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 David Quammen about his new book "The Reluctant Mr. Darwin." Quammen explains why Darwin kept his theory of evolution under wraps for twenty years, and how he came to publish it in such a hurry.
Larry Ellingson, former chair of the American Diabetes Association, speaks with Dr. Moira Gunn about the role of pharmacy in diabetes and other chronic diseases.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Ren Ee Chee about the focus of biotech in Singpore - from Dengue Fever to difficult strains of tuberculosis to bird flu.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with David Shenk, author of "Data Smog" and "The Immortal Game - A History of Chess," about how chess influenced the first computer scientists, and how Garry Kasparov dealt with being beaten by a computer.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Eileen Gittins, founder, president and CEO of Blurb, about publishing a first-quality, professional-looking book.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Patrick Kelly, VP of State Government Relations at the Biotechnology Industry Organization, about the state of biotech in the United States.
Michelle Slatalla, New York Times columnist, speaks with Dr. Moira Gunn about her visits to the repeatedly flood-ravaged Kentucky town of her family's past. A town which the Army Corps of Engineers has now decided to move entirely to higher ground.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Peter Lee from the University of Auckland in Auckland, New Zealand about how computers can model biology - the result? King Kong.
Dr. Louann Brizendine, neuropsychiatrist at UCSF Medical School, speaks with Dr. Moira Gunn about her new book "The Female Brain."
Dr. Jenny Harry, deputy CEO and Executive VP for Diagnostics at Proteome Systems, talks to Dr. Moira Gunn about a far more effective test for prostate cancer.
