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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Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Wired Magazine, speaks with Dr. Moira Gunn about his new book "The Long Tail," and answers the critics.
Dr. Moira Gunn talks to career coach Dr. Marty Nemko about elongating our careers - since we'll all be living longer.
Dr. Una Ryan, President & CEO of Avant, speaks with Dr. Moira Gunn about their goals for making new vaccines.
Paul Goldstein, Professor of Law at Stanford, speaks with Dr. Moira Gunn about the days of McCarthy, the blacklisting of the Hollywood community and issues of today.
Dr. Moira Gunn looks at a new way to take common drugs - a spray on the skin - by talking to Igor Gonda, the CEO of the Australian-based Acrux.
Nick Falk, Manager of Business Development from the Tasmanian firm Marinova, speaks with Dr. Moira Gunn about their application of marine biotech.
Dr. Moira Gunn talks to Dr. Steven Miles, the Minnesota MD who studied tens of thousands of documents released by the Department of Defense about US military prisons in Iraq. Included were those from the notorious Abu Ghurayb prison near Baghdad. What Dr. Miles found was extremely disturbing.
Frank Delaney, author of "Simple Courage", talks to Dr. Moira Gunn about the true story of the SS Flying Enterprise. Both Captain Kurt Carlsen and his ship became the first global news story of the modern media era in 1951.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with New Zealander Stephen Hall, Chief Executive of Genesis R&D, who discusses the search for new sources of fuel for bio-refineries.
Dr. Moira Gunn talks to Fresh Air's resident linguist, Geoff Nunberg. Nunberg, who is also chair of the Usage Panel of the American Heritage Dictionary, discusses how subtle changes in the meanings of words have been used to shape political discourse.
