounced ìCook-eee-ayeî) about their book BIG DATA A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think. Then on BioTech Nation, a new cream for treating the burns from radiation therapy, and on BioIssue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan talks about collecting big data from social media tools.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with New York Times tech journalist MATT RICHTEL on his fictional sci- tech thriller: The Cloud. Then on BioTech Nation, the 2012 Biotech Industry wrap-up with Steven Burrill, the CEO of Burrill & Co. Did biotech fall off the fiscal cliff ???
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with University of Washington professor David Montgomery on the beginnings of geology, and the centuries-old search for evidence of Noah's flood. And on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, how science can now change us from optimistic to pessimistic, and back again.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with PO BRONSON about his book Top Dog : The Science of Winning and Losing. Then on BioTech Nation, something for the 27 million Americans who suffer from osteoarthritis and on BioIssue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan see new bioethical challenges for professional sports.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Former San Francisco mayor and California Lieutenant Governor GAVIN NEWSOM on reinventing government in the digital age. Then on BioTech Nation, an anti-serum to fight bio-terrorism right out of a Veterinary School and on BioIssue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan quotes Shakespeare and and yes, it involves DNA.
On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with FRANCIS COLLINS, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, speaking about the 125-year-old origins of NIH, and then DAVID WILLETTS, the UK Minister for Universities and Science. He tells us about the special innovation relationship between the US and Great Britain, from genetics to healthcare to space. Then on BioTech Nation a new approach to Acute Kidney Injury, a serious condition affecting millions of hospitalized patients each year....
DANIEL PINK about how we all sell even if don't know it. Then on BioTech Nation, a drug thatís possibly better than statins, and on BioIssue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan has a first: David interviews Moira.
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with: JARED DIAMOND Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Guns, Germs and Steel and The World Until Yesterday: What We Can Learn from Traditional Societies? Then on BioTech Nation: SIMON WILKINSON Director and CEO, Innate ImmunoTherapeutics .. a drug for later stage Multiple Sclerosis .. And on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan:
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with: RICK SMOLAN Photojournalist and Author, The Human Face of BIG DATA Then on BioTech Nation: DR. JEFF STEIN President and CEO, Trius Therapeutics .. a new kind of antibiotic .. And on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan: .. how science can build a better you ..
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with: KEITH DEVLIN NPR’s Math Guy Author, “The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci’s Arithmetic revolution” Then on BioTech Nation: MICHAEL ZHANG 16-year-old high school junior Participant, 2011 International BIO Gene-ius Challenge .. A Better treatment for Cystic Fibrosis .. And on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan: .. David publicly releases his full genome .....
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with: VIJAY VAITHESWARAN China Business & Finance Editor, The Economist Author, “Need, Speed and Greed: How the New Rules of Innovation Can transform Businesses, Propel Nations to Greatness, and Tame the World’s Most Wicked Problems” Then from the the UK, it's the "Cool and Clean" mission. Guests include: ERIC BAKKAN Vice Consul, UK Trade and Investment, San Francisco, SANDRA SASSOW CEO & Co-Founder, Seab Energy .. the Muckbuster technolo...
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with: DR. ERIC TOPOL Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute Author, “The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Healthcare” Then on BioTech Nation, JEN GORDON Partner & Head of the Life Sciences Practice The Law firm of Baker Botts .. intellectual property in the age of personalized medicine ..
