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 discusses corn ethanol with Lars Hansen, President & CEO of Novozymes North America. He reviews how corn ethanol can affect the overall price of food.
Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Bruce Jenett, Co-Chair, Global Life Sciences Sector of DLA Piper about his a definition of biotechnology that anyone can understand.
Moira speaks with Stanford Law professor Larry Lessig about trying to make our old laws work with the new technology of the Internet.
Moira speaks with Phil Zimmermann, the creator of PGP, Pretty Good Privacy, the most-widely used email encryption software in the world. In his latest effort, the Zfone Project, Phil enables any two individuals to carry our a secure telephone call over the Internet.
Moira Gunn discusses nanotechnology with Dr. Mike Fisher of Bio Nano Consulting and Tony Cass, professor of chemical biology at the Imperial College, London. They review both its reality and its potential.
Moira speaks with author and scientist James Lovelock, the creator of the Gaia Theory. Once controversial, it has reached mainstream acceptance, and he has more predictions now.
Moira speaks with UC Berkeley professor Dara O'Rourke, founder of GoodGuide.com. He tells us what it takes to understand the impact of everything we use, requiring the tracking of the global supply chain.
Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Jay Keasling, Professor of Chemical Engineering and BioEngineering at UC Berkeley and first recipient of the Biotech Humanitarian Award. They discuss the growing worldwide challenge of malaria and a completely new approach which may make it manageable.
In these two interviews, Dr. Moira Gunn reviews the recently concluded International Biotechnology Conference (BIO 2009). She first talks with former Congressman Jim Greenwood, the President of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, sponsor of the conference. She then speaks with Dr. Steve Sherwin, Oncologist & CEO of Cell Genesys and also incoming Chair of the Biotechnology Industry Organization.
Dr. Moira Gunn reviews the recently concluded International Biotechnology Conference (BIO 2009) with David Ewing Duncan, chief correspondent of Biotech Nation.
