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 Kim Stanley Robinson, author of "Forty Signs of Rain" and "Sixty Days and Counting." They consider one scenario of what America would be like if global warming predictions came true.
Dr. Moira Gunn revisits the undeniable fate of the presidential stem cell line. On the Bio-Issue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan talks about his trip to the British BioBank.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with technology analyst Kevin Werbach about the issues surrounding the emerging internet. They discuss the impact of media, software, telecom as well as Werbach's upcoming conference, Supernova 2007.
Dr. Moira Gunn and David Ewing Duncan speak with Ian Wilmut, Professor of Reproductive Science, University of Edinburgh & Director, Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine. They ask him about the progress which has been made since his team cloned Dolly.
According to the FDA there are over 75 million diabetics and pre-diabetics in the United States - 30 million of whom are unaware of their condition. Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with VeraLight CEO David van Avermaete about a new technology which can warn people they are pre-diabetic.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with NASA's Christopher Jones, the Director for Solar System Exploration, about the hair raising return to earth of the astronauts left aboard the International Space Station after the Columbia disaster.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with a panel of experts on a new kind of outsourcing. Not software or call centers to India, but about American biotech to China. Attorney Devon Cuyler, Bridge Pharmaceuticals CEO Dr. Glenn Rice, US-China Entrepreneur Winnie Wan and China Venture Capitalist Marietta Wu talk about what parts of the biotech industry are being outsourced.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Robert Sutton, the Stanford Professor and author, who has scientific research proving a negative work atmosphere is bad for you. They talk about Sutton's new book which looks at "Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't."
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with George Scangos, the President and CEO at Exelixis. They discuss innovation in drug research and development. On the Bio-Issue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan tries to make sense of science and Hollywood.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Oregon State University Professors Peter Barth and Francis Chan. They discuss the use of underwater robots to study the oxygen-starved dead zones in the Pacific off the Oregon coast.
