TechNation Radio Podcast

Episode 667: Episode 26-10 Smart Devices and Surveillance

Tech Nation — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:43:50 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, We can track almost anything with a smart device - but is that data really private? Moira speaks with George Washington University Law Professor Andrew Ferguson about his book, “Your Data Will Be Used Against You: Policing in the Age of Self-Surveillance,” which takes a closer look at privacy in the world of smart devices. Then, Dr. Arun Swaminathan discusses how Coya Therapeutics is testing a new treatment for ALS. The goal? To stop progression of the disease in its tracks.

Episode 666: Episode 26-09 One Ancient Language, New Medical Frontiers

Tech Nation — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:27:40 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist Laura Spinney about her new book, “Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global”, which explores the roots of modern language. Then, Tech Nation Chief Health Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, shares highlights from NextMed Health 2025, including major advances in medicine and technology. Finally, Biostem Technologies CEO Jason Matuszewski explains a natural solution for wounds that just will not heal.

Episode 665: Episode 26-08 AI in the Exam Room

Tech Nation — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:32:46 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, how are doctors and hospitals using AI? Moira speaks with Dr. Robert Wachter about his book, “A Giant Leap: How AI is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future”. Then, Chris Bailey talks about ways to calm your mind in anxious times, according to science.

AI in the Exam Room
On this week’s Biotech Nation, how doctors and hospitals are using AI, and how it could change the practice of medicine. Moira speaks with Dr. Robert Wachter about his book, “A Giant Leap: How AI is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future”.

Episode 664: Episode 26-07 The Great Healthcare Disruption

Tech Nation — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:50:08 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Marschall Runge, University of Michigan Medical School Professor and author of “The Great Healthcare Disruption: Big Tech, Bold Policy, and the Future of American Medicine,” about the ways the American Healthcare system is changing - and needs to change - for the future. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft discusses some of the latest developments for early cancer screening.

Episode 663: Episode 26-06 The Neuroscience of Revenge

Tech Nation — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:22:44 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with James Kimmel, Jr., founder of the Yale Collaborative for Motive Control Studies and author of, "The Science of Revenge: Understanding the World's Deadliest Addiction and How to Overcome It", about how revenge affects the brain and how science is uncovering ways to overcome the cycle of grievance.

Episode 662: Episode 26-05 The Elements of Power

Tech Nation — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 18:57:25 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, ever wondered what’s inside the lithium-ion batteries we use every day? Journalist Nicolas Niarchos joins Moira to talk about the minerals that power our modern life, and how the global race to control them is impacting the planet. Then, Dr Daniel Kraft tells us about the launch of ChatGPT Health. And, a fast-acting treatment for flare-ups of common inflammatory conditions could be around the corner.

Episode 661: Episode 26-04 Sea Stars and the Secrets of Life

Tech Nation — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:26:46 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Marine biologist Dr Drew Harvell about her new book, "The Ocean’s Menagerie: How Earth’s Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life." Then, Sameer Sabir, CEO of Brixton Biosciences, explains their new injectable cold therapy in trials for knee pain. And, Erica Dhawan returns to explore the impact of tone in digital communication and why it often goes unnoticed.

Episode 660: Episode 26-03 The Neuroscience of Choice

Tech Nation — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:08:04 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Emily Falk, Professor of Communications, Psychology, and Marketing at the University of Pennsylvania, about her new book, "What We Value... The Neuroscience of Choice and Change."
Then, Jeff Liter, Founder and CEO of Luminary Therapeutics, shares how new developments in cell therapy could make treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases more affordable and accessible, without needing to be personalized for each patient.

Episode 659: Episode 26-02 AI-Powered Biology

Tech Nation — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:06:24 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Shana Kelley, President of Bioengineering and Head of Biohub Chicago, about AI-Powered Biology - what is it? And what could it mean for the future of research? Then, Dr. Harry Selker and Dr. Atul Deshpande of Immediate Therapeutics tell us how they’ve come up with a speedy intervention for heart attacks. And, what exactly differentiates the NIH, the FDA, and the CDC? We take a closer look at that, and what they have in common.

Episode 658: Episode 26-01 Today’s Biotech Breakthroughs

Tech Nation — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:38:31 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, with the 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference around the corner, we delve into three ongoing efforts in biotech. Moira speaks with Cyriac Roeding and Dr David Suhy, Co-Founders of Earli, about their innovative approach to treating solid tumour cancer. Then, Ketan Mehta of Tris Pharma discusses the potential of a euphoria-suppressing opioid. And Neil Klompas of Augurex Life Sciences talks about a new diagnostic for patients with chronic back pain that pinpoints an easily-missed form of arthritis.

BTN TITLE: Can Cancer Cells be Turned Against Themselves?

This week on BioTech Nation, Moira speaks with Cyriac Roeding and Dr David Suhy, Co-Founders of Earli, about an innovative new approach to solid tumour cancer. They discuss their effort to turn the cancer cells inside solid tumours into factories that produce their own cancer-fighting therapies.

Episode 657: Episode 25-51 The Hidden Power of Carbon

Tech Nation — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:04:48 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with author and environmental thought leader Paul Hawken to discuss his latest book, "Carbon: The Book of Life", about the invisible forces shaping our planet and the actions that can transform our future. He challenges us to rethink climate, commerce, and our own beliefs.

Episode 656: Episode 25-50 How AI Learned to Talk

Tech Nation — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 12:36:17 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr Christopher Summerfield, Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Oxford and author of "These Strange New Minds … How AI Learned to Talk and What It Means," on how AI is changing our world. Then, Professor Niels Riedemann, Co-Founder & CEO of InflaRx, explains how the body’s immune system sometimes turns against itself and what can be done to prevent it.

Episode 655: Episode 25-49 A Journey Through Anxiety.

Tech Nation — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:46:27 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Alexandra Shaker, Clinical Psychologist and author of "The Narrowing … A Journey Through Anxiety and the Body," exploring what anxiety really is and how our gut instinct and genetics play a role in our response. Then, Dr. Thomas Chen, Director of Neuro-oncology at USC and Founder of NeOnc Technologies, discusses an innovative method to deliver drugs directly to the brain to treat glioblastoma and other brain cancers.

Episode 654: Episode 25-48 Not to Burst Your AI Bubble

Tech Nation — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:29:03 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Gary Smith, addresses the question of an AI bubble: is there one? And what will be the economic impact if it bursts? Then, CEO Martin Burns explains how Bruin Biometrics aims to prevent a potentially fatal condition affecting more than 2.5 million Americans each year.

BTN Title: Preventing Pressure Injuries: Detecting the Invisible Signs

Bruin Biometrics CEO, Martin Burns, talks about a new diagnostic tool being used to detect and prevent potentially fatal bedsores in their earliest stages.

Episode 653: Episode 25-47 Rethinking Ability

Tech Nation — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 22:21:14 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Ashley Shew, Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech and author of, "Against Technoableism... Rethinking Who Needs Improvement", about how technology influences our perception of disability and whether it truly helps those it aims to support. Then, Dr. Ari Azhir, CEO of Neuvivo, discusses how her company revived a once-failed ALS drug by re-examining clinical trial data, uncovering its potential to treat Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s, and Vascular Dementia.

Episode 652: Episode 25-46 A Woman Of No Importance

Tech Nation — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 20:32:11 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Sonia Purnell about her book, “A Woman of No Importance,” and the story of Virginia Hall, an American spy who operated in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, even with her wooden leg. Then, Dr. Lincoln Nadauld, President & CEO of Culmination Bio, discusses how medical records and biological data are being combined with technology to answer unprecedented questions in medicine.

Episode 651: Episode 25-45 Building RESILIENCE

Tech Nation — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:13:03 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Terry Healey about "The Resilience Mindset … How Adversity Can Strengthen Individuals, Teams, and Leaders". Then Lisa Dechamps tell us how Aviado Bio is working to correct the gene driving many cases of frontotemporal dementia. And Columbia University professor Dr. Sandra Matz describes the science of psychological targeting”.

BTN Title: Correcting Gene-based Frontotemporal Dementia

Lisa Dechamps tell us how Aviado Bio is working to correct the gene driving many cases of frontotemporal dementia.

Episode 650: Episode 25-44 To the Ends of the Earth

Tech Nation — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:39:50 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Dr. Neil Shubin, University of Chicago professor and author of, “Ends of the Earth”, about his experience exploring the Arctic and Antarctic in search of life, the cosmos, and our future. Then, Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent introduces us to the discovery of new “dark” proteins that could change biotech. And, Erica Dhawan, talks about how to convey respect and avoid disrespect in a digital world.

BTN Title: Dark Proteins?

Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, introduces us to the discovery of new “dark” proteins that could change biotech.

Episode 649: Episode 25-43 You Are Smarter Than You Think !!!

Tech Nation — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 21:08:33 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

You are smarter than you know - Dr. Angus Fletcher talks about Primal Intelligence, and then Dr. Derek Jantz from Tune Therapeutics explains how they aim to "tune" DNA - not just with human DNA, but stopping the Hepatitis B virus in its tracks.

BTN Title: Tuning DNA, and Tuning Out Hepatitis B

Dr Derek Jantz, the Chief Scientific Officer of Tune Therapeutics, explains their approach, now in advanced clinical trials for Hepatitis B.

Episode 648: Episode 25-42 What are Ancient Myths Telling Us About Planet Earth ??

Tech Nation — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:24:48 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford University Research Scholar, Adrienne Mayor, what do ancient myths tell us about the deep history of planet earth in her book "Mythopedia". Then in biotech, Dr. Ned Swanson, the President and Chief Medical Officer of Polarity Bio, tells us about their approach to healing serious, hard-to-treat skin wounds. In early trials, it’s twice as effective as the current treatment for diabetic foot ulcers.

Episode 647: Episode 25-41 Really? I have walk in Nature ???

Tech Nation — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:55:44 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with University of Chicago professor, Dr. Marc Berman tells us about "Nature and the Mind The Science of How Nature Improves Cognitive, Physical, and Social Well-Being." Then in biotech, Dr. Joshua Hare, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Longeveron, gives us the inside look on how they are testing the use of stem cells to treat babies born with a serious congenital heart defect.

Episode 646: Episode 25-40 Are You Digitally Exhausted ???

Tech Nation — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 21:00:37 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Paul Leonardi from UC Santa Barbara about “Digital Exhaustion: Simple Rules for Reclaiming Your Life”. Then a promising new approach to flu shots! Dr. Jeff Stein from Cidara Therapeutics describes their efforts, now fast-tracked by the FDA.

Episode 645: Episode 25-39 Who Are Scientists, Anyway???

Tech Nation — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 20:45:13 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with MIT’s Alan Lightman talks about who scientists are in “The Shape of Wonder”, and Rob Armstrong from Artax Biopharma focuses on treating the untreatable – those 40% of Rheumatoid Arthritis patients who don't respond to current drugs. Then Dr Daniel Kraft tells us that we’re moving from Dr. Google to Dr. ChatGPT.

Episode 644: Episode 25-38 Reprogramming the Future

Tech Nation — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 07:52:59 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Martin Borch Jensen and Dr. Francisco LePort from Gordian Biotechnology, who are working on diseases of aging before they even appear. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, explains why mobility is the new vital sign. And Erica Dhawan, Author of Digital Body Language, tells us how to navigate the misinterpretations of digital communication.

Episode 643: Episode 25-37 AI Snake Oil ???

Tech Nation — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 19:50:16 +0000

Princeton University Computer Science Professor Dr. Arvind Narayanan speaks with Moira about his book: “AI Snake Oil … What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference”. Then, Dr. Avak Kahvejian, Founding CEO of Cellarity, joins Moira to explain how comparing healthy and diseased cells, along with a better understanding of medications, could help treat disease at its source.

Episode 642: Episode 25-36 NIH Research cut? Vaccines downplayed? What's it all mean?

Tech Nation — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 20:18:20 +0000

Cuts to NIH innovation research grants? Stepping back from recommending vaccines? Paul Hastings, the former chair of BIO, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, and CEO of Nkarta, provides insights from the individual to the industry, writ large. Then Bentley University professor Noah Giansiracusa brings us "Robin Hood Math ... Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life".

Episode 641: Episode 25-35 Some People Are Just Anointed !!!

Tech Nation — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:52:10 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, every UC Berkeley Business and Entrepreneurship Professor, Dr. Toby Stuart, has studied the "Anointed" – those people who seem to get all the "good stuff". You'll learn how to recognise it. His book is “Anointed … The Extraordinary Effects of Social Status in a Winner-Take-Most World

Episode 640: Episode 25-34 Lawyers run the US, but Engineers run China

Tech Nation — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:09:01 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Dan Wang from Stanford University’s Hoover History Lab sees the similarities between China and the US in his book: “Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future”, and finally, the development of a simple wearable to gauge your true hydration levels. Brisbane, Australia's Dr. Mark Kendall from WearOptimo tells us how it works.

Episode 639: Episode 25-33 To Die With Such Men

Tech Nation — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:53:40 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Frontline Stories from Ukraine’s International Legion with Military Historian Dr. Shannon Monaghan, for Type I diabetics, the New England Journal of Medicine publishes early success with Sana Biotechnology's engineered insulin-producing cells without immunosuppressant drugs, and Daniel Kraft reports in on the BioTech Nation session from NextMed Health 2025.

Episode 639: Episode 25-33 To Die With Such Men

Tech Nation — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:53:34 +0000

Episode 638: Episode 25-32 Remembering Jim Lovell

Tech Nation — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:29:39 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, in honour of his recent passing, we revisit Tech Nation's 1994 interview with Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell. Lovell recounts the intense decisions made aboard Apollo 13 after the explosion, the resourcefulness of the crew and ground control, and what it took to return safely to Earth.

Episode 637: Episode 25-31 Ping and Precision

Tech Nation — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:54:40 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Andrew Brodsky, Professor and Author of, “Ping: The Secrets of Successful Virtual Communication”, breaks down the science of virtual communication. Then, Dr. Neil Kassell introduces focused ultrasound, an FDA-approved treatment already changing lives and currently in clinical trials for dozens of other conditions.

Episode 636: Episode 25-30 Super Agers

Tech Nation — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 20:50:12 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Eric Topol, professor and executive vice president at Scripps Research, about his book, “Super Agers … An Evidence‑Based Approach to Longevity.” Then, Dr. Raza Bokhari, the CEO of Medicus Pharma, discusses an innovative treatment that could replace Mohs surgery for nonmelanoma skin cancer.

Episode 635: Episode 25-29 Unlearning Silence

Tech Nation — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:55:55 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Author Elaine Lin Hering, who joins me to talk about her book, “Unlearning Silence … How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully.” Then, Dr. Neil Kumar, Founder and CEO of BridgeBio Pharma, explains why we can expect genetic diseases to be solvable in our lifetime.

Episode 634: Episode 25-28 Stories are Weapons

Tech Nation — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:52:12 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Science journalist and author Annalee Newitz, joins me to talk about her book, “Stories are Weapons … Psychological Warfare and the American Mind”. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about the latest in Wearables, what they are doing now that they weren’t doing before.

Episode 633: Episode 25-27 Climate Change’s Impact on Sports

Tech Nation — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:47:45 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Sports ecology professor and author, Dr. Madeleine Orr, about her book, “Warming Up… How Climate Change is Changing Sport”. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, talks about the Medical Innovation Gap, which is the time from innovation until we actually can use it in everyday practice. And, Dr. John Scarlett, the President and CEO of Geron, tells us about their breakthrough drug candidate, which offers hope for treating bone marrow failure, previously only manageable through regular blood transfusions.

Episode 632: Episode 25-26 Total Garbage

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:16:50 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Pulitzer-Prize winning author, Ed Humes, talks about his book, “Total Garbage… How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World.” Then, Dr. Steve Quake, Head of Science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, tells us about their ambitious goal to address all human diseases within the next century.

Episode 631: Episode 25-25 The Neuroscience of Revenge

Tech Nation — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:21:47 +0000

Episode 630: Episode 25-24 A Biotech Breakthrough in Antivenom

Tech Nation — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 09:25:23 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Biotech Entrepreneur, Dr. Jake Glanville, Founder, Chair and CEO of Centivax, gives us the insider’s view of the first real breakthrough in snake antivenom in 125 years, all thanks to a man who's been bitten by over 200 venomous snakes. Then, Robert Blum, CEO of CytoKinetics, shares the latest in hear failure treatment and what it could mean for extending quality of life.

Episode 629: Episode 25-23 One Ancient Language, New Medical Frontiers

Tech Nation — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:30:39 +0000

Episode 628: Episode 25-22 A More Beautiful Question

Tech Nation — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:07:19 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Warren Berger, author of “A More Beautiful Question … The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas”, now in its tenth anniversary re-release and update. Then, Dr. Peter DeMuth, Chief Scientific Officer at Elicio Therapeutics, tells us about how a treatment can turn into a vaccine and potentially provide long-lasting protection against cancer.

Episode 627: Episode 25-21 Playing with Reality

Tech Nation — Wed, 28 May 2025 10:20:01 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Neuroscientists and Author, Dr. Kelly Clancy joins me to talk about the role that games have played in human development. Her book is “Playing with Reality … How Games Have Shaped Our World.” Then, Dr. Marianne De Backer, CEO of Vir Biotechnology, explains how serious it can be when a person carries both Hepatitis B and Hepatitis D, and what Vir is doing about it.

Episode 626: Episode 25-20 Building Immunity to Misinformation

Tech Nation — Wed, 21 May 2025 10:52:49 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Doctor’s Andy Norman and Lee McIntyre from the Mental Immunity Project about strengthening your mind’s immunity to misinformation. Then, regular Tech Nation contributor, Dr. Alex Pang, talks about the difference between sleep and rest – and how that can make a big difference in our lives.

Episode 625: Episode 25-19 Identity and AI

Tech Nation — Wed, 14 May 2025 09:22:00 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist Vauhini Vara about her book, “Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age”, which examines how the internet and AI influence who we are.
Then, linguist Dr. Emily Bender and ethical AI researcher Dr. Alex Hanna discuss their book, “The AI Con … How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want”.

Episode 624: Episode 25-18 Living with Pain

Tech Nation — Wed, 07 May 2025 16:28:26 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Henry Abbott, former ESPN journalist and author of "Ballistic: The New Science of Injury-Free Athletic Performance". Then, Dr. Lorin Johnson, CSO of Glycyx Therapeutics, explains why opioids prescribed for cancer pain may be limiting the effectiveness of immunotherapy, and how their upcoming clinical trials hope to fix it.

Episode 623: Episode 25-17 A Leap Forward in Neuroscience

Tech Nation — Fri, 02 May 2025 21:43:00 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Cory Nicholas, Co-Founder and CEO of Neurona Therapeutics, about a breakthrough in neuroscience that leads to a new therapy showing lasting success in epilepsy. There's potential for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, PTSD, and more.

Episode 622: Episode 25-16 Sea Stars and the Secrets of Life

Tech Nation — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 22:01:10 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Marine biologist Dr. Drew Harvell about her new book, "The Ocean’s Menagerie: How Earth’s Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life." Then, Sameer Sabir, CEO of Brixton Biosciences, explains their new injectable cold therapy in trials for knee pain. And, Erica Dhawan returns to explore the impact of tone in digital communication and why it often goes unnoticed.

Episode 621: Episode 25-15 The Neuroscience of Choice

Tech Nation — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:43:16 +0000

Episode 620: Episode 25-14 Inside Nvidia & Jensen Huang

Tech Nation — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 19:21:06 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist Stephen Witt discusses his new book, "The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip", spotlighting Nvidia and its CEO, Jensen Huang. Then, Sean Ainsworth, CEO of Immusoft, explains how reprogrammed B-cells could change the way we treat chronic diseases. And Erica Dhawan, author of, "Digital Body Language", returns with four red flags in your digital communication style.

Episode 619: Episode 25-13 Who Needs a Horse?

Tech Nation — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 21:17:34 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Colorado Mesa University Professor, Timothy Winegard, about his book, “The Horse … A Galloping History of Humanity” and the dramatic impact horses have had in our lives - from the reason we all speak English to your everyday pair of pants. Then, an innovative approach to treating cancer with only a pill. Dr. Michael Weickert, CEO of Pacylex Pharmaceuticals, tells us about their early indicators of success in a range of cancers.

Episode 618: Episode 25-12 Big Tech's AI Grab

Tech Nation — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:41:50 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Rivlin about his new book, “AI Valley: Microsoft, Google, and the Trillion-Dollar Race to Cash In on Artificial Intelligence”, exposing the big names and deeper stories behind the modern AI race. Then, Ossium Health CEO Kevin Caldwell shares how cryo-banked bone marrow may one day mean no one has to wait for a living match.

Episode 617: Episode 25-11 The Hidden Power of Carbon

Tech Nation — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14:55:21 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Author and environmental thought leader, Paul Hawken discusses his latest book, "Carbon: The Book of Life", about the invisible forces shaping our planet to the actions that can transform our future. He challenges us to rethink climate, commerce, and our own beliefs.

Episode 616: Episode 25-10 How AI Learned to Talk

Tech Nation — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:59:59 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr Christopher Summerfield, Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Oxford and author of "These Strange New Minds … How AI Learned to Talk and What It Means," on how AI is changing our world. Then, Professor Niels Riedemann, Co-Founder & CEO of Inflarx, explains how the body’s immune system sometimes turns against itself and what can be done to prevent it.

Episode 615: Episode 25-09 A Journey Through Anxiety.

Tech Nation — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 13:47:31 +0000

Episode 614: Episode 25-08 Rethinking Disability

Tech Nation — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:30:18 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Ashley Shew, Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech and author of "Against Technoableism... Rethinking Who Needs Improvement", about how technology influences our perception of disability and whether it truly helps those it aims to support. Then, Dr. Ari Azhir, CEO of Neuvivo, discusses how her company revived a once-failed ALS drug by re-examining clinical trial data, uncovering its potential to treat Huntington’s, Alzheimer’s, and Vascular Dementia.

Episode 613: Episode 25-07 Climate Change and Our Brain

Tech Nation — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:14:08 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Environmental journalist and Rhodes scholar Clayton Page Aldern about his book, “The Weight of Nature … How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains”. Then, Rich Daly, CEO of Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, about managing multiple medications and making sure life-saving treatments are accessible. And, Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, on why technology should be designed to fit people's needs instead of forcing them to adapt.

Episode 612: Episode 25-06 A Woman of No Importance

Tech Nation — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:27:22 +0000

Episode 611: Episode 25-05 Ends of the Earth

Tech Nation — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:05:08 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Neil Shubin, University of Chicago professor and author of, “Ends of the Earth” about exploring the Arctic and Antarctic in search of life, the cosmos, and our future. Then, Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent introduces us to the discovery of new “dark” proteins that could change biotech. And, Erica Dhawan, talks about her book, “Digital Body Language” about how to convey respect and avoid disrespect in a digital world.

Episode 610: Episode 25-04 Reprogramming the Future

Tech Nation — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 19:50:12 +0000

Episode 609: Episode 25-03 One Drug, Many Diseases

Tech Nation — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:53:17 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. David Fajgenbaum, a Professor at Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and President of Every Cure, talks about his efforts to unlock the hidden potential of existing drugs to save his own life, and others. Then, NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce talks about her take on being a science journalist and about her book, “Transient and Strange… Notes on the Science of Life”.

Episode 608: Episode 25-02 The 10 Breakthrough Technologies of the Past Year

Tech Nation — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 18:02:37 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with MIT Technology Review’s Mat Honan about the 10 breakthrough technologies of the past year, including Generative AI and green steel. Then, Ben Zimmer, CEO of Priovant Therapeutics, discusses their breakthrough drug in phase 3 trials targeting severe autoimmune diseases.

Episode 607: Episode 25-01 The Science of Psychological Targeting

Tech Nation — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:20:42 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Columbia business professor Dr. Sandra Matz about psychological targeting and her book, “Mindmasters: The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior”. Then, futurist Alex Pang explains what really works and what does not when it comes to productivity.

Episode 606: Episode 24-52 Friction, Good and Bad???

Tech Nation — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 10:31:31 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford Professors, Bob Sutton and Huggy Rao, talk about their book, “The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder.” Then, is your personal technology doing more than you bargained for? Duke University Professor Nita Farahany talks about “The Battle for Your Brain … Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology.”

Episode 605: Episode 24-51 Is There Truly a Global Press???

Tech Nation — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:30:45 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist and CEO of Global Press, Christi Hegranes, talks about her vision of what it really means to have a global press and her book, “Byline: How Local Journalists Can Improve the Global News Industry and Change the World.” Then, Alex Pang, a regular contributor for Tech Nation and author of, ”Rest: Why You Get More Work Done, When You Work Less” tells us how a Four-Day Work Week can work, and Dr. Jim Brown, CEO of DURECT, talks about their clinical trials for Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis.

Episode 604: Episode 24-50 Roads, Roads, and Even More Roads???

Tech Nation — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:42:58 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Science Journalist Ben Goldfarb about his book, “Crossing: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of our Planet.” Then, Dave Pacitti, President of Siemens Healthineers, sets out to solve problems greater than simply supplying the best technology.

Episode 603: Episode 24-49 Excellent Advice for Living

Tech Nation — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:28:44 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with the Founding Executive Editor at Wired magazine, Kevin Kelly is here with “Excellent Advice for Living … Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier.” Then, Dr Lishan Aklo, CEO of Lucid Diagnostics, tells us about the path from heartburn to oesophagal cancer and about their two-minute diagnostic test, which can detect precancerous cells.

Episode 602: Episode 24-48 It’s All About Cancer, and Covid???

Tech Nation — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 12:23:13 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Andrew Allen, President, CEO, and Co-Founder of Gritstone Bio, about Cancer and Covid, and what next-generation treatments mean today. Then, Futurist Alex Pang describes Continuous Partial Attention, thanks to the constant presence of our personal technologies.

Episode 601: Episode 24-47 Psychological Safety at Work??

Tech Nation — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:54:54 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Gabriella Kellerman joins me to talk about “TomorrowMind – Thriving at Work with Resilience, Creativity and Connection – Now and in an Uncertain Future”. The cover everything from Rapid Rapport to Psychological Safety in our work environment. Then … what is AI doing in biotech? Dr Vimal Mehta tells us how his company, BioXcel, used AT in drug discovery. One drug has already been approved, and there are more in the pipeline.

Episode 600: Episode 24-46 Rewiring the Brain?

Tech Nation — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 14:57:33 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Peter Vanderklish, CSO of Spinogenix, focuses on regenerating brain synapses to combat conditions like depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, and ALS. Then, Dr. Caitlin Rivers from John Hopkins School of Public Health talks about her book, “Crisis Averted… The Hidden Science of Fighting Outbreaks.”

Episode 599: Episode 24-45 A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men

Tech Nation — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:54:41 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Shannon Monaghan, a Military Historian, about her book, “A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men … The Forgotten British Special Operations Soldiers of World War II”. Then, Dr. Rollie Carlson, CEO of Immunexpress, tells us about their FDA, EU, and Australia-cleared, first-ever Sepsis test. Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about Food as Medicine and an official federal program called Food is Medicine.

Episode 598: Episode 24-44 New Ways to Treat What Ails Us

Tech Nation — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:23:54 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr Francois Vigneault, Co-Founder and CEO of Shape Therapeutics, who talks about how they’re engineering mRNA to address Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Then, Dr. Pail Peter Tak, CEO of Candel Therapeutics, uses immuno-oncology treatments to treat solid tumours and metastasized cancers.

Episode 597: Episode 24-43 How To Calm Your Mind? (And Why)

Tech Nation — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 09:42:46 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Chris Bailey about “How to Calm Your Mind … Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times”. Science tells us that humans love dopamine, caffeine is essentially liquid stress, and burnout is more than being exhausted. Then, teaching our immune systems to recognize tumours in our own bodies and then eliminate them. Bolt Biotherapeutics’ CEO, Dr. Randy Schatzman, talks about the role of myeloid cells, and Bolt is studying nearly two dozen forms of HER2-related cancers.

Episode 596: Episode 24-42 The CRISPR Babies

Tech Nation — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:02:31 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Anthropologist EBEN KIRKSEY, a professor of anthropology at Deakin University in Melbourne. He’s looked at the societal and ethical implications of CRISPR – and not just hypothetically. He travelled to China with an eye to understanding the circumstances of the three CRISPR babies known to exist. His book is “The Mutant Project: Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans”. Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft gives us a quick primer on antibodies and how we use them as therapy.

Episode 595: Episode 24-41 AI Snake Oil ++ Some Really Great Science

Tech Nation — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 09:23:07 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Arvind Narayanan, Princeton University Professor of Computer Science about his book, “AI Snake Oil … What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference” Then, Dr. Avak Kahvejian, Founding CEO of Cellarity joins me to explain how comparing healthy and diseased cells, along with our understanding of medications, could help treat that disease at its source.

Episode 594: Episode 24-40 Pivot or Die

Tech Nation — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:39:08 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association and author of, “Pivot or Die… How Leaders Thrive When Everything Changes” about what you do when faced with change, and when you better get out and make some change. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft about generative AI and how it may affect your future health.

Episode 593: Episode 24-39 Covid and 15 Billion Vaccines

Tech Nation — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 09:23:31 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Antony Taubman, Director of the Intellectual Property Division at the World Trade Organization, about how the world navigated international trade rules to develop and distribute 15 billion doses of Covid vaccine to countries of all economic statuses. Then, Brian Culley, CEO of Lineage Cell Therapeutics tells us about a whole new approach to treating disease that involves replacing your damaged cells with new ones. And, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft tells us about Multimodal Health - ever heard of it?

Episode 592: Episode 24-38 How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter

Tech Nation — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 09:26:19 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with New York Times' Journalists and co-authors, Kate Conger and Ryan Ma, join me to talk about their book, “Character Limit … How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter". Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, talks about the state of Covid in our lives today, and how it just won't go away!

Episode 591: Episode 24-37 How Healthy Are You???

Tech Nation — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 09:39:16 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Leroy Hood and Dr. Nathan Price about focusing on wellness with the help of science and their book, “The Age of Scientific Wellness … Why the Future of Medicine is Personalized, Predictive, Data-Rich, and in Your Hands”.

Episode 590: Episode 24-36 Who Needs a Horse?

Tech Nation — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:20:48 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Colorado Mesa University Professor Timothy Winegard about his book, “The Horse … A Galloping History of Humanity”, and the dramatic impact horses have had in our lives - from the reason we all speak English to your everyday pair of pants. Then, an innovative approach to treating cancer with only a pill. Dr. Michael Weickert, CEO of Pacylex Pharmaceuticals, tells us about their early indicators of success in a range of cancers.

Episode 589: Episode 24-35 Healing from Narcissistic People

Tech Nation — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 12:32:06 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Clinical Psychologist and Author Dr. Ramani Durvasula about how to heal from Narcissists in your life and her book, “It’s Not You … Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People”. Then, regular contributor and author of, “Rest: Why You Get More Work Done, When You Work Less.”, Dr. Alex Pang, talks about getting employers to buy into a four-day work week - it may be easier than you think.

Episode 588: Episode 24-34 Are you healthy? Your tech can tell

Tech Nation — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 20:34:50 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks on the ability to monitor both our health … and our illnesses. Even the ability to see if our medical condition is changing or that last update in prescription really worked. And what about when you travel? Dr. Kal Patel is the Co-Founder and CEO of BrightInsight. He tells us about the challenges and BrightInsight’s solutions. Then speaking of all this new tech, where are we going with all this? David Ewing Duncan’s insights from his 2019 book, “Talking to Robots: Tales from Our Human Robot Future”, are more relevant than ever.

Episode 587: Episode 24-33 Neurotech and the battle for your brain???

Tech Nation — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 18:54:24 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Duke University Professor Nita Farahany about her book, “The Battle for Your Brain … Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology.” Then recovering from the devastation of war, Conservation X Lab’s Dr. Alex Dehgan talks about his book, “The Snow Leopard Project … and other Adventures in Warzone Conservation”.

Episode 586: Episode 24-32 How Data Happened ???

Tech Nation — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 19:21:04 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Columbia professors Chris Wiggins and Matthew Jones about their book, “How Data Happened … A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms.” Then it’s all about glucose at Rezolute – too much and too little. Nevan Charles Elam tells us about their work in treating the “diabetic eye condition”, DME, and a pediatric condition called congenital hyperinsulinism.

Episode 585: Episode 24-31 How Data is Revolutionizing Professional Sports

Tech Nation — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 09:35:27 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Bruce Schoenfeld, journalist and author of “Game of Edges …The Analytics Revolution and the Future of Professional Sports.”, about the data revolution in professional sports.

Episode 584: Episode 24-30 The Website Race to go Viral

Tech Nation — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:05:24 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Semafor Editor-in-Chief and former founding editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed News, Ben Smith, about his book, “Traffic … Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion Dollar Race to Go Viral”. Then, Dr. Peter Diamandis, The Executive Chair of the XPrize Foundation, and host of the Moonshots podcast, about extending your life, with his book, “Longevity… Your Practical Playbook on Sleep, Diet, Exercise, Mindset, Medications, and Not Dying from Something Stupid.”

Episode 583: Episode 24-29 The Death of Truth

Tech Nation — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 09:58:32 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Co-Founder and Co-CEO of NewsGuard, Steven Brill about his book, “The Death of Truth” about the negative impact of the Internet and Social Media and what we can do about it. Then, what science tells us about the treatment potential of Hallucinogens without the hallucinations with, Dr. Sam Clark, CEO of Terran Biosciences. Also covered - Terran’s extensive efforts to build prodrugs

Episode 582: Episode 24-28 Playing with Reality

Tech Nation — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:58:50 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Neuroscientist and Author Dr. Kelly Clancy joins me to discuss the role that games have played in human development. Her book is “Playing with Reality … How Games Have Shaped Our World.” Then, Dr. Marianne De Backer, CEO of Vir Biotechnology, explains how serious it can be when a person carries both Hepatitis B and Hepatitis D and what Vir is doing about it.

Episode 581: Episode 24-27 Unlearning Silence

Tech Nation — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 09:38:15 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Author, Elaine Lin Hering, joins me to talk about her book, “Unlearning Silence … How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully.” Then, Dr. Neil Kumar, Founder and CEO of BridgeBio Pharma, explains why we can expect genetic diseases to be solvable in our lifetime.

Episode 580: Episode 24-26 THINK FASTER, TALK SMARTER

Tech Nation — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 08:57:19 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Stanford Business School Lecturer, Matt Abrahams, about his book, “THINK FASTER, TALK SMARTER: How To Speak Successfully When You’re Put on the Spot”. Then, Dr. Steffen-Sebastian Bolz from Aphaia Pharma talks about their new drug, currently in phase 3 trial, that may provide the benefits of Ozempic and Wegovy - without the injection.

Episode 579: Episode 24-25 Got Free Will???

Tech Nation — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 14:46:38 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Stanford Professor Robert Sapolsky about “Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will”. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about how Medical Schools decide what to teach.

Episode 578: Episode 24-24 Big Tech Today

Tech Nation — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:22:34 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist Alex Kantrowitz about his 2020 book, “Always Day One: How the Tech Titans Plan to Stay on Top Forever” which has spawned his work, as Founder and Editor of Big Technology. Then, Dr. Mark Sumeray, Chief Medical Officer of Amolyt Pharma, talks about their innovative approach to treating hormonal conditions.

Episode 577: Episode 24-23 Stories are Weapons

Tech Nation — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 15:26:04 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Science journalist and author, Annalee Newitz, joins me to talk about her book, “Stories are Weapons … Psychological Warfare and the American Mind”. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about the latest in Wearables, what they are doing now that they weren’t doing before.

Episode 576: Episode 24-22 FDA Approved! A New Model for Biopharma

Tech Nation — Wed, 29 May 2024 10:30:29 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Sam Blackman, Founder and Head of Research and Development from Day One Biopharmaceuticals talks about their innovative approach to starting a biopharma company and how it led to a newly FDA approved drug that treats the most common form of brain cancer in children. Then, Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent, talks about the rise of Robotic and Digitally-Enabled surgeries. And, Futurist and regular Tech Nation contributor, Dr. Alex Pang, gives us a quick word on how to better manage the stress of life these days.

Episode 575: Episode 24–21 Where Will AI Take Us???

Tech Nation — Fri, 24 May 2024 09:12:54 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Inflection AI, about “The Coming Wave … Technology, Power, and the 21st Century’s Greatest Dilemma”. Then, Bloomberg columnist Adam Minter talks about his 2019 book, “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale.” You dropped it off at the thrift store … where does it go from there?

Episode 574: Episode 24-20 Climate Change’s Impact on Sports

Tech Nation — Fri, 17 May 2024 15:55:03 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Sports ecology professor and author Dr. Madeleine Orr, about her book, “Warming Up… How Climate Change is Changing Sport”. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about the Medical Innovation Gap, which is the time from innovation until we actually can use it in everyday practice. And Dr. John Scarlett, the President and CEO of Geron, tells us about their breakthrough drug candidate, which offers hope for treating bone marrow failure, previously only manageable through regular blood transfusions.

Episode 573: Episode 24-19 Total Garbage

Tech Nation — Wed, 08 May 2024 09:29:44 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Pulitzer-Prize winning author, Ed Humes, talks about his book, “Total Garbage… How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World.” Then, Dr. Steve Quake, Head of Science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative tells us about their ambitious goal to address all human diseases within the next century.

Episode 572: Episode 24–18 Focused Ultrasound Treatments

Tech Nation — Fri, 03 May 2024 09:17:23 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Neil Kassell, the founder and chair of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation, about what focused ultrasound is and the different ways in which it is being used. Then, Dr. Nicholas Dirks, the President and CEO of the New York Academy of Sciences, talks about such topics as the International Science Reserve and how we might take on a new perspective regarding Artificial Intelligence.

Episode 572: Episode 24–18 Focused Ultrasound Treatments

Tech Nation — Fri, 03 May 2024 09:17:20 +0000

Episode 571: Episode 24-17 Climate Change and Our Brain

Tech Nation — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:28:24 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Environmental journalist Clayton Page Aldern about his book, “The Weight of Nature … How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains”. Then, Dr. Sean Bohen, President & CEO of Olema Oncology, talks about what we’ve learned about the 70% of breast cancers, called ER+/HER2- and how it relates to prostate cancer.

Episode 570: Episiode 24-16 Amazon or Walmart - who's got the tech?

Tech Nation — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:12:09 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with journalist Jason Del Rey about Amazon and Walmart - how they are different and their designs on your attention. His book is “Winner Sells All: Amazon, Walmart, and the Battle for Our Wallets”.

Then, in biotech, breakthrough science changes the name of the game on how to make a medicine. Dr. Sanjay Shukla, the President and CEO of ATyr Pharma, takes this unprecedented approach and ATyr’s first drug candidate, which treats pulmonary sarcoidosis.

Episode 569: Episode 24-15 A More Beautiful Question

Tech Nation — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:34:08 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Warren Berger, author of “A More Beautiful Question … The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas” now in its tenth anniversary re-release and update. Then, Dr. Peter DeMuth, Chief Scientific Officer at Elicio Therapeutics, tells us about how a treatment can turn into a vaccine and potentially provide long-lasting protection against cancer.

Episode 568: Episode 24-14 Safe Online Standards

Tech Nation — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 09:34:37 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Dan Reidenberg (Rye-den-berg), Project Director for Safe Online Standards at the Mental Health Coalition talks about what young people are doing online and how to keep them safe. Then, Dr. Chris Pirie, the Co-Founder and COO of HDTBio tells us what it takes to build a cancer vaccine.

Episode 567: Episode 24-13 Experiential Intelligence?

Tech Nation — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 21:16:26 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Soren Kaplan talks about taking a look at your life experience to gain insight and action into your personal and business life. His book is “Experiential Intelligence: Harness the Power of Experience for Personal and Business Breakthroughs.” Then to a place in Alaska where no human has gone, much less conquered. Climber and rescuer Michael Wejchert talks about “Hidden Mountains … Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong.”

Episode 566: Episode 24-12 Fighting Inflammation

Tech Nation — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 09:10:57 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. David Bearss, President and CEO of Halia (Hah-lee-ah) Therapeutics, about their groundbreaking work, both in inflammation and in another drug to potentially resist Alzheimer’s. Then, Melissa Sevigny (Sev-inn-nee), Science Journalist and Author of “Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon”.

Episode 565: Episode 24-11 How Computers Learned to Write

Tech Nation — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 22:18:55 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
With all of these AI chatbots around, how did computers learn to write? Columbia professor Dennis Yi Tenen talks about his book, “Literary Theory for Robots … How Computers Learned to Write”. Then, regular contributor and futurist, Alex Pang gives us insights on humans and tech, and why we are still using pen and paper. And Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, talks about food as medicine and what today's tech can tell us about our bodies and the food we eat.

Episode 564: Episode 24-10 Remembering the people of Love Canal

Tech Nation — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 15:00:21 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist and NPR contributor Keith O’Brien about his book, “Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe”. From congressional aides to housewives to defiant scientists – we receive the benefits of the challenge of Love Canal. Then, new science leads to understanding natural repair mechanisms in the brain. Dr. Mark Litton is the President and CEO of Athira Pharma. He discusses their efforts in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s dementia.

Episode 563: Episode 24-09 Healing from Narcissistic People

Tech Nation — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 18:57:36 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Clinical Psychologist and Author Dr. Ramani Durvasula about how to heal from Narcissists in your life and her book, “It’s Not You … Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People”. Then, regular contributor and author of “Rest: Why You Get More Work Done, When You Work Less.” Dr. Alex Pang, talks about getting employers to buy into a four-day work week - it may be easier than you think.

Episode 562: Episode 24-08 Excellent Advice for Living

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 22:30:10 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with founding Executive Editor at Wired magazine Kevin Kelly is here with “Excellent Advice for Living … Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier.” Then, Dr. Lishan Aklo, CEO of Lucid Diagnostics, tells us about the path from heartburn to esophageal cancer, and about their two-minute diagnostic test which can detect precancerous cells.

Episode 561: Episode 24-07 In the Mouth of the Wolf

Tech Nation — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 22:38:17 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Katherine Corcoran, the former Associate Press Bureau Chief for Mexico, who talks about “In the Mouth of the Wolf: A Murder, a Coverup, and the True Cost of Silencing the Press”. She talks about the danger of being a journalist in Mexico and one woman who paid the ultimate price. And following news of one biotech firm trying to bring back the dodo bird, we hear from Joe Hernandez from Blue Water Vaccines. His quest to develop a universal flu vaccine led him face-to-face – so to speak - with the Oxford dodo.

Episode 560: Episode 24-06 One Drug, Many Diseases

Tech Nation — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 12:13:20 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Dr. David Fajgenbaum, a Professor at the Pennsylvania School of Medicine and President of Every Cure, talks about his efforts to unlock the hidden potential of existing drugs to save his own life and others. Then, NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce talks about her take on being a science journalist and about her book, “Transient and Strange… Notes on the Science of Life”.

Episode 559: Episode 24-05 Building Immunity to Misinformation

Tech Nation — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 14:39:19 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Doctors Andy Norman and Lee McIntyre from the Mental Immunity Project about strengthening your mind’s immunity to misinformation. Then, regular Tech Nation contributor Dr Alex Pang talks about the difference between sleep and rest – and how that can make a big difference in our lives.

Episode 558: Episode 24-04 Friction, Good and Bad???

Tech Nation — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:57:46 +0000

Episode 557: Episode 24-03 Is There Truly a Global Press???

Tech Nation — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 10:58:45 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Journalist and CEO of Global Press, Christi Hegranes, talks about her vision of what it really means to have a global press and her book, “Byline: How Local Journalists Can Improve the Global News Industry and Change the World.” Then, Alex Pang, a regular contributor for Tech Nation and author of, ”Rest: Why You Get More Work Done, When You Work Less” tells us how a Four-Day Work Week can work, and Dr. Jim Brown, CEO of DURECT, talks about their clinical trials for Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis.

Episode 556: Episode 24-02 Roads, Roads, and Even More Roads???

Tech Nation — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 11:34:21 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Science Journalist Ben Goldfarb about his book, “Crossing: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of our Planet.” Then, Dave Pacitti, President of Siemens Healthineers, sets out to solve problems greater than simply supplying the best technology.

Episode 555: Episode 24-01 Biotech Beyond Covid

Tech Nation — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 18:15:15 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Robert Ang, the President & CEO of Vor Biopharma about its approach to Acute Myeloid Leukemia, also known as AML. Then, Dr. Nik Sopko, the chief scientific officer of PolarityTE, talked about their design for wound healing. Their first treatment candidate is diabetic foot ulcers and Dr. Eric Vivier from Innate Pharma in Marseilles tells us about the next wave of immunotherapy treatments – harnessing Natural Killer cells.

Episode 554: Episode 23-52 Can Every Medicine Be a Pill???

Tech Nation — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 11:30:18 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Stewart Campbell, CEO of Axial Therapeutics, about their groundbreaking work in Autism–related irritability in teenagers, in Parkinson’s, and in complementing the latest cancer treatments. Then Dr. Ray Stevens, CEO of ShouTi Pharma, talks about their approach in turning IV drugs into pills. Current projects include Diabetes and obesity and two Pulmonary and Cardiovascular disorders. And these are just their first candidates …

Episode 553: Episode 23-51 Science, Technology and Race

Tech Nation — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:40:11 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Dr. Patrice Matchaba, the President of the Novartis US Foundation. He talks about how the limits of medical technology itself have excluded Black/African Americans and Persons of Color … and sometimes *all* women. Then University of Chicago professor Dr Neil Shubin talks about “Some Assembly required … Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA.” Ancient viruses in our DNA? And what about “jumping genes”?

Episode 552: Episode 23-50 Don’t have any feelings? Think again

Tech Nation — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 12:37:12 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with scientist and prolific author Dr. Leonard Mlodinow about “Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking”. Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft tells us who may medically qualify to go into space – you may be surprised by his answers.

Episode 551: Episode 23- 49 Nuts and Bolts, and Brains???

Tech Nation — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 10:59:11 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Structural Engineer Roma Agrawal about her book, “Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way.” Then Nicolas Vachicouras, CEO and Co-Founder of Neurosoft Bioelectronics, takes us on an inside tour of our brain and what flexible implants might do. And Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about the newest XPrize worth an unprecedented $101 Million.

Episode 550: Episode 23-48 Think Fast, Talk Smart

Tech Nation — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 14:53:08 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford Business School Lecturer, Matt Abrahams, about his book, “THINK FASTER, TALK SMARTER: How To Speak Successfully When You’re Put on the Spot”. Then, Dr. Steffen-Sebastian Bolz from Aphaia Pharma talks about their new drug, currently in phase 3 trial, that may provide the benefits of Ozempic and Wegovy - without the injection.

Episode 549: Episode 23-47 Rationality? Too Much to Ask?

Tech Nation — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 10:45:34 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Harvard professor experimental cognitive scientist Steven Pinker about “Rationality … What it is, Why it seems scarce, and Why it matters”. Then Lemony Snicket – the one and only. You know him from his children’s book series, “A Series of Unfortunate Events”. He’s here with “Poison for Breakfast”. You will start bewildered and leave bewildered, but feeling much better about it.

Episode 548: Episode 23-46 Big Tech Today

Tech Nation — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 20:29:51 +0000

Episode 547: Episode 23-45 It’s All About Cancer, and Covid???

Tech Nation — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 21:02:52 +0000

Episode 546: Episode 23-44 Where Will AI Take Us???

Tech Nation — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 11:43:06 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Infection AI, about “The Coming Wave … Technology, Power, and the 21st Century’s Greatest Dilemma”. Then, Bloomberg columnist Adam Minter talks about his 2019 book, “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale.” You dropped it off at the thrift store … where does it go from there?

Episode 545: Episode 23-43 Tech Nation: … Ideas, Ideas, Ideas

Tech Nation — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 13:46:15 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Jeremy Utley, the Director of Executive Education at Stanford University’s d.school, joins Moira to talk about his book “IdeaFlow.” You have no idea how important ideas are in your life, and just how many you’ll need! Then in biotech, human clinical trials have begun to treat a particular type of Epilepsy called Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Dr. Cory Nicholas from Neurona Therapeutics tells us about their big idea and how they have developed an unprecedented cell therapy.

Episode 544: Episode 23-42 Got Free Will???

Tech Nation — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:51:28 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford Professor Robert Sapolsky about “Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will”. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about how Medical Schools decide what to teach.

Episode 543: Episode 23-41 Rethinking Being Human

Tech Nation — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 18:58:32 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Virginia Tech Professor Ashley Shew about “Against Technoableism … Rethinking Who Needs Improvement”. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about your digital twin, and Dr. Anthony Japour, President and CEO of iTolerance, tells us about a new approach to treating diabetes.

Episode 542: Episode 23-40 Google’s First Radio Interview Ever!

Tech Nation — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 16:57:18 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Google Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. In recognition of Google’s 25th anniversary this year 2000 Tech Nation interview is the first radio interview they ever did. But first, cognitive scientist Maryanne Wolf and her book: “Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World”. Then, Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, tells us about the explosion of digital health.

Episode 541: Episode 23-39 Ian Wilmut, Dolly & Biotech

Tech Nation — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:11:56 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Sir Ian Wilmut, the Scottish embryologist and the leader for the team that cloned Dolly the sheep. This 2007 BioTech Nation interview marked the 10th anniversary of Dolly’s birth. Then, Michael Shermer talks about his book, “Heavens on Earth – The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia.” We’ll find out who believes – or does not believe – in immortality

Episode 540: Episode 23-38 Making Effective Therapies, Even More Effective

Tech Nation — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 14:24:48 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Tom Ireland, Science Journalist and Author, “The Good Virus: The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage”. Then Dr. Robert Ladner, CEO & Founder of CV6 Therapeutics, tells us about their work to improve a cornerstone cancer chemotherapy.

Episode 539: Episode 23-37 The Right Antidepressant the First Time?

Tech Nation — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 09:21:21 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, developing antidepressants along with a test so when you take them, you know they will work. Dr. Amit Etkin, the founder and CEO Alto Neuroscience, explains how looking at each patient’s underlying biology is essential. Then Sir Rory Collins, the Principal Investigator of the UK BioBank. With data from half a million people, it has served 30,000 scientists around the world, giving special support to young researchers and scientists in emergent countries.

Episode 538: Episode 23-36 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Distraction

Tech Nation — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:24:43 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with CEO Dr. Ben Thomas and Chief Commercial Officer Dermot Tierney from Amply Discovery talks about how their novel approach to AI in drug discovery. Then, Dr. Daniel Kraft, the founder and chair of NextMed Health tells us about ChatGPT and Healthcare. And Dr. Alex Pang’s still relevant 2013 interview on smartphones and social media – it’s "The Distraction Addiction."

Episode 537: Episode 23-35 How the NSF sprung into action during Covid

Tech Nation — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:40:23 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Sethuraman "Panch" Panchanathan, the Director of the National Science Foundation talks about how they had to pivot during Covid to act fast. Then, in Biotech, with today’s cannabis concentrations, acute cannabis intoxication is on the rise. Dr. Ken Cundy, CSO at Anebulo Pharma is working to create an antidote.

Episode 536: Episode 23-34 Are you healthy? Your tech can tell

Tech Nation — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 10:48:59 +0000

Episode 535: Episode 23-33 Amazon or Walmart -- who's got the tech?

Tech Nation — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 15:58:22 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with journalist Jason Del Rey about Amazon and Walmart - how they are different and their designs on your attention. His book is “Winner Sells All: Amazon, Walmart, and the Battle for Our Wallets”.

Then in biotech, breakthrough science which changes the name of the game on how to make a medicine. Dr. Sanjay Shukla, the President and CEO of ATyr Pharma, takes this unprecedented approach and ATyr’s first drug candidate which treats pulmonary sarcoidosis.

Episode 534: Episode 23-32 From Big Bang to You – The Atoms that Connect Us All…

Tech Nation — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 17:54:40 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dan Levitt, Award-winning documentary producer and Author, “What’s Gotten Into You … The Story of Your Body’s Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night’s Dinner.” Then, in Biotech, we look at progress in Gliobastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer. Dr. Fahar Merchant, the President & CEO of Medicenna Therapeutics, joins me to talk about their unprecedented approach to clinical trials.

Episode 533: Episode 23-31 A 1-2-3 Punch for Alzheimer’s

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 10:50:02 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Gene Kinney, the President and CEO of Prothena Biosciences, about a 1-2-3 punch for Alzheimer’s - fighting amyloids, fighting tau, and their work on a vaccine that just might prevent Alzheimer’s altogether. Then Daniel Pink talks about Regret. Research shows you can begin to ease the pain by writing 15 minutes a day for 3 days. His book is “The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward”.

Episode 532: Episode 23-30 YouTube – 500 hrs of Video per Minute

Tech Nation — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:29:33 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Bloomberg and BusinessWeek journalist Mark Bergen about the challenge of keeping up with the 100’s of hours of video uploaded every minute. His book is “Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination”. Then an excerpt from Wired Science Editor Kara Platoni’s original interview about her 2015 book: “We Have the Technology: How Biohackers, Foodies, and Physicians are Transforming Human Perception.” It’s even more relevant today.

Episode 531: Episode 23-29 Yes, you can outrun a Tyrannosaurus

Tech Nation — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 08:16:30 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Cody Cassidy, Wired contributor, “How to Survive History … How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History’s Deadliest Catastrophes”. Then, Wharton Professor, Dr. Jonah Berger, follow his earlier books, “Contagious” and “Invisible Influence”. His latest is “The Catalyst – How to Change Anyone’s Mind”.

Episode 530: Episode 23-28 The Science of Botany is Not for the Timid

Tech Nation — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:29:11 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Melissa Sevigny (Sev-inn-nee), Science Journalist and Author, “Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon”. Then, Emory University Professor Dr. Cassandra Quave is in search of plants for medical botany. Her book is, “The Plant Hunter: A Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines”

Episode 530: Episode 23-28 The Science of Botany is Not for the Timid

Tech Nation — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:28:59 +0000

Episode 529: Episode 23-27 High Seas Conspiracy

Tech Nation — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 13:54:50 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Bloomberg BusinessWeek investigative journalist Kit Chellel (“Shell-lel”) talks about “Dead in the Water … A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy.” It makes the movie “Captain Philips” look pretty tame. Then if you thought that all the new vaccines would be mRNA vaccines – you’d be wrong. Dr. Robert Coleman, the Co-Founder and CEO of Codagenix, shows us how to precisely engineer viruses to be effective vaccines. Even better, these can be delivered nasally – there’s no need for a needle.

Episode 528: Episode 23-26 Mapping Biology ??

Tech Nation — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 08:10:02 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, conjure up images of test tubes, and replace it with tiny wells on index-card-size trays, and robots moving them to and fro. Dr. Chris Gibson, the CEO of Recursion Pharmaceuticals, tells us about their effort to analyze all of human biology, and the drugs in their very own pipeline. Then, who knew Sociology and Criminology were linked? University of Denver professor Jared Del Rosso talks about his book “Denial … How We Hide, Ignore, and Explain Away Problems””, and answers the question – will the election deniers *always* believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen?

Episode 527: Episode 23-25 Your distant cousins and their DNA ...

Tech Nation — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 19:11:44 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Ed Humes. His latest is “The Forever Witness … How DNA and Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder.” We get an object lesson in the Three Ages of DNA, and while it reads like a fast-paced Cold Case on steroids – it provides details no fiction writer would dare to make up, like the unexpected involvement of the famous true crimes writer, Ann Rule, and a person whose DNA skills are familiar to fans of the PBS documentary series, “Finding your roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.”

Episode 526: Episode 23-24 Digital Technology, Freedom & Democracy

Tech Nation — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:46:53 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Jamie Susskind about his book, “The Digital Republic … On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century”. Then, in Biotech, a potential successor to stem cells - fibroblasts? Yes, fibroblasts. Dr. Hamid Khoja, Chief Scientific Officer of FibroBiologics in Houston, describes their fibroblast programs in such diverse conditions as Degenerative Disk Disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Diabetic Foot Ulcers.

Episode 525: Episode 23-23 What’s Up with Netflix?

Tech Nation — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:52:56 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalists Dade Hayes & Dawn Chmielewski about “Binge Times: Inside Hollywood’s Furious Billion-Dollar Battle to Take Down Netflix”. From the stock plunge of Netflix to the rise of Bridgerton, it’s a streaming war for our attention. Then in Biotech, could “sticky proteins” lead to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS and more? Dr. Maria Maccecchini, Founder, President and CEO of Annovis Bio, tells us about their approach.

Episode 524: Episode 23-22 How Data is Revolutionizing Professional Sports

Tech Nation — Wed, 31 May 2023 18:58:29 +0000

Episode 523: Episode 23-21 New Ways to Treat What Ails Us

Tech Nation — Wed, 24 May 2023 10:35:12 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Francois Vigneault, Co-Founder and CEO of Shape Therapeutics, talks about how they’re engineering mRNA to address Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Then, Dr. Pail Peter Tak, CEO of Candel Therapeutics is using immuno-oncology treatments to go after solid tumors as well as cancers which have metastasized.

Episode 522: Episode 23-20 Wisdom for the Ages

Tech Nation — Fri, 19 May 2023 11:34:12 +0000

Founding Executive Editor at Wired magazine Kevin Kelly is here with “Excellent Advice for Living … Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier.” Then two different efforts from the front lines of fighting cancer. Dr. Paul Lammers from Triumvira Immunologics tells us about their approach, both as a complement to such existing treatments as Keytruda, and as a standalone cancer drug in its own. Then Dr. Philip Kantoff from Convergent Therapeutics tells about their efforts in the most advanced, intractable prostate cancer.

Episode 521: Episode 23-19 Is The Internet Untrustworthy???

Tech Nation — Fri, 12 May 2023 19:35:15 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Pomona College Professor Gary Smith about his book, “Distrust … Big Data, Data-Torturing, and the Assault on Science”.” Then, technology to keep your genes working at their best. Moira speaks with Dr. Noah Davidsohn, the Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Rejuvenate Bio.

Episode 520: Episode 23-18 Bigotry, justice and environmental pollution

Tech Nation — Wed, 03 May 2023 09:53:33 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Kirk Wallace Johnson talking about fishermen, immigrants, bigotry, justice and environmental pollution. It’s all in “The Fishermen and the Dragon … Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast”. Then on BioTech Nation, Dr. Hernan Bazan, the Co-Founder & CEO of South Rampart Pharma in New Orleans. They’re working on the next generation of pain relief – non-opioid pain relief. The goal is to be equally powerful without the addiction.

Episode 519: Episode 23-17 How Healthy Are You???

Tech Nation — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 09:11:01 +0000

Episode 518: Episode 23-16 Tech Visionary but No Tech?

Tech Nation — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 19:07:52 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with John Markoff, the former New York Times journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner, to talk about someone we would call today an influencer only he has been influencing now for decades. Markoff's book is Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand.
Then in biotech, Dr. James Mackey, the President & CEO, Aristea Therapeutics, tells about a painful disease which affects the palms of hand and soles of feet in post-menopausal women - Palmoplantar pustulosis or PPP - and how it may relate to other diseases.

Episode 517: Episode 23-15 What’s Really Happening to Your Liver ???

Tech Nation — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 06:56:53 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Robert Foster, CEO of Hepion Pharmaceuticals, about some surprising information about your liver – like the one you have right now, is pretty much not the one you had just a few years ago. Then combining science and the humanities, MIT Professor Dr. Alan Lightman, talks about his book, “The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science”.

Episode 516: Episode 23-14 Neurotech and the battle for your brain???

Tech Nation — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 13:09:10 +0000

Episode 515: Episode 23-13 How Data Happened ???

Tech Nation — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 15:16:08 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Columbia professors Chris Wiggins and Matthew Jones about their book, “How Data Happened … A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms.” Then it’s all about glucose at Rezolute – too much and too little. Nevan Charles Elam tells us about their work to treat the “diabetic eye condition”, DME, and a pediatric condition called Congenital hyperinsulinism.

Episode 514: Episode 23-12 Neuroscience and Dreaming

Tech Nation — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 16:52:30 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Sidarta Ribeiro, Deputy Director of the Brain Institute at the Unversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil. His book is “The Oracle of Night … The History and Science of Dreams”. Then, a potential new treatment for a side effect of chemotherapy: Hand-Foot Skin Reaction and Hand-Foot Syndrome. Dr. Michael McCullar, the CEO of OnQuality Pharmaceuticals talks about their new drug candidate which has just finished Phase II clinical trials.

Episode 513: Episode 23-11 The EU Plays Tough with Silicon Valley

Tech Nation — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 20:24:40 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Margrethe Vestager, the Executive Vice President of the European Commission for “A Europe Fit for the Digital Age”. Commissioner Vestager describes why the EU imposed fines on such digital giants as Google and Amazon, and the impact on the EU’s digital space since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Then, University of the South Professor David George Haskell talks about sound – from the beginning of time on planet earth to the sounds in our teeming cities. His book is “Sounds Wild and Broken … Sonic Marvels, Evolution’s Creativity and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction”.

Episode 512: Episode 23-10 Experiential Intelligence?

Tech Nation — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 12:09:51 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Soren Kaplan talks about taking a look at your life experience to gain insight and action into your personal and business life. His book is “Experiential Intelligence: Harness the Power of Experience for Personal and Business Breakthroughs.” Then to a place in Alaska where no human has gone, much less conquered. Climber and rescuer, Michael Wejchert talks about “Hidden Mountains … Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong.”

Episode 511: Episode 23-09 Oh, Yeah – We’re Talkin’ Phosphorus

Tech Nation — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 10:48:34 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dan Egan takes us on a world tour of phosphates – or would that be phosphorus? It’s best to pay attention. His book is “The Devil’s Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance.” Then, Dr. Darren Kelly, the Founder and CEO of Certa Therapeutics in Melbourne, Australia, tells us about his many-decade scientific research which has led to a treatment for Schleroderma, now in advanced clinical trials. The results are worth noting.

Episode 510: Episode 23-08 FOLLOW-ON INTW - The Science of Aging

Tech Nation — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 19:15:23 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Andrew Steele in a FOLLOW-ON science-focused interview on the latest science behind ageing. His book is “Ageless … The New Science of Getting Older without Getting Old.” And then, an excerpt from Dr. Thomas Rando’s 2020 interview. A co-founder of Fountain Therapeutics, he tells us about their science and their efforts to potentially reverse the ageing process.

Episode 509: Episode 23-07 Psychological Safety at Work??

Tech Nation — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:28:36 +0000

Episode 508: Episode 23-06 In the Mouth of the Wolf

Tech Nation — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 11:19:20 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Katherine Corcoran, the former Associate Press Bureau Chief for Mexico, talks about “In the Mouth of the Wolf: A Murder, a Coverup, and the True Cost of Silencing the Press”. She talks about the danger of being a journalist in Mexico, and one woman who paid the ultimate price. And following news of one biotech firm trying to bring back the dodo bird, we hear from Joe Hernandez from Blue Water Vaccines. His quest to develop a universal flu vaccine led him face-to-face – so to speak - with the Oxford dodo.

Episode 507: Episode 23-05 We’re all aging – in every cell in our bodies

Tech Nation — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 21:00:45 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Andrew Steele about “Ageless … The New Science of Getting Older without Getting Old.” Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft brings us uptodate on treating kidney disease and with heart transplants from genetically modified pigs in the news, kidneys are also being examined. Finally, with the West Coast of the United States under tsunami warning, former USGS scientist, Dr. Lucy Jones talks about “The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us”, and how we need to approach the aftermath.

Episode 506: Episode 23-04 How To Calm Your Mind? (And Why)

Tech Nation — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 14:12:12 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Chris Bailey about “How to Calm Your Mind … Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times”. Science tells us that humans love dopamine, caffeine is essentially liquid stress, and burnout is more than being exhausted. Then, teaching our immune systems to recognize tumors in our own bodies and then eliminating them. Bolt Biotherapeutics’ CEO, Dr. Randy Schatzman, talks about the role of myeloid cells, and Bolt is studying nearly two dozen forms of HER2-related cancers.

Episode 505: Episode 23-03 The Right Antidepressant the First Time?

Tech Nation — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 20:03:17 +0000

Episode 504: Episode 23-02 Can’t Stop Measuring, If We Tried

Tech Nation — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 19:28:12 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, James Vincent about his book, “Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants”, and our age-old propensity as humans … to measure things. Then Dr. Rob Ross from Surface Oncology tells us why the first generation of immuno-oncology drugs only worked on 15% of cancer patients, and how Surface Oncology is tackling the other 85%. Their Phase 2 trials in lung cancer and liver cancer are recruiting now.

Episode 503: Episode 23-01 Neuroscience and Greek Tragedies ???

Tech Nation — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 18:01:28 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Ohio State University professor Angus Fletcher connects neuroscience and literature, and why stories can be so compelling – from Greek tragedy to modern times. His book is “Wonderworks … the 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature”. Then a ten-minute primer with David Peterson, best known for creating alien languages for HBO’s Game of Thrones, Netflix's The Witcher, and Marvel's Doctor Strange.

Episode 502: Episode 22-53 The Decisions We Make

Tech Nation — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 11:02:25 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Columbia University professor Eric Johnson about “The Elements of Choice: Why the Way We Decide Matters”. Then insight into rare genetic diseases with Dr. Dietrich Stephan, CEO of NeuBase Therapeutics. He talks us through rare genetic diseases, as well as NeuBase’s approach. And Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about the challenges of Telehealth.

Episode 501: Episode 22-52 Social Media and Weaponized Shame ???

Tech Nation — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 20:26:40 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Cathy O’Neil about “The Shame Machine … Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation”. They talk about how encouraging shame figures into the algorithms of social media. Then Dr. Daniel Bloomfield, the Chief Medical Officer of Anthos Therapeutics, describes the current challenge of preventing bleeding while avoiding the specter of clotting. Anthos may have a solution.

Episode 500: Episode 22-51 The Chinese Language – Digitized?

Tech Nation — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 18:25:42 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Yale Professor Jing Tsu about “Kingdom of Characters … the language revolution that made China modern.” Communicating Chinese using digital technology is not so easy, from the telegraph, the typewriter, computers and smartphones. All were built with alphabetic letters in mind. Then, diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases – like early Alzheimers, Parkinsons and more – with a simple-to-use but scientifically advanced retinal scan.
Eliav Shaked, the Co-Founder and CEO of the Toronto-based firm, Retispec, explains how their software does it.

Episode 499: Episode 22-50 A 1-2-3 Punch for Alzheimer’s

Tech Nation — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 18:30:22 +0000

Episode 498: Episode 22-49 Your distant cousins and their DNA

Tech Nation — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 15:56:23 +0000

Episode 497: Episode 22-48 Could Long Covid be Fibromyalgia???

Tech Nation — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 11:20:25 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Seth Lederman, the Co-Founder and CEO of Tonix Pharmaceuticals, about Long Covid – and it potential relation to another medical condition, Fibromyalgia. Tonix is now recruiting subjects for advanced Human Clinical Trials in both. Then neuroscientist and psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett gives us a lesson or two from her book, “7½ Lessons about the Brain”.

Episode 496: Episode 22-47 Ideas, Ideas, Ideas

Tech Nation — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 19:56:32 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Jeremy Utley, the Director of Executive Education at Stanford University’s school, joins Moira to talk about his book “IdeaFlow.” You have no idea how important ideas are in your life, and just how many you’ll need! Then in biotech, human clinical trials have begun to treat a particular type of Epilepsy called Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Dr. Cory Nicholas from Neurona Therapeutics, tells us about their big idea and how they have developed an unprecedented cell therapy.

Episode 495: Episode 22-46 High Seas Conspiracy

Tech Nation — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 20:23:19 +0000

Episode 494: Episode 22-45 Turn Your DNA On and Off ??

Tech Nation — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 20:37:52 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Alexandria Forbes (whom you may known as Zandy Forbes), President and CEO of MeiraGTx, tells us about their efforts in treating retinitis pigmentosa and Parkinson’s, among other medical conditions. MeiraGTx is also working on a new technology to replace defective DNA with new working DNA, and the ability to stop the new DNA should you choose. Then Matthew Ball, the former global head of strategy for Amazon Studios, talks his book: “The Metaverse … and How It Will Revolutionize Everything.”

Episode 493: Episode 22-44 Pirate Then, Pirates Now – Not Much Has Changed ??

Tech Nation — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 21:27:57 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Steven Johnson with “Enemy of All Mankind … A True Story of Piracy, Power and History’s First Global Manhunt.” It’s a 17th century story that’s rife with insights for today. Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about food as medicine – it might be steamed vegetables … or could that be chocolate and wine?

Episode 492: Episode 22-43 Mapping Biology ???

Tech Nation — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 19:04:05 +0000

Episode 491: Episode 22-42 Neanderthal to Nobel Prize

Tech Nation — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 21:08:10 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, an archival interview of the winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Professor Svante Paabo talks about his book: “Neanderthal Man … in search of lost genomes.” Then biotech takes on Osteoarthritis – mostly in the knee, but it can affect any joint. Dr. Diem Nguyen, the CEO of Xalud Therapeutics, talks about Xalud’s work to reduce the inflammation that drives pain. It’s now in human clinical trials.

Episode 490: Episode 22-41 Science, Technology and Race

Tech Nation — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 18:54:45 +0000

Episode 489: Episode 22-40 A two-week anti-depression treatment?

Tech Nation — Sat, 01 Oct 2022 17:56:44 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, it’s about developing medicines which enable the body to heal itself. First up, treating depression in a whole new way … and rapidly. Dr. Jeff Jonas, the Chief Innovation Officer and Director of Sage Therapeutics, talks about their drug Zuranolone, nearing the end of its drug approval journey. Then, Craig Parker, the CEO of Surrozen, talks about their work with the W-N-T pathway, or Wnt pathway. Their initial candidate for treatment? Repairing the liver.

Episode 488: Episode 22-39 Digital Technology, Freedom & Democracy

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 20:03:59 +0000

Episode 487: Episode 22-38 YouTube – 500 hrs of Video per Minute

Tech Nation — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 19:18:42 +0000

Episode 486: Episode 22-37 Long Covid – Biotech is working on it

Tech Nation — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 01:13:00 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Jeffrey Cleland, the President & CEO of Ashvattha Therapeutics, about their drug development efforts to treat Long Covid. Then Dr. Greg Frost, the Chair and CEO of Exuma Biotech, tells us about their work to speed up CAR-T – from 4-6 weeks to just a few hours, and a second delivery method – programming a virus to produce the treatment protein needed. Just a simple injection under the skin. Finally, Wall Street Journal reporter Katherine Blunt with “California Burning … The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric – and What It Means for America’s Power Grid”. What’s causing many of those California wildfires? Aging Technology.

Episode 485: Episode 22-36 Bigotry, justice and environmental pollution

Tech Nation — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 17:00:38 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Kirk Wallace Johnson talking about fisherman, immigrants, bigotry, justice and environmental pollution. It’s all in “The Fishermen and the Dragon … Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast”. Then on BioTech Nation, Dr. Hernan Bazan, the Co-Founder & CEO of South Rampart Pharma in New Orleans. They’re working on the next generation of pain relief – non-opioid pain relief. The goal is to be equally powerful without the addiction.

Episode 484: Episode 22-35 The Future of Cities ???

Tech Nation — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 21:16:01 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Harvard economics professors Edward Glaeser and David Cutler about “Survival of the City … Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation.” Then Dr. Alex Pang’s advice about our work life from his 2016 book, “Rest … Why You Get More Done When You Work Less” is even more relevant now. And Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr Daniel Kraft talks to us about something unprecedented … our teeth!

Episode 483: Episode 22-34 How Did Edward Snowden Get So Far In Government Security ???

Tech Nation — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 21:05:45 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, how exactly did Edward Snowden deliver those classified government documents into the hands of the media? Former Washington Post investigative journalist Bart Gellman, currently writing for The Atlantic, talks about his book: “Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State”. Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about the potential for genetic susceptibility to the COVID-19 virus, and other aspects of genetic predisposition to the success or failure of available medical treatments.

Episode 482: Episode 22-33 The New Astronauts

Tech Nation — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 07:13:55 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, what Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Richard Branson all have in common: They all started spaceflight companies. Moira speaks with New Yorker writer NICHOLAS SCHMIDLE (“schmidd-uhl”) , the author of “Test Gods: Virgin Galactic and the Making of a Modern Astronaut”. Then 40% of Americans report that they have gained weight since the COVID pandemic began. Excerpts from a past interview with DR SANDRA AAMODT (“ehh-mutt”), the former editor-in-chief of Nature Neuroscience. Her TED Talk “Why Dieting Doesn’t Usually Work” has received over 4 Million views. She’s the author of the 2014 book, “Why Diets Make Us Fat … The Unintended Consequences of Our Obsession with Weight Loss.”

Episode 481: Episode 22-32 What about Animals and Gender ???

Tech Nation — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 13:10:47 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Emory University Primatologist Dr. Frans de Waal talks about his book: “Different … Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist. Then Dr. Steve Worland from eFFECTOR Therapeutics tells us about their approach to cancer. Among their efforts - Non-small cell lung cancer and ER positive breast cancer. And Kevin Ali the CEO of Organon explains how this women-focused company went global with its 64 products in one year. That’s a story in itself.

Episode 480: Episode 22-31 Replacing some of your DNA with new DNA that works better - and stopping it at will .

Tech Nation — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 19:51:52 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Dr. Alexandria Forbes (whom you may known as Zandy Forbes), President and CEO of MeiraGTx, tells us about their efforts in treating retinitis pigmentosa and Parkinson’s, among other medical conditions. MeiraGTx is also working on a new technology to replace defective DNA with new working DNA, and the ability to stop the new DNA should you choose. Then Matthew Ball, the former global head of strategy for Amazon Studios, talks his book: “The Metaverse … and How It Will Revolutionize Everything.”

Episode 479: Episode 22-30 Biotech meets in person !!

Tech Nation — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 15:42:44 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with the biotech companies at the BIO International Convention in San Diego. They meet in person for the first time in 3 years, where Dr. Gunn was able to speak with Paul Hastings, the Chair of BIO and the President & CEO of Nkarta, about the state of BIO and Nkarta’s work on delivering Natural Killer cells for cancer. Joe Panetta, President & CEO of Biocom California, brings insights into California as a whole and its relation globally, as well as the price of drugs. Dr. Richard Austin, founder and CEO of Reglagene talks about choosing their first-in-human drug for the brain cancer, Glioblastoma, and Dr. Chris Nave from Brandon Capital describes Polyactiva’s work in the treatment of glaucoma.

Episode 478: Episode 22-29 Tech Visionary – No Tech

Tech Nation — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:13:36 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

John Markoff, the former New York Times journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner, to talk about someone we would call today an “influencer” – only he has been influencing now for decades. Markoff’s book is “Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand”.

Then in biotech, Dr. James Mackey, the President & CEO, Aristea Therapeutics, tells about a painful disease which affects the palms of hand and soles of feet in post-menopausal women - Palmoplantar pustulosis or PPP - and how it may relate to other diseases.

Episode 477: Episode 22-28 The Science: Feelings before Knowledge

Tech Nation — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 19:37:31 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Professor Antonio Damasio, the Director of the University of Southern California’s Brain and Creativity Institute. He talks about his book is “Feeling & Knowing: Making Minds Conscious”. Then a developing treatment for ALS – often referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Rob Etherington and Robert Glanzman from Clene Nanomedicine talk about using trillions of gold nanocrystals now being tested in advanced clinical trials.

Episode 476: Episode 22-27 The Ford 150 Pick-Up Truck, or rather, Workhorse

Tech Nation — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 10:22:32 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Sandy Fershee, the Lab Director for D-Ford Detroit at Ford Motor Company. They talk about the latest features for the best-selling vehicle on the road - the F-150 pick-up truck from Ford. They talk about the latest design updates, and how Ford went about it.

Then Brian Culley, the CEO of Lineage Cell Therapeutics in San Diego, explains cell therapy in plain words. They’re working on dry age-related macular degeneration and spinal cord injury, and they also have a new idea to create life-time immunity against COVID-19.

Episode 475: Episode 22-26 One-way streets in Pompeii ???

Tech Nation — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 21:23:43 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, from the bumpy history of the chariot to how smartphones are essential equipment for transportation in the future. Economist deputy editor Tom Standage talks about “A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next”. Then Dr. Jim Brown, the CEO of DURECT, describes their first Phase 2 clinical trials for Alcoholic Hepatitis, known as AH. And a look at what comes next for their approach to regenerative medicine.

Episode 474: Episode 22-25 A Citizen’s Guide to Data?

Tech Nation — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 19:29:22 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Jer Thorp. The former Data Artist in Residence at the New York Times, he talks about his book: “Living in Data – A Citizen’s Guide to a Better Information Future”. Then Joe Hernandez, the Founder and CEO of Blue Water Vaccines tells us about their quest for a universal flu vaccine. Even more unusual? Along the way, they also found a Dodo bird.

Episode 473: Episode 22-24 Biotech Beyond Covid

Tech Nation — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 19:47:04 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Robert Ang, the President & CEO of Vor Biopharma about its approach to Acute Myeloid Leukemia, also known as AML. Then Dr. Nik Sopko, the Chief Scientific Officer of PolarityTE talks about their design for wound healing. Their first treatment candidate is diabetic foot ulcers. And Dr. Eric Vivier from Innate Pharma in Marseilles tells us about the next wave of immunotherapy treatments – harnessing Natural Killer cells.

Episode 472: Episode 22-23 Regeneron - How to create innovative scientists

Tech Nation — Tue, 31 May 2022 20:54:55 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. George Yancopoulos, the President and Chief Scientific Officer of Regeneron. Its innovative COVID treatment directly infuses antibodies. But how do get students to become innovative scientists? The Regeneron Science Talent Search. Then the challenge of diagnosing liver disease. Dr. Caroline Loew, the President and CEO of Glympse Bio, talks about their approach to diagnosing and tracking the progression of the liver condition, NASH, and its potential in other diseases, as well.

Episode 471: Episode 22-22 The Science of Aging

Tech Nation — Fri, 27 May 2022 14:20:27 +0000

In this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Andrew Steele in a FOLLOW-ON science-focused interview on the latest science behind aging. His book is “Ageless … The New Science of Getting Older without Getting Old.” And then, an excerpt from Dr. Thomas Rando’s 2020 interview. A co-founder of Fountain Therapeutics, he tells us about their science and their efforts to potentially reverse the aging process.

Episode 470: Episode 22-21 What’s Up with Netflix?

Tech Nation — Thu, 19 May 2022 09:41:13 +0000

Episode 469: Episode 22-20 Successful Aging – Nature? Or Nurture?

Tech Nation — Wed, 11 May 2022 19:40:54 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin about his book “Successful Aging … A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives”. And Dr. Cameron Turtle from Eidos Therapeutics tells us that of the 6 Million Americans living with the medical condition known as Heart Failure, several hundred thousand have a special type, which was thought to be rare, but is being underdiagnosed. It’s known by its initials: ATTR. Eidos is working on a treatment.

Episode 468: Episode 22-19 The Science of Zoom Body Language

Tech Nation — Thu, 05 May 2022 19:27:47 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, it’s all about changing behaviors now that that we interact online. Erica Dhawan talks about “Digital Body Language - How to Build Trust & Connection No Matter the Distance”. Then how to take an insight in science and enable it to become an actual product. Dr. Mark Allen, the co-founder and CEO of Elevian, tells us their experience and about selecting their first target: stroke.

Episode 467: Episode 22-18 Remembering the people of Love Canal

Tech Nation — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 19:07:18 +0000

Episode 466: Episode 22-17 Stopping Breast Cancer Before It Starts?

Tech Nation — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 20:58:44 +0000

Dr. Amit (Am-it) Kumar, the President and CEO of Anixa Biosciences, about a new approach to actually preventing the truly aggressive triple negative breast cancer, and its potential for other breast cancers and ovarian cancer. We hear about the scientific breakthroughs and their partnership with the Cleveland Clinic. Then, Sarah Frier (“Fry-er”), a tech journalist with Bloomberg News. Her award-winning book: “No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram” has lessons for today’s potential buyout of Twitter.

Episode 465: Episode 22-16 The EU and the US Tech Giants

Tech Nation — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 19:19:51 +0000

Episode 464: Episode 22-15 Can Employees Be Happy ???

Tech Nation — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 21:17:27 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Wall Street Journal investigative journalists, Kirsten Grind and Katherine Sayre. Their book is “Happy at Any Cost … The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh”. Then neuroscience tells us - it’s all about the messenger and not the message. Stephen Martin and Joseph Marks talk about their 2019 book, “Messengers: Who We Listen To, Who We Don’t, and Why”.

Episode 463: Episode 22-14 Social Media and Weaponized Shame ???

Tech Nation — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:26:35 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Dr. Cathy O’Neil about “The Shame Machine … Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation”. They talk about how encouraging shame figures into the algorithms of social media. Then Dr. Daniel Bloomfield, the Chief Medical Officer of Anthos Therapeutics, describes the current challenge of preventing bleeding while avoiding the specter of clotting. Anthos may have a solution.

Episode 462: Episode 22-13 Can Every Medicine Be a Pill???

Tech Nation — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 17:52:13 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Dr. Stewart Campbell, CEO of Axial Therapeutics, about their groundbreaking work in Autism–related irritability in teenagers, in Parkinson’s, and in complementing the latest cancer treatments. Then Dr. Ray Stevens, CEO of ShouTi Pharma, talks about their approach in
turning IV drugs into pills. Current projects include Diabetes and obesity, and two Pulmonary and Cardiovascular disorders. And these are just their first candidates …

Episode 461: Episode 22-12 Flat Earthers? Still?

Tech Nation — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 16:33:33 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Daily Beast journalist Kelly Weill are extremism, disinformation and the Internet. They talk about “Off the Edge … Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything”. Then Moira speaks with Dr. Dale Christiansen from TFF Pharmaceuticals, and Dr. Deborah Levine, Medical Director of Lung Transplantation and Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Center at UT Health San Antonio. It may be possible to inhale most of our present-day drugs, which has many benefits.

Episode 460: Episode 22-11 The Chinese Language....Digitized?

Tech Nation — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 14:36:39 +0000

On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Yale Professor Jing Tsu about ìKingdom of Characters Ö the language revolution that made China modern.î Communicating Chinese using digital technology is not so easy, from the telegraph, the typewriter, computers and smartphones. All were built with alphabetic letters in mind. Then, diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases like early Alzheimers, Parkinsons and more, with a simple-to-use but scientifically advanced retinal scan.
Eliav Shaked, the Co-Founder and CEO of the Toronto-based firm, Retispec, explains how their software does it.

Episode 459: Episode 21-10 Your Mind Needs Motion

Tech Nation — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 20:33:04 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Stanford emerita psychology professor Barbara Tversky. She talks about “Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought”, how the mind can override perception, how feeling comes before logic, and how we organize things in our world the way we organize our minds.

Episode 458: Episode 22-09 PayPal was just the beginning

Tech Nation — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 21:55:26 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Jimmy Soni about the impact of the people who started PayPal – surprisingly this includes Elon Musk. His book is “The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs who Shaped Silicon Valley.” Then, with the rising call to move away from animal testing, we hear about one promising alternative. Dr. Eric Merle, Chief Business Innovation Officer of GenoSkin, describes their approach.

Episode 457: Episode 22-08 A Tiny Molecule and Your Brain has a Problem

Tech Nation — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 19:48:55 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Sara Manning Peskin, a Neurologist and Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
Author, “A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain”. Dartmouth professor Richard D’Aveni tells us that new tech will solve our current global supply chain issues. His book is “The Pan-Industrial Revolution – How New Manufacturing Titans Will Transform the World”.

Episode 456: Episode 22-07 Regretting Regret?

Tech Nation — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:15:33 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Daniel Pink about “The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward”. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about burn-out in hospital professionals due to COVID, and planning for future pandemics.

Episode 455: Episode 22-06 The Chinese Typewriter

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 12:47:27 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford History professor Tom Mullaney about his 2017 book, “The Chinese Typewriter”. He also tells us about a 2008 Beijing Olympics conspiracy that was no conspiracy at all. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft tells us about the Metaverse – yes, why did Facebook rename itself Meta??

Episode 454: Episode 22-05 Don’t have any feelings? Think again

Tech Nation — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 20:30:31 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with scientist and prolific author, Dr. Leonard Mlodinow about “Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking”. And Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft tells us who may medically qualify to go into space – you may be surprised by his answers.

Episode 453: Episode 22-04 We’re all aging – in every cell in our bodies

Tech Nation — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:56:53 +0000

Episode 452: Episode 22-03 Regeneron – how we create innovative scientists

Tech Nation — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:06:58 +0000

Episode 451: Episode 22-02 The Birth of CRISPR

Tech Nation — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 20:06:00 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Walter Isaacson about “The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna (“DOWDna”), Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race.” Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft takes us through the slate of winners of the $6 Million Rapid COVID Screening Xprize.

Episode 450: Episode 22-01 Neuroscience and Greek Tragedies ???

Tech Nation — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 20:50:25 +0000

Episode 449: Episode 21-52 Spinal Cord Injury to Cancer to COVID?

Tech Nation — Fri, 24 Dec 2021 13:13:34 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with former UC Irvine professor, Dr. Hans Keirstead, the chairman and CEO of Aivita Biomedical. They’re talking about adult stem cells, in your body right now, and work in treating spinal cord injury, and in ovarian cancer, melanoma, the skin cancer, glioblastoma … and even in a vaccine for COVID-19, this one designed to be affordable for everyone, everywhere.

Episode 448: Episode 21-51 A New Treatment for COVID – from 20 years ago

Tech Nation — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 19:38:35 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Dr. Jonathan Javitt from NeuroRX Pharma talks about a scientific discovery which lingered for nearly two decades in some 70 boxes in deep storage – it’s now being tested as a treatment for COVID-19. Then Rick Carreon, the CEO of ImpediMed, tells us about a technology developed in the 1990’s for research purposes. Today it’s approved for the early detection of lymphedema following breast cancer – and early intervention can stop its progression.

Episode 447: Episode 21-50 Gene Cancer Therapy - Better, Faster, Cheaper

Tech Nation — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 20:33:12 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Greg Frost, the CEO of Exuma Biotech. He explains how gene therapy for cancer is currently a 6 to 8 week proposition, and requires the patient to undergo chemotherapy. Exuma’s aim is to reduce the time to 4 hours and eliminate the chemotherapy …
Then Dr. Chris Smith with Brandon Capital Partners and a board member of Ena Respiratory talks about updates us on Ena-51 – a spray to reduce the presence of COVID in the nasal passageway.

Episode 446: Episode 21-49 The Science: Feelings before Knowledge

Tech Nation — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 22:50:10 +0000

Episode 445: Episode 21-48 Remembering Glen de Vries

Tech Nation — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 20:00:08 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with the last Tech Nation interview of Glen de Vries, who flew into space with William Shatner aboard Blue Origin. A short month after this flight, Glen passed away in a plane crash. We talk about how his earthbound work help us all, and his book: “The Patient Equation”. Then why the new FDA-approved treatment for yeast infections in women is … different. And Dr Marco Taglietti, the President and CEO of Scynexis, describes their unprecedented FDA-approved treatment for Yeast Infections in Women.

Episode 444: Episode 21-47 The Future of Cities ??

Tech Nation — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:54:40 +0000

Episode 443: Episode 21-46 Neuroscience and Dreaming

Tech Nation — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 20:00:11 +0000

Episode 442: Episode 21-45 Searching for Drugs in Plants

Tech Nation — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 21:05:38 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Emory Professor Dr. Cassandra Quave talks about “The Plant Hunter: A Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines”. And David McNally, President and CEO of Titan Medical. Advances in Robot-assisted surgery – from a long scar to several tiny incisions, and now, perhaps, just one.

Episode 441: Episode 21-44 Elizabeth Holmes – Theranos – 2005

Tech Nation — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 19:17:52 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk about his perpetually best-selling book: “The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma.” We’ll also hear Dr. Gunn’s 2005 interview with Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and CEO of the now-defunct Theranos, who is currently standing trial for fraud.

Episode 440: Episode 21-43 The Decisions We Make

Tech Nation — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 18:30:40 +0000

Episode 439: Episode 21-42 Global Economic Shutdown

Tech Nation — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 18:21:16 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Adam Tooze, a Columbia professor of history who is also an economist. His book is “Shutdown … How Covid Shook the World’s Economy.” Then Dr. Erica Smith from the Belgium company, Tools4Patient. How you identify when participants in drug trials report a positive response, even when they receive nothing. And Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about how to create what he calls a “check engine light” for your body.

Episode 438: Episode 21-41 Rationality? Too Much to Ask?

Tech Nation — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 15:52:56 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Harvard professor experimental cognitive scientist Steven Pinker about
“Rationality … What it is, Why it seems scarce, and Why it matters”. Then Lemony Snicket – the one and only. You know him from his children’s book series, “A Series of Unfortunate Events”. He’s here with “Poison for Breakfast”. You will start bewildered and leave bewildered, but feeling much better about it.

Episode 437: Episode 21-40 Ancient viruses in our DNA?

Tech Nation — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 18:48:21 +0000

University of Chicago professor Dr Neil Shubin about “Some Assembly required … Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA.” Ancient viruses in our DNA? And what about “jumping genes”? Also, climatologist Marina Psaros talks about “The Atlas of Disappearing Places … Our Coasts and Oceans in the Climate Crisis”.

Episode 436: Episode 21-39 Opioids and Us – a Different Perspective

Tech Nation — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 18:27:04 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Wired journalist Maia Szalavitz about why our recent approach to opioid addiction has resulted in a rise of undesired outcomes, and an interesting perspective on what we as individuals can do. Her book is “Undoing Drugs … The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction.” Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft wants us to look at Digital Health differently. Our digitally-enhanced Quantified Self can lead to a new Quantified Health.

Episode 435: Episode 21-38 7½ Lesson about Your Brain

Tech Nation — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:01:26 +0000

Neuroscientist and psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett. She gives us “7½ Lessons about the Brain” and has some surprises – there is no “reptilian” part of your brain … it’s just a myth. Then in biotech – treatments to fight diseases caused by inflammation – Dr. Jim Woody, the CEO of 180 Life Sciences talks about their pipeline of drugs, as well as their lead work in clinical trials now – it’s for Dupuytren’s Contracture, affecting one out of 25 people in Europe and North America.

Episode 434: Episode 21-37 One-way streets in Pompeii ???

Tech Nation — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 18:19:46 +0000

Episode 433: Episode 21-36 A two-week anti depression treatment?

Tech Nation — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 18:45:35 +0000

Episode 432: Episode 21-35 Can we just work remote?

Tech Nation — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:57:28 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with ROBERT SIEGEL, Venture Investor and Stanford University Lecturer, and the Author of “The Brains and Brawn Company … How Leading Organizations blend the best of Digital and Physical.” Then, intervening with “cytokine storms”. JIM JOYCE, the CEO of San Diego’s Sigyn Therapeutics talks about their progress to intervening quickly.

Episode 431: Episode 21-34 Where in the US can you live toxin free ???

Tech Nation — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 17:40:24 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with journalist Oliver Broudy about his book “The Sensitives - The Rise of Environmental Illness and Search for America’s Last Pure Place.” Then in biotech, a San Diego company who pivoted from treating parainfluenza and influenza to target COVID … and they started in Wuhan, China. Moira speaks with Dr. Stanley Lewis, the Chief Medical Officer of Ansun Biopharma.

Episode 430: Episode 21-33 Pioneer Codebreaker -- Elizebeth Smith Friedman

Tech Nation — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 17:00:17 +0000

Moira speaks with journalist Jason Fagone talks about Elizebeth Smith Friedman, a pioneer in codebreaking, from World War I to rumrunners to drug smuggling to the famous Enigma machine. His book is “The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America’s Enemies.”

Then on Tech Nation Health, Dr. Marco Taglietti, President and CEO of Scynexis, talks about their work in serious invasive fungal infections.

Episode 429: Episode 21-32 Medical Diagnostics tells a Story about Us

Tech Nation — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:52:45 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. HARVEY KAUFMAN, the Senior Medical Director of Quest Diagnostics, about how the use or delay of medical tests reveals about the health status of the US. Then MIKE CLAYMAN, the CEO of Flexion Therapeutics, talks about the treatments they have in clinical trials for osteoarthritis, knee replacement surgery, and more.

Episode 428: Episode 21-31 SMA, NMOSD and Aging – From Few to Everyone

Tech Nation — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 19:57:27 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Levi Garraway, the Chief Medical Officer of Genentech about FDA approvals for treatments in two very rare diseases - SMA - Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and NMOSD - Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder. Then Dr. Thomas Rando, Co-Founder of Fountain Therapeutics, a Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, and Director of Glen Laboratories on the Biology of Aging talks about a rampant medical condition – aging.

Episode 427: Episode 21-30 The CRISPR Babies

Tech Nation — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 10:57:45 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with anthropologist EBEN KIRKSEY, a professor of anthropology at Deakin University in Melbourne. He’s look at the societal and ethical implications of CRISPR – and not just hypothetically. He traveled to China, with an eye to understanding the circumstance of the three CRISPR babies known to exist. His book is “The Mutant Project: Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans”. Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft gives us a quick primer on antibodies and how we use them as therapy.

Episode 426: Episode 21-29 Reverse engineering success ???

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 21:13:52 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with psychologist Dr. Ron Friedman about “Decoding Greatness … How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success”. Then Dr. Tom Hallam from Palisade Bio in San Diego talks about their efforts to solve a major problem post-surgery – how to get your GI track back on track. And Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft reviews tests to detect Alzheimer’s early.

Episode 425: Episode 21-28 Tech can make Workplaces COVID-safe ???

Tech Nation — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 19:00:37 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Tanuj (“Ta-nooj”) Mohan, the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Enlighted, a Siemens Company based in Silicon Valley. Smart technology may bring us back to safe workplaces - from social distancing, to automatic contact tracing, overly crowded points of contact, and more. Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about our “Sociome” – where and how we live is more important than our DNA.

Episode 424: Episode 21-27 Why We Drive – And Why We are Going to Miss It

Tech Nation — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 19:02:56 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, what we lose if we go to driverless cars. Moira speaks with Matthew Crawford about his book: “Why We Drive … Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road”. Then Yochi Slonim, CEO of Anima Biotech, talks about the path from your DNA to producing proteins, and the potential for new drugs.

Episode 423: Episode 21-26 Pirates Then, Pirates Now – Not Much Has Changed ??

Tech Nation — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 20:16:27 +0000

Episode 422: Episode 21-25 Every Color in the Rainbow

Tech Nation — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 18:24:26 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, WIRED journalist ADAM ROGERS talks about his book: “Full Spectrum: How the Science of Color Made Us Modern.”
Then making headway in treating nerve damage. AxoGen’s KAREN ZADEREJ tells that transplanting the nerves of others is now possible.

Episode 421: Episode 21-24 The New Astronauts

Tech Nation — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 20:26:50 +0000

Episode 420: Episode 21-23 Geometry – even babies can do it

Tech Nation — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 20:47:08 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, University of Wisconsin math professor JORDAN ELLENBERG, whom you might know from his earlier book, “How Not To Be Wrong”. He talks about “Shape … The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else.” Then MARCIO SOUZA, the President and CEO of Praxis Precision Medicines, describes their research drug modulating GABA, a key neurotransmitter in the brain, and its potential to treat depression, essential tremor, and other conditions.

Episode 419: Episode 21-22 The Science of Zoom Body Language

Tech Nation — Wed, 26 May 2021 19:06:18 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, it’s all about changing behaviors now that that we interact online. Erica Dhawan talks about “Digital Body Language – How to Build Trust & Connection No Matter the Distance”. Then how to take an insight in science and enable it to become an actual product. Dr. Mark Allen, the co-founder and CEO of Elevian, tells us their experience and about selecting their first target: stroke.

Episode 418: Episode 21-21 How Did Edward Snowden Get So Far In Government Security??

Tech Nation — Thu, 20 May 2021 18:48:13 +0000

Episode 417: Episode 21-20 How Does Innovation Really Work ???

Tech Nation — Wed, 12 May 2021 19:50:18 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Matt Ridley, columnist from The Times of London on science, the environment, and economics, and author of “How Innovation Works – And Why It Flourishes in Freedom”. Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft leads the COVID-19 Response Task Force for the XPrize Pandemic Alliance.

Episode 416: Episode 21-19 Our Lives in Data

Tech Nation — Wed, 05 May 2021 19:54:26 +0000

Episode 415: Episode 21-18 Your Internet Surfing Will Follow You Forever?

Tech Nation — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 19:47:49 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with WIRED journalist Lauren Goode. They talk about her article appearing in the May, 2021 issue: “I called Off My Wedding. The Internet will never let me forget.”

But in a follow-up to a recent interview with Dr. Jonathan Javitt, the CEO of NeuroRX Pharma. That twist of fate which resurrected a scientific discovery literally shelved for most of two decades? That NeuroRX transformed it into a treatment for COVID-19? The clinical trial results are in.

Episode 414: Episode 21-17 “Deep” Empathy – How is it different?

Tech Nation — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 18:53:11 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with MIT psychology professor Dr. Sherry Turkle. She’s written her memoir, and talks about the concept of “Deep” empathy. Then advanced clinical trial results for treating mild Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr. Jim Galvin, a professor and Director of the Comprehensive Center for Brain Health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, talks about what it means, prior to its June, 2021 final decision by the FDA

Episode 413: Episode 21-16 Spinal Cord Injury to Cancer to COVID?

Tech Nation — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:52:47 +0000

Episode 412: Episode 21-15 Good Medicine

Tech Nation — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:32:28 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, we’re talking about “Good Medicine … Health, Ethics and Innovation”. It’s a Collaboration Between Bioethics International and Scientific American. We’ll hear from Jennifer Miller, a professor at the Yale University School of Medicine, and Jeremy Abbate, the publisher of Scientific American. Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about existing drugs being repurposed in the fight against COVID. And what gets us to stick with all that personal health technology we need? Rick Anderson is the President and General Manager for North America at Dario Health.

Episode 411: Episode 21-14 Sir Edmund Hillary

Tech Nation — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 20:57:40 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, spurred by the re-opening of expeditions to the summit of Mount Everest, after a one-year closure due to COVID-19, a 1993 interview with Sir Edmund Hillary, who with his climbing partner, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, was the first to reach the summit. Then Dr. Gene Kinney, the President & CEO of Prothena Biosciences, a new drug in clinical trials for Parkinson’s. How Parkinson’s unfolds in the brain, the idea behind how this drug, and the hope of slowing, if not stopping, disease progress.

Episode 410: Episode 21-13 The Birth of CRISPR

Tech Nation — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:13:58 +0000

Episode 409: Episode 21-12 Learning to Draw on the Radio ???

Tech Nation — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:57:53 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, learning to draw on the radio! Dan Roam, the founder of The Napkin Academy, invites us to make simple drawings showing what the COVID-19 pandemic looks like to each of us. They’ll also talk about his writer’s workshop and how he’s writing his upcoming book– “The Pop-Up Pitch” – he’s inviting all nonfiction writers to write their books along with him.

Episode 408: Episode 21-11 Neuroscience and Greek Tragedies ???

Tech Nation — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 17:34:52 +0000

Episode 407: Episode 21-10 A New Treatment for COVID – from 20 years ago

Tech Nation — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:45:47 +0000

Episode 406: Episode 21-09 Science tells us how Change People’s Minds ???

Tech Nation — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 19:28:07 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Wharton Marketing Professor, Jonah Berger, follow his earlier books, “Contagious” and “Invisible Influence”. His latest is “The Catalyst – How To Change Anyone’s Mind”. Then on BioTech Nation, using viruses to our benefit. That’s the idea from Aspa Therapeutics. Dr. Eric David described Aspa’s approach to deliver essential treatment for the rare genetic condition of Canavan’s Disease.

Episode 405: Episode 21-08 Gene Cancer Therapy - Better, Faster, Cheaper

Tech Nation — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 19:41:03 +0000

Episode 405: Episode 21-08 Gene Cancer Therapy - Better, Faster, Cheaper

Tech Nation — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 19:36:50 +0000

Episode 404: Episode 21-07 Successful Aging – Nature? Or Nurture?

Tech Nation — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 20:03:05 +0000

Episode 403: Episode 21-06 Can anyone be an Instagram InstaCelebrity??

Tech Nation — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:39:56 +0000

Sarah Frier, technology journalist with Bloomberg News, and author of the Financial Times’ Book of the Year, “No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram”. And Victor Hwang, a former Silicon Valley venture capitalist and founder of Right to Start. He’s also the author of “The Rainforest – The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley.”

Episode 402: Episode 21-05 Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Tech Nation — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:03:49 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with David Quammen is the author of “Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic”, his 2012 book which sounds oh-so familiar today. There are gorillas, chimpanzees and monkeys, birds and rats and, yes, bats. Then a San Diego company working on a simple blood test for early stage Lung Cancer. With 2/3’s of patients initially diagnosed at stage 4, Chris Hibberd, the CEO of Nucleix, tells us how they did it, their focus on for bladder cancer and 12 other cancers, and how its science fueled a Law and Order episode.

Episode 401: Episode 21-04 The Ford 150 Pick-Up Truck, or rather Workhorse

Tech Nation — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 21:12:47 +0000

Episode 400: Episode 21-03 7½ Lesson about Your Brain

Tech Nation — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 18:59:27 +0000

Episode 399: Episode 21-02 Decision Intelligence – what AI and Big Data will be

Tech Nation — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 22:13:50 +0000

Computer Scientist Dr. Lorien Pratt about “Link … How Decision Intelligence Connects Data, Actions, and Outcomes for a Better World.” Then Dr. Seth Lederman, the CEO of Tonix Pharmaceuticals, tells us about how PTSD affects the brain, its relation to sleep, and how it may treated some 9 years after the initial trauma. If you have experienced trauma, and PTSD, you may qualify for one of their clinical studies.

Episode 398: Episode 21-01 Work from home these days? Science may be able to help you

Tech Nation — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 14:37:17 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, are you working from home? Or really committing yourself to that novel you always wanted to write or your memoirs? In a follow-up to his earlier books – “The Distraction Addiction” and “Rest” - Alex Pang joins Moira to talk about “Shorter: Work Better, Smarter, and Less – Here’s How”.

Episode 397: Episode 20-52 Dashiell Hammett’s Sam Spade has a Tech Noir Successor

Tech Nation — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 22:23:34 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Matt Richtel turns tech noir thriller fiction writer with the pseudonym A B Jewell, in “The Man Who Wouldn’t Die” - from Silicon Valley values to venture capital lingo to the habits of the newly tech rich in San Francisco. Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about the health benefits of Ambient Technology – the technology all around that you think is doing one thing, but could do another. Like keep you in good health …

Episode 396: Episode 20-51 The Tech Titans Plan To Stay On Top

Tech Nation — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 22:00:32 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, how the tech giants are different from the global corporations of yesterday. BuzzFeed journalist Alex Kantrowitz (Kan-trow-witz) talks about “Always Day One … How the Tech Titans Plan to Stay on Top Forever.” And Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about his current work with the World Health Organization, heading up a team to develop a global app in these times of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Episode 395: Episode 20-50 Facebook Rampant

Tech Nation — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 21:44:50 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Wired magazine’s Editor-at-Large, Steven Levy. You may know him from Hackers or Crypto. He’s here today with Facebook - The Inside Story. Then on BioTech Nation, Sandy McCrae, the CEO of Sangamo Therapeutics talks about Zinc Fingers. Sangamo is working on numerous projects to introduce DNA into patient’s bodies where the DNA may be missing or simply doesn’t work as needed. The challenge? It would permanently change to your DNA. Are you ready for it?

Episode 394: Episode 20-49 Wilderness Medicine

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 16:54:40 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Dr. Paul Auerbach, Professor Emeritus at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, a co-founder of the Wilderness Medical Society, and author of “Enviromedics: The Impact of Climate Change on Human Health”. Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, talks about longevity, zip code by zip code.

Episode 393: Episode 20-48 The Patient Equation

Tech Nation — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:09:35 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with GLEN deVRIES, the co-founder and co-CEO of Medidata, a company which has provided data management services for clinical trials for some twenty years. He’s talks about “The Patient Equation … the precision medicine revolution in the age of COVID-19 and Beyond”. Then can we diagnose Autism earlier? The average age of diagnosis is 4 years old, but a blood test may reveal autism spectrum disorder as early as 18 months. Moira speaks with BETH DONLEY, the CEO of Stemina Biomarker Discovery.

Episode 20-47 Neuromancer Returns

Tech Nation — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 18:48:52 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with noted speculative fiction writer, William Gibson. His first book, Neuromancer, the 1984 novel, which won numerous awards, coined the term cyberspace, and cemented the genre of cyberpunk. His latest book is “Agency”, the second book in The Peripheral Trilogy.

Episode 20-46 The CRISPR Babies

Tech Nation — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 21:06:43 +0000

Episode 20-45 Innovation in the Climate of Today

Tech Nation — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 18:16:16 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. PETER DIAMANDIS, the executive chair of the Xprize Foundation and co-founder of COVAXX. Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent DR. DANIEL KRAFT joins Moira to interview Peter about the COVID-related Xprizes and COVAXX’s COVID vaccine. Then DR. PETER BEETHAM, the CEO of Cibus, tells us that natural mutations in plants happen one tiny nucleotide at a time. Cibus’s technology can create these tiny mutations, and even enhance seeds.

Episode 20-44 “Working The Gig” – It Can Be Fixed

Tech Nation — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 19:26:19 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. JULIET SCHOR, an economist and professor of sociology at Boston College. They talk about all those workers hired by the new services, from Uber and Lyft to Doordash, Instacart, and more. Her book is “After the Gig … How the Shared Economy Got Hijacked, and How to Win It Back”. Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent DR. DANIEL KRAFT talks about CGM’s - Continuous glucose monitors – they create a picture of your “foodprint”.

Episode 20-43 COVID School” – the possible and IMPOSSIBLE

Tech Nation — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:23:16 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. JUSTIN REICH, Director of the Teaching Systems Lab at MIT and host of the podcast, TeachLab. His book is “Failure to Disrupt … Why Technology Alone Can’t Transform Education”. Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent DR DANIEL KRAFT tells us that we are having an “Infodemic”.

Episode 20-42 SMA, NMOSD and Aging – From Few to Everyone

Tech Nation — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 20:25:18 +0000

Episode 20-41 Who is really an entrepreneur?

Tech Nation — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 17:58:54 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Jim McKelvey, Co-Founder and CEO of Square – that little gadget that plugs into a smartphone and any vendor can take your credit card. He’s written “The Innovation Stack … Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time”. Then on BioTech Nation, Chris Nave, the Managing Director of Brandon Capital in Melbourne, Australia. He’s tell us what’s up with Australia with respect to global biotech.

Episode 20-40 The Pivot From Hep B to COVID-19

Tech Nation — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 21:14:17 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with a company that paused its work on Hepatitis B to focus on treatments for COVID. Dr. Lawrence Blatt, the CEO of Aligos Therapeutics joins Moira to talk about their idea for treating COVID. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft tells us that all COVID vaccines are not the same, and a potential different approach for *all* cancer treatments, including a tough one – Ovarian Cancer. Moira speaks with Bill Newell, the CEO of Sutro Biopharma, about their approach and their results thus far.

Episode 20-39 Treating your first human with a cancer drug

Tech Nation — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 19:17:43 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with the late David Graeber, a professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics and an early architect of the Occupy Wall Street movement. With his recent, unexpected passing, this archive Tech Nation interview was recorded shortly before Occupy Wall Street coalesced. Moira speaks with him about his book “Debt, the first 5,000 years”. She’ll also speak with Wes Gilson, the head of Artificial Intelligence at Siemens Healthineers, about the intersection between artificial intelligence and healthcare.

Episode 20-38 Treating your first human with a cancer drug

Tech Nation — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:00:26 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Patrick Yang, Chair and Co-Founder, Acepodia. They’ve just treated their first human. Their treatment? For HER-2 positive cancer - it can be anywhere in the body.
Then writer, poet, writing critic, and writing coach - Joan Gelfand. Her 2018 book, “You Can Be a Winning Writer”, can help you write that book you’ve been meaning to, or relax with her latest novel, “Extreme”.

Episode 20-37 Talking to Robots – Both Real and Imagined

Tech Nation — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 19:17:29 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Tech Nation’s former biotech correspondent David Ewing Duncan about his new book - “Talking to Robots: Tales from Our Human Robot Future.” Then Dr. Daniel Kraft tells us how robotics are replacing surgeons, and McAfee’s Gary Davis, expands on those massive thefts of online credentials – they are for sale and they are out there … on the Dark Web – yes, he explains that, too.

Episode 20-36 Shooting the Messenger ???

Tech Nation — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 20:31:57 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

STEPHEN MARTIN and JOSEPH MARKS, the authors of “Messengers: Who We Listen To, Who We Don’t, and Why”. From the neuroscience of it, to the human behavioral characteristics – being human can be challenging.

And did you know you had a personal data lake? Tech Nation regular contributor Gary Davis, the Chief Consumer Security Evangelist at McAfee, tells us how to take care of it.

Episode 20-35 Antisocial on Social Media?

Tech Nation — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 20:47:53 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, ANDREW MARANTZ talks about what social media is doing to the information we consume … and perhaps more importantly, the information we believe. His book is Antisocial – Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation. Then, in biotech, DR. PAUL-PETER TAK, the CEO of Kintai Therapeutics gives us a bigger picture of our gut - it’s not just your microbiome that plays a significant role in the recovery from illness.

Episode 20-34 Crisis in Social Media - Globally

Tech Nation — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 21:40:40 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, ADRIAN SHAHBAZ, Research Director for Technology and Democracy at Freedom House, and ALLIE FUNK, a Research Analyst focusing on the global impact of network information. They discuss the Freedom House report “Freedom on the Net 2019 – The Crisis of Social Media”. Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, DR. DANIEL KRAFT, tells us about psychedelics – they are not becoming part of mainstream medicine.

Episode 20-33 The Global Garage Sale

Tech Nation — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 20:36:46 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, the global supply chain of … recycled goods. Adam Minter talks about “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale.” Then in biotech, former University of Southern California professor Bob Ladner CEO of CV6 Therapeutics, moved his cancer research group from the beaches of Santa Monica to Belfast, Northern Ireland. CV6 is looking to make a chemotherapy used by millions of cancer patients each year better.

Episode 20-32 Everybody’s doing it! Aging

Tech Nation — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 15:29:09 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

UC San Francisco professor Dr. Louise Aronson talks about a new stage of life: Elderhood, – Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimaging Life. With modern technology, it lasts longer than anyone imagined.

Also, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Daniel Kraft talks about the Internet of Medical Things, while Dr. Crystal Icenhour, the CEO of Aperiomics, talks about identifying hard-to-diagnose medical conditions by looking at the DNA of microorganisms in your body.

Episode 20-31 Where in the US can you live toxin free ???

Tech Nation — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 13:26:54 +0000

Episode 20-30 Tech can make Workplaces COVID-safe ???

Tech Nation — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:21:54 +0000

Episode 20-29 Our proteins are ageing ???

Tech Nation — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 14:26:34 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Dr. Karoly (Kah-rowl-ii) Nikolich, the Co-Founder and CEO of Alkahest. He describes how they are targeting certain proteins to address the degenerative conditions we develop as we age.

Then, Dr. Tony Fiorino from electroCore tells us about their device which may alleviate the pain of cluster headaches, and Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about where does design meet medicine and a new kind of passport.

Episode 20-28 Antibodies, Antibodies, the More, the Better.

Tech Nation — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 17:41:48 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

What if we could just get the antibodies from all the various strains of COVID-19, put them together and get them in an IV drug? Well, that’s exactly what Gigagen has done. Today, when Moira speaks with geneticist David Johnson, its co-founder, President and CEO of Gigagen.

Then, your skin micro biome - Problems with it can lead to severe skin rashes for cancer patients, as well as eczema and psoriasis. Dr. Travis Whifill tells us what Azitra Biosciences is testing.

Episode 20-27 Shrewd Samaritan

Tech Nation — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 19:50:59 +0000

USF professor and development economist Bruce Wydick about “Shrewd Samaritan - Faith, Economics, and the Road to Loving Our Global Neighbour”. Which poverty intervention programs work, and which don’t?
Then the global health challenge of the bacteria H. Pylori and its role in stomach ulcers and gastric cancer. Gilead Raday, COO of RedHill Biopharma talks about a treatment in their pipeline and a plan on how to avoid creating antibiotic resistance.

Episode 20-26 A Woman of No Importance

Tech Nation — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 17:01:51 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, journalist Sonia Purnell talks about the spycraft of Virginia Hall, an American in Occupied France during World War II. Her book is called “A Woman of No Importance.” Then Dr. John Haurum (ha-RUMM) from F-Star in Cambridge, England describes their approach to creating cancer drugs, and Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about sleep – and upsides and downsides of all this technology.

Episode 20-25 Why We Drive – And Why We are Going to Miss It

Tech Nation — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 20:06:56 +0000

Episode 20-24 Pirate Then, Pirates Now – Not Much Has Changed ??

Tech Nation — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 16:06:57 +0000

Episode 20-23 How Did Edward Snowden Get So Far In Government Security??

Tech Nation — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 21:14:48 +0000

Episode 20-22 NY Times Journalist Matt Richtel interviews Moira?

Tech Nation — Tue, 26 May 2020 20:40:44 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times journalist Matt Richtel turns the tables on all of us. Matt interviews Dr. Gunn! They talk about topics of interest to both of them in technology, business and science.

Episode 20-21 How Does Innovation Really Work ???

Tech Nation — Wed, 20 May 2020 20:20:54 +0000

Episode 20-20 Draw Your Pandemic Experience ?!?!

Tech Nation — Tue, 12 May 2020 19:08:20 +0000

Episode 20-19 The first Google radio Interview – 2000

Tech Nation — Tue, 05 May 2020 21:12:38 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, the first Google radio interview with Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin from the year 2000. Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft gives us insights into where Google is today in the area of healthcare and groundbreaking research – from Google Health, to Calico, Verily Life Sciences, Google Flu Trends, and more ....

Episode 20-18 Science tells us how Change People’s Minds ???

Tech Nation — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 21:18:55 +0000

Episode 20-17 A 15-minute COVID-19 Detector ???

Tech Nation — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 21:21:17 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, David Ludvigson, President & CEO of Nanomix, talks about making their 15-minute, handheld testing device COVID-19 ready. Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft sees the rise of the Maker Movement, especially now with so many people sheltering in place. And Helen Torley, President & CEO of Halozyme Therapeutics, talks about their efforts to move the time it takes IV drugs from hours down to minutes – current testing is in breast cancer in women and multiple myeloma.

Episode 20-16 The Tech Titans Plan To Stay On Top

Tech Nation — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:03:02 +0000

Episode 20-15 Work from home these days? Science may be able to help you

Tech Nation — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 20:24:09 +0000

Episode 20-14 How do you quickly adjust international trade policy ???

Tech Nation — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 10:16:57 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, in these times of global crisis, how do changes in international cargo and trade work? Moira speaks with Keith Rockwell, the Director of the Information and External Relations Division at the World Trade Organization in Geneva. And Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft updates us on the loosening of HIPAA rules in these days of COVID-19.

Episode 20-13 Engineering Antibodies to fight COVID-19 ???

Tech Nation — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:37:10 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, it’s about one team’s dedicated effort to find an impactful and time-sensitive cure to fighting the coronavirus. Gates Foundation award winner Jacob Glanville, the CEO & President of Distributed Bio, joins me talks about their work to engineer unique and targeted antibodies and other work to create a universal flu vaccine – could it all be converted to fight the coronavirus and Covid-19? There’s a lot more to the story that Distributed Bio’s pigs in Guatemala, which you may have seen in the NetFlix documentary “Pandemic”.

Episode 20-12 How Childhood Adversity Affects Lifetime Health

Tech Nation — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 09:47:27 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, the CEO of the Center for Youth Wellness in San Francisco, with her new book “The Deepest Well … Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity”. Then on Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about … the microbiome, and how the right surgical intervention can change everything.

Episode 20-11 Facebook Rampant

Tech Nation — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 19:24:11 +0000

Episode 20-10 Who is really an entrepreneur?

Tech Nation — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 20:53:48 +0000

Episode 20-09 Terry Jones & Douglas Adams.

Tech Nation — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 18:57:43 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Terry Jones, a co-creator of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and Douglas Adams, the author of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. With the recent passing of Terry Jones, we are re-airing our 1997 interview. Then on BioTech Nation, focus on conditions of the kidney. "Vinny Jindal, the Head of Strategy at Reata Pharmaceuticals, talks about Bardoxolone for chronic kidney disease caused by Alport Sydrome. They just had positive Phase 3 data which they will use to file with the FDA. Then Dr. Darren Kelly, the Founder and CEO of Certa Therapeutics, talks about the seriousness of organ fibrosis, the cause of mortality in some 50% of human lives. Certa is working first on stopping fibrosis in the kidney.

Episode 20-08 Tech and the Future of Suburbs and Cities

Tech Nation — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 19:24:11 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Peter Calthorpe, co-founder of Urban Footprint, who focuses on sustainable urban growth and planning, and the author of “Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change”.

Episode 20-07 Jim Lehrer’s “tensest, most anxiety ridden experience”

Tech Nation — Sat, 15 Feb 2020 14:02:04 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, the 1998 Tech Nation interview with the late Jim Lehrer, longtime news anchor of the PBS Newshour, about “The tensest, most anxiety ridden experience” he “ever had interviewing anybody about anything”. Then on BioTech Nation, the need for early detection of cancer. Cancer UK’s Dr. Wendy Alderton and Dr. Mike Fisher from Oncimmune talks about the current state of cancer diagnostics, and Dr. Arthur Sands, CEO of Nurix Therapeutics, discusses their new approach to treating cancer.

Episode 20-06 Why Is There a Climate Debate? (It’s Not Science)

Tech Nation — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 20:19:34 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, how we came to question climate change. To even question the science. What’s it all about? Nathaniel Rich, journalist and author of “Losing Earth: A Recent History”, explains. Then Tech Nation Chief Correspondent Daniel Kraft talks about the age of the medical selfie.

Episode 20-05 William Gibson: Cyberpunk

Tech Nation — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 17:48:19 +0000

Today on TechNation Moira speaks to William Gibson speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk.

Episode 20-04 Deliberately Ethical Technology?

Tech Nation — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 18:03:14 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, University of Pennsylvania professors Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth with their book, “The Ethical Algorithm … the science of socially aware algorithm design.” Then regular contributor Gary Davis reports in on the state of Corporate Security breaches, and Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about IPS Cells – having our own cells treat our bodies.

Episode 20-03 The Snow Leopards of Wartorn Afghanistan

Tech Nation — Sat, 18 Jan 2020 11:01:01 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Dr. Alex Dehgan joins Moira to talk about “The Snow Leopard Project … and other Adventures in Warzone Conservation”. And we’ll from Tech Nation regular contributor, Gary Davis, the Chief Consumer Security Evangelist at McAfee – phishing is more than just an innocent-looking email in your inbox.

Episode 20-02 Beyond Moonshots? ,,, Loonshots!

Tech Nation — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 12:37:43 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Science/Tech entrepreneur Safi Bahcall. He’s written “Loonshots … How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that win wars, cure diseases, and transform industries.” And French biotech - Sensorion Pharmaceuticals. Its president and CEO, Nawal Ouzren, tells us about making progress in severe vertigo, sudden hearing loss, and hearing loss in children following treatment for cancer. Also, Daniel de Boer, the CEO of ProQR Therapeutics, talks about their approach to treat genetic diseases, including as childhood blindness. We’ll learn how it works, and why it’s safe.

Episode 20-01 Valuing a Worker’s Work in the Tech Age

Tech Nation — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 16:09:51 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Mariana Mazzucato, (Mat-zu-cat-toe) a professor of the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London. Her book is “The Value of Everything … Making and Taking in the Global Economy”. Then on Tech Nation Health, Tim Shannon from Canaan Partners discusses some terms with potential in the future of medicine: “protein degradation” and “synthetic lethality”. And Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft reviews the latest FDA approvals using AI.

Episode 19-52 Part II - Chernobyl – Then and Now

Tech Nation — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 20:02:43 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, historian and MIT professor Kate Brown talks about “Manual for Survival … A Chernobyl Guide to the Future”. She looks at the long term impact of Chernobyl – on humans, on the environment, on the politics of governments with nuclear capabilities, and even on international humanitarian organizations.

Episode 19-51 Chernobyl – Then and Now

Tech Nation — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:49:01 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, part I of a two-part series on Chernobyl: Then and Now. Journalist Adam Higginbotham, author of “Midnight in Chernobyl”, recounts what exactly happened at the time of the accident. Later in the show, Vincent Keunen, the Founder and CEO of Andaman7, describes a new app to collect and manage your own medical records, and Helen Torley of Halozyme returns to talk about a technology which reduces the time for infusion therapy.

Episode 19-50 Wilderness Medicine

Tech Nation — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:16:06 +0000

Episode 19-49 The Global Garage Sale

Tech Nation — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:54:51 +0000

Episode 19-48 The World Changes with the Smartphone

Tech Nation — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:52:40 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, former CNN journalist and Managing Editor of Foreign Policy, Ravi Agrawal with “India Connected … How the Smartphone is Transforming the World’s Largest Democracy.” Then, we’ll hear from Jamie Metzl on “Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity.”

Episode 19-47 Crisis in Social Media - Globally

Tech Nation — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:52:04 +0000

Episode 19-46 Social Media and what its doing to us

Tech Nation — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:28:23 +0000

Episode 19-45 3D Printing Transforms Global Trade

Tech Nation — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 11:54:18 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, how Global Trade will change with manufacturing turning to commercial-grade 3D printers. Dartmouth professor Richard D’Aveni is the author of “The Pan-Industrial Revolution – How New Manufacturing Titans Will Transform the World”. Then on Tech Nation Health, producing your own cells to deliver on the promise of Precision Medicine. Steve Bagshaw, the CEO of FujiFilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, explains what they do. And Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft gives us more insight on the announcement out of China of gene-edited babies.

Episode 19-44 Cybersecuity and the New Technologies

Tech Nation — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 15:50:06 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Mikko Hyppönen, the Chief Research Officer at F-Secure. Cybersecurity in the world today, as well as Hypponen’s Law. Then, the new approach taken with first Post-Partum depression drug. Dr. Jeff Jonas, the CEO of Sage Therapeutics, tells us how it just may work for depression in general. And finally, why do these drugs cost so much? Mike Abrams from Numerof and Associates explains.

Episode 19-43 Shooting the Messenger ???

Tech Nation — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 17:17:17 +0000

Episode 19-42 Decision Intelligence – what AI and Big Data will be

Tech Nation — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:25:32 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Computer Scientist Dr. Lorien Pratt about “Link … How Decision Intelligence Connects Data, Actions, and Outcomes for a Better World.” Then Dr. Seth Lederman, the CEO of Tonix Pharmaceuticals, tells us about how PTSD affects the brain, its relation to sleep, and how it may treated some 9 years after the initial trauma. If you have experienced trauma, and PTSD, you may qualify for one of their clinical studies.

Episode 19-41 Dogs Driving Science and Technology

Tech Nation — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 18:50:14 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Journalist Maria Goodavage. Following her books “Soldier Dogs” and “Secret Service Dogs”, her latest is “Doctor Dogs, How Our Best Friends Are Becoming Our Best Medicine.”

And ever wonder why those popular genetic tests don’t say you definitely will get a medical condition, but rather they cite a likelihood? A probability? Dr. Tara Nickerson from Maze Therapeutics explains it, as well as how their work is looking to create new therapies in the future.

Episode 19-40 Lemony Snicket Does Tech Noir

Tech Nation — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 11:37:38 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
the author known best to you as Lemony Snicket, or rather his adult self: Daniel Handler. They talk about his latest adult novel: “Bottle Grove”, and a different take on the San Francisco of today. Then Moira speaks with two different female engineers. Brianna Wronko, the founder and CEO of Group K Diagnostics, is looking to create immediate response diagnostics. And Dr. Erica Smith, the Vice President of Business Development for Tools4Patient, talks about removing the placebo effect - the impact of a positive response to a drug, even when the patient received nothing.

Episode 19-39 Smart Cities, Smart Doctors, Smart Security, Smart Drug Design

Tech Nation — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 21:26:18 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

it’s all about data – who’s collecting it, and why, and how it can serve us, and maybe not. Lee Omar from Red Ninja talks about smart cities around the world, and the art of listening before you build. Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Daniel Kraft shows us we can crowdsource medical questions, while Tech Nation Regular Contributor Gary Davis reminds us that we love free stuff, and we pay for it with our data. Then Krishnan Nandabalan, the CEO of InveniAI sees continued value in the data used for drug approval after the drug is approved.

Episode 19-38 Dashiell Hammett’s Sam Spade has a Tech Noir Successor

Tech Nation — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 13:10:10 +0000

Episode 19-37 Shrewd Samaritan in a Connected World

Tech Nation — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:28:49 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

USF professor and development economist Bruce Wydick about “Shrewd Samaritan - Faith, Economics, and the Road to Loving Our Global Neighbor”. Which poverty intervention programs work, and which don’t?
Then the global health challenge of the bacteria H. Pylori and its role in stomach ulcers and gastric cancer. Gilead Raday, COO of RedHill Biopharma talks about a treatment in their pipeline and a plan on how to avoid creating antibiotic resistance.

Episode 19-36 Your Mind Needs Motion

Tech Nation — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 19:45:15 +0000

Episode 19-35 Your Mind Needs Motion

Tech Nation — Sat, 31 Aug 2019 08:57:52 +0000

Episode 19-34 What Motivates the People Driving Biotech

Tech Nation — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 11:37:36 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

the committed people who lead the biotech industry. Physician-entrepreneur Dr. Jeremy Levin chairs BIO, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, and also works on the rare disease Angelman Syndrome at Ovid Therapeutics. Jim Greenwood, the CEO of BIO, asks “What’s the right thing to do?” about the price of drugs and everyday people. While BIO Vice Chair, Paul Hastings, is also the CEO of Nkarta Therapeutics. With Senior Vice President, Nadir Mahmood, they’re working with Natural Killer cells to fight cancer.

Episode 19-33 Talking to Robots – Future and Imagined

Tech Nation — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:55:14 +0000

Episode 19-32 Making medical breakthroughs faster

Tech Nation — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 13:03:41 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann, the CEO of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Dr. Penny Heaton, CEO of The Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute, also called Gates MRI. Then scientist-entrepreneur Dr. Jake Glanville, co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Distributed Bio, talks about developing a universal flu vaccine.

Episode 19-31 Predicting Weather – Data, Computers, and Your Smartphone

Tech Nation — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 10:15:15 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with the people who predict the weather - Todd Hutchinson, the Director of Numerical Weather Prediction at The Weather Company, and Cameron Clayton, the General Manager of Watson Media & Weather. And another question – what’s in the food we eat? And where did it come from? Moira speaks with Brigid McDermott, Vice President of IBM Food Trust. From one field to one processor to one supermarket, technology can keep tiny problems tiny.

Episode 19-30 PERFORMANCE – improving physically

Tech Nation — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 09:50:11 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Surgeon Dr. Justin Barad, the co-founder and CEO of Osso VR. They help surgeons to learn new medical techniques better. And another MD, Dr. Daniel Chao co-founded Halo Neuroscience to improve any activity requiring repetitive motion – from athletes to musicians to people recovering strokes and even surgeons.

Episode 19-29 PAIN – When You Feel It, and When You Can’t

Tech Nation — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:05:14 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with we’re talking about pain. Podiatric surgeon Dr. David Armstrong, a Professor of Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine at USC, and Davide Vigano, CEO of Sensoria, talk about the long term effect of diabetes on the feet, and how to prevent and help heal problems. Dr. Shai Gozani, the President and CEO of NeuroMetrix, talks about their solution for treating chronic pain, and a study of pain sufferers in the face of the opioid crisis.

Episode 19-28 Info We Trust?

Tech Nation — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 09:55:00 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with data storyteller RJ Andrews, the author, “Info We Trust: How to Inspire the World with Data.” Then on Tech Nation Health, Ali Fattay, the CEO of Curis, talks about moving cancer treatments from the most common method - infusions - to pills. And chief correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft discusses Circadian Medicine – paying attention to your Circadian rhythm turns out to be important, even in the modern Healthcare.

Episode 19-27 Is Elon Musk More Important Than Steve Jobs?

Tech Nation — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 08:20:07 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with New Zealand journalist, Hamish McKenzie about his book: “Insane Mode – How Elon Musk’s Tesla Sparked an Electric Revolution to End the Age of Oil”. Then, testing for Alzheimer’s Disease long before any outward symptoms appear. Carlo Medici, CEO of Alzeca describes their efforts, and our chief correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, talks about the ability to control technology with voice and how it will significantly impact medicine.

Episode 19-26 Pencil and Paper – the Tech of Choice

Tech Nation — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 11:04:01 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dan Roam, the founder of The Napkin Academy and author of “Draw To Win”. And on Tech Nation Health, a new model for addressing genetically-driven diseases affecting a small number of patients. Neil Kumar is the CEO of Bridge Bio. And Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft reviews new technologies to determine the health status of our hearts.

Episode 19-25 All that personal medical data

Tech Nation — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 10:31:43 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Dr. Eric Schadt, the Founder & CEO of Sema4 talks about the explosion of personal medical information, and how it could work for us in the future. Then on Tech Nation Health, work on a vaccine to treat Alzheimer’s … and potentially prevent it. Dr. Ajay Verma, Chief Medical Officer of United Neuroscience tells us how and why it might work. Then Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about The Age Wave.

Episode 19-24 Zombies … again

Tech Nation — Sat, 15 Jun 2019 18:31:32 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Wired science journalist Matt Simon and his book: “Plight of the Living Dead: What Real-Life Zombies Reveal About Our World – and Ourselves”. Who’s a parasite? Who’s a host to a parasite? And who might be controlled by one? Then on Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft relates a story about a man and his smartwatch – it saved his life.

Episode 19-23 Technology and Iron – from the Middle Ages to modern France

Tech Nation — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 11:44:30 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Jean-Jacques Augagneur, CEO of Lacanche, and Chef Patrick Boisjot, the Director of Export. It’s a story of technology and iron - from the Middle Ages through the French Revolution and the Industrial Age up until today - a “bespoke” French stove from a single, tiny village in remote France.

Episode 19-22 How To Do Nothing (There’s NO App for That!)

Tech Nation — Fri, 31 May 2019 14:03:42 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Jenny Odell, the author of “How to Do Nothing – Resisting the Attention Economy.” Then Tech Nation Chief Correspondent Daniel Kraft tells us about the World Health Organization’s new goals for technology. And Tech Nation regulator contributor, Gary Davis, Chief Consumer Security Evangelist at McAfee explains those phone calls we get pretending to be the IRS.

Episode 19-21 Why Is There a Climate Debate? (It’s Not Science)

Tech Nation — Wed, 22 May 2019 12:25:55 +0000

Episode 19-20 Tech and the Future of Suburbs and Cities

Tech Nation — Wed, 15 May 2019 13:13:45 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Peter Calthorpe, co-founder of Urban Footprint, who focuses on sustainable urban growth and planning, and the author of “Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change”.

Episode 19-19 The Tech of Spycraft in Occupied France

Tech Nation — Fri, 10 May 2019 06:22:26 +0000

Episode 19-18 The Snow Leopards Of War Torn Afghanistan

Tech Nation — Wed, 01 May 2019 12:38:33 +0000

Episode 19-17 The Advantages of “Unsafe Thinking”

Tech Nation — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:29:34 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Fast Company columnist Jonah Sachs. His book is “Unsafe Thinking: How to Be Nimble and Bold When You Need It Most”. Then on Tech Nation Health, Dr. Tom Lowery from T2 Biosystems – their part in fighting life-threatening Sepsis. And David Domzalski from Foamix Pharmaceuticals talks about a new approach to America’s most common skin disorder: Acne.

Episode 19-16 Using Tech for Social Change

Tech Nation — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 09:20:27 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Ann Mei Chang, the Executive Director of Lean Impact, before a live audience at the Women in Leadership and Philanthropy Symposium at the University of San Francisco. Her book is “Lean Impact … How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good”. And Jerry Sheehan, the Deputy Director of the National Library of Medicine at NIH - the world’s largest medical library, founded in 1836 as a bookshelf in the office of the Army Surgeon General.

Episode 19-15 Beyond Moonshots? There’s Loonshots!

Tech Nation — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:09:20 +0000

Episode 19-14 The Reading Brain in the Digital World .

Tech Nation — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 08:33:10 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, cognitive scientist Maryanne Wolf and her book: “Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World”.

Then on Tech Nation Health, neuroscientist Dr. Mark Gurney, CEO of Tetra Discovery Partners, talks treatments for such challenges as Fragile X Syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, and traumatic brain injury.

Episode 19-13 Cybersecuity and the New Technologies

Tech Nation — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 22:05:54 +0000

Episode 19-12 Part II – Chernobyl – Then and Now...

Tech Nation — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 10:52:23 +0000

Episode 19-11 Part I – Chernobyl: Then and Now

Tech Nation — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 09:05:50 +0000

Episode 19-10 Guy Kawasaki – Lessons from a Life

Tech Nation — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 08:43:25 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Guy Kawasaki, the chief evangelist for Canva, and former chief evangelist of Apple, looks back on his life in “Wise Guy … Lessons from a Life”. Then Pat Condo, CEO of NTENT, describes how our world is changing now that we can speak to the tech around us. Helen Torley, President and CEO of Halozyme, explores how we might fight different aspects of a cancer, making existing cancer treatments more effective. Its first target – pancreatic cancer, with other cancers soon to follow.

Episode 19-09 What about the Humans in Self-Driving Cars?

Tech Nation — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 21:00:26 +0000

Michael Shermer about “Heavens on Earth – The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia.” Then on Tech Nation Health, Carl Ware from the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, talks about their research into viruses, cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Episode 19-08 What about the Humans in Self-Driving Cars?

Tech Nation — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:15:08 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks Andrew Poliak, Vice President for Strategy and Innovation at Panasonic Automotive Systems America, about the human experience within self-driving cars, as well as cars of the future. Also, Gary Davis, the Chief Consumer Security Evangelist at McAfee talks about the human experience of security in our homes, while Jennifer Ernst, the CEO of Tivic Health, reveals their electrical medical device - just approved by the FDA - to relieve sinus pain.

Episode 19-07 Predicting Weather – Data, Computers, and All of Us

Tech Nation — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 12:05:53 +0000

Episode 19-06 The Smart Home comes of age

Tech Nation — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 12:54:02 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with three takes on what would work well in a Smart Home, the projected US trends in consumer technology – what you will likely buy this year, and a tiny chip that can monitor the air that we breathe.

Episode 19-05 PERFORMANCE – improving physically

Tech Nation — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 09:25:09 +0000

Episode 19-04 PAIN – when you don’t feel it, and when you can’t stop

Tech Nation — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:57:26 +0000

Episode 19-03 Info We Trust?

Tech Nation — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 11:07:58 +0000

Episode 19-02 Is Elon Musk More Important Than Steve Jobs?

Tech Nation — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 12:35:37 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with New Zealand journalist, Hamish McKenzie about his book: “Insane Mode – How Elon Musk’s Tesla Sparked an Electric Revolution to End the Age of Oil”.

Then on this week’s Tech Nation Health, testing for Alzheimer’s Disease long before any outward symptoms appear. Carlo Medici, CEO of Alzeca describes their efforts, and our chief correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, talks about the ability to control technology with voice and how it will significantly impact medicine.

Episode 19-01 Humanity Rising?

Tech Nation — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:26:12 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Harvard professor Steven Pinker makes the case that we’re better off today than ever before. His book is “Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress.” Then on Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft takes us beyond the hype on “artificial intelligence” in healthcare.

Episode 18-52 The Valley of Arequipa, Peru

Tech Nation — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 13:47:49 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, we discover what science might do for Food, Energy, Water and the Environment in the Arequipa Valley of Peru. Purdue University geosciences professor Tim Filley describes their work.

Then on Tech Nation Health, what the World Health Organization calls out as a burning need – healthcare management. Steve Sammut joins us with a solution in Africa. And Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about electroceuticals - electricity as medicine.

Episode 18-51 Scientific Evidence for Emotional Courage?

Tech Nation — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 12:49:47 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, psychologist Dr. Susan David speaks on “Emotional Agility” as well as her TED Talk, “The Gift and Power of Emotional Courage”. Then on Tech Nation Health: The opioid crisis. Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft to brings us up-to-date with the surprising findings of a new study.

Episode 18-50 The World Changes with the Smartphone .

Tech Nation — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:03:20 +0000

Episode 18-49 3D Printing Transforms Global Trade

Tech Nation — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 13:32:49 +0000

Episode 18-48 How Childhood Adversity Affects Lifetime Health

Tech Nation — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 09:21:48 +0000

Episode 18-47 There’s Genius in “Quirky”

Tech Nation — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 12:02:15 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, NYU professor Melissa Schilling talks about everyone from Albert Einstein to Steve Jobs and Elon Musk in “Quirky – The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World.” Then on Tech Nation Health, Dr. Chris Smith from the start-up, Q-Sera in Brisbane, Australia, tells us how the venomous Australian Brown snake lashed out at the wrong scientist.

Episode 18-46 The Power of Moments

Tech Nation — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 11:59:01 +0000

Moira speaks with Duke University Senior Fellow, Dan Heath, about
“The Power of Moments”. It turns out, we actually remember our life in slices of time. Then on Tech Nation Health, it’s the power of viruses – against cancer. Moira speaks with Dr. Harry Gruber, the President for Science and Innovation at Tocagen about their genetically engineered viruses. Their first, glioblastoma, has received breakthrough therapy designation from the FDA. Tocagen is also working on colorectal, breast, lung, pancreatic and renal cancers, as well as melanoma. Dr. Gruber explains how the virus works.

Episode 18-45 The AI Delusion

Tech Nation — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 13:02:11 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Pomona College professor Gary Smith about how we humans are the intelligent ones .. and not computers. He de-hypes our expectations of Artificial Intelligence in “The AI Delusion”. Then on Tech Nation Health, a look at the global biotech industry, its accomplishments and its challenges. Jim Greenwood, the President & CEO of BIO, joins us to cover everything from scientific breakthroughs to plentiful jobs for the non-scientists among us.

Episode 18-44 Future Politics – in a Tech World

Tech Nation — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:40:44 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Jamie Susskind about his book: “Future Politics … Living Together in a World Transformed by Tech.” Then on Tech Nation Health, breakthrough science in the treatment of epilepsy. Tony Colasin, the Co-Founder and CEO of Bloom Science, talks about the science Bloom is utilizing to develop new treatments.

Episode 18-43 Our new digital cities

Tech Nation — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 07:19:41 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Cary McClelland about the significant impact of technology on San Francisco – which may be coming to your city, if it hasn’t already. Cary’s book is “Silicon City: San Francisco in the Long Shadow of the Valley”. Then on Tech Nation Health, a potential new treatment for Proteus Syndrome, best known to you from the movie, The Elephant Man. It may also deliver benefits for endometrial cancer. Dr. Brian Schwartz is the Chief Medical Officer of Arqule.

Episode 18-42 Draw Me a Picture!

Tech Nation — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:03:35 +0000

Episode 18-41 Valuing a Worker’s Work in the Tech Age

Tech Nation — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 01:07:07 +0000

Episode 18-40 All that personal medical data

Tech Nation — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 12:35:25 +0000

Episode 18-39 Zombies … again

Tech Nation — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:27:13 +0000

Episode 18-38 Surviving Natural Disasters

Tech Nation — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 09:42:13 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, how natural disasters shaped civilizations. Former USGS scientist, Dr. Lucy Jones joins Moira to talk about her book: “The Big Ones”. Then on Tech Nation Health, treating medical conditions with a person’s own cells. Nina Kjellson (Shell-son), Managing Partner, from Canaan Partners explains the challenges of car-T therapy in treating cancer patients, and Vericel’s Gerard Michel describes their work repairing cartilage in the knee and severe burns. Also, Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft covers the Blue Button conference

Episode 18-37 Leading Matters – in Innovation and Beyond

Tech Nation — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:00:44 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with John Hennessey, chairman of the board of Alphabet, the parent company of google. From computer science professor to President of Stanford University, he talks about his book: “Leading Matters: Lessons from My Journey”. Then, if you think the Internet is global with just the click of a mouse, think again. Moira speak with Keith Rockwell, the Director of the Information and External Relations Division at the World Trade Organization. They’ll talk about what technology in the Cloud may mean to different nations.

Episode 18-36 Making Breakthrough Medicine Faster and for Everyone

Tech Nation — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 07:36:54 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann, the CEO of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Dr. Penny Heaton, CEO of The Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute, also called Gates MRI. Then scientist-entrepreneur Dr. Jacob Glanville, co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Distributed Bio, talks about developing a universal flu vaccine.

Episode 18-35 Technology and Iron – from the Middle Ages to modern France

Tech Nation — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:00:31 +0000

Episode 18-34 The Reading Brain In The Digital World

Tech Nation — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 11:08:29 +0000

On this weeks Tech Nation, cognitive scientist Maryanne Wolf and her book, "Reader,Come Home:The Reading Brain In A Digital World"

Then on Tech Nation Health, neuroscientist Dr Mark Gurney, CEO of Tetra Discovery Partners, talks treatments for such challenges as Fragile X Syndrome, Alzheimers and traumatic brain injury

Episode 18-33 The Advantages of “Unsafe Thinking”

Tech Nation — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 11:23:21 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Fast Company columnist Jonah Sachs. His book is “Unsafe Thinking: How to Be Nimble and Bold When You Need It Most”. Then on Tech Nation Health, Dr. Tom Lowery (“L’ow!-ree”) from T2 Biosystems – their part in fighting life-threatening Sepsis. And David Domzalski from Foamix Pharmaceuticals talks about a new approach to America’s most common skin disorder: Acne.

Episode 18-32 Five Stars

Tech Nation — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 12:19:31 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Forbes.com columnist Carmine Gallo returns with “Five Stars … The Communication Secrets to Get from Good to Great”.

Then on Tech Nation Health, Dr. Dan Gold, CEO of MEI Pharma, joins Moira to talk about the eight out of nine drugs which fail FDA clinical trials. MEI Pharma sees this as opportunity.

Episode 18-31 Precision – it’s everywhere

Tech Nation — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 19:44:43 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Simon Winchester joins us to talk about “The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World”.

Then on Tech Nation Health, how do we test new medications on our immune systems? We’ll hear from Dave Johnson from Gigagen about building synthetic immune systems outside our bodies to do just that. Also Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, talks about transformative technologies.

Episode 18-30 MD’s – 24/7 – wherever you are

Tech Nation — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 12:49:20 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Rich Berner, the CEO of MDLIVE, talks about access to physicians from your smartphone - 24/7. And on Tech Nation Health, Dr. John Beadle, the CEO of Psioxus, describes about how they build new viruses to target cancer cells, and Jim Joyce, the CEO of Aethlon Medical, talks about filtering high-threat infectious viruses with their product: Hemopurifier.

Episode 18-29 The Science of Curiosity

Tech Nation — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 08:52:33 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Dr. Mario Livio and his book: Why? What Makes Us Curious. And on Tech Nation Health, a look at rapid genome analysis for newborns in trouble. Dr. Stephen Kingsmore, the President and CEO of the Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine tells us about their experience.

Episode 18-28 Who Owns Athlete’s Data?

Tech Nation — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 17:24:12 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, members of the CES 2018 panel “Who Owns Athlete’s Data?” Dr. Leslie Saxon, from the Keck School of Medicine at USC, and Eric Winston, the President of the NFL Players Association. Dave Aufhauser, Managing Director, Sports and Entertainment at Intel on the fan experience with live 360 Virtual Reality. And Guy Kawasaki with a vision of our futures with autonomous vehicles.

Episode 18-27 The Science of “Popular” vs. “Likable”

Tech Nation — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 09:01:44 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Mitch Prinstein, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. There’s a science to being popular – and a proven path to likability. Then on Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr Daniel Kraft brings 3D printing into healthcare – there’s a lot of value there – far more than printing cute little widgets just for fun. And Dr. Serge Saxonov, CEO of 10x Genomics, explains how our current technology for decoding our genomes has its limits, and how to can be improved upon.

Episode 18-26 Science tells us – we are driven by our Unconscious

Tech Nation — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 09:55:38 +0000

Moira speaks with Yale psychology professor John Bargh about “Before You Know It – The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do”. And on Tech Nation Health, a radical new treatment to replace human skin following a serious burn. Dr. Denver Lough (“Low”), the President & CEO of PolarityTE, tells us how it works, and how a group of doctors left a hospital burn center to bring this new technology worldwide.

Episode 18-999 Unedited 2005 interview withElizabeth Holmes, President & CEO of Theranos. Recorded at KQED in San Francisco

Tech Nation — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 12:50:34 +0000

Unedited 2005 interview withElizabeth Holmes, President & CEO of Theranos. Recorded at KQED in San Francisco

Tech Nation Media retains full rights regarding this transcript, the raw audio it reflects, and the final edited audio which aired over NPR Now and other broadcast and Internet venues. Attribution should be given as “Unedited Tech Nation interview with Elizabeth Holmes by Dr. Moira Gunn, KQED, May, 2005”. Re-publishing and/or re-airing on any medium beyond “fair use” requires the express written permission of Tech Nation Media. Contact technationmedia@gmail.com.

Episode 18-25 A Different Global Economy – One for Everyone

Tech Nation — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 19:46:22 +0000

Moira speaks with 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank and microloans to the poor. He sees “A World of Three Zeros” – Zero Poverty, Unemployment, and Net Carbon Emissions. Then on Tech Nation Health, brain cancer in children. Dr. Rob Wechsler-Reya heads the Tumor Initiation and Maintenance Program at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute.

Episode 18-24 Data for the People

Tech Nation — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:35:38 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Andreas Weigand, former chief scientist at Amazon, and author of “Data for the People.” Then on Tech Nation Health, Dr. Marshall Summar, Director of the Rare Disease Institute and Chief of Genetics and Metabolism at Children’s National Health System in Washington, DC. They talk about treating rare diseases in the very young, and the efforts to support families, local Pediatricians and the patients themselves, nationwide and around the world.

Episode 18-23 Principles – Life and Work

Tech Nation — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 11:25:38 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with …

Ray Dalio, the founder and co-chair of Bridgewater Associates, which he founded 40 years ago in his 2 bedroom apartment. Today it is recognized as the world’s largest hedge fund. His mental processes, his values and how he sees the world are all part of his book “Principles: Life and Work”.
Then on Tech Nation Health, the biotechnology of CRISPR. We hear from Katrine Bosley, the President & CEO of Editas Medicine. This is a new kind of therapeutic.

Episode 18-22 The Chinese Typewriter

Tech Nation — Wed, 30 May 2018 08:13:56 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with …

Stanford History professor Tom Mullaney about “The Chinese Typewriter”. And on Tech Nation Health, we celebrate the Summer of Love. Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft follows the recreational drugs through today with new therapeutics. And Amit Munshi, the President & CEO of Arena Pharmaceuticals tells us about their many drug candidates, including one sourced from cannabinoids.

Episode 18-21 Pioneer Codebreaker -- Elizebeth Smith Friedman

Tech Nation — Wed, 23 May 2018 11:43:11 +0000

Episode 18-20 Science looks at - who believes in an Afterlife?

Tech Nation — Fri, 18 May 2018 13:02:55 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Michael Shermer talks about “Heavens on Earth – The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia.” We’ll find out who believes – or does not believe – in an afterlife.

Then on Tech Nation Health, Dr. Carl Ware, from Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla, talks about viruses, cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Episode 18-19 Economies of “Unscale”

Tech Nation — Wed, 09 May 2018 19:08:37 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, how technology has enabled the economies of scale to trickle down to everyone. Hemant Taneja, a managing director at the venture capital firm General Catalyst talks about “Unscaled – How AI and the Next Generation of Upstarts are Creating the Economy of the Future.”
And on Tech Nation Health, understanding more about our immune systems – and how they change as we age. We’ll hear from Dr. Thomas Olin, the CEO of Kancera from Stockholm, Sweden. And the Maker Movement in Healthcare. Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, talks about the niche of MakerNurse and his own experience developing a new surgical tool.

Episode 18-18 Blockchain/Bitcoin Explained

Tech Nation — Wed, 02 May 2018 12:52:20 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Shidan Gouran, the President of Global Blockchain Technologies, about the difference between Blockchain and Bitcoin, and what cryptocurrencies mean to traditional banking.

Then on Tech Nation Health, a new technology aims to make a range of existing medications more effective. George Yeh, President of TLC Bio, describes their first targets - Osteo arthritis and liver cancer. And Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, explores how global tech firms are addressing healthcare.

Episode 18-17 My Device/Myself ??

Tech Nation — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 23:03:46 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times journalist Matt Richtel about his latest novel, “Dead on Arrival”. And on Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr Daniel Kraft examines the reality and the potential of using drones in healthcare.

Episode 18-16 The Valley of Arequipa, Peru

Tech Nation — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:57:14 +0000

Episode 18-15 Scientific Evidence for Emotional Courage?

Tech Nation — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 13:41:09 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, psychologist Dr. Susan David speaks on “Emotional Agility” as well as her TED Talk, “The Gift and Power of Emotional Courage”. Then on Tech Nation Health: The opioid crisis. Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft to brings us up to date with the surprising findings of a new study.

Episode 18-14 Humanity Rising?

Tech Nation — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 19:34:15 +0000

Episode 18-13 The Art of the Inventor/Entrepreneur

Tech Nation — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 08:58:00 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, a full complement of inventor/entrepreneurs from CES in Las Vegas. That would be Chris Young, the CEO of McAfee, Sjoerd Pitstra, the Founder & CEO of Roader, Carol Staninger, the CEO of Ancer, and Taj Manku, the Co-Founder and CEO of Cognitive Systems. They are all motivated, come from Silicon Valley to Waterloo, Canada, from Florida and even Holland. CES is about innovating technology.

Episode 18-12 The Science of Fixing a Broken Heart

Tech Nation — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:57:41 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Psychologist Dr. Guy Winch. He tells us the science behind “How To Fix A Broken Heart”. Then non Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft tells us about his work as a pediatric oncologist.

Episode 18-11 How childhood adversity affects life-time health

Tech Nation — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 22:25:19 +0000

Episode 18-10 TN Health – Better Tech for Cancer + Zika

Tech Nation — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 16:09:54 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, a full hour of Tech Nation Health, reimagining the future of health and healthcare with the emergence of new technologies. DR. DANIEL KRAFT, Chief Correspondent for Tech Nation Health talks about the future of Surgery and Other Interventions. Purdue Professor, DR. PHIL LOW, the Director of Purdue Center for Drug Discovery and Chief Scientific Officer of Endocyte, talks about why it’s hard to surgically remove all the cancerous tissue, and a technology that can change that. And DR. RICHARD KUHN, the Director of the Purdue Institute for Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease. He was the first to discover the structure of the Zika virus, and he compares it to other viruses, like Polio and HIV.

Episode 18-09 Who’s Innovative? Look for Quirky!

Tech Nation — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 00:01:05 +0000

Episode 18-08 Fostering Research and Innovation – Globally

Tech Nation — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 10:58:25 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Sir Mark Walport, former Chief Science Advisor for the UK Government and soon, the first Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation – you may be surprised at the UK’s impact on our everyday technology. Then NPR’s lead digital education correspondent Anya Kamenetz (Kam-inettes), and her book, “The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media & Real Life”. Then on Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent, Dr Daniel Kraft talks about the rise of the individual inventor in health and wellness.

Episode 18-07 How To Fix The Future

Tech Nation — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 13:30:50 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Andrew Keen talks about “How to fix the Future”. And on Tech Nation Health, Dr. Steve Mento from Conatus Pharmaceuticals talks about our livers and their scientific work in treating NASH and Cirrhosis of the liver. Also, Chief Correspondent Daniel Kraft describes the social determinants of health. Yes, it makes a difference.

Episode 18-06 TN Health – Better Tech for Cancer + Zika

Tech Nation — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 12:47:15 +0000

Episode 18-05 Tech Is More Than Gadgets

Tech Nation — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 15:22:43 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, with an overview of CES 2018, Rick Kowalski, the Manager of Industry and Business Intelligence at the Consumer Technology Association. And going beyond gadgets, Arizona State professor Cody Friesen (“Free-senn”) tells us how his company, Zero Mass Water, is building hydropanels, producing water from sunlight and air. And in healthcare, Dr. Neal Kassell (“Kaas-sell”) talks about the global potential and the challenges focused ultrasound.

Episode 18-04 Who Owns Athlete’s Data?

Tech Nation — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 12:29:19 +0000

Episode 18-03 Animatronics for Social Good.

Tech Nation — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 16:01:24 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Aaron Horowitz and Hannah Chung, Co-Founders of Sproutel and Designers of My Special AFLAC Duck, for children with cancer. Then on Tech Nation Health, Dr. Todd Brady, CEO of Aldeyra describes their work on a disease which affects one-third of people. It led to a new drug helping patients with a very rare disease - Sjögren (“Show-gren”) -Larsson Syndrome

Episode 18-02 Virtual Reality – Dawn of the New Everything

Tech Nation — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 20:32:34 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Jaron Lanier talks about “Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality”. Then on Tech Nation Health, Dr. Hartmut Ehrlich, the CEO opf Abivax, describes their efforts to keep HIV undetectable for longer and longer periods, and Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft explores the future of going to the doctor.

Episode 18-01 Focus Groups? Now it’s videos on your phone

Tech Nation — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 17:53:23 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, how video on your smartphone is the next generation of focus groups. We’ll hear from Patricia Roller, the CEO of Vidlet(VID-LETT). Then on Tech Nation Health, the link between Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease, Dr. Jerold Chun is a Professor and Director of Neuroscience Drug Discovery at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute.

Episode 17-52 Finding Fibonacci

Tech Nation — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 17:32:27 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, “The NPR Math Guy”, Keith Devlin, tells us about Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World”. Then on Tech Nation Health, chief correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft tells us about the winners of the Qualcomm Tricoder Xprize - StarTrek medicine isn’t fiction any more.

Episode 17-51 How Google Works – and Alphabet, too!

Tech Nation — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 12:27:42 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, former Google CEO and Alphabet Executive Chair, Eric Schmidt along with former Senior Vice President for Products, Jonathan Rosenberg talk about “How Google Works”.

Then on Tech Nation Health, faster diagnostics for the 25 species of bacteria which cause Sepsis. John McDonough, the CEO of T2 Biosystems, talks about their efforts in Sepsis and other new diagnostics for candida and Lyme disease.

Episode 17-50 Technology invents Play invents more Technology

Tech Nation — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:53:18 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Steven Johnson, the Author, “Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World.” Then on Tech Nation Health, chief correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about the future of cancer – its prevention, early detection and emergent treatments. And Dr. Niclas Stiernholm, the President & CEO of Trillium Therapeutics, tells us about identifying cancer cells so that the immune system can remove them.

Episode 17-49 Plato and the Nerd

Tech Nation — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 12:27:52 +0000

Moira speaks with UC Berkeley professor Edward Ashford Lee talks about “Plato and the Nerd: The Creative Partnership of Humans and Technology.” Then on Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about the current state of Big Data in the healthcare field and Dr. Ajay Gupta from Rockwell Medical tells us about his work getting iron to very ill patients – from cancer to kidney failure to long term infections. The breakthrough came from scientific work almost two centuries old.

Episode 17-48 Leonardo, the Engineer

Tech Nation — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 23:19:27 +0000

Moira speaks with Walter Isaacson about his latest book “Leonardo Da Vinci”. After all these centuries, more information emerges. And on Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft recaps the Exponential Medicine Conference 2017. And Dr. Ken Horne from Symic Bio talks about a common challenge: vein grafts in legs and arms.

Episode 17-47 The Power of Moments

Tech Nation — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 21:37:52 +0000

Moira speaks with Duke University Senior Fellow, Dan Heath, about

“The Power of Moments”. It turns out, we actually remember our life in slices of time. Then on Tech Nation Health, it’s the power of viruses – against cancer. Moira speaks with Dr. Harry Gruber, the President for Science and Innovation at Tocagen about their genetically engineered viruses. Their first, glioblastoma, has received breakthrough therapy designation from the FDA. Tocagen is also working on colorectal, breast, lung, pancreatic and renal cancers, as well as melanoma. Dr. Gruber explains how the virus works.

Episode 17-46 Pioneer Codebreaker -- Elizebeth Smith Friedman

Tech Nation — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 22:31:16 +0000

Episode 17-45 Humanity – compelled to motivate

Tech Nation — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 10:03:27 +0000

Moira speaks with Gary Shapiro, the President of the Consumer Technology Association about technology and tech jobs in the US and globally. And where does all this innovation come from? Rice University music professor Anthony Brandt and Stanford neuroscientist, David Eagleman look at “How Human Creativity Remakes the World”.

Episode 17-44 Science tells us – we are driven by our Unconscious

Tech Nation — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 20:38:17 +0000

Episode 17-43 A Different Global Economy – One for Everyone

Tech Nation — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 20:11:56 +0000

Episode 17-42 The Science of Popularity

Tech Nation — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 18:49:35 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DEREK THOMPSON, a Senior Editor at The Atlantic, about his book “Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in the Age of Distraction”. Then on Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr. DANIEL KRAFT talks about the future of aging, longevity and technology in the near and more distant future, and on BioTech Nation, Dr. NATHANIEL DAVID, Founder & CEO of Unity Biotechnology talks about the role of “senescent” cells in aging.

Episode 17-41 Principles: Life and Work

Tech Nation — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:16:48 +0000

Episode 17-40 The Chinese Typewriter

Tech Nation — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 20:35:37 +0000

Episode 17-39 Military-Related PTSD

Tech Nation — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 10:58:29 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with …

Dr. Seth Lederman from Tonix Pharmaceuticals about military-related PTSD. Their drug has been fast-tracked by the FDA. Then on Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Daniel Kraft with Jordan Amadio about the emergent technology in the field of neurosurgery, and Dr. Elliot Goldstein from ProMIS Neurosciences the particular kind of plaque that brings about Alzheimer’s.

Episode 17-38 In-Home Security – it knows when you’re not there ..

Tech Nation — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 08:36:41 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with …

Dr. Taj Manku, the Co-Founder of Cognitive Systems in Waterloo, Canada. AuraHome enables in-home security with no gadgets to put on your windows – no need to arm it when you leave. Then a new segment on Tech Nation - Tech Nation Health! Where we reimagine the future of health and healthcare with the emergence of new technologies. Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan is the Director of the National Library of Medicine. She talks about information available worldwide. Then chief correspondent for Tech Nation Health, Dr. Daniel Kraft, talks about 3-D printing in medicine.

Episode 17-37 The Science of Curiosity

Tech Nation — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 22:25:46 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Mario Livio and his book: Why? What Makes Us Curious. And on Tech Nation Health, a look at rapid genome analysis for newborns in trouble. Dr. Stephen Kingsmore, the President and CEO of the Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine tells us about their experience.

Episode 17-36 My Device/Myself

Tech Nation — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 19:03:26 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times journalist Matt Richtel about his latest novel, Dead on Arrival. And on Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr Daniel Kraft examines the reality and the potential of using drones in healthcare.

Episode 17-35 The Opioid Crisis

Tech Nation — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 17:53:06 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Chief Correspondent Dr Daniel Kraft examines misaligned incentives in healthcare, and Dr. Ciara (Kyr-ah) Kennedy, CEO of Amplyx Pharmacecuticals, tells us about treating life-threatening fungal infections.

Episode 17-34 Secondary PTSD ? It can be inherited!

Tech Nation — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 15:59:06 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Mark Wolynn, the Director of the Family Constellation Institute, and author of "It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle."
Then on Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft speaks to the new science of diet, and Dr. Evan Snyder from the Sanford Burnham Prebus Medical Discovery Institute. They figured why Lithium works for Bipolar Disorder, and why that's important for all of us.

Episode 17-33 The Scientist Who Took the Lead Out of Everything

Tech Nation — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 12:57:17 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, we'll hear from Dr. Herb Needleman, who measured the impact of very low levels of lead on children, and the result removed lead from household paint and put unleaded gasoline in our cars. Then, another scientist who wanted research to reach the people who needed it - Dr. Perry Nisen, CEO of Sanford Burnham Prebus Medical Discovery Institute. And Dr. Oliver Fetzer, CEO of Synthetic Genomics, enabling scientists to create unique DNA overnight in their own labs.

Episode 17-32 The Science of Storytelling

Tech Nation — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 10:21:00 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Carmine Gallo relates "The Story Teller's Secret" Turns out - there's a science to telling your story. Then on Tech Nation Health, we learn that there's more in your gut than bacteria. Case-Western University Professor Mahmoud Ghannoum and his son, Afif (Ah-Feefth) Ghannoum, the CEO of Pathobiome (path-oh-bye-ohm), about fungus. Decades of NIH-funded research tell us what they do, how they interact with the bacteria, and why that's important.

Episode 17-31 If it cries like a baby...

Tech Nation — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 21:37:24 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, if it looks like a newborn baby and moves like one and sounds like one, well, it just might be Super Tory, the newborn simulator from Gaumard (Gah-mard) Scientific. Jim Archetto (Ar-ketto) joins Moira to talk about Super Tory in detail. Then, speaking of what it takes to address complex engineering feats, Dr. Daniel Mote, the President of the National Academy of Engineering. He joins Moira to talk about how everyone, one way or another, can be an engineer.

Episode 17-30 The Science of Popular vs Likeable?

Tech Nation — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 11:37:44 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Mitch Prinstein, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. There's a science to being popular and a proven path to likability. Then on Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr Daniel Kraft brings 3D printing into healthcare ? there?s a lot of value there ? far more than printing cute little widgets just for fun. And Dr. Serge Saxonov, CEO of 10x Genomics, explains how our current technology for decoding our genomes has its limits, and how to can be improved upon.

Episode 17- 29 The Science of Dieting

Tech Nation — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 09:56:59 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks DR SANDRA AAMODT, the author of “Why Diets Make Us Fat … The Unintended Consequences of Our Obsession with Weight Loss.” Then on BioTech Nation, looking for new drugs … in the ocean. DR. EDUARDO ESQUENAZI, the Founder and CEO of Sirenas Marine Discovery, talks about bioprospecting.

Episode 17-28 “Pre”-suasion – The Science of Getting People on Your Side

Tech Nation — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 09:16:43 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with ROBERT CIALDINI, Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University, and author, “Pre-suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade”. Then on BioTech Nation, DR. DANIEL KRAFT, the Chair of Medicine at Singularity University. He’s the Founder of Exponential Medicine, the annual fall conference each year in San Diego, which brings together people interested in the frontiers of medicine, and the technology that can drive it.

Episode 17-27 ID-ing every micro-organism – on the spot

Tech Nation — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 19:57:55 +0000

DR. RITA COLWELL, the first woman to head the National Science Foundation. Today, she has founded and chairs CosmosID, a bioinformatics company on a mission to change how we diagnose disease.

Then on BioTech Nation, DR. KEVIN JUDICE, President and CEO of DICE Molecules tells us why every medication can be delivered in pill form. And also DR. THOMAS HALLAM from Leading Biosciences. We’ll hear about the work they are doing to intervene when a person goes into shock.

Episode 17-26 The Data Visualizations of Edward Tufte

Tech Nation — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 12:00:13 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Edward Tufte, Yale University Professor Emeritus who is most widely known for this work in Data Visualization – and his books, including Beautiful Evidence. Then on BioTech Nation, efforts to treat the rare genetic cardiovascular disorder – HCM. You will recognize it as the leading cause of sudden death in young athletes. Tassos Gianokakos, the CEO of MyoKardia, tells us about the condition, the impact on families and Myokardia’s approach.

Episode 17-25 Science say: “Rest up!”

Tech Nation — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 22:06:17 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with neuroscientist Dr. Alex Pang about “Rest … Why You Get More Done When You Work Less.” Then on BioTech Nation, the focus is Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr. Gunn speaks with Kevin Cox, CEO of Imanova about the ability to actually examine the state of the brain on a more routine basis, improving diagnosis and predicting the success or failure of drugs. Then, it’s Dr. Charles Stacey, the President and CEO of Accera. The basis for their Alzheimer’s treatment centers on glucose uptake in the brain.

Episode 17-24 Data for the People

Tech Nation — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:08:59 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Andreas Weigand, former chief scientist at Amazon, and author of “Data for the People.” Then on Tech Nation Health, Dr. Marshall Summar, Director of the Rare Disease Institute and Chief of Genetics and Metabolism at Children’s National Health System in Washington, DC. They talk about treating rare diseases in the very young, and the efforts to support families, local pediatricians and the patients themselves, nationwide and around the world.

Episode 17-23 The Future of Surgery & The Zika Virus

Tech Nation — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 11:12:45 +0000

Episode 17-22 The Power of Talk in the Digital Age

Tech Nation — Tue, 30 May 2017 14:08:54 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with MIT professor Sherry Turkle about the psychological effect of the 2016 presidential campaign.
Her latest book is “Reclaiming Conversation … The Power of Talk in a Digital Age”. Then on BioTech Nation, in the Pediatric area, diagnosing some behavioral problems and mental disorders by testing the immune system. Dr. Craig Shimasaki, the CEO of Moleculera Labs, explains their test and the science behind it.

Ep 17-21 Sometimes Brilliant

Tech Nation — Wed, 24 May 2017 16:10:23 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Larry Brilliant, physician, technologist and best friend to Wavy Gravy, about helping to eradicate smallpox globally. He’s the author of “Sometimes Brilliant … The Impossible Adventure of a Spiritual Seeker and Visionary Physician Who Helped Conquer the Worst Disease in History.” Then on BioTech Nation, correcting the underrepresentation of Latinos in testing pharmaceuticals and directly addressing the Zika virus in humans. Dr. Kosmas Kretsos, the Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Consortium for Clinical Investigation (PRCCI) describes the efforts underway in Puerto Rico.

Episode 17-20 Weapons of 'Math' Destruction

Tech Nation — Thu, 18 May 2017 18:36:47 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Data Scientist Dr. CATHY O’NEIL about her book, “Weapons of ‘Math’ Destruction … How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy.” Then on BioTech Nation, a new approach to achieving health with a compromised immune system. Dr. DAVID JOHNSON is the Founder, President & CEO of GigaGen. And critically-ill newborns get the genetic information they need … and fast. GAVIN STONE is the Vice President for Marketing at EdicoGenome in San Diego.

Episode 17-19 Weaponized Lies

Tech Nation — Wed, 10 May 2017 16:18:46 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, neuroscientist Daniel Levitin talks about how we can tell the difference between a simple lie and a weaponized lie. His book is “Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era.” Then on Tech Nation Health, chief correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft tells us about The Internet of Medical Things. And what it can do for us.

Episode 17-18 Technology and the Art of Claude Monet

Tech Nation — Wed, 03 May 2017 10:52:33 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with ROSS KING, the author of Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies.

Then on BioTech Nation, upping the game for wearables – NOAH KONIG from Cambridge Cognition and BEN FEHNERT from The CTRL Group, talk about their new venture, Cognition Kit. Measuring cognition along with the impact of medications, and opening up these measurements for others to develop applications.

Episode 17-17 Finding Fibonacci

Tech Nation — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 00:46:57 +0000

Episode 17-16 The Upstarts – Uber, AirBNB & the Rest

Tech Nation — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:42:50 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Brad Stone from Bloomberg News talks about “The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World.” And on Tech Nation Health, integrating the data from all our smartphones apps and exercise bands, and much more. Drew Schiller is the CEO of Validic. And remember that every nation approves drugs, medical devices and even cosmetics differently. Greer Deal, the Director of Global Regulatory Services, breaks it down.

Episode 17-15 Personal Technology - 70% of Us are Addicted ???

Tech Nation — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 22:59:17 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, NYU marketing professor, Adam Alter about the rise of addictive personal technology. Then on Tech Nation Health, chief correspondent, Daniel Kraft, talks about the cutting edge of stem cell therapies today and in the future, and Second Genome’s Dr. Karim Dabbagh links bacteria in the gut to the inflammation experienced in IBD, Irritable Bowel Disease.

Episode 17-14 How Google Works – and Alphabet, too!

Tech Nation — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 16:01:25 +0000

Episode 17-13 Health Tech, the NFL, Major League Baseball & Neuroscience

Tech Nation — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 11:14:59 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, a Special Edition of Tech Nation Health, where the NFL and Major League Baseball both figure in. First up is Jim Joyce, CEO of Aethlon Medical and Executive Chairman of Exosome Sciences. Its blood test appears to identify CTE – Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy – in retired NFL players. Then Right Eye returns with improvements to its eye tracking diagnostics for medical conditions, and a new project with professional sports. Barbara Barclay is the President of Right Eye, and Dr. Melissa Hunfalvay is its Chief Scientific Officer. Then, Tech Nation Health’s chief correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, talks about disruption in medical care, all brought about by emerging technology.

Episode 17-12 If Neuroscience gets better, do we?

Tech Nation — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 20:22:17 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Olivia Fox Cabane and Judah Pollack with “The Net and the Butterfly – The Art and Practice of Breakthrough Thinking” – their exercises all source from breakthroughs in neuroscience. Then on Tech Nation Health, Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about the future of Neuroscience and Neuromedicine, and on BioTech Nation, Dr. Asha Das from Tocagen talks about their approach to treating brain tumors –it starts with a virus.

Episode 17-11 Health Claims – Can tech help?

Tech Nation — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:12:47 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, it’s the second of a two-part series on Digital Health. On this show, Moira speaks with DR. RAJAIE BATNIJI, the Co-Founder & Chief Health Officer of Collective Health. It all started with a nightmare in filing health claims.

Then on BioTech Nation, RIF PAMUKCHU, the CEO of RxMP Therapeutics. It’s about the technology of stopping blood loss.

Episode 17-10 Technology invents Play invents more Technology

Tech Nation — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 20:04:16 +0000

Episode 17-09 The Science of Popularity

Tech Nation — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 17:18:04 +0000

Episode 17-08 The science of Why Time Flies

Tech Nation — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 22:50:47 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with ALAN BURDICK, former senior editor at The New Yorker and National Book Award finalist, about his latest book: “Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation”. Then on Tech Nation Health, Ken Horne, the CEO of SymicBio describes their efforts to better the long term results of angioplasty and a clinical trial for osteoarthritis in the knee. We’ll also hear from our chief correspondent DR. DANIEL KRAFT on the future of medical education. It’s not just doctors and nurses, but it’s also changing for everyday people.

Episode 17-07 The Science of Misinformation – Digital Lies?

Tech Nation — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 21:06:45 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DANIEL LEVITIN, Dean of Social Sciences at the Minerva Schools at KGI, and author of “A Field Guide to Lies – Critical Thinking in the Information Age”. Then on BioTech Nation, the second installment in our two-part series on Women in biotech venture capital. It’s WENDE HUTTON, NINA KJELLSON and JULIE PAPANEK, all from Canaan Partners.

Episode 17-06 The End of Sex – Sort of

Tech Nation — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 12:06:50 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford Professor HANK GREELEY about “The End of Sex and the Future of Human Reproduction”. Then on BioTech Nation, the winner of BIO’s Future Maker 2016 Award - Dr. HOWARD JACOBS from the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville, Alabama.

Episode 17-05 In-Home Security … no gadgets – no arming when you leave

Tech Nation — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 20:32:14 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Taj Manku, the Co-Founder of Cognitive Systems in Waterloo, Canada. AuraHome enables in-home security with no gadgets to put on your windows – no need to arm it when you leave. Then a new segment on Tech Nation - Tech Nation Health! Where we reimagine the future of health and healthcare with the emergence of new technologies. Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan is the Director of the National Library of Medicine. She talks about information available worldwide. Then chief correspondent for Tech Nation Health, Dr. Daniel Kraft, talks about 3-D printing in medicine.

Episode 17-04 The latest from CES 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada

Tech Nation — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 13:38:02 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Jim Barry from the Consumer Technology Association about the latest tech from CES 2017 in Las Vegas. Also, Andrew Thomas, the co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer for SkyBell, a video doorbell which you monitor from anywhere. He’ll moved from a person dissatisfied with his work life to becoming an entrepreneur.

Episode 17-03 Whoever has the data, does the Science

Tech Nation — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 21:04:44 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dava Sobel, author of “Longitude” and her new book: “The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars.” Then on BioTech Nation, Tom Kottler, the CEO of Healthprize Technologies, talks about strategies to get patients to take their prescribed medications. And Dr. Arnold Lippa, the Chief Scientific Officer of RespireRX reveals their multiple approaches to the respiratory problems relating to the overuse of opioids.

Episode 17-02 Instant Diagnoses

Tech Nation — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 20:33:56 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with …

Dr. Rita Colwell, Former Director of the National Science Foundation and Founder and Chair, CosmosID, a company on a mission to change how we diagnose disease. Then on BioTech Nation, Dr. Kevin Judice, President & CEO of DiCE Molecules talks about its attempts to make biopharmaceutical drugs, normally infused into the bloodstream, into easy-to-take pills. Then Dr. Thomas Hallam, Head of Clinical Development and Regulatory Affairs at Leading BioSciences, talks about their efforts to intervene when a person goes into shock.

Episode 17-01 Beautiful Evidence

Tech Nation — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 15:48:24 +0000

Episode 16-52 The Computer Science of Human Decisions

Tech Nation — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 20:48:32 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist BRIAN CHRISTIAN & UC Berkeley Professor TOM GRIFFITHS, the Director of the Computational Cognitive Science Lab about their book, “Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions”. Then on Biotech Nation, it’s all about Youth Rally, an annual camp for kids and teens with conditions of the bowel and bladder. We’ll hear from its chair, PAUL HASTINGS, who is also the President and CEO of OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, as well as Youth Rally’s, APRIL GIMLEN, and EMILY MALLAR.

Episode 16-51 Mobilized …. An insider’s guide to the business and future of connected technology

Tech Nation — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 00:43:10 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with …

SC MOATTI about her background with Facebook, Trulia and Nokia, and her book, “Mobilized …. An insider’s guide to the business and future of connected technology”. Then on BioTech Nation, how much do we know about the clinical trials behind drugs approved by the FDA? JENNIFER MILLER, the Founder and President of Bioethics, International and a professor at NYU Medical School, talks about the Good Pharma Scorecard.

Episode 16-50 Lessons from Facebook, Trulia and Nokia

Tech Nation — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 19:47:35 +0000

Episode 16-49 The Neuroscience of Rest

Tech Nation — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 17:17:58 +0000

Episode 16-48 The Science of a Dog’s Capacity to Smell

Tech Nation — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 16:54:34 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with cognitive scientist Dr. Alexandra Horowitz, the Director of the Dog Cognition Lab at Barnard. She’s the author of “Being a Dog: Following the Dog into a World of Smell.” Then on BioTech Nation, Dr. Ignacio Pino, the CEO of the next generation proteomics company, CDI, located in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

Episode 16-47 The Science of Emotional Agility

Tech Nation — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 14:08:11 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. SUSAN DAVID, a psychologist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. She tells us about “Emotional Agility” - what is it, how we can use, and what science can tell us about how it actually works.

Then on BioTech Nation, Daniel Zurr, CEO of Quark Pharmaceuticals. Their approach uses a part of the immune system called siRNA, and they are working on treatments for kidney damage following open heart surgery, damage to kidneys during the transplantation process, and sudden vision loss.

Episode 16-46 Finally!.. A New Way of Searching the Internet

Tech Nation — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 10:24:36 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Brian Sager, the Co-Founder, President and CEO of Omnity, a search engine – not based on keywords, but search in the context of entire documents. Google isn’t going away – but your need to find information is growing. Then on BioTech Nation, the promise and challenges of cancer immunotherapy. Dr. Gunn speaks with Dr. Sean McCarthy, the CEO of CytomX Therapeutics.

Episode 16-45 The Power of Talk in the Digital Age

Tech Nation — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 17:56:02 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with MIT professor Sherry Turkle about the psychological effect of the 2016 presidential campaign.
Her latest book is “Reclaiming Conversation … The Power of Talk in a Digital Age”. Then on BioTech Nation, in the pediatric area, diagnosing some behavioral problems and mental disorders by testing the immune system. Dr. Craig Shimasaki, the CEO of Moleculera Labs, explains their test and the science behind it.

Episode 16-44 Sometimes Brilliant

Tech Nation — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 11:14:32 +0000

Episode 16-43 A Drone Near You ...

Tech Nation — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:02:26 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Gary Shapiro, head of the Consumer Technology Association. He’ll tell us what’s coming up at CES 2017 in Las Vegas. Then on BioTech Nation, Dr. Steve Mento, the CEO of Conatus Pharmaceuticals, talks about their efforts to treat NASH – Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, and Bill Newell, the CEO of Sutro Biopharma, fills us in on their strategic approach to treating cancer. Their first target? B-cell lymphomas.

Episode 16-42 The Strange, New Science of the Self

Tech Nation — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 21:46:04 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with PBS Nova columnist ANIL ANANTHASWAMY about “The Man Who Wasn’t There … Investigations into the Strange New Science of the Self”. And on BioTech Nation, STEVE HURST, the President & CEO of Savant HWP. We hear about an emergent treatment for cocaine addiction, work in the tropical disease Leishmaniasis, and the unexpected link between addiction to dopamine in Parkinson’s patients.

Episode 16-41 Weapons of 'Math' Destruction

Tech Nation — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 21:12:11 +0000

Episode 16-40 Is Everyone an Engineer?

Tech Nation — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:31:17 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DAN MOTE, the President of the National Academy of Engineering. They talk about the difference between technology and engineering. Then on BioTech Nation, SIR JOHN CHISHOLM, head of Genomics England and the 100,000 Genomes Project.

Episode 16-39 Technology and the Art of Claude Monet

Tech Nation — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 22:20:39 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with ROSS KING, the author of Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lillies.

Then on BioTech Nation, upping the game for wearables – NOAH KONIG from Cambridge Cognition and BEN FEHNERT from The CTRL Group, talk about their new venture, Cognition Kit. Measuring cognition along with the impact of medications, and opening up these measurements for others to develop applications.

Episode 16-38 Be a Category King! (Find out what it is, first)

Tech Nation — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 19:23:10 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with AL RAMADAN, DAVE PETERSON, and CHRIS LOCHHEAD, the authors of “Play Bigger - How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets”. Then on BioTech Nation,GEORGE YEH, the President of Taiwan-based TLC Biotherapeutics, tells us about their efforts to make treatments for Aged-related Macular Degeneration last longer, and Dr. CHUCK SHERWOOD, President & CEO of Anika Therapeutics, on how Anika is bringing three Osteoarthritis treatments, approved in Europe, to the US market.

Episode 16-37 “Pre”-suasion – The Science of Getting People on Your Side

Tech Nation — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 13:46:00 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with ROBERT CIALDINI (“Chal-dee-nee”), Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University, and author, “Pre-suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade”. Then on BioTech Nation, DR. DANIEL KRAFT, the Chair of Medicine at Singularity University. He’s the Founder of Exponential Medicine, the annual fall conference each year in San Diego, which brings together people interested in the frontiers of medicine, and the technology that can drive it.

Episode 16-36 The Science of Misinformation – Digital Lies?

Tech Nation — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 21:28:31 +0000

Episode 16-35 The Art of the Deal – Women-Led Deals, That Is

Tech Nation — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 15:18:10 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with SHARON VOSMEK, the CEO of Astia, providing capital, connections, and guidance highly-innovative, women-led ventures around the globe. Then on BioTech Nation, the first of a two-part series on Women in biotech venture capital: DR. MARIANNE DE BACKER , the Vice President for Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Janssen Business Development.

Episode 16-34 The End of Sex

Tech Nation — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:43:16 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford Professor HANK GREELY about “The End of Sex and the Future of Human Reproduction”. Then on BioTech Nation, the winner of BIO’s Future Maker 2016 Award - Dr. HOWARD JACOBS from the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Huntsville, Alabama.

Episode 16-33 Science and Dieting

Tech Nation — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 19:23:53 +0000

Episode 16-32 PAIN … and technology that may help

Tech Nation — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 20:12:11 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. SHAI GOZANI, President & CEO of Neurometrix. It’s about treating chronic pain with a small device strapped to your calf. Apparently … it’s all in your brain.

Then on BioTech Nation, DR. THEODORA ROSS, the Director of Cancer Genetics Program at Southwestern Medical Center talks about cancer susceptibility genes. Her book is “A Cancer in the Family … Take Control of Your Genetic Inheritance”

Episode 16-31 BIO 2016 … from San Francisco!

Tech Nation — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 19:54:02 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Tech Nation broadcasts from the International Biotechnology Conference, BIO 2016 in San Francisco. This week’s guests are JIM GREENWOOD, President and CEO of BIO, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, MIKE MAY, Editorial Director, Scientific American WorldView 2016, and YALI FRIEDMAN, its head of Data Analytics, ROGER CRYSTAL, the CEO of Opiant Pharmaceuticals, and GARETH WILLIAMS with Marks & Clerk International Intellectual Property Firm.

Episode 16-30 Mobilize … everything!

Tech Nation — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:02:25 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with SC MOATTI about her background with Facebook, Trulia and Nokia, and her book, “Mobilized …. An insider’s guide to the business and future of connected technology”.

Then on BioTech Nation, how much do we know about the clinical trials behind drugs approved by the FDA? JENNIFER MILLER, the Founder and President of Bioethics, International and a professor at NYU Medical School, talks about the Good Pharma Scorecard.

Episode 16-29 Technology and Human Behavior – more in common than meets the eye

Tech Nation — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 19:11:55 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist BRIAN CHRISTIAN & UC Berkeley Professor TOM GRIFFITHS, the Director of the Computational Cognitive Science Lab about their book, “Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions”.

Then on Biotech Nation, it’s all about Youth Rally, an annual camp for kids and teens with conditions of the bowel and bladder. We’ll hear from its chair, PAUL HASTINGS, who is also the President and CEO of OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, as well as Youth Rally’s, APRIL GIMLEN, and EMILY MALLAR.

Episode 16-28 The 12 Technological Forces Shaping Our Future

Tech Nation — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 19:30:06 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with the founding executive editor at Wired magazine, KEVIN KELLY, about “The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 technological forces that will shape our future.”

Then on Biotech Nation, looking for cancer cells in the blood. DR. PAUL DEMPSEY, Chief Scientific Officer of Cynvenio Biosystems talks about their technology and an ongoing clinical study of women with breast cancer.

Episode 16-27 Touch .. The Science of Hand, Heart, and Mind

Tech Nation — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 19:03:00 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Johns Hopkins professor DR. DAVID LINDEN about “Touch … The Science of Hand, Heart, and Mind.”

Then on BioTech Nation, ANTHONY RAESIDE, the Head of Research at The Evaluate Group in London. He’ll preview the global pharmaceutical industry and give us a look ahead to 2020, and on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, it’s President Obama’s announcement about a precision medicine initiative.

Episode 16-26 Robotics and the Myths of Autonomy

Tech Nation — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 06:48:17 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

MIT professor DAVID MINDELL about “Our Robots, Ourselves: Robotics and the Myths of Autonomy.” He’s out to dispel the “persistent misconceptions about robots.”

Then on BioTech Nation, what biotech is doing for rare diseases in boys – progress in hemophilia and Duchene Muscular Dystrophy?

Episode 16-25 Jonas Salk and the Scourge of Polio

Tech Nation — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 00:28:17 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with A BioTech Nation Special!

DR CHARLOTTE JACOBS, the author of “Jonas Salk: A Life”. They re-visit 1950’s America under the threat of Polio – what did science know and what had it gotten wrong?

Then on BioTech Nation, JAY LICHTER, Co-founder of Otonomy, tells us about his diagnosis of Menieres disease, and how, as a venture capitalist, he decided to start a company to find better treatment options on the spot.

Episode 16-24 The Emphatic Mind

Tech Nation — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 22:32:38 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with A BioTech Nation Special!

DANIEL LEVITIN, Dean, Arts & Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI talks about his latest neuroscience research on empathy and pain.

And on BioTech Nation, on BioIssue Issue of the Week with DAVID EWING DUNCAN, a potential new and different approach to treating Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

Episode 16-23 Science & Technology Collaborate

Tech Nation — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 05:26:52 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with A BioTech Nation Special!

DR. MARSHALL SUMMAR from Children’s National Medical Center and JIM POWERS, CEO of Hemoshear Therapeutics. They talk about their breakthrough collaboration helping a young girl and her rare disease.

Then Darren Cunningham, the CEO of Inflection Biosciences in Dublin, Ireland. This start-up did things differently – they didn’t start with new science; they started with a checklist.

Episode 16-22 Machines of Loving Grace?

Tech Nation — Tue, 31 May 2016 20:05:09 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with New York Times journalist JOHN MARKOFF about “Machines of Loving Grace.”

Then on BioTech Nation, STAN ERCK, the President & CEO of NovaVax joins us to talk about their “RSV” vaccine for the elderly, as well as for pregnant mothers to reach their newborns.

Episode 16-21 Nobel Prizes 2015 Explained !!!

Tech Nation — Thu, 26 May 2016 20:23:59 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with BOB CHAPMAN, Chairman & CEO of a long-time company of many companies - Barry-Wehmiller. They’ve acquired 75 companies in trouble while preserving employee trust.

Then on BioTech Nation, DR. TONY SHUH, the CEO of Trovagene, talks about precision cancer monitoring, and DR. YUVAL COHEN, the CEO of Corbus Pharmaceuticals tells us about a new approach for cystic fibrosis and their efforts surrounding auto-immune diseases.

Episode 16-20 Nobel Prizes 2015 Explained !!!

Tech Nation — Tue, 17 May 2016 21:39:17 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with a group of distinguished professors from Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UCSF and the University of San Francisco. They explain each of the 2015 Nobel Prizes, and why each prize was so deserving.

Convener, Dr. Ludwig Chincarini, University of San Francisco

PEACE PRIZE, Dr. Rebecca Gordon, University of San Francisco
LITERATURE. Dr. Susanna Elm, University of California Berkeley
PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE Dr. Darvin Scott Smith, Kaiser Permanente
ECONOMICS Dr. Michael Boskin, Stanford University
CHEMISTRY Dr. Jim Cleaver UCSF - University of California San Francisco
PHYSICS Dr Yasunori Nomura, University of California Berkeley

Episode 16-19 The Alien Language on Game of Thrones

Tech Nation — Wed, 11 May 2016 19:29:57 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DAVID PETERSON, a creator of alien languages, including Dothraki for HBO’s Game of Thrones. He’s here with The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building.

Then on BioTech Nation, Merck’s DR ROY BAYNES takes us through their wide ranging cancer program based on their therapeutic: Keytruda, and on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, IT meets biotech.

Episode 16-18 Digital Health, Part II

Tech Nation — Tue, 03 May 2016 20:17:14 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, it’s the second of a two-part series on Digital Health. On this show, Moira speaks with DR. RAJAIE BATNIJI, the Co-Founder & Chief Health Officer of Collective Health. It all started with a nightmare in filing health claims.

Then on BioTech Nation, Rif Pamukcu, the CEO of RxMP Therapeutics. It’s about the technology of stopping blood loss.

Episode 16-17 Digital Health, Part I

Tech Nation — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 18:33:58 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, it’s the first of a two-part series on Digital Health. On this show, Moira speaks with

RAY BRADFORD, the Founder of Spruce Health, with their smartphone app which enabling you to be treated by a dermatologist. It’s working in 15 states and expanding rapidly.

Then on BioTech Nation, SPIRO ROMBOTIS, the President & CEO of Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, talks about their approach to treating Leukemia in the aging population, and PARIS PANAYIOTOPOULOS, President of EMD Serono, talks about moving beyond specialty therapeutics into developing new cancer treatments.

Episode 16-16 Farewell, Andy

Tech Nation — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 19:29:41 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, our 2002 interview with ANDY GROVE, the former CEO and Chairman of Intel, who recently passed.

And JIM HOUGH, a Professor of Experimental Physics from the University of Glasgow. He will explain the importance of the scientific news – that scientists have measured “gravitational waves”.

Then on BioTech Nation, a Canadian company’s drug to treat cardiovascular disease in diabetics. DON McCAFFREY, the CEO of Resverlogix, joins us, and explains how “epigenetics” was used. An animation is available at resverlogix.com.

Episode 16-15 The Science of Peak Expertise

Tech Nation — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 15:10:08 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. ANDERS ERICSSONI, a Psychology Professor at Florida State University, and the author of “Peak … Secrets from the New Science of Expertise.”

Then on BioTech Nation, DR. GERHARD KOENIG, the Chief Scientific Officer of Forum Pharmaceuticals, describe their drug in Phase II that is attempting to treat a symptom of Alzheimers and also has potential benefits for Schizophrenia. Final results are expected in early 2017. And we hear from DR. JOHN STAMATOYANNOPOULOUS from the about the University of Washington and the Director of the new Altius Institute for Biomedical Sciences. DR. LON CARDON from GSK joins him to discuss the institute’s approach.

Episode 16-14 Technology and Human Perception

Tech Nation — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 10:30:00 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Award-winning journalist KARA PLATONI about “We Have the Technology: How Biohackers, Foodies, and Physicians are Transforming Human Perception.” It turns out science and technology is helping us learn what it means to be human.

Then on BioTech Nation, the wide-ranging cancer research program at Johnson and Johnson. DR. PETER LEBOWITZ, the Head of Oncology Research and Development, describes their approaches and strategies in detecting and treating cancer.

Episode 16-13 It’s All about Vision

Tech Nation — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 16:34:15 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with BARBARA BARCLAY, President & CEO, and DR. MELISSA HUNFALVAY, Chief Science Officer for Right Eye. They talk about eye-tracking technology, and what it can do – from tracking recovery from concussion and brain injury, to performance enhancement, to better eye tests.

Then DR. JUSTIN BASAN, the Medical Advisor to the Vision Council, talks about the 2016 Digital Eye Strain report. It’s just you and your smartphone, tablet and computer.

Episode 16-12 Extreme Weather and a Resilient Global Food Supply

Tech Nation — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 21:35:21 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with ROBIN GRIMES, Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, TIM BENTON Champion of the UK Food Security Program with an update on the joint UK-US 2015 report Extreme Weather and Resilience of the Global Food System, and RICHARD BARKER, the Chairmen of the UK’s Precision Medicine Catapult.

Episode 16-11 The Ocean Discovery XPrize

Tech Nation — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 17:59:55 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. PETER DIAMANDIS, the founder of the XPRIZE Foundation, as well as two scientists who will tell us about the Shell Ocean Discovery XPrize – going to the bottom of the ocean.

Then on BioTech Nation, it’s asthma, and one biotech company’s approach to genetically engineer antibodies to treat it. Moira speaks with DR. BASSIL BAHIYAT, the president and CEO of Xencor, about why they believe this approach will work.

Episode 16-10 ... SPRINT! ... and you’ll get your design FAST ... !!!

Tech Nation — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:37:53 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Google Ventures’ Design Partner, JAKE KNAPP , the author of “Sprint – how to solve big problems and test new ideas in just five days.” Then on BioTech Nation, DR. PATRICK AMSTUTZ, the COO of Molecular Partners in Zurich, Switzerland describes their most advanced drug. It works on two different diseases – wet age-related macular degeneration, and diabetes macular edema – DME. And BAXTER PHILLIPS, the Chief Business Officer of AmpliPhi Bioscience, tells us about “bacteria phages” and how they may be used to address conditions from MRSA to cystic fibrosis to cancer.

Episode 16-09 Pain? ... Neuroscience has something for you ...

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 19:36:12 +0000

In this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. SHAI GOZANI, President & CEO of Neurometrix. It’s about treating chronic pain with a small device strapped to your calf. Apparently … it’s all in your brain.

Then on BioTech Nation, DR. THEODORA ROSS, the Director of Cancer Genetics Program at Southwestern Medical Centre talks about cancer susceptibility genes. Her book is “A Cancer in the Family … Take Control of Your Genetic Inheritance”

Episode 16-08 Consumer Electronics Show 2016

Tech Nation — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 12:06:34 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, A broadcast from the international consumer technology show - CES 2016 – in Las Vegas, Nevada. Guests include JEFF JOSEPH, Senior Vice President of Communications of the Consumer Technology Association, SHIREEN YATES and SCOTT SUNDVOR, the co-founders of 6Sensor Labs and inventors of Nima - a mobile device that tests for gluten in your food, DR. THIBAUT SCHOLASCH from Fruition Sciences, who talks about technology in vineyards, and wine-growing in Napa Valley differs from the south of France, and LEO TROTTIER, CEO of CleverPet, about how his graduate work in cognitive science led to his invention of CleverPet.

Episode 16-07 What Makes the Today’s New Entrepreneur?

Tech Nation — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 18:59:27 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with AMY WILKINSON, a lecturer at about Stanford University Business School about “The Creator’s Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs”

Then on BioTech Nation, JULIE PAPANEK, a Healthcare Investor with Canaan Partners in Menlo Park, talks about their tech and healthcare investments, what they are looking for, which ones do they fund and why. Included are quitting smoking and new approaches in the treatment of diabetes. Also, DR. MICHAEL BERELOWITZ, the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board at Oramed Pharmaceuticals, talks about their work to avoid the need for injections in diabetes, juvenile hormone and more.

Episode 16-06 Finally! ... A New Way of Searching the Internet ...

Tech Nation — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:53:23 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with BRIAN SAGER, the Co-Founder, President and CEO of Omnity, a search engine – not based on keywords, but search in the context of entire documents. Google isn’t going away – but your need to find information is growing.

Then on BioTech Nation, the promise and challenges of cancer immunotherapy. Dr. Gunn speaks with DR. SEAN McCARTHY CEO of CytomX Therapeutics.

Episode 16-05 Tech Nation: ... Both Sides Now! ... of your Brain

Tech Nation — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 21:30:28 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with … UC Santa Barbara professor MICHAEL GAZZANIGA tells us about both sides of our brains – in fact, there are many parts to our brains – not just a right hemisphere, and a left. Then on BioTech Nation, Moira speaks with PROFESSOR DAME SALLY DAVIES, the UK Government’s Senior Medical Advisor, and author of “The Drugs Don’t Work – A Global Threat.

Episode 16-04 Science and Technology Collaborate ...

Tech Nation — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 21:28:38 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, with Dr Moira Gunn

A BioTech Nation Special!

DR. MARSHALL SUMMAR from Children’s National Medical Centre and Jim Powers, CEO of Hemoshear Therapeutics. They talk about their breakthrough collaboration helping a young girl and her rare disease.

Then Darren Cunningham, the CEO of Inflection Biosciences in Dublin, Ireland. This start-up did things differently – they didn’t start with new science; they started with a checklist.

Episode 16-03 The Technology of Language in the 21st Century

Tech Nation — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:00:24 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Harvard Professor STEVEN PINKER about “The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century”

Then on BioTech Nation, Life Science attorney GARETH WILLIAMS from MARKS & CLERK tells us about their 2014 Life Science report: Genome 2.0 – all about intellectual property worldwide. And on BioIssue of the Week, with DAVID EWING DUNCAN, he tells us that some of us are SUPERPEOPLE!

Episode 16-02 Biomimicry – Beyond Sustainability

Tech Nation — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 18:25:33 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with It’s the “The Shark’s Paintbrush – Biomimicry and How Nature is Inspiring Innovation”.

Then on BioTech Nation, a cell therapy being tested in the United States and worldwide – this time it’s being derived from placentas in all manner of treatments and a company looking to treat multiple conditions with a single compound.

Episode 16-01 Management by Family

Tech Nation — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 20:41:52 +0000

Happy New Year! On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with BOB CHAPMAN, Chairman & CEO of a long-time company of many companies- Barry-Wehmiller. They’ve acquired 75 companies in trouble while preserving employee trust.

Then on BioTech Nation, precision cancer monitoring – from diagnosis to determining the cancer treatment worked, and then one company’s approach to cystic fibrosis and their further work on several rare auto-immune diseases.

Episode 15-52 The Achievement Habit

Tech Nation — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 21:44:57 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford professor BERNIE ROTH about “The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of your Life”.

Then on BioTech Nation, how one company hijacked the pathway that insulin takes into the brain to deliver drugs, and how nanotech is trying to make radiation therapy work a whole lot better.

Episode 15-51 Both Sides Now … of your Brain!

Tech Nation — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 19:06:03 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with New York Times journalist MATT RICHTEL with two books – the non-fiction “A Deadly Wandering” and his latest novel, “The Doomsday Equation”.

Then on BioTech Nation, DR. KEVIN COX and PROFESSOR ROGER GUNN, its Chief Scientific Officer from Imanova. Where do medications go in our bodies? Or do we even know?

Episode 15-50 The Patient Will See You Now …

Tech Nation — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 22:48:42 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. ERIC TOPOL, the author of “The Patient Will See You Now … The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands.”

Then on Biotech Nation, a Consumer Electronics Show 2015 Innovation award winner for their new technology for insulin-dependent diabetics. And on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, the promise of wearable technologies …

Episode 15-49 Social Media Frenzy

Tech Nation — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 19:45:22 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with GUY KAWASAKI and PEG FITZPATRICK about . Together they’ve written “The Art of Social Media – Power Tips for Power Users.”

Then on BioTech Nation, it’s all about Epigenetics. Science has learned what surrounds your DNA affects its function. Dr. K. John Morrow, Jr. is the author of Cancer, Autism and their Epigenetic Roots.

Episode 15-48 A Master Algorithm ???

Tech Nation — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 19:35:38 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with … DR PEDRO DOMINGOS, a computer science professor from the University of Washington, tells us what google knows and what Twitter holds back.

Then on BioTech Nation, Stem Cells, Inc. makes a breakthrough treating cervical spinal cord injury with neural stem cells.

Episode 15-47 Reading “Dark Text”

Tech Nation — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 21:31:47 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Jon Patrick, CEO of HLA-Global, about “dark text” – all those pieces of paper with doctor’s handwritten notes, and more.

Then on BioTech Nation, efforts to address two devastating cancers - Late Stage, ARB-7 positive, Prostate Cancer, and AML - Acute Myeloid Leukemia, with special focus on the elderly.

Episode 15-46 Nobel Prizes Explained - 2015

Tech Nation — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:01:32 +0000

Episode 15-45 Science and Reason . . and all Humanity

Tech Nation — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 16:52:12 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with NEEL DOSHI & LINDSAY McGREGOR about their book “Primed to Perform” and what motivates and de-motivates you at work. You need to add them together to get your TO-MO, or total motivation.

Then on BioTech Nation, Moira speaks with VINCE AURENTZ, CEO, Hemoshear Therapeutics based in Charlottesville, Virginia. We've talked about their breakthrough technology before. They've set out to develop unprecedented medical therapies.

Episode 15-44 Science and Reason . . and all Humanity

Tech Nation — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 20:40:33 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN columnist MICHAEL SHERMER about his book, “The Moral Arc ... How Science and Reason Lead Humanity Toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom” about how science and reason shape humanity over time.

Then on BioTech Nation, a South African firm makes strides in modelling the human body. Ever since computers have been on the scene, scientists have been trying to model the human body. The problem is: It’s really, really hard to do. DR. RIANN CONRADIE is the Executive Founder of LIFEQ based in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Then Moira speaks with ROBERT COULL, CEO of SCIODERM, about their new success in treating EB – Epidermolysis Bulossa – a genetic disease described as the worst disease you never heard of.

Episode 15-43 Robots .. not what people think ..

Tech Nation — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 17:51:25 +0000

On this episode of Tech Nation, Moira speaks with MIT professor DAVID MINDELL co-founder of Humatics Corporation about his book “Our Robots, Ourselves: Robotics and the Myths of Autonomy.” He's here to discuss what robots are capable of and what we might want to rethink whether it's driverless cars or predator drones. He's also out to dispel the “persistent misconceptions about robots.”

Then on BioTech Nation, what biotech has been working on to treat rare diseases that primarily effect young boys including hemophilia and Duchene Muscular Dystrophy.

First up is PAUL PERRAULT, CEO of CSL Behring, a 100-year old biotech company founded by the Australian government to fight the Spanish flu, today they focus on rare diseases in plasma and recombinant proteins such as hemophilia.

Then Moira talks to SHANE KOVACS, CFO of PTC Therapeutics about their progress on a treatment for Duchene Muscular Dystrophy.

Episode 15-42 The World of Consumer Tech Innovation

Tech Nation — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 21:45:53 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with GARY SHAPIRO, the long-time President of the Consumer Electronics Association, about what’s happening with technology innovation in the United States and worldwide.

Then on BioTech Nation, it’s all about using viruses and bacteria to deliver treatments for everything from Ebola to rare juvenile diseases from Sanfilippo and Batten disease to Fanconi Anemia.

Our first guest is DR. RIPLEY BALLOU, Head, of Clinical Research and Translational Science at GSK (Glaxo Smith Kline) about what brought us the 2014 Ebola crisis and their race to find a vaccine.

Then we speak with DR. TIM MILLER, President & CEO, Abeona Therapeutics about their work to find gene therapies to treat two rare and deadly diseases classified as lysosomal storage disorders: Sanfilippo type A and type B and juvenile Batten disease. They are also working on another genetic disorder, Fanconi Anemia, using a CRISPR/Cas 9 system to replace defective DNA with the correct sequence.

We finish this episode with DAVID WILLIAMS, Managing Director, Bactevo about their new drug discovery process that uses bacteria. He explains how they are modifying bacteria to create new medicines using new technologies such as DNA sequencing, nano-microfluidic technologies, and artificial intelligence algorithms.

Episode 15-41 The Art of Language Invention

Tech Nation — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 20:20:52 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DAVID PETERSON, a creator of alien languages, including Dothraki for HBO’s Game of Thrones. He’s here with "THE ART OF LANGUAGE INVENTION: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building".

On BioTech Nation, Merck’s Senior V.P. of Global Clinical Development, DR ROY BAYNES, takes us through Merck's wide-ranging cancer program based on their therapeutic Keytruda. This cancer immunotherapy, which enhances the body's own immune response to cancer, has already been approved for Melanoma and Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and is being tested in dozens of additional cancers.

Then on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, IT meets biotech.

Episode 15-40 BIG DATA … What Stays in Vegas

Tech Nation — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 17:05:03 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with ADAM TANNER, a fellow at Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science, and the author of “WHAT STAYS IN VEGAS – The World of Personal Data – Lifeblood of Big Business – and the End of Privacy as We Know It.”

Then on BioTech Nation, TODD SKRINAR, Principal for Life Sciences Advisory and Leader for Big Data Advanced Analytics at Ernst and Young. All those clinical trials needed to prove a drug is safe? Big data and getting bigger.

Episode 15-39 Simulated Humans and Gene Therapy Breakthroughs

Tech Nation — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 17:08:43 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with JIM ARCHETTO from Gaumard Scientific, based in Miami, Florida. We’ll meet Victoria, Tori, and Trauma Hal – simulated humans used to teach medical professionals.

Then on BioTech Nation, we're talking about gene therapy. It's been promised for years. After a huge scientific effort and enormous financial investment, it's finally here. What is it? How does it work? And why do they use the word "cure"? Moira speaks with JORN ALDAG, CEO of Uniqure whose drug Glybera, created to treat lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD) which causes pancreatitis, is the first ever approved gene therapy. We'll hear about their gene therapy programs in such diverse conditions as hemophilia B and the rare syndrome Sanfilippo as well as countering the effects of the common heart attack.

Then on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, a new report from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid services on the high cost of healthcare in the US and how that stacks up to expenditures around the world.

Episode 15-38 The Empathic Mind …

Tech Nation — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 17:33:44 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira has a brand new session with the ever-interesting DANIEL LEVITIN to discuss his newly published neuroscience research on empathy and the most common questions he gets about his “THE ORGANIZED MIND: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload” such as what do about the short-attention spans of kids and how can we learn to keep track of our keys and glasses!

And on BioTech Nation, on BioIssue Issue of the Week with DAVID EWING DUNCAN. We'll here about a potential new and different approach to treating Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.

Episode 15-37 Humans Need Not Apply …

Tech Nation — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:11:50 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with JERRY KAPLAN, whose early efforts include Lotus Agenda and the early embodiments of smart phones and tablets and founding co-founding GO corporation and OnSale. He’s here with his book "HUMANS NEED NOT APPLY:A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence."

Then on BioTech Nation, JAMES SABRY, Global Vice President & Head of Partnering at Genentech. Known for it's great biologic drugs, partnering is part of its DNA. We discuss how partnering delivers better drugs, faster to the patient community.

Episode 15-36 Machines of Loving Grace …

Tech Nation — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:42:06 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with New York Times journalist JOHN MARKOFF discusses his new book "MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE: The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots". Is technology taking jobs away or is the status quo merely changing?

Then on BioTech Nation, STAN ERCK, the President & CEO of NovaVax joins us to talk about their RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) vaccine for the elderly and also for pregnant mothers in order to reach their newborns.

Epiode 15-35 The New Spymasters …

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 07:34:52 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with journalist STEPHEN GREY talks about his book "THE NEW SPYMASTERS: Inside the Modern World of Espionage from the Cold War to Global Terror". From the KGB to Edward Snowden, Grey lays out a timeline for global spying.

Then on BioTech Nation, we talk to KATRINE BOSLEY, CEO of Editas Medicine, about CRISPR, the gene tool which lets you edit DNA, potentially creating treatments to fix genetic mutations, and then we talk to JOHN CARROLL, editor-in-chief of FierceBiotech, about the challenge of daily coverage of the biotech industry.

Episode 15-34 The Science of Dolphin Brains …

Tech Nation — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 16:49:54 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with New York Times best selling author and National Magazine Award winning journalist SUSAN CASEY about her book “VOICES IN THE OCEAN: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins.” Their brains are mightily impressive when compared with a human’s.

Than on BioTech Nation we talk about two human disease conditions that biotech is seeking to improve. First we talk to JOHN MCDONOUGH, CEO of T2 Biosystems about a quicker test to detect an overgrowth of candida. We can effectively treat this potentially fatal condition, but only if we know that's what's happening.

Then we speak to Steve Mento, CEO of Conatus Pharmaceuticals, about an emergent treatment for cirrhosis of the liver, no matter what the cause. There is little treatment available for repairing the liver. We'll talk about how your liver changes with long-term damage, what Conatus is doing in this area, the challenge of proving scientifically that a treatment is working, and how a new test might result that will monitor your liver health.

Episode 15-33 The Complexities of Healthcare …

Tech Nation — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 13:12:15 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

JOHN PATRICK, former Vice President of Internet Technology at IBM, about his new book: “Health Attitude - Unraveling and Solving the Complexities of Healthcare”. He gives us some hints as to why healthcare costs so much and shares what's happening that makes our future bright. A lot of the solution lies in information systems and the internet.

Then on BioTech Nation, SAM WHITEHOUSE, the COO of QuantuMDx, tells us about a simple device they are developing which can perform a 15 minute test for tuberculosis, HIV, influenza and more, all based on genetic markers. Better yet, it can tell if the condition is treatment resistant.

Episode 15-32 The Strange, New Science of the Self …

Tech Nation — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:58:19 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with PBS Nova columnist ANIL ANANTHASWAMY about new book The Man Who Wasn't There: Investigations into the Strange New Science of the Self a tour of the latest neuroscience of schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer’s disease, ecstatic epilepsy, Cotard’s syndrome, out-of-body experiences, and other disorders—revealing the awesome power of the human sense of self.

And on BioTech Nation we talk to STEVE HURST, President & CEO, Savant HWP – Health, Wellness and Prevention on an emergent treatment for cocaine addiction, work in the tropical disease Leishmaniasis, and the unexpected link between addiction to dopamine in Parkinson’s patients.

Episode 15-31 The Achievement Habit

Tech Nation — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 13:27:28 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford engineering professor BERNIE ROTH about his book “The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of your Life”. We discuss using design thinking to achieve goals you never thought possible.

Then on BioTech Nation, we speak to DR. JAMES CALLAWAY, CEO, ArmaGen, about how they have hijacked the pathway that insulin takes into the brain to deliver drugs. The first target testing it on such rare pediatric diseases such as Hunters syndrome, Hurlers syndrome, and Sanfilippo A.

Then we speak with DR. LAURENT LEVY, Founder, Naonbiotix, about how they are using the physics of nanotech trying to make radiation therapy work a whole lot better. Their first candidates are soft tissue sarcoma, head and neck cancers, and liver cancers. Whether enabling lower dosages or more precision, an old technology could get a whole lot better.

Episode 15-30 The Art of the Start 2.0

Tech Nation — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 11:51:28 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with GUY KAWASAKI – for a second time this year! He’s back with the ten year-update on his classic book THE ART OF THE START 2.0. The time-tested battled-hardened guide for anyone starting anything.

Then on BioTech Nation, it’s RACHEL KING and Glycomimetics – they’ve found success in Sickle Cell Disease, and now they’re working on AML –Acute Myeloid Leukemia, especially in patients over 60.

Episode 15-29 America under the threat of Polio

Tech Nation — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 12:55:23 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR CHARLOTTE JACOBS, professor emirata at Stanford University School of Medicine and the author of “Jonas Salk: A Life”. They re-visit 1950’s America under the threat of Polio. What did science know and what did it gotten wrong?

Then on BioTech Nation, JAY LICHTER of Avalon Ventures tells us about his diagnosis of Meniere's disease, and how as a venture capitalist he decided to start a company to find better treatment options on the spot. The result is the company called Otonomy.

Episode 15-28 International Biotech Today!

Tech Nation — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 11:19:51 +0000

On this episode Tech Nation broadcasts from BIO 2015, the international biotechnology conference in Philadelphia. The buzz centers around a new focus on patient-oriented drug development, as well as real success with cancer immunotherapies and deep progress in rare diseases. There are signs that the industry is maturing, finally delivering on the promise of bio-pharmaceutical drugs on an unprecedented scale, while the effect of patents on emerging products is a concern, as getting drugs to humans is different than patenting a widget.

Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with:
- JIM GREENWOOD President and CEO of BIO, the Biotechnology Industry Organization as Tech Nation
- PAUL HASTINGS Chairman and President, OncoMed Pharmaceuticals and Chairnman, BIO Board of Directors’ Patient Advocacy Committee
MIKE MAY, Editorial Director of Scientific American WorldView and YALI FRIEDMAN is the head of data analytics for Scientific American WorldView, and
- GARETH WILLIAMS Partner and Patent Attorney, Marks & Clerk International Intellectual Property Firm and Editor-in-Chief, Marks & Clerk Life Sciences Report 2015 “From Rare to Routine: Medicines for Rare Diseases, Vaccines & Antibiotics.”

Episode 15-27 Imagination, Creativity and Innovation

Tech Nation — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 12:16:42 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford’s DR. TINA SEELIG about her book “INSIGHT OUTSIGHT OUT: Get Ideas Out of your Head and into the World.” We'll find out the difference between imagination, creativity, and innovation.

Then on BioTech Nation, it’s all about “wearables” – personal technology we can strap on our wrists, or our bodies that can help you and your doctor monitor your health. DR. DANIEL KRAFT is the Chair of Medicine at Singularity University and the Founder of Exponential Medicine. We'll hear what's coming and what it means for all of us.

Episode 15-26 The Decoded Company

Tech Nation — Sat, 04 Jul 2015 13:09:13 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

LEEROM SEGAL, President & CEO, Klick Health and the author of “The Decoded Company.” With all the information everyone access to and generates all the time, it turns out that the ecosystem of a company is more important than its organization chart.

Then on BioTech Nation, we discuss decoding a whole human genome, and doing it fast with PIETER VAN ROOYEN, President & CEO of Edico Genome.

Then we'll discuss the role of voluntary patient registries to better treat long term chronic disease, such as heart disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis with DR. STEFAN LARSSON, Partner, Boston Consulting Group, Stockholm and Dr. DR. SOFIA ERNESTAM, Senior Physician in Rheumatology, Karolinska Institute

Episode 15-25 Is Everyone an Engineer?

Tech Nation — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:22:24 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DAN MOTE, the President of the National Academy of Engineering. They talk about the difference between technology and engineering.

Then on BioTech Nation, SIR JOHN CHISHOLM, head of Genomics England and the 100,000 Genomes Project

Episode 15-24 High Tech Chasms and 23andMe

Tech Nation — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 15:38:06 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with GEOFF MOORE, Strategy Consultant
Author, “CROSSING THE CHASM: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers, third edition” about what happens to a hot tech companies that get a lot of interest early … and then never make it.

Then on BioTech Nation, ANNE WOJCICKI, the co-founder and CEO of 23andMe. From DNA analysis and a new grant from the National Institutes of Health to a new partnership with Pfizer on Crohn's Disease, there's more to 23andMe than meets the eye.

Episode 15-23 Recovering from Personal Trauma

Tech Nation — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 12:19:07 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. BESSEL VAN DER KOLK, the founder and medical director of the Trauma Center in Boston, and a professor at psychiatry at Boston University Medical Center. He’s written “The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma.” #medecine #braintrauma #science

Then on BioTech Nation, we talk to MARTIN McGLYNN, President & CEO, StemCells, Inc. about initial attempts at stem cell treatments for such different conditions as spinal cord injury, PMD (Pelizaeus Merzbacher Disease) and age-related macular degeneration begin to show promise. #spinalcordinjury #pmd #stemcells #health

Episode 15-22 The Neuroscience of the Organized Mind !!!

Tech Nation — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 21:48:48 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
McGill professor and behavioral neuroscientist DANIEL LEVITIN about “The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload.” Our brains need to operate differently today than they ever did before.

Then on BioTech Nation, “The most important genome in your body may not be your own.” So says MOHAN IYER, the Chief Business Officer of Second Genome. We talk about our microbiomes – the trillions of microbes which populate our bodies, as well as the impact they may have on us.

Episode 15-21 Nobel Prizes explained!

Tech Nation — Wed, 27 May 2015 12:00:05 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
a panel of esteemed professors, who will explain each of the 2014 Nobel prizes, and why they are important.

These include:
GENARO PADILLA
English Professor
UC Berkeley,

STEPHEN ZUNES
Politics Professor
University of San Francisco,

JOE FARRELL
Economics Professor
UC Berkeley,

CONNIE CHANG
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Professor
UC Berkeley,

Jai Yu
Neuroscientist
UC San Francisco
Center for Integrative Neuroscience

Episode 15-20 Crowdsourcing for … Everything!

Tech Nation — Wed, 20 May 2015 11:06:37 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
LIOR ZOREF, former Microsoft vice president of marketing for consumer and online services. He’ll tell us about his book: “Mindsharing, The Art of Crowdsourcing Everything.”

Then on BioTech Nation, DR JOE MILETICH , the Senior Vice President for R&D at Amgen. We’ll hear about “oncolytic viruses” specifically designed to go after cancers, and advances in lowering cholesterol, based on genetics.

Episode 15-19 The Future Evolution of Humans …

Tech Nation — Tue, 12 May 2015 22:34:13 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

venture capitalist JUAN ENRIQUEZ talks about “Evolving Ourselves: How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation are Changing Life on Earth.”

Then on BioTech Nation, we talk to DR BARBARA FOX CEO, Avaxia Biologics about a treatment for pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease and to DR CRAIG AUDET Head of Global Regulatory Affairs, Arena Pharmaceuticals
about an FDA-approved obesity drug which is also being considered for smoking cessation.

Episode 15-18 Where dreams are drawn

Tech Nation — Sat, 09 May 2015 08:07:35 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with ED CATMULL, the President of Pixar Animation. He’s talking about creativity, but it’s also creativity – 80% done, they lost both the main files and the back-up files to Toy Story.

Then on BioTech Nation we talk MARJANNE PRINS, CEO of OrgaNext Research about a new approach to recovery from hip fracture –both biotech-supported advanced nutrition and what it takes to build muscles.

Episode 15-17 Animals as a partner in Human History

Tech Nation — Fri, 01 May 2015 12:09:57 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
anthropologist BRIAN FAGAN tells us about “The Intimate Bond: How Animals Shaped Human History.”

And on BioTech Nation, two very different and innovative approaches to fighting MRSA – One reaches back to old scientific knowledge, while the other is cutting-edge nanotech.

Episode 15-16 BitCoin … and the Global Economic Order

Tech Nation — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:56:36 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Wall Street Journal columnists PAUL VIGNA and MICHAEL J. CASEY talk about Bitcoin, digital money and all manner of trusted vehicles of value in the Internet Age.

Then on BioTech Nation, Acetylon Pharmaceuticals’ strategic approach to fighting drug resistance in the blood cancer Multiple Myeloma.

Episode 15-15 The Mobile Consumer – They know where you are!

Tech Nation — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 13:48:48 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
CHUCK MARTIN, the author of “Mobile Influence: The New Power of the Consumer”. He tells us we no longer *go* shopping – we always *are* shopping.

And with TIMOTHY EVAVOLD , the Director of Automotive Delivery at Covisint. He’s connecting your mobile phone with your … car!

Then on BioTech Nation, DR. MIKE DAVIES from Blueberry Therapeutics tells us about their unusual approach to treating MRSA – the bacterium resistant to our traditional antibiotics

Episode 15-14 The Internet of Vulnerable Things!

Tech Nation — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 20:49:26 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
former FBI Futurist-in-Residence MARC GOODMAN talks about how cybercrime will affect us in the future.

Then on BioTech Nation, we talk about new strategies to address ovarian cancer. We hear from DR. LAURA SHAWYER, the founder of the Clearity Foundation.

Episode 15-13 Both Sides Now … of your Brain!

Tech Nation — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 18:00:49 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with New York Times journalist MATT RICHTEL (“RICK-tul”) with two books – the non-fiction “A Deadly Wandering” and his latest novel, “The Doomsday Equation”. Then on BioTech Nation, DR. KEVIN COX and PROFESSOR ROGER GUNN, its Chief Scientific Officer from Imanova. Where do medications go in our bodies? Or do we even know?

Episode 15-12 Both Sides Now … of your Brain!

Tech Nation — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 22:20:11 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
UC Santa Barbara professor MICHAEL GAZZANIGA tells us about both sides of our brains – in fact, there are many parts to our brains – not just a right hemisphere, and a left.

Then on BioTech Nation, Moira speaks with PROFESSOR DAME SALLY DAVIES, the UK Government’s Senior Medical Advisor, and author of “The Drugs Don’t Work – A Global Threat.”

Episode 15-10 Talk like TED

Tech Nation — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:49:31 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
the Forbes.com Communications coach CARMINE GALLO about how to speak like all those speakers at TED – there’s actually a little science to it!

Then on BioTech Nation, DR STEVEN POWELL, the CEO of Virttu Biologics in Glasgow, Scotland, tells us how they engineer viruses to cancer treatments to make them more effective.

Episode 15-11 The Art of Social Media

Tech Nation — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 09:29:01 +0000

On this weeks Tech Nation Moira speaks to the authors of THE ART OF SOCIAL MEDIA, GUY KAWASAKI and PEG FITZPATRICK. Find out why they are the Jack Bauer and Chloe O'Brian of social media. We ask if can social media really add value to your business or is it a big waste of time?

On Biotechnation its all about Epigenetics. Does what surrounds your DNA effect cancer, autism, and diabetes in your body? We'll find out from DR. JOHN MORROW author of "CANCER, AUTISM AND THEIR EPIGENETIC ROOTS."

Episode 15-09 Science and Reason … and all Humanity

Tech Nation — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 12:24:13 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN columnist MICHAEL SHERMER about his book, “The Moral Arc ... How Science and reason lead Humanity toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom” about how science and reason shape humanity over time.

Then on BioTech Nation, a South African firm makes strides in modelling the human body. Even since computers have been on the scene, scientists have been trying to model the human body. The problem is: It’s really, really hard to do. DR. RIANN CONRADIE is the Executive Founder of LIFEQ based in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Then Moira speaks with ROBERT COULL, CEO of SCIODERM, about their new success in treating EB – Epidermolysis Bulossa – a genetic disease described as the worst disease you never heard of.

Episode 15-08 Humans 3.0

Tech Nation — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 12:46:14 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Technology journalist PETER NOWAK, the author of “Humans 3.0 … the Upgrading of the Species”.

Today on BioTech Nation, we speak with NEIL WARMA, the President and CEO of OPEXA THERAPEUTICS, about their work in precision medicine – taking your own blood and neutralizing rogue T-cells. Their first target: secondary progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Then on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, we discuss the surprising discoveries made by the New York State Attorney’s Office when they ran DNA tests on herbal supplements.

Episode 15-07 - The Patient Will See You Now …

Tech Nation — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:34:28 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. ERIC TOPOL, the author of “The Patient Will See You Now - The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands.”

Then on Biotech Nation, RICHARD BINIER, CEO of VIGILANT, a Consumer Electronics Show 2015 Innovation award winner, tells us about their new technology for insulin-dependent diabetics. And on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, the promise of wearable technologies

Episode 15-06 Touch – the “Always-On” Sense

Tech Nation — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 19:10:33 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Johns Hopkins professor DR. DAVID LINDEN about “Touch … The Science of Hand, Heart, and Mind.” It's far more complex than one would expect.

Then on BioTech Nation, ANTHONY RAESIDE, the Head of Research at THE EVALUATE GROUP in London. He’ll give us a global perspective of the pharmaceutical industry and the outlook through 2020.

On BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, it’s President Obama’s announcement about a precision medicine initiative.

Episode 15-05 Deciding who gets what medical treatments

Tech Nation — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 20:32:41 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation Dr. Moira Gunn delves into the meaning of safety statistics from the Institute of Highway Safety on FIVE MINUTES.

Then we hear some surprising recommendations for the UK’s national health service when Moira speaks with SIR ANDREW DILLON, the CEO of NICE, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

On Biotech Nation, DR. DAVID BORKHOLDER, Founder and CTO of Blackbox Biometrics and Associate Professor of Microsystems Engineering at ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, tells us about impact technology created for soldiers in Afghanistan experiencing IEDs that is now transitioning to help with everyday concussive events in sports.

Then we speak with DR SIMON CHERRY, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, UC DAVIS, who is working on a whole body scanner to detect and qualify cancer in a single sweep.

Episode 15-04 CES 2015 from Las Vegas, Nevada

Tech Nation — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:05:48 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Tech Nation broadcasts from the Consumer Electronics Show 2015 about global economics and trends in the consumer electronics industry as well as what’s new? … and why it’s cool!

We speak with SHAWN DUBRAVAC, Chief Economist and Director of Research, Consumer Electronics Association, and author of DIGITAL DESTINY: How the New Age of Data Will Transform the Way We Work, Live, and Communicate

We also speak with Steve Koenig, Director of Industry Analysis
Consumer Electronics Association, and Jim Barry, JIM BARRY, Media Spokesperson, Consumer Electronics Association

Finally talk to MARK DEVINE, Senior Vice President of
Jarden Safety and Security, “FirstAlert” and the OneLink family of products about leveraging the digital revolution to keep you and your family safe.

Episode 15-03 Scientists and Intellectual Property?

Tech Nation — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:12:55 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with ANTONY TAUBMAN, the director of the Intellectual Property Division at the WTO
in the second installment of Tech Nation’s two-part series from the World Trade Organization in Geneva.

Then on BioTech Nation, it’s Dr. BERNARD PERCOUL, the Director of DNDi, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative. We’ll hear about the astonishing challenge and DNDi’s innovative approach.

Episode 15-02 The World Trade Organization

Tech Nation — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 19:40:17 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
KEITH ROCKWELL with the World Trade Organization about the WTO’s latest successes and challenges.

Then on BioTech Nation, it’s all about bacteria with two co-founders of AvidBiotics - DR. DAVID MARTIN, its CEO and Chair, and DR. JEFF MILLER, who is als the president of the American Society for Microbiology.

Episode 15-01 A Sense of Style

Tech Nation — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 21:30:50 +0000

Episode 14- 52 Tech Nation: Neanderthal Man

Tech Nation — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 14:39:33 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with SVANTE PAABO about decoding the DNA of Neanderthal Man – it came from the first Neanderthal bone ever found in the 1800s

And ARIANNE HOYLAND, the game creator who made Dance Dance Revolution for school gym classes – in the fight against childhood obesity.

The on BioTech Nation, it’s BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan. We’ll hear about his latest article for Newsweek– Hacking your DNA.

Episode 14- 51 Tech Nation: Can you scale Excellence?

Tech Nation — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 22:22:44 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford professors BOB SUTTON and HUGGY RAO about their 7 years of research and "Scaling Up Excellence."

Then on Biotech Nation, we talk about what can be done about fibroids and fibrotic diseases –if you're ever have surgery, some 33% of re-admissions are caused by this condition.

Episode 14-50 Tech Nation: Social Media … is centuries-old!

Tech Nation — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:58:40 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with The Economist's Digital Editor, TOM STANDAGE, about the centuries-old tradition of Social Media.

Then on BioTech Nation, on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, it's all about "rare science."

Episode 14-49 Tech Nation: The NFL … and the science of the brain …

Tech Nation — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 18:37:31 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with ESPN investigative journalist Mark Fainaru-Wada , the author of League of Denial … The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth, the subject of a PBS Frontline documentary. Then on BioTech Nation, progress for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophe with Chris Garabedian, the CEO of Surepta Therapeutics.

And on BiosIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, it's possible to beam me up, Scotty – only this time it’s your DNA.

Episode 14-48 Tech Nation: DNA handed down through the generations …

Tech Nation — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 18:22:23 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with RUTH DEFRIES , a MacArthur Winner and author of “The Big Ratchet – How Humanity Survives in the Face of Natural Crisis, a biography of an ingenious species”.

Then on BioTech Nation, moving breakthrough science to viable medicines in many fields from colorectal cancer to antibiotics resistance. Moira speaks with Dr. Tom Gibbs, Director of DebioPharm from Lausanne, Switzerland.

And on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, new data just in - the surprising differences in the costs of medical procedures from one town to the next.

Episode 14-47 Tech Nation: DNA handed down through the generations …

Tech Nation — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:49:45 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist CHRISTINE KENNEALLY about “The Invisible History of the Human Race – How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures.”

Then on BioTech Nation, an important breakthrough in studying human disease – DR. BRIAN WAMHOFF, a co-founder and head of R&D at Hemoshear, tells us about their technology which enables the study of humans never before possible. Then on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, David gives us the new “number” - how much it costs to develop a new drug - you’ll likely be shocked.

Episode 14-46 Tech Nation: Innovation – past, present and future …

Tech Nation — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:37:54 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with WALTER ISAACSON, the author of “The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution.” It took the hands of many to create all the technology we use every day.

Then on BioTech Nation, Carnegie-Mellon’s ART BONI and Wharton’s STEVE SAMMUT talk about the annual Bioentrepreneurship Boot Camp. And for the crucial start-up funding necessary to all bioenterprise, we hear from DR. JAY LICHTER , a Venture Partner at Avalon Ventures.

Episode 14-45 Tech Nation: Automation and Us … from a non-techie’s viewpoint …

Tech Nation — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 17:03:49 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with former Harvard Business Review Executive Editor NICHOLAS CARR, the author of “The Glass Cage: Automation and Us”, about the effect of technology all around us.

Then on BioTech Nation, an approach to screen for a wide host of diseases including cancer and diabetes, 5 years or more before symptoms appear. And improved cancer treatments, all because we can read the cancer’s DNA.

Guests are DR. ARIF ANWAR, the Executive Director of Sengenics, and DR. CHUCK BAUM, the President and CEO, Mirati Therapeutics.

Episode 14-44 Tech Nation: Nobel Prizes Explained 2014

Tech Nation — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:25:18 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with a panel of esteemed professors, who will explain each of the 2014 Nobel prizes, and why they are important.

Panel Convener
LUDWIG CHINCARINI Professor, Finance and Economics, University of San Francisco

For the prize in LITERATURE

GENARO PADILLA Professor, English, UC Berkeley

For the prize in PEACE

STEPHEN ZUNES Professor, Politics, University of San Francisco

For the ECONOMICS prize

JOE FARRELL Professor, Economics, UC Berkeley

For two prizes - in PHYSICS and in CHEMISTRY

CONNIE CHANG professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley

For the prize in PHYSIOLOGY or MEDICINE

JAI YU Neuroscientist, UCSF's Center for Integrative Neuroscience

Episode 14-43 Tech Nation: Gutenberg’s Apprentice …

Tech Nation — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:18:38 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with ALIX CHRISTIE about
GUTENBERG'S APPRENTICE– like all technology, it turns out it was a team effort.

Then on BioTech Nation, a virus hunter and a drug hunter. STAN ERCK, CEO of NovaVax, tells us how they create new vaccines to protect against RSV in very young children, and we speak with DR. PEARL HUANG about DISCOVERY PARTNERSHIPS (DPAc) AT GLAXOSMITHKLINE and how they seek out and support promising of university research scientists in the hunt for new drugs.

Episode 14-42 Tech Nation: Big Data – What Stays in Vegas …

Tech Nation — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:07:09 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

ADAM TANNER, a fellow at Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science, and the author of “What Stays in Vegas – The World of Personal Data – Lifeblood of Big Business – and the End of Privacy as We Know It.”

Then on BioTech Nation, TODD SKRINAR , Principal for Life Sciences Advisory and Leader for Big Data Advanced Analytics at ERNST and YOUNG. All those clinical trials needed to prove a drug is safe? Big data and getting bigger.

Episode 14-41 Tech Nation: The Neuroscience of Trauma …

Tech Nation — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 19:14:13 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DR. BESSEL VAN DER KOLK, the founder and medical director of the Trauma Center in Boston, and a professor at psychiatry at Boston University Medical Center. He’s written “The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma.”

Then on BioTech Nation, initial attempts at stem cell treatments for such different conditions as spinal cord injury, PMD and age-related macular degeneration begin to show promise.

Episode 14-40 Tech Nation: who we are (when we think no one's looking) …

Tech Nation — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 13:04:34 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, what can we learn about being human from dating websites. Moira speaks with CHRISTIAN RUDDER, the president of OkCupid where he leads data analytics. He’s written DATACLYSM: Who We Are (When We Think No One’s Looking).

Then on BioTech Nation, quickly detecting diseases with small mobile devices. We talk to DR. ANITA GOEL, the CEO of NanoBioSym and winner of the 2013 Nokia Sensing X-Prize, talks about their device: GeneRadar. And RICHARD POPS, the CEO of Alkermes. He tells us how our typical thinking of one drug – one disease may not always be the case.

Episode 14-39 Tech Nation: The Genius of Leonardo da Vinci …

Tech Nation — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 12:34:48 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with FRITJOF CAPRA. He spent 10 years studying the original notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci – and yes, there's genius there …

Then on BioTech Nation, we talk with STEPHEN HURST, the Chairman and CEO of Savant HWP about a new view of addiction – and new developments for all addictions.

Episode 14-38 Tech Nation: The Language of Food …

Tech Nation — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:07:38 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford Professor DAN JURAFSKY tells us about “The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu.” Over the centuries and around the globe, the food we eat today started their journeys long ago and far away.

Then on BioTech Nation, LEE JONES, the CEO of Rebiotix tells us and their approach to treating severe bacterial infections called c. difficile, and Andrew Strong, the CEO of Kalon Biotherapeutics, talks about their U.S. government to provide massive doses of vaccines in response to pandemic, and how they are also working on cancer vaccines.

Episode 14-37 Tech Nation: The End of Absence …

Tech Nation — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 19:59:44 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with journalist MICHAEL HARRIS about how he opted out of digital technology for a month – he tells us it’s lonely, but rewarding.

Then on BioTech Nation, Virginia Governor TERRY McAULIFFE tells us that Virginia isn’t just for lovers. Virginia also means biotech, and also, JIM GREENWOOD, the president and CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization. He interviewed both Richard Branson and Hillary Clinton on their relation to biotech.

Episode 14-36 Tech Nation: The Neuroscience of the Organized Mind …

Tech Nation — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 13:38:27 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with McGill professor and behavioral neuroscientist DANIEL LEVITIN about “The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload.” Our brains need to operate differently today than they ever did before.

Then on BioTech Nation, “The most important genome in your body may not be your own.” So says MOHAN IYER, the Chief Business Officer of Second Genome. We talk about our microbiomes – the trillions of microbes which populate our bodies, as well as the impact they may have on us.

Episode 14-35 Tech Nation: High Tech Chasms and 23andMe …

Tech Nation — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:28:38 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with GEOFF MOORE about what happens to a hot tech companies that get a lot of interest early … and then never make it.

Then on BioTech Nation, ANNE WOJCICKI , the co-founder and CEO of 23andMe, where there’s plenty new with a grant from the National Institutes of Health and a new partnership with Pfizer.

Episode 14-34 Tech Nation: The Island of Knowledge …

Tech Nation — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:22:49 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dartmouth professor MARCELLO GLEISER about his latest book, The Island of Knowledge. He looks at all of science, how it changes over time, and what it can and can’t tell us.

Then on Biotech Nation, it’s DR. KATE RITTENHOUSE-OLSON, the President of For-Robin. The focus is triple negative breast cancer, but their work may have found a way to stop metastasis.

Episode 14-33 Tech Nation: The Alimentary Canal is not on Google Maps …

Tech Nation — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:19:17 +0000

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Mary Roach about her book Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal. Clue: The alimentary canal is nowhere to be found on google maps.

Then on BioTech Nation, an approach to treating the rejection of organ transplants in their earliest stage – if you’ve had an organ transplant, remember … your donor organ’s DNA is different from your own.

Episode 14-18 Tech Nation: Digitizing a Nation- welcome to the new millennium

Tech Nation — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 20:49:01 +0000

On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with FRANCIS MAUDE, the UK's Minister for the Cabinet Office, about digital government, it's called "digital by default".

Then on BioTech Nation, DR. JENNIFER MILLER from Bioethics International talks about the willingness of pharmaceutical companies to provide the clinical trials data behind their approved drugs.

Episode 14-19 Tech Nation: Nobel Prizes Explained

Tech Nation — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 20:38:07 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with a panel of professors from the University of San Francisco and it's "Nobel Prizes Explained."

Episode 14-21 Tech Nation: Mass Extinction?

Tech Nation — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 20:17:52 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist ANNALEE NEWITZ looks at the past, present and possible future of mass extinctions.

Then on BioTech Nation we talk about stroke and the current standard of care, something new on the horizon, and how it works.

Episode 14-22 Tech Nation: Being a Scientist can be Dangerous

Tech Nation — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 19:23:28 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Geneticist SEAN CARROLL about Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize.

Then on BioTech Nation, how decoding the human genome affects the durgs of our future, and on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, it's Google vs. Death.

Episode 14-23 Tech Nation: Sneaking into Math Class

Tech Nation — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 10:15:29 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with UC Berkeley professor EDWARD FRENKEL about sneaking into math classes at Moscow University and how mathematics is everywhere in our lives.

Then on BioTech Nation, DR. DAVID MARTIN from AvidBiotics talks about the CDC's new report on antibiotic resistance.

Episode 14-24 Tech Nation: Guns, Germs and Next Door Neighbours

Tech Nation — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 10:05:15 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with JARED DIAMOND about The World Until Yesterday: What We Can Learn from Traditional Societies

Then on BioTech Nation, a drug for later stage Multiple Sclerosis and on BioIssue of the Week, technology becomes your new personal physician.

Episode 14-25 Tech Nation: Guns, Germs and Next Door Neighbors

Tech Nation — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 09:55:45 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Aneesh Chopra, the first Chief Technology Officer for the United States. He's here today with Innovative State , How New Technologies Can Transform Government

And on BioTech Nation, the new vaccines and how we get them to everyone young, old, rich and poor, and on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, the top innovations of 2013 from the Cleveland Clinic.

Episode 14-26 Tech Nation: Big Data changes Education

Tech Nation — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 09:40:41 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with KENNETH CUKIER, the Data Editor at The Economist. He tells us about
Learning with Big Data and The Future of Education

Than on BioTech Nation, a biotech company which started on a cocktail napkin and addressing the challenge of getting everyone in the world vaccinated quickly and cheaply.

Episode 14-28 Tech Nation: Disruptive Technology and Disruptive Science

Tech Nation — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 13:53:24 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Regis Kelly from the University of California in San Francisco for Quantitative Biosciences, which nutures disruptive technology.

And on BioTech Nation, one cancer pharmaceuticals company focused on disruptive science.

Episode 14-29 Tech Nation: Big Data and Concussion

Tech Nation — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:37:58 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with the National Football League turns to science to work on head trauma. I speak with three scientists collaborating on a concussion imaging study funded by the General Electric/NFL Head Health Challenge. What data do they collect? What are they looking at? And what are they looking for.
Gunnar Carlsson, Pek Lum and Adam Ferguson. Dr. Carlsson is a professor of mathematics at Stanford University, and co-founder of the data analytics firm Ayasdi, where Dr. Pek Lum is the Chief Data Scientist. With Adam Ferguson from the UCSF Brain and Spinal Injury Centre, they talk about their work analyzing brain images of concussions.

Then on BioTech Nation, it's BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan. If we decode our brains, can we decode our minds?

And on BioTech Nation, one cancer pharmaceuticals company focused on disruptive science.

Episode 14-30 Tech Nation: Different Medicines for Different DNA Worldwid

Tech Nation — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:02:20 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Rogerio Ribeiro from global pharmaceutical firm GSK. He'll tell us and how genetics and medical needs differ globally, one size does not fit all. And we go to Russia to visit a new Biomedical Cluster.

Then on BioTech Nation, a new report on India and on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, the surprising role of microbes in your mouth.

Episode 14-31 Tech Nation: Privacy Ninja's ???

Tech Nation — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:40:33 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with the Chief Privacy Officer at McAfee, and her book "The Privacy Engineer's Manifesto".

Then on BioTech Nation, DR. JOHN BEADLE from PsiOxus Therapeutics in Oxford on their progress in colorectal and ovarian cancers - they were actually able to take pictures.

Episode 14-32 Tech Nation: Everyday Creativity Lessons from Pixar

Tech Nation — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:42:28 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with ED CATMULL, the President of Pixar Animation. He's talking about creativity, but also creativity when your 80% done, they lost both the main files and the back-up files to Toy Story.

Then on BioTech Nation, a new approach to recovery from hip fracture from both biotech-supported advanced nutrition and what it takes to build muscles.

Episode 51: 12/31/2013 Tech Nation: The Riddle of the Labyrinth

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:57:29 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
New York Times journalist Margalit Fox about The
Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code.
Then on BioTech Nation Britain's National Health Service makes a
commitment to using a patientís whole genome in their healthcare.

Episode 49: 12/24/2013 Tech Nation: Self-publishing in the age of social media

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:51:57 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
GUY KAWASAKI about how authors today must also be Publishers and
Entrepreneurs.
Then on BioTech Nation, we talk about things we eat all the time
that aren't organic. PETER WONG from TruTag Technologies tells us
how they can be used to foil pharmaceutical counterfeiting.

Episode 46: Tech Nation- 17-12-2013 NFL- The League of Denial

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:38:27 +0000

We speak to Mark Fainaru-Wada, author of "League of Denial"- The NFL, Concussions and the battle for truth.
On BioTech Nation Duchenne muscular dystrophy and DED taks the science of "beam me up Scotty" with our own DNA.

Episode 45: 12/10/2013 Tech Nation: Steve Jobs

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:35:24 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
WALTER ISAACSON, with his biography of Steve Jobs, and on BioTech Nation, new approaches to cancer, placing human DNA in fruitflies to study Alzheimer's and Parkinsons, and on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, a salute to a recently-passed Nobel Laureate.

Episode 44: 12/3/2013 Tech Nation: The Genius of Leonardo da Vinci

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:32:04 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
FRITJOF CAPRA. He spent 10 years studying the original notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci and yes, there's genius there.
Then on BioTech Nation, we talk about a new view of addiction and new developments for all addictions.

Episode 43: 11/26/2013 Tech Nation: Nobel Prizes Explained

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:28:26 +0000

n this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
A panel of professors from the University of San Francisco, it's "Nobel Prizes Explained."

Episode 43: 11/12/2013 Tech Nation: We're Smarter That We Think

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:26:05 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
CLIVE THOMPSON about Smarter That You Think: How Technology is
Changing Our Minds for the Better.
And on BioTech Nation, the new vaccines and how we get them to
everyone young, old, rich and poor, and on BioIssue of the Week
with David Ewing Duncan, the top innovations of 2013 from the
Cleveland Clinic.

Episode 42: 11/04/2013 Tech Nation: Po Bronson Top Dog in the science of winning and losing

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:21:57 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
PO BRONSON about his book Top Dog- The Science of Winning and Losing.
Then on BioTech Nation, something for the 27 million Americans who suffer from osteoarthritis and on BioIssue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan see new bioethical challenges for professional sports.

Episode 42: 10/29/2013 Tech Nation: Social Media: The First 2,000 Years

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:18:43 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
The Economist's Digital Editor, TOM STANDAGE, about the centuries-
old tradition of Social Media.
Then on BioTech Nation, on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, it's all about "rare science."

Episode 42: 10/22/2013 Tech Nation: Love and Math

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:15:16 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
UC Berkeley professor EDWARD FRENKEL about sneaking into math
classes at Moscow University and how mathematics is everywhere in
our lives.
Then on BioTech Nation, DR. DAVID MARTIN from AvidBiotics talks about the CDC's new report on antibiotic resistance.

Episode 40 10/08/2013 Tech Nation: "Brave Genius"

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:48:22 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Geneticist SEAN CARROLL about Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize.
Then on BioTech Nation, how decoding the human genome affects the durgs of our future, and on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, it's Google vs. Death.

Episode 39: 10/01/2013 Tech Nation: A Beautiful new bridge

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:44:21 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
DONALD McDONALD, the architect of the new East span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
Then on BioTech Nation, a new global healthcare report form Deloitte, and on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, we look at the impact of reducing federal funds on new medical research.

Episode 38: 09/24/2013 Tech Nation: Robert Oppenheimer

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:38:15 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation,
we look at a time in American life when a scientist and science were
forefront in the minds of the public. We talk about the atomic
bomb, the media embrace of Robert Oppenheimer, and national
interests in the post-World War II Cold War.
Then on BioTech Nation, an Australian firm takes antibodies from sharks to create new medications. And the latest report on the environmental impact of biotechnology on global agriculture.

Episode 37: 09/17/2013 Tech Nation: Technology and Distraction

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:33:30 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Futurist ALEX PANG about The Distraction Addiction: Getting the Information you need and the communication you want without enraging your family, annoying your colleagues and destroying your soul.
Then on BioTech Nation, we hear from ALEX KARLE, the COO of The Evaluate Group in London. He tells us about their global report on orphan drugs - therapeutics for diseases and conditions that affect mere thousands of humans, but may hold the key to treatments affecting everyone.

Episode 36: 09/10/2013 Tech Nation: Can Austerity Kill? Science thinks so

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:30:31 +0000

On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Stanford's Dr. Sanjay Basu about how cutting some social programs when times are bad hurts more than we realise, it's actually there in the economics data.
Then on BioTech Nation, we hear about new hope in fighting hospital acquired infections and on BioIssue of the Week, David gets his own stem cell line.

Episode 35: 09/3/2013 Tech Nation: Status from the Frontlines of the War on Cancer

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:26:47 +0000

On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Fortune contributing editor CLIFTON LEAF and a look at the 40 year old war on cancer.
And on BioTech Nation, DR. BEN CHEN, the Executive Chairman of Immune Targeting Systems in London tells us why your T cells have great potential for fighting challenges from the flu to cancer.

Episode 34: 08/27/2013 Tech Nation: Sports genes?

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:21:22 +0000

On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Sports Illustrated's DAVID EPSTEIN , about "The Sports
Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance."
Then on Biotech Nation, how decades of tissue samples for Lupus are
more important than ever. And on BioIssue of the Week with David
Ewing Duncan, answers the quetsion: "If somebody puts my DNA out
there online can somebody figure out it's me?"

Episode 33: 08/13/2013 Tech Nation: Denial, more than just a river in Egypt

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:16:35 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
DR. AJIT VARKI talks about Denial answering the
question, why did humans develop such complex mental abilities and
other species did not?
Than on BioTech Nation, a biotech company which started on a
cocktail napkin and addressing the challenge of getting everyone
in the world vaccinated quickly and cheaply.

Episode 32: 08/06/2013 Tech Nation: The New Frontier of Egg Freezing

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:11:37 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
SARA ELIZABETH RICHARDS about Motherhood Rescheduled, women
actually freezing their own eggs.
Then on BioTech Nation, protecting our annual flu shots from
sometimes missing a strain, and on BioIssue of the Week, David Ewing
Duncan tells us all about the micro biome, a hundred trillion
critters in each of us.

Episode 31 07/30/2013 Tech Nation: BIG Data

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:08:35 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
GUNNAR CARLSSON, a professor of mathematics at Stanford University
and co-founder of Ayasdi about Big Data.
Then on BioTech Nation, we hear from DR. JOHN BEADLE, the CEO of
Psioxus Therapeutics in Oxford, England. They're working on
oncolytic viruses , viruses which invade and kill cancer cells,
while ignoring all others.

Episode 30: 07/23/2013 Tech Nation: Brilliant Blunders

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:05:39 +0000

On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
MARIO LIVIO about Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein and their
Colossal Mistakes.
Then on BioTech Nation, all that's meaningful about gene patents,
and the latest Supreme Court decision.

Episode 29: 07/16/2013 Tech Nation broadcasts from the International Biotechnology Conference, BIO 2013 in Chicago

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:01:19 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation,
Tech Nation broadcasts from the international biotechnology
conference; BIO 2013 in Chicago. How is the world of biotechnology
changing? And how will this affect healthcare? These and other
topics are all covered in this full-hour show.

Episode 28: 07/9/2013 Tech Nation: Ninja Innovation

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 13:57:38 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
GARY SHAPIRO, President of the Consumer Electronics Association.
He talks about ninja innovationî in the today's tsunami of
technology.
Then on BioTech Nation, a new way to control our cholesterol based
on the DNA of very low cholesterol human beings. And on BioIssue of
the Week a new poll measuring our understanding of science.

Episode 27: 07/2/2013 Tech Nation: The Attacking Ocean

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 13:52:17 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
DR. BRIAN FAGAN the rising Ocean and What the Earth looked like during
the Ice Age, as opposed to today and what will it look like in the
years to come
Then on BioTech Nation, with 90 million smokers and former smokers in the US, a DNA diagnostic for the number one cancer, lung cancer.

Episode 26: 06/25/2013 Tech Nation: Decrypting the Labyrinth

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 13:45:38 +0000

On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
New York Times journalist Margalit Fox about The
Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code.
Then on BioTech Nation Britain's National Health Service makes a
commitment to using a patients whole genome in their healthcare.

Episode 26: 06/18/2013 Tech Nation: Your Brain is Amazing and Intuition Pumps

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 13:42:32 +0000

On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
DANIEL DENNETT about tools to help us improve our thinking, warning
signals when someone is introducing false logic, and other
challenges in human communication.
Then on BioTech Nation Ö we talk about prostate cancer and the
efforts of BN-Immunotherapeutics to address this challenge.

Episode 25: 06/11/2013: Tech Nation: Who Owns Your Future ?

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 13:38:21 +0000

On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Computer scientist and musician, JARON LANIER, about the
technological aspects of Who Owns the Future?î
Then on BioTech Nation, we talk about Duschene
Muscular Dystrophe, and an approach which may offer real hope.

Episode 24: 06/11/2013: Tech Nation: Who Owns Your Future ?

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 13:30:33 +0000

On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Computer scientist and musician, JARON LANIER, about the
technological aspects of ìWho Owns the Future?
Then on BioTech Nation, we talk about Duschene
Muscular Dystrophe, and an approach which may offer real hope.

Episode 22: 06/4/2013 Tech Nation: Re-Genesis ???

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 13:18:40 +0000

On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Harvard Medical School Genetics professor GEORGE CHURCH about how
Synthetic Biology may reinvent every living thing.
Then on BioTech Nation, what we can learn if we look at everyoneís
medical records ñ all together.

Episode 22: 06/4/2013 Tech Nation: Our good sides

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 13:15:03 +0000

On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Harvard psychology professor professor Steven Pinker. He tells us about the better angles of our nature. Why violence has declined.
Then on BioTech Nation, how we are fighting Dengue fever and how nano technology is being used in treating lung cancer.

Episode 21 05/21/2013 Tech Nation: Mass Extinction?

Tech Nation — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 13:12:19 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Journalist ANNALEE NEWITZ who looks at the past, present and possible
future of mass extinctions.
Then on BioTech Nation we talk about stroke and the current standard
of care, something new on the horizon, and how it works.

Episode 20: Tech Nation-Bell Labs "The Idea Factory"

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 May 2014 14:15:51 +0000

We talk to NY Times magazine's Jon Gertner. He's written "The Idea Factory"- Bell Labs and the grand age of American innovation.
On BioTech Nation we talk about developing bio technology in the interest of global health as well as bio tech patent challenges.

Episode 19 :05/07/2013 : Tech Nation-Contagious

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 May 2014 14:04:58 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Whartonis JONAH BERGER. He talks about Contagious - Why Things Catch
On.
Then on BioTech Nation- it's medical diagnostics and devices -
looking inside our bodies and working with therapeutics.

Episode 18 04/30/2013: Tech Nation- Khan Academy new visions for YouTube

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 May 2014 13:57:43 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
SALMAN KHAN, the founder of Khan Academy, creator of a thousand
YouTube videos - all on calculus.
Then on BioTech Nation, it's DR. GARY RUVKUN , Harvard
Professor of Genetics who was awarded the 2012 Janssen
Award for Biomedical Research.

Episode 17: 04/23/2013: Tech Nation- Good Old-Fashioned Phone Hackers

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 May 2014 13:52:26 +0000

In this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Phil Lapsley about the teenagers who hacked the phone company
including Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
Then on BioTech Nation, John Crowley, the Dad who sought solutions
for his childrenís Pompe disease in the film
Extraordinary Measures and on BioIssue of the Week: people are
putting their own health data together - on the Internet - to see
what works and what doesn't.

Episode 16: 04/16/2013 : Tech Nation- WW-II Japanese Super-Sub

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 May 2014 13:42:30 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
John Geoghegan , whom you may know from his PBS
documentary Japanese Supersub, Japanese surprise underwater aircraft
carrier.
Then on BioTech Nation, biotech uses your own tissues to repair
everything from chronic wounds to sports injuries to heart attack
and stroke, and on BioIssue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan tells us
about the latest in the saga of the immortal cells of Henrietta
Lacks.

Episode 15: 04/09/2013 : Tech Nation-We talk to Phil Stutz and Barry Michels about their book "The Tools".

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 May 2014 13:36:14 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Psychiatrist PHIL STUTZ and Psychotherapist BARRY MICHELS about
several simple
tools proven effective in dealing with the challenges of everyday
life.
Then on BioTech Nation, Engineering new vaccines by typing DNA
sequences into a
computer.

Episode 14: 04/01/2013 : Tech Nation-MAHZARIN BANAJI Professor, Harvard University Author,Blind Spot and Hidden Biases of Good People

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 May 2014 13:29:27 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Harvard professor MAHZARIN BANAJI (pronounced ìMAH-ZAH-REEN BAH-
NAH-JEEî) on the set of tests which can measure your hidden biases.
Then on BioTech Nation, a new treatment for candida (pronounced
ìCAN-DID-DAHî), and unexpected algae blooms in Antarctica.

Episode 13 : 03/26/2013: Tech Nation-DOUG RUSHKOFF Host, PBS Frontline documentary, Digital Nation Author, Present Shock and When Everything Happens Now

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 May 2014 13:21:48 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
PBS Frontline Host DOUG RUSHKOFF, the author of Present Shock and When
Everything Happens Now.
Then on BioTech Nation, Part II of the 2012 Biotech Industry wrap-up
with Steven Burrill, the CEO of Burrill & Co.

Episode 12: 03/19/2013 : Tech Nation - VIKTOR MAYER-SCHONBERGER BIG DATA A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 May 2014 13:15:11 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Oxford University professor Viktor Mayer-Schonberger & Kenneth
Cukier (pronounced ìCook-eee-ayeî) about their book BIG DATA A
Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think.
Then on BioTech Nation, a new cream for treating the burns from
radiation therapy, and on BioIssue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan
talks about collecting big data from social media tools.

Episode 11: 03/12/2013 : Tech Nation- Matt Richtel On The Cloud

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 May 2014 11:38:15 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
New York Times tech journalist MATT RICHTEL on his fictional sci-
tech thriller: The Cloud.
Then on BioTech Nation, the 2012 Biotech Industry wrap-up with
Steven Burrill, the CEO of Burrill & Co. Did biotech fall off the
fiscal cliff ???

Episode 14-27 Tech Nation: David Montgomery on The Rocks Don't Lie

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 May 2014 11:30:50 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
University of Washington professor David Montgomery on the
beginnings of geology, and the centuries-old search for evidence of
Noah's flood.
And on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, how science can
now change us from optimistic to pessimistic, and back again.

Episode 9 02/26/2013 : Tech Nation- Po Bronson: A Top Dog in the science of winning and losing

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 May 2014 11:18:43 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
PO BRONSON about his book Top Dog : The Science of Winning and
Losing.
Then on BioTech Nation, something for the 27 million Americans who
suffer from osteoarthritis and on BioIssue of the Week, David Ewing
Duncan see new bioethical challenges for professional sports.

Episode 8 02/19/2013 Tech Nation: Gavin Newsom a Citizenville in a digital government?

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 May 2014 11:12:10 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Former San Francisco mayor and California Lieutenant Governor GAVIN
NEWSOM on reinventing government in the digital age.
Then on BioTech Nation, an anti-serum to fight bio-terrorism
right out of a Veterinary School and on BioIssue of the Week, David
Ewing Duncan quotes Shakespeare and and yes, it involves DNA.

Episode 7: 02/12/2013 Tech Nation: Francis Collins ñ National Institute of Health

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 May 2014 11:04:51 +0000

On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
FRANCIS COLLINS, the Director of the National Institutes of Health,
speaking about the 125-year-old origins of NIH, and then DAVID
WILLETTS, the UK Minister for Universities and Science. He tells us
about the special innovation relationship between the US and Great
Britain, from genetics to healthcare to space.
Then on BioTech Nation a new approach to Acute Kidney Injury, a
serious condition affecting millions of hospitalized patients each
year.

Episode 6: 02/05/2013 Tech Nation: New lessons from old societies

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 May 2014 10:59:40 +0000

DANIEL PINK about how we all sell even if don't know it.
Then on BioTech Nation, a drug thatís possibly better than statins,
and on BioIssue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan has a first: David
interviews Moira.

Episode 13-05 01/29/2013 : Tech Nation: New lessons from old societies

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 May 2014 10:53:15 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with:

JARED DIAMOND
Pulitzer Prize-winning Author
Guns, Germs and Steel and
The World Until Yesterday: What We Can Learn from Traditional Societies?

Then on BioTech Nation:

SIMON WILKINSON
Director and CEO, Innate ImmunoTherapeutics

.. a drug for later stage Multiple Sclerosis ..

And on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan:

Episode 13-04: 01/22/2013 Tech Nation: The Human Face of BIG DATA

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 May 2014 10:49:32 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with:

RICK SMOLAN
Photojournalist and Author, The Human Face of BIG DATA

Then on BioTech Nation:

DR. JEFF STEIN
President and CEO, Trius Therapeutics
.. a new kind of antibiotic ..

And on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan:

.. how science can build a better you ..

Episode 13-03: 01/15/2013 : Tech Nation: Arithmetic in the 16th Century

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 May 2014 10:43:39 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with:

KEITH DEVLIN
NPR’s Math Guy
Author, “The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci’s Arithmetic revolution”

Then on BioTech Nation:

MICHAEL ZHANG
16-year-old high school junior
Participant, 2011 International BIO Gene-ius Challenge
.. A Better treatment for Cystic Fibrosis ..

And on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan:

.. David publicly releases his full genome ..

Episode 13-02: 01/08/2013 Tech Nation: Need, Speed and Greed

Tech Nation — Thu, 22 May 2014 10:26:23 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with:

VIJAY VAITHESWARAN
China Business & Finance Editor, The Economist
Author, “Need, Speed and Greed: How the New Rules of Innovation Can transform Businesses, Propel Nations to Greatness, and Tame the World’s Most Wicked Problems”

Then from the the UK, it's the "Cool and Clean" mission. Guests include:

ERIC BAKKAN
Vice Consul, UK Trade and Investment, San Francisco,

SANDRA SASSOW
CEO & Co-Founder, Seab Energy
.. the Muckbuster technology ..

CHRISTOPHE WILLIAMS
CEO & Co-Founder, Naked Energy
.. tubular solar panels ..

Episode 13-01: 01/01/2013 Tech Nation: The New Age of Personalized Medicine

Tech Nation — Thu, 08 May 2014 19:26:39 +0000

On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with:

DR. ERIC TOPOL
Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute
Author, “The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Healthcare”

Then on BioTech Nation,

JEN GORDON
Partner & Head of the Life Sciences Practice
The Law firm of Baker Botts

.. intellectual property in the age of personalized medicine ..