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Tech Nation (Science-Technology)

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  • Host: Dr. Moira Gunn
  • TechNation is a weekly Public Radio program focusing on the impact of Technology in our lives. TechNation presents interviews with people from every aspect of our lives -- from Internet entrepreneurs to scientists, from astronauts to media critics.
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Rob Neville - Nano-Particle Lung Treatments

Thu, Nov 19 Listen
Dr. Moira Gunn sits down with Savara Pharmaceuticals chair, Rob Neville to discuss their innovative way of using nano technology to treat damaged lungs.

Larry Downes - The Laws of Disruption

Thu, Nov 19 Listen
In The Laws of Disruption, Larry Downes, author of the best-selling Unleashing the Killer App, provides an invaluable guide for these confusing times, exploring nine critical areas in which technology is dramatically rewriting the rules of business and life.

Thomas Wiggans - Skin Cancer Treatment

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
Moira speaks with Tom Wiggans, Chairman CEO of Peplin and Chairman of the Biotechnology Institute. Tom discusses an emerging treatment for skin cancer.

Peter Maass - Crude World:The Violent Twilight of Oil

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
Peter Maass speaks with Moira about his book on the global state of oil, and how technology plays a role. Oil is central to our world, but what role does it play in violent conflicts and the divide between rich and poor?

David Ewing Duncan - Current FDA Activities

Sat, Oct 31 Listen
David Ewing Duncan discusses his interview with the new Commissioner of the FDA. Dr Margaret Hamburg shared her thoughts on biotech, tobacco and personalized medicine.

Po Bronson - NurtureShock

Sat, Oct 31 Listen
Po Bronson talks with Moira about what science has learned about parenting. Co-author of NutureShock, which asserts that many of modern societys strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring because key twists in the science have been overlooked.

Peggy Willcocks - The Parkinsons Pipeline Project

Thu, Oct 22 Listen
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Peggy Willcocks, a Parkinsons patient and advocate, about The Parkinsons Pipeline Project and helps those who wish to volunteer for scientific studies.

Ray Anderson - Confessions of a Radical Industrialist

Thu, Oct 22 Listen
Moira speaks with Ray Anderson, the founder and chair of the worlds largest manufacturer of modular carpet. He discusses his book, Confessions of a Radical Industrialist, and talks about his personal epiphany around the environmental impact of carpet.

Dr. Tim Rodell - Immune Systems

Thu, Oct 15 Listen
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Tim Rodell, President of GlobeImmune. Dr. Rodell talks about how the immune system can be used to fight cancer.

Kevin Maney - Trade-Off

Thu, Oct 15 Listen
Moira speaks with Kevin Maney about the trade-off we make when we buy products. Are the products hip, cool, or high-quality? Or is cheap and easy more important? This is the subject of his book Trade-Off: Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Dont.

Dr. Charles Bavington - Drugs From Starfish

Thu, Oct 8 Listen
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Charles Bavington, Managing Director of Glycomar, about creating drugs from the slime of starfish, caught in fishing nets in the west of Scotland.

Greg Papadopoulos - Citizen Engineer

Thu, Oct 8 Listen
Moira speaks with Greg Papadopoulos, co-author of Citizen Engineer: A Handbook for Socially Responsible Engineering. The book focuses on two topics that are becoming vitally important in the day-to-day work of engineers: eco engineering and intellectual property (IP).

Dr. Bill Cheliak - Environmental Effects on Genetics

Thu, Oct 1 Listen
Moira speaks with Dr. Bill Cheliak, Vice President for Business Development, Neurodyn about how the environment can affect genetics and contribute to disease.

Gordon Bell, Jim Gemmell - Total Recall

Thu, Oct 1 Listen
Moira talks with Gorden Bell and Jim Gemmell about what it means to digitally record everything in our lives. The authors of Total Recall: How the E-Memory Revolution Will Change Everything discuss how new technologies allow average people to record their entire lives.

Lord Naren Patel - Genomic Medicine

Thu, Sep 24 Listen
Moira interviews Lord Naren Patel, Chair of the Inquiry into Genomic Medicine on the British recommendations on the future of genomic medicine in the UK.

Kathy Reichs - 209 Bones

Thu, Sep 24 Listen
Moira interviews Kathy Reichs, forensic anthropologist and author of the popular Bones detective series.

Paul Dick - Chemaphor

Wed, Sep 16 Listen
Moira interviews Dr. Paul Dick, CEO of Chemaphor, a small Canadian company with products for both animals and humans.

Jonathan Littman, Marc Hershon - I Hate People

Wed, Sep 16 Listen
Moira interviews Jonathan Littman and Marc Hershon about their book I Hate People!: Kick Loose from the Overbearing and Underhanded Jerks at Work and Get What You Want Out of Your Job. In it they have selected and analyzed the ten most troublesome types of people likely to appear in the workplace.

Candace Toner - Biotech Software

Wed, Sep 9 Listen
Moira talks with Candace Toner about her companys research software development. The companys product Geneious combines all the leading DNA and protein sequence analysis tools into one software solution and its ease of use is meant to make it accessible to any biologist.

Chris Mooney - Unscientific America

Wed, Sep 9 Listen
Moira interviews Chris Mooney, co-author of Unscientific America, in which he and Sheril Kirshenbaum plead for scientific literacy. The book lays the groundwork for reintegrating science into the public discourse.

Josh Boger - Cystic Fibrosis Treatments

Thu, Sep 3 Listen
Moira talks with Dr. Josh Boger, former CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals about new treatment methods for Cystic Fibrosis.

Brian Arthur - The Nature of Technology

Thu, Sep 3 Listen
Moira speaks with Brian Arthur, author of The Nature of Technology. The former Stanford professor discusses his theory of technologys origins and evolution.

Eddy Littler - Large Molecules

Thu, Aug 27 Listen
Moira interviews Dr. Eddy Littler, CEO of DomaineX about the process involved in dissecting large, complex molecules.

Zack Lynch - The Neuro Revolution

Thu, Aug 27 Listen
Moira interviews Zack Lynch, co-author of the Neuro Revolution. The book reviews how history has already progressed through an agricultural revolution, an industrial revolution, and an information revolution. The Neuro Revolution foretells a fast approaching fourth epoch, one that will radically transform how we all work, live and play.

Dr. Belinda Clarke - Healthy Aging

Thu, Aug 20 Listen
Dr. Moira Gunn talks with Dr. Belinda Clarke, Life Science Manager of the East of England Development Agency. She discusses the issues of biotech and healthy aging.

John Hagel - Shift Index Report 2009

Thu, Aug 20 Listen
Moira speaks woth John Hagel about the long term trends in technology and the economy. Hagel is Co-chair of Deloittes Center for the Edge and the lead author of the Shift Index Report 2009: Measuring the Forces of Long-Term Change.

Jim Hengst, Jack Armstrong - Biotech Businesses

Sun, Aug 16 Listen
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Jim Hengst, President CEO of ZeptoMetrix about how research scientists acquire materials such as HIV and SARS. She then talks to Jack Armstrong, CEO of Genaera Corporation about how they are working to develop better diabetes drugs.

Dr. Alan Solinger - Diabetes Treatment

Sun, Aug 16 Listen
Moira talks to Dr. Alan Solinger, Vice President for Clinical Immunology of Xoma Corporation about the companys new approach for treating Type II diabetes.

Dr. Malcolm Devine - Robust Plants

Thu, Aug 13 Listen
Moira interviews Dr. Malcome Devine of Performance Plants, a Canadian firm that is tinkering with plants to make them more robust.

Douglas Rushkoff - Life Inc.

Thu, Aug 13 Listen
Moira speaks with Douglas Rushkoff about the role that corporations have started to play in every aspect of our lives.

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