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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On this edition of Bio-Issue of the Week, Dr. Moira Gunn and David Ewing Duncan discuss some interesting news from the United States' Food and Drug Administration. The US Congress believes the FDA is underfunded, but why might it need more money?
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with media futurist Gerd Leonhard about the next stage of online music, and asks him to give a peek into the future of online media distribution.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with psychiatry lecturer and author Charles Barber, who recently wrote "Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry Is Medicating a Nation." She asks him why Americans account for two thirds of the anti-depressant drug market.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with author Steve Cone about his new book "Power Lines," in which he writes about words that sell, grip fans and sometimes change history.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Bio-Link's Director, Dr. Elaine Johnson, about the easiest way to get a career in biotech.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Tom Hayes, author of "Jump Point," about how network culture is revolutionizing business in Silicon Valley.
Dr. Moira Gunn and David Ewing Duncan interview Ian Wilmut, of the Scottish Center for Regenerative Medicine, and ask him about the progress which has been made since they cloned Dolly.
Dr. Moira Gunn and David Ewing Duncan host a panel at the seventh annual Bio-IT World Conference on Changing Biotech.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Michio Kaku, theoretical physicist and author of "Physics of the Impossible" about the improbable, and the very likely in the near future: phasers, force fields and time travel.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Mary Roach, author of "Bonk," and asks her how it is science and scientists go about the subject of human sexuality.
