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 Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and author of "Creating a World Without Poverty."
On BioTech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks David Ewing Duncan, who looks at a new report on the state of the United States' Food and Drug Administration.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Harvard professor Steven Pinker, who talks about how words relate to thinking, and how they also don't.
On BioTech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Pere-Joan Cardona who talks about a new treatment for tuberculosis - important as over 2 and a half billion people are infected.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with John Kao, the former Harvard Business School professor who believes America is losing its innovative edge.
On BioTech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Don Debethizy, from Targacept, about our brains and how we can design molecules to directly affect them. On the Bio-Issue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan talks about the technological breakthroughs thanks to treating battlefield injuries.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with author Dr. Fritjof Capra, about "The Science of Leonardo - Inside the Mind of the Great Genius of the Renaissance."
On BioTech Nation all about biotech and wallabies. On Bio-Issue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan breaks the news which may take the controversy out of stem cell research.
Yale professor Ian Ayres speaks with Dr. Moira Gunn and talks about who's looking at what numbers and making decisions which affect us.
On BioTech Nation, Dr. Ana Benavides from PharmaMar looks to the ocean for potential cures for cancer. And on the Bio-Issue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan reports on the latest crop of firms decoding your DNA on the Internet.
