TechNation Radio hosted by Dr Moira Gunn
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Rivlin about his new book, “AI Valley: Microsoft, Google, and the Trillion-Dollar Race to Cash In on Artificial Intelligence”, exposing the big names and deeper stories behind the modern AI race. Then, Ossium Health CEO Kevin Caldwell shares how cryo-banked bone marrow may one day mean no one has to wait for a living match.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Author and environmental thought leader, Paul Hawken discusses his latest book, "Carbon: The Book of Life", about the invisible forces shaping our planet to the actions that can transform our future. He challenges us to rethink climate, commerce, and our own beliefs.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr Christopher Summerfield, Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Oxford and author of "These Strange New Minds … How AI Learned to Talk and What It Means," on how AI is changing our world. Then, Professor Niels Riedemann, Co-Founder & CEO of Inflarx, explains how the body’s immune system sometimes turns against itself and what can be done to prevent it.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Alexandra Shaker, Clinical Psychologist and author of "The Narrowing … A Journey Through Anxiety and the Body," exploring what anxiety really is and how our gut instinct and genetics play a role in our response. Then, Dr. Thomas Chen, Director of Neuro-oncology at USC and Founder of NeOnc Technologies, discusses an innovative method to deliver drugs directly to the brain to treat glioblastoma and other brain cancers.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Ashley Shew, Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech and author of "Against Technoableism... Rethinking Who Needs Improvement", about how technology influences our perception of disability and whether it truly helps those it aims to support. Then, Dr. Ari Azhir, CEO of Neuvivo, discusses how her company revived a once-failed ALS drug by re-examining clinical trial data, uncovering its potential to treat Huntington’s, Alzhei...
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Environmental journalist and Rhodes scholar Clayton Page Aldern about his book, “The Weight of Nature … How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains”. Then, Rich Daly, CEO of Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, about managing multiple medications and making sure life-saving treatments are accessible. And, Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, on why technology should be designed to fit people's needs instead of forcing them to adapt.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Sonia Purnell about her book, “A Woman of No Importance,” and the story of Virginia Hall, an American spy who operated in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, even with her wooden leg. Then, Dr. Lincoln Nadauld, President & CEO of Culmination Bio, discusses how medical records and biological data are being combined with technology to answer unprecedented questions in medicine.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Neil Shubin, University of Chicago professor and author of, “Ends of the Earth” about exploring the Arctic and Antarctic in search of life, the cosmos, and our future. Then, Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent introduces us to the discovery of new “dark” proteins that could change biotech. And, Erica Dhawan, talks about her book, “Digital Body Language” about how to convey respect and avoid disrespect in a digital world....
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Martin Borch Jensen and Dr. Francisco LePort from Gordian Biotechnology, who are working on diseases of aging before they even appear. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, explains why mobility is the new vital sign. And Erica Dhawan, Author of Digital Body Language, tells us how to navigate the misinterpretations of digital communication.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. David Fajgenbaum, a Professor at Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and President of Every Cure, talks about his efforts to unlock the hidden potential of existing drugs to save his own life, and others. Then, NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce talks about her take on being a science journalist and about her book, “Transient and Strange… Notes on the Science of Life”.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with MIT Technology Review’s Mat Honan about the 10 breakthrough technologies of the past year, including Generative AI and green steel. Then, Ben Zimmer, CEO of Priovant Therapeutics, discusses their breakthrough drug in phase 3 trials targeting severe autoimmune diseases.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Columbia business professor Dr. Sandra Matz about psychological targeting and her book, “Mindmasters: The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior”. Then, futurist Alex Pang explains what really works and what does not when it comes to productivity.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford Professors, Bob Sutton and Huggy Rao, talk about their book, “The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder.” Then, is your personal technology doing more than you bargained for? Duke University Professor Nita Farahany talks about “The Battle for Your Brain … Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology.”
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist and CEO of Global Press, Christi Hegranes, talks about her vision of what it really means to have a global press and her book, “Byline: How Local Journalists Can Improve the Global News Industry and Change the World.” Then, Alex Pang, a regular contributor for Tech Nation and author of, ”Rest: Why You Get More Work Done, When You Work Less” tells us how a Four-Day Work Week can work, and Dr. Jim Brown, CEO of DURECT, talks about their clin...
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Science Journalist Ben Goldfarb about his book, “Crossing: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of our Planet.” Then, Dave Pacitti, President of Siemens Healthineers, sets out to solve problems greater than simply supplying the best technology.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with the Founding Executive Editor at Wired magazine, Kevin Kelly is here with “Excellent Advice for Living … Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier.” Then, Dr Lishan Aklo, CEO of Lucid Diagnostics, tells us about the path from heartburn to oesophagal cancer and about their two-minute diagnostic test, which can detect precancerous cells.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Andrew Allen, President, CEO, and Co-Founder of Gritstone Bio, about Cancer and Covid, and what next-generation treatments mean today. Then, Futurist Alex Pang describes Continuous Partial Attention, thanks to the constant presence of our personal technologies.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Gabriella Kellerman joins me to talk about “TomorrowMind – Thriving at Work with Resilience, Creativity and Connection – Now and in an Uncertain Future”. The cover everything from Rapid Rapport to Psychological Safety in our work environment. Then … what is AI doing in biotech? Dr Vimal Mehta tells us how his company, BioXcel, used AT in drug discovery. One drug has already been approved, and there are more in the pipeline.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Peter Vanderklish, CSO of Spinogenix, focuses on regenerating brain synapses to combat conditions like depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, and ALS. Then, Dr. Caitlin Rivers from John Hopkins School of Public Health talks about her book, “Crisis Averted… The Hidden Science of Fighting Outbreaks.”
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Shannon Monaghan, a Military Historian, about her book, “A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men … The Forgotten British Special Operations Soldiers of World War II”. Then, Dr. Rollie Carlson, CEO of Immunexpress, tells us about their FDA, EU, and Australia-cleared, first-ever Sepsis test. Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about Food as Medicine and an official federal program called Food is Medicine.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr Francois Vigneault, Co-Founder and CEO of Shape Therapeutics, who talks about how they’re engineering mRNA to address Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Then, Dr. Pail Peter Tak, CEO of Candel Therapeutics, uses immuno-oncology treatments to treat solid tumours and metastasized cancers.
This episode explores how science helps calm our minds and boosts productivity, featuring Chris Bailey's insights on dopamine, digital stimulation, and a scientific definition of burnout. It also delves into innovative biotechnology with Dr. Randy Schatzman from Bolt Biotherapeutics, discussing their progress in teaching the immune system to recognize and eliminate solid tumors, particularly HER2-related cancers, through myeloid cell targeting.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Anthropologist EBEN KIRKSEY, a professor of anthropology at Deakin University in Melbourne. He’s looked at the societal and ethical implications of CRISPR – and not just hypothetically. He travelled to China with an eye to understanding the circumstances of the three CRISPR babies known to exist. His book is “The Mutant Project: Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans”. Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft gives us...
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Arvind Narayanan, Princeton University Professor of Computer Science about his book, “AI Snake Oil … What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference” Then, Dr. Avak Kahvejian, Founding CEO of Cellarity joins me to explain how comparing healthy and diseased cells, along with our understanding of medications, could help treat that disease at its source.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association and author of, “Pivot or Die… How Leaders Thrive When Everything Changes” about what you do when faced with change, and when you better get out and make some change. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft about generative AI and how it may affect your future health.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Antony Taubman, Director of the Intellectual Property Division at the World Trade Organization, about how the world navigated international trade rules to develop and distribute 15 billion doses of Covid vaccine to countries of all economic statuses. Then, Brian Culley, CEO of Lineage Cell Therapeutics tells us about a whole new approach to treating disease that involves replacing your damaged cells with new ones. And, Tech Nation Health Chief Co...
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with New York Times' Journalists and co-authors, Kate Conger and Ryan Ma, join me to talk about their book, “Character Limit … How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter". Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, talks about the state of Covid in our lives today, and how it just won't go away!
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Leroy Hood and Dr. Nathan Price about focusing on wellness with the help of science and their book, “The Age of Scientific Wellness … Why the Future of Medicine is Personalized, Predictive, Data-Rich, and in Your Hands”.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Colorado Mesa University Professor Timothy Winegard about his book, “The Horse … A Galloping History of Humanity”, and the dramatic impact horses have had in our lives - from the reason we all speak English to your everyday pair of pants. Then, an innovative approach to treating cancer with only a pill. Dr. Michael Weickert, CEO of Pacylex Pharmaceuticals, tells us about their early indicators of success in a range of cancers.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Clinical Psychologist and Author Dr. Ramani Durvasula about how to heal from Narcissists in your life and her book, “It’s Not You … Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People”. Then, regular contributor and author of, “Rest: Why You Get More Work Done, When You Work Less.”, Dr. Alex Pang, talks about getting employers to buy into a four-day work week - it may be easier than you think.
