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 speaks with Herbert Hauptman, Nobel Laureate and mathematician, and asks how he and Dr. Jerome Karle opened a new era in research using data from crystallized material research.
There appear to be a 170 million people in the world with Hepatitis C, and most people don't know they have it. Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. David Spencer, from Biolex Therapeutics, and asks him how so many people could have Hepatitis C and not even know it.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Journalist Wagner Au, who embedded himself in the virtual 3D online world, Second Life, and talks about its incredible growth.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Scott Sigler, who talks about his bioterror thriller "Infected." While it's based on the premise of a biological weapon on the loose, he's actually a modern day Charles Dickens.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Newsweek's Technology Editor Steven Levy, about the best technology writing of 2007, and how to submit your own work for 2008.
Today a complement of new energy technologies exist, but are they economically feasible? Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn, from the Environmental Defence Fund, about their new book, "Earth: The Sequel."
The incidence of cancer today is vastly greater than a hundred years ago. To find out why, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Devra Davis, of the Center for Environmental Oncology, and author of "The Secret History of the War on Cancer."
Social networking has been empowered by technology. Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Clay Shirky, author of "Here Comes Everybody," about the power of organizing without organization.
On BioTech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Karen Boezi, partner at Thomas McNerney & Partners, about what makes neurotech such an attractive investment.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with writer & photojournalist Lonny Shavelson about her newest combined book and exhibition on the melding and emergence of the Californian ethnic experience.
