On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford’s DR. TINA SEELIG about her book “INSIGHT OUTSIGHT OUT: Get Ideas Out of your Head and into the World.” We'll find out the difference between imagination, creativity, and innovation. Then on BioTech Nation, it’s all about “wearables” – personal technology we can strap on our wrists, or our bodies that can help you and your doctor monitor your health. DR. DANIEL KRAFT is the Chair of Medicine at Singularity University and the Founder of Expon...
Jul 08, 2015•59 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with LEEROM SEGAL, President & CEO, Klick Health and the author of “The Decoded Company.” With all the information everyone access to and generates all the time, it turns out that the ecosystem of a company is more important than its organization chart. Then on BioTech Nation, we discuss decoding a whole human genome, and doing it fast with PIETER VAN ROOYEN, President & CEO of Edico Genome. Then we'll discuss the role of voluntary patient registr...
Jul 04, 2015•59 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DAN MOTE, the President of the National Academy of Engineering. They talk about the difference between technology and engineering. Then on BioTech Nation, SIR JOHN CHISHOLM, head of Genomics England and the 100,000 Genomes Project
Jun 24, 2015•59 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with GEOFF MOORE, Strategy Consultant Author, “CROSSING THE CHASM: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers, third edition” about what happens to a hot tech companies that get a lot of interest early … and then never make it. Then on BioTech Nation, ANNE WOJCICKI, the co-founder and CEO of 23andMe. From DNA analysis and a new grant from the National Institutes of Health to a new partnership with Pfizer on Crohn's Disease, there's ...
Jun 17, 2015•59 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. BESSEL VAN DER KOLK, the founder and medical director of the Trauma Center in Boston, and a professor at psychiatry at Boston University Medical Center. He’s written “The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma.” #medecine #braintrauma #science Then on BioTech Nation, we talk to MARTIN McGLYNN, President & CEO, StemCells, Inc. about initial attempts at stem cell treatments for such different conditions as spinal co...
Jun 10, 2015•33 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with McGill professor and behavioral neuroscientist DANIEL LEVITIN about “The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload.” Our brains need to operate differently today than they ever did before. Then on BioTech Nation, “The most important genome in your body may not be your own.” So says MOHAN IYER, the Chief Business Officer of Second Genome. We talk about our microbiomes – the trillions of microbes which populate our bodies, as...
Jun 02, 2015•59 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with a panel of esteemed professors, who will explain each of the 2014 Nobel prizes, and why they are important. These include: GENARO PADILLA English Professor UC Berkeley, STEPHEN ZUNES Politics Professor University of San Francisco, JOE FARRELL Economics Professor UC Berkeley, CONNIE CHANG Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Professor UC Berkeley, Jai Yu Neuroscientist UC San Francisco Center for Integrative Neuroscience...
May 27, 2015•59 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with LIOR ZOREF, former Microsoft vice president of marketing for consumer and online services. He’ll tell us about his book: “Mindsharing, The Art of Crowdsourcing Everything.” Then on BioTech Nation, DR JOE MILETICH , the Senior Vice President for R&D at Amgen. We’ll hear about “oncolytic viruses” specifically designed to go after cancers, and advances in lowering cholesterol, based on genetics.
May 20, 2015•59 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with venture capitalist JUAN ENRIQUEZ talks about “Evolving Ourselves: How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation are Changing Life on Earth.” Then on BioTech Nation, we talk to DR BARBARA FOX CEO, Avaxia Biologics about a treatment for pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease and to DR CRAIG AUDET Head of Global Regulatory Affairs, Arena Pharmaceuticals about an FDA-approved obesity drug which is also being considered for smoking cessation....
May 12, 2015•59 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with ED CATMULL, the President of Pixar Animation. He’s talking about creativity, but it’s also creativity – 80% done, they lost both the main files and the back-up files to Toy Story. Then on BioTech Nation we talk MARJANNE PRINS, CEO of OrgaNext Research about a new approach to recovery from hip fracture –both biotech-supported advanced nutrition and what it takes to build muscles.
May 09, 2015•59 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with anthropologist BRIAN FAGAN tells us about “The Intimate Bond: How Animals Shaped Human History.” And on BioTech Nation, two very different and innovative approaches to fighting MRSA – One reaches back to old scientific knowledge, while the other is cutting-edge nanotech.
May 01, 2015•59 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Wall Street Journal columnists PAUL VIGNA and MICHAEL J. CASEY talk about Bitcoin, digital money and all manner of trusted vehicles of value in the Internet Age. Then on BioTech Nation, Acetylon Pharmaceuticals’ strategic approach to fighting drug resistance in the blood cancer Multiple Myeloma.
Apr 23, 2015•59 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with CHUCK MARTIN, the author of “Mobile Influence: The New Power of the Consumer”. He tells us we no longer *go* shopping – we always *are* shopping. And with TIMOTHY EVAVOLD , the Director of Automotive Delivery at Covisint. He’s connecting your mobile phone with your … car! Then on BioTech Nation, DR. MIKE DAVIES from Blueberry Therapeutics tells us about their unusual approach to treating MRSA – the bacterium resistant to our traditional antibiotics...
Apr 16, 2015•59 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with former FBI Futurist-in-Residence MARC GOODMAN talks about how cybercrime will affect us in the future. Then on BioTech Nation, we talk about new strategies to address ovarian cancer. We hear from DR. LAURA SHAWYER, the founder of the Clearity Foundation.
Apr 10, 2015•59 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with New York Times journalist MATT RICHTEL (“RICK-tul”) with two books – the non-fiction “A Deadly Wandering” and his latest novel, “The Doomsday Equation”. Then on BioTech Nation, DR. KEVIN COX and PROFESSOR ROGER GUNN, its Chief Scientific Officer from Imanova. Where do medications go in our bodies? Or do we even know?
Apr 02, 2015•43 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with UC Santa Barbara professor MICHAEL GAZZANIGA tells us about both sides of our brains – in fact, there are many parts to our brains – not just a right hemisphere, and a left. Then on BioTech Nation, Moira speaks with PROFESSOR DAME SALLY DAVIES, the UK Government’s Senior Medical Advisor, and author of “The Drugs Don’t Work – A Global Threat.”
Mar 25, 2015•59 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with the Forbes.com Communications coach CARMINE GALLO about how to speak like all those speakers at TED – there’s actually a little science to it! Then on BioTech Nation, DR STEVEN POWELL, the CEO of Virttu Biologics in Glasgow, Scotland, tells us how they engineer viruses to cancer treatments to make them more effective.
Mar 20, 2015•59 min
On this weeks Tech Nation Moira speaks to the authors of THE ART OF SOCIAL MEDIA, GUY KAWASAKI and PEG FITZPATRICK. Find out why they are the Jack Bauer and Chloe O'Brian of social media. We ask if can social media really add value to your business or is it a big waste of time? On Biotechnation its all about Epigenetics. Does what surrounds your DNA effect cancer, autism, and diabetes in your body? We'll find out from DR. JOHN MORROW author of "CANCER, AUTISM AND THEIR EPIGENETIC ROOTS."...
Mar 14, 2015•1 hr
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN columnist MICHAEL SHERMER about his book, “The Moral Arc ... How Science and reason lead Humanity toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom” about how science and reason shape humanity over time. Then on BioTech Nation, a South African firm makes strides in modelling the human body. Even since computers have been on the scene, scientists have been trying to model the human body. The problem is: It’s really, really hard to do. DR. RIANN C...
Mar 05, 2015•1 hr
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Technology journalist PETER NOWAK, the author of “Humans 3.0 … the Upgrading of the Species”. Today on BioTech Nation, we speak with NEIL WARMA, the President and CEO of OPEXA THERAPEUTICS, about their work in precision medicine – taking your own blood and neutralizing rogue T-cells. Their first target: secondary progressive Multiple Sclerosis Then on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, we discuss the surprising discoveries made by the New ...
Feb 25, 2015•1 hr
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. ERIC TOPOL, the author of “The Patient Will See You Now - The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands.” Then on Biotech Nation, RICHARD BINIER, CEO of VIGILANT, a Consumer Electronics Show 2015 Innovation award winner, tells us about their new technology for insulin-dependent diabetics. And on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, the promise of wearable technologies
Feb 19, 2015•16 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Johns Hopkins professor DR. DAVID LINDEN about “Touch … The Science of Hand, Heart, and Mind.” It's far more complex than one would expect. Then on BioTech Nation, ANTHONY RAESIDE, the Head of Research at THE EVALUATE GROUP in London. He’ll give us a global perspective of the pharmaceutical industry and the outlook through 2020. On BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, it’s President Obama’s announcement about a precision medicine initiative....
Feb 11, 2015•59 min
On this week's Tech Nation Dr. Moira Gunn delves into the meaning of safety statistics from the Institute of Highway Safety on FIVE MINUTES. Then we hear some surprising recommendations for the UK’s national health service when Moira speaks with SIR ANDREW DILLON, the CEO of NICE, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. On Biotech Nation, DR. DAVID BORKHOLDER, Founder and CTO of Blackbox Biometrics and Associate Professor of Microsystems Engineering at ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHN...
Feb 05, 2015•59 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Tech Nation broadcasts from the Consumer Electronics Show 2015 about global economics and trends in the consumer electronics industry as well as what’s new? … and why it’s cool! We speak with SHAWN DUBRAVAC, Chief Economist and Director of Research, Consumer Electronics Association, and author of DIGITAL DESTINY: How the New Age of Data Will Transform the Way We Work, Live, and Communicate We also speak with Steve Koenig, Director of Industry Analysis Consumer Electro...
Jan 29, 2015•59 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with ANTONY TAUBMAN, the director of the Intellectual Property Division at the WTO in the second installment of Tech Nation’s two-part series from the World Trade Organization in Geneva. Then on BioTech Nation, it’s Dr. BERNARD PERCOUL, the Director of DNDi, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative. We’ll hear about the astonishing challenge and DNDi’s innovative approach.
Jan 21, 2015•59 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with KEITH ROCKWELL with the World Trade Organization about the WTO’s latest successes and challenges. Then on BioTech Nation, it’s all about bacteria with two co-founders of AvidBiotics - DR. DAVID MARTIN, its CEO and Chair, and DR. JEFF MILLER, who is als the president of the American Society for Microbiology.
Jan 13, 2015•59 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Harvard Professor STEVEN PINKER about “The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century” Then on BioTech Nation, Life Science attorney GARETH WILLIAMS from MARKS & CLERK tells us about their 2014 Life Science report: Genome 2.0 – all about intellectual property worldwide. And on BioIssue of the Week, with DAVID EWING DUNCAN, he tells us that some of us are SUPERPEOPLE!
Jan 08, 2015•1 hr
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with SVANTE PAABO about decoding the DNA of Neanderthal Man – it came from the first Neanderthal bone ever found in the 1800s And ARIANNE HOYLAND, the game creator who made Dance Dance Revolution for school gym classes – in the fight against childhood obesity. The on BioTech Nation, it’s BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan. We’ll hear about his latest article for Newsweek– Hacking your DNA.
Jan 01, 2015•1 hr
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford professors BOB SUTTON and HUGGY RAO about their 7 years of research and "Scaling Up Excellence." Then on Biotech Nation, we talk about what can be done about fibroids and fibrotic diseases –if you're ever have surgery, some 33% of re-admissions are caused by this condition.
Dec 26, 2014•59 min
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with The Economist's Digital Editor, TOM STANDAGE, about the centuries-old tradition of Social Media. Then on BioTech Nation, on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, it's all about "rare science."
Dec 17, 2014•1 hr
