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 interviews sci-fi writer Timothy Zahn, author of "Star Wars -- Outbound Flight." He talks about writing the official Star Wars novels and tells us what it's like to see the occasional inclusion of his work in the Star Wars movies.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with author and photojournalist Nic Dunlop, author of "The Lost Executioner -- A Journey to the Heart of the Killing Fields." He sought out and found the head of the notorious Khmer Rouge secret police, and he tells us how it happened.
On BioTech Nation, Dr. Gurinder Shahi, the Director of the Global BioBusiness Initiative at USC's Marshall School of Business, talks with Dr. Moira Gunn about their on-line biotech courses and special executive sessions, for just about anyone.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Ross King, the author of such bestselling books as "Brunelleschi's Dome" and "Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling." They'll look at the emergence of photography and its impact on art.
Dr. Moira Gunn interviews John Tayman who tells us about Molokai and its famous leper colony. Hawaii may make you think of swaying palms and beautiful weather, but this one desolate spot on Molokai seems more like King Kong's Skull Island.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Brewster Kahle, the founder and digital librarian of the Internet Archive. They're not just archiving web pages -- there's now books, movies and 3,000 Grateful Dead concerts.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Christopher Thomas Scott, the Director of the Stanford Program in Stem Cell Research, who tells us how the major organized religions of the world each view embryonic stem cell research.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Cliff Nass, professor of communications at Stanford Univeristy and author of "Wired for Speech.: He'll tell us some news about how our ears work...which relates to those computerized voices becoming more and more prevalent.
Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Leander Kahney, columnist, blogger and author of "The Cult of Mac" and "The Cult of iPod." He talks about how the iPod is changing the face of America.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Christopher Thomas Scott, director of the Stanford Progam in Stem Cells and Society. He weighs in on the South Korean stem-cell research scandal.
