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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Despite the hype of social interaction and community as a result of the emerging internet, otherwise known as Web 2.0, there are those who have a contrarian view of how today's internet is killing our culture. Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with author Andrew Keen, who reflects on this trend and his latest book "The Cult of the Amateur."
While the United States leads the world in biotech, the United Kingdom is a clear second. Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Malcolm Wicks about the social debate that takes place in the UK about biotech.
Dr. Moira Gunn and David Ewing Duncan report from the international BIO conference. There, they speak with a Parkinson's patient who's undergone an innovative new procedure, and do a conference wrap-up with BIO president, Jim Greenwood.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Asia expert Gordon Chang, about the status of nuclear weapons in Asia - from South Korea to Iran & Pakistan, and even to Afghanistan.
David Weinberger, author of the "Cluetrain Manifesto" speaks with Dr. Moira Gunn about the emerging Internet. His message? "Everything is Miscellaneous ... The Power of the Digital Disorder."
As part of the Tech Nation series on neuroscience, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Karoly Nikolich, the Executive Director of the Neuroscience Institute at Stanford. They talk about what DNA tells us about our brains.
What's inside a twinkie? Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Steve Ettlinger, author of "Twinkie Deconstructed," who reveals that it isn't all technology.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with author Nicole Mones, about her book "The Last Chinese Chef" and the centuries old tradition of Chinese food.
Billions of dollars have been invested in biotech. Dr. Moira Gunn and David Ewing Duncan weigh those investments against the results produced thus far.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Stephen Hall, the CEO of the New Zealand biotech research & development company Genesis, about what they propose as an alternative to corn for the production of ethanol.
