Tech Nation with Moira Gunn
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Dr. Moira Gunn is the host of Public Radio's Tech
Nation, where she has conducted over 2,000 interviews with space pioneers
and cyber-novelists, venture capitalists and genetics researchers, teachers
and technophobes. A former NASA scientist and engineer, Dr. Gunn is a
Member of the Board of Directors of the Tech Museum of Innovation and
the Tech Awards' Global Leadership Council, and has served as a member
of the Awards Selection Committee for the Space Technology Hall of Fame.
The first woman to earn a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue
University, she also holds advanced degrees in Computer Science and a
software technical patent. Dr. Gunn is regularly asked to speak on the
Impact of Technology on Society, on the Current and Projected State of
Global Technology Penetration, and on her experience as a Woman in Technology,
Science and Engineering.
Between 2004 and 2012 The Conversations Network published 748 podcast episodes
of Technation. Look for them and more-recent programs on the
Tech Nation website (http://technation.com).
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Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Joseph Fuselier, an instructor at Tulane Health Sciences Center and co-founder of Synscia. He'll connect the dots on how DNA relates to proteins, and why that's important to know. [BioTech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
From the Tech Nation Summer Archive Series, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Joe Trippi, the former manager of Howard Dean's U.S. Presidential campaign, and the wuthor of "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised -- Democracy, The Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything." He'll tell us what was different about this Presidential campaign, one that made Internet history. From blogs to meet-ups to astonishing campaign contributions, the Internet enabled Howard Dean to come out of nowhere. [Tech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
From the Tech Nation Summer Archive Series, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Gruinder Shahi, the Chair and CEO of Singapore's BioEnterprise Asia. They talk about his current interest: Asia's cultural readiness for biotech. [BioTech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with William Vollmann, philosopher and author of no less than seven works, all on the subject of violence. They'll discuss his moral calculus and his latest book, "Rising Up and Rising Down -- Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means." [Tech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Russian scientist, Evgenie Severin, who heads the Biochemistry Department at the Moscow Medical Academy. They'll talk about how science evolved in Russia since the break-up of the Soviet Union. [BioTech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Harry Dent, the author of "The Next Great Bubble Boom." He sees another boom coming, and he says that technology and the Baby Boomers are behind it!
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Tom Standage, the science and technology editor for the Economist. They'll talk about what makes the Economist unique, as well as his new beat: The Technology Quarterly. [Tech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Professor Sir Christopher Evans, a microbiologist and the Founder and Chairman of Merlin Biosciences, the largest BioTech venture capital fund in Europe. [BioTech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Alva Noe, professor of philosophy at UC, Berkeley and the author of "Action in Perception." They talk about the nature of perception, and how philosophy is quickly meshing with cognitive science. [Tech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Joel Garreau, the cultural revolution correspondent to the Washington Post. They talk about GRIN: genetics, robotics, Information and nanotech. [Tech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
