Tech Nation with Moira Gunn
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Dr. Moira Gunn is the host of Public Radio's Tech
Nation, where she has conducted over 2,000 interviews with space pioneers
and cyber-novelists, venture capitalists and genetics researchers, teachers
and technophobes. A former NASA scientist and engineer, Dr. Gunn is a
Member of the Board of Directors of the Tech Museum of Innovation and
the Tech Awards' Global Leadership Council, and has served as a member
of the Awards Selection Committee for the Space Technology Hall of Fame.
The first woman to earn a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue
University, she also holds advanced degrees in Computer Science and a
software technical patent. Dr. Gunn is regularly asked to speak on the
Impact of Technology on Society, on the Current and Projected State of
Global Technology Penetration, and on her experience as a Woman in Technology,
Science and Engineering.
Between 2004 and 2012 The Conversations Network published 748 podcast episodes
of Technation. Look for them and more-recent programs on the
Tech Nation website (http://technation.com).
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Moira speaks with Dr. Bill Cheliak, Vice President for Business Development, Neurodyn about how the environment can affect genetics and contribute to disease.
Moira interviews Kathy Reichs, forensic anthropologist and author of the popular Bones detective series.
Moira interviews Lord Naren Patel, Chair of the Inquiry into Genomic Medicine on the British recommendations on the future of genomic medicine in the UK.
Moira interviews Jonathan Littman and Marc Hershon about their book I Hate People!: Kick Loose from the Overbearing and Underhanded Jerks at Work and Get What You Want Out of Your Job. In it they have selected and analyzed the ten most troublesome types of people likely to appear in the workplace.
Moira interviews Dr. Paul Dick, CEO of Chemaphor, a small Canadian company with products for both animals and humans.
Moira interviews Chris Mooney, co-author of Unscientific America, in which he and Sheril Kirshenbaum plead for scientific literacy. The book lays the groundwork for reintegrating science into the public discourse.
Moira talks with Candace Toner about her company's research software development. The company's product Geneious combines all the leading DNA and protein sequence analysis tools into one software solution and its ease of use is meant to make it accessible to any biologist.
Moira speaks with Brian Arthur, author of The Nature of Technology. The former Stanford professor discusses his theory of technology's origins and evolution.
Moira talks with Dr. Josh Boger, former CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals about new treatment methods for Cystic Fibrosis.
Moira interviews Zack Lynch, co-author of the Neuro Revolution. The book reviews how history has already progressed through an agricultural revolution, an industrial revolution, and an information revolution. The Neuro Revolution foretells a fast approaching fourth epoch, one that will radically transform how we all work, live and play.
