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. Ananda Chakrabarty, a Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. Twenty-five years ago, thanks to the Supreme Court, he was awarded the very first American patent on a gene. We'll find out exactly what he did -- and what he's working on now. [BioTech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Most watchers agree that the complexity of hardware is increasing at an exponential rate and that this has significant implications for the future of humanity. But what about the software that will guide the systems, and how do we prepare for a future that includes nanobots, engineered biology and artificial intelligence. Ray Kurzweil offers his vision for such a future, showing how much of it is happening now and how we can all benefit. [Accelerating Change 2005 audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Gerd Leonhard, music industry strategist, professional musician, and author of "The Future of Music...Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution." As a music-industry entrepreneur, he tells us it's been a great ride, but the hugely profitable economics of the music industry -- as we know it -- are over. [Tech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Jason Pontin, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Technology Review, the tech magazine that comes to us from MIT. [TechNation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Paul Hallenbeck, founder, president and CEO of NeoTropix, who tells us about his work uncovering the mystery between viruses and cancer. [Biotech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Eamonn Kelly, the CEO & president of the Global Business Network, and the author of "Powerful Times: Rising to the Challenge of Our Uncertain World." He takes us through the major impacts on the world today. It's his contention that we are in the midst of a great leap forward, not unlike what history has called The Enlightenment. [Tech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Bindu Varghese, Graduate Research Assistant in Biochemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Purdue University. They talk about her research and new strategies for auto-immune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. [BioTech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn is on-stage with prolific inventor Ray Kurzweil. You know him best as the inventor of speech recognition systems and music synthesizers. In more recent years he's moved his focus to artificial intelligence, human consciousness and biological intelligence. They talk about his latest book: "The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology." This version of the interview has been edited to fit the radio clock. The unedited edition will be published as part of the
Accelerating Change 2005 series here on IT Converations. [Tech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Dr. Richard Oste, Food Chemistry professor at Lund University. They talk about the widespread prevalence of lactose intolerance and the new science which offers an alternative for everything from milk to ice cream. [BioTech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Jacqueline Winspear, the author of "Maisie Dobbs" and "Pardonable Lies." They discuss the social impact of The Great War on Britain, and medical breakthroughs which shaped a generation. [Tech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
