Tech Nation with Moira Gunn
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Dr. Moira Gunn is the host of Public Radio's Tech
Nation, where she has conducted over 2,000 interviews with space pioneers
and cyber-novelists, venture capitalists and genetics researchers, teachers
and technophobes. A former NASA scientist and engineer, Dr. Gunn is a
Member of the Board of Directors of the Tech Museum of Innovation and
the Tech Awards' Global Leadership Council, and has served as a member
of the Awards Selection Committee for the Space Technology Hall of Fame.
The first woman to earn a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue
University, she also holds advanced degrees in Computer Science and a
software technical patent. Dr. Gunn is regularly asked to speak on the
Impact of Technology on Society, on the Current and Projected State of
Global Technology Penetration, and on her experience as a Woman in Technology,
Science and Engineering.
Between 2004 and 2012 The Conversations Network published 748 podcast episodes
of Technation. Look for them and more-recent programs on the
Tech Nation website (http://technation.com).
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Dr. Moira Gunn meets Dr. Michael Jackson, Vice President for Drug Discovery and Development at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and learns about how massive robots are taking the drudge work out of looking for new drugs.
Dr. Moira Gunn dives into the world of Google, learning how it is changing the world around us from the pages of In the Plex: How Google Thinks, works and Shapes Our Lives, from Wired Senior Writer, Stephen Levy.
Dr. Moira Gunn talks with Duke University professor and author, Misha Angrist, about her new book, Here is a Human Being, where she dives into comprehensible explanations of the DNA of being human.
Dr. Moira Gunn talks with Science Channel host and author, Michio Kaku, about his new book, Physics of the Future: How Science will shape Human Destiny and our Daily Lives by the Year 2100.
Dr. Moira Gunn talks with Ambrx CEO, Dr. Steve Kaldor, about once-a-week human growth hormone.
Dr. Moira Gunn talks with sociologist and network science pioneer Duncan Watts about his new book, Everything is Obvious: Once You Know the Answer, where he suggests that common sense and history can mislead us into believing that we understand more about the world of human behavior than we do.
Dr. Moira Gunn learns about how neuroscience is studying the brains of dictators.
Dr. Moira Gunn talks with Steve Rosenbaum about how the data aggregator's new role on the Internet from the pages of his new book, Curation Nation: Why the Future of Content is Context.
Dr. Moira Gunn learns about the Personal Genomes Project at Harvard Medical School and "Do It Yourself" Biotech from the Director of Community, Jason Bobe.
Dr. Moira Gunn looks into the future with author and comedian, Mark Stevenson, through the pages of his new book, An Optimist's Tour of the Future: One Curious Man Sets Out to Answer 'What's Next?
