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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On BioTech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Dr. Betsy Dresser, Vice President for Research & Director of ACRES - The Audubon Canter for Research on Endangered Species. Betsy tell us about their frozen zoo. [BioTech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
On Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with British software entrepreneur Dill Faulkes who tells us why he located his telescopes for the schoolchildren of Britain on the other side of Planet Earth.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with a three-member panel about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the head of Manhattan project, the secret World War II effort to build the atomic bomb. Granddaughter of Manhattan project administrator and journalist Jenant Conant focuses on the experience of Los Alamos, while journalist Kai Bird and Tufts University History professor Martin Sherwin look at Oppenheimer's life, which they've documented in a new book "American Prometheus." You'll find that they don't always agree.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Charles O'Connor, the Director of The Advanced Materials Research Institute and a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry. You'll hear where biotechnology and nanotechnology meet, and a new approach for delivering drugs. [Biotech Nation audio on IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with former defense attorney DW Buffa. They look at the impact of modern media on criminal justice, while discussing his latest novel, "Trial by Fire." [Tech Nation audio on IT Conversations]
In a special long-form edition of Biotech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with healthcare and business journalist Fran Hawthorne. They look at the pressures that affect the FDA -- from big pharma to everyday American citizens. [Biotech Nation audio on IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with New York Times Business and Tech Writer, John Markoff. They look at the start - and missteps - of the personal computing technology all around us. [Tech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with newcomers Karl de Abrew and Sam Chandler of Nitro PDF who tell us how they've managed to build a new cheaper technology, which turns the economic model of Adobe on its head. [Tech Nation audio on IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Elizabeth Holmes, the President and CEO of Theranos, who will tell us how her patented technology just might save your life. [Biotech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Stanford Professor Geoffrey Nunberg, probably best known to you for his commentary on NPR's Fresh Air. He speaks about the new words that will and won't make it into the dictionary. The new ones are almost solely driven by technology. [Tech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
