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 Dr. Alison Murdock, a gynecologist and Professor of Reporductive Medicine at Newcastle University, who tell you how to start your own stem cell line, just in case. (Tech Nation podcast on IT Conversations)
(Tech Nation with Moira Gunn; audio from IT Conversations) It's Macworld Expo week and in this recent interview, Moira speaks with cyber-journalist Leander Kahney, who writes the Wired News column: Cult of Mac. They talk about everything Apple -- and just how devoted their followers are.
Moira Gunn interviews Tiffany Shlain, Filmmaker & Chair, The Webby Awards and
Co-Founder, The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. They talk about trends and counter-trends on the World Wide Web. (Tech Nation podcast on IT Conversations)
Moira Gunn interviews journalist Douglas Mulhall sbout his new book The Calcium Bomb, which deals with the controversial subject of nanobacteria. (Tech Nation podcast on IT Conversations)
Moira Gunn interviews Dame Julia Polak who shares her experience as one of Britain's longest surviving heart/lung transplant recipients, and how it has affected her scientific research in tissue engineering. (Tech Nation podcast on IT Conversations)
Environmental journalist David Helvarg and Jim Toomey the creator of the cartoon strip "Sherman's Lagoon." Together they've come up with "50 Ways to Save the Ocean."
(Tech Nation with Moira Gunn; audio from IT Conversations) Moira speaks with Jim Rygiel, the special effects supervisor for "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy. They'll look at the technology of Hobbits, and they'll also talk about how the technology of digital effects has changed over its six years of production.
(Tech Nation with Moira Gunn; audio from IT Conversations) Moira speaks with William Gibson. Listeners know him best through his novels, including his first Neuromancer, where he coined the word "cyberspace."
