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 Dr. David Coy, Professor of Medicine, Tulane Health Sciences Center, about how their research may unexpectedly help a very common condition: macular degeneration. [BioTech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Tim O'Reilly, the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media. Just to give you a new project or two to build over your next free weekend, we'll hear about their new magazine "Make." [Tech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with John Hagel, who with co-author John Seely Brown, has written "The Only Sustainable Edge," a new perspective for business. [Tech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Novogen Research Director, Dr. Allen Husband, who tells us how a dietary supplement which relieves menopause symptoms in women shows great promise as a cancer drug. [BioTech Nation audio on IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine about what's the hot new thing! Chris joins Moira to review the latest technology coming up at NextFest 2005 in Chicago. [TechNation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Alexis Gerard and Bob Goldstein, co-authors of "Going Visual -- Using Images to Enhance Productivity, Decision-Making and Profits," about the next generation of all our organizations. It's more than just the gadgets themselves. It's the fact they've become ubiquitous -- from huge companies to the everyday worker. [TechNation audio from IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Dr. Wayne Harris, Dean of the School of Pharmacy, Xavier University about the challenges for patients taking the new gene-based medicines. [BioTech Nation audio on IT Conversations]
On BioTech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with biotech journalist David Ewing Duncan, the author of "The Geneticist Who Played Hoops with my DNA," who shares the experience of submitting himself to just about every genetics test known to man. [BioTech Nation audio on IT Conversations]
On Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr Sean Carroll, Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, and author of "Endless Forms Most Beautiful -- The New Science of Evo Devo." It's the nickname for Evolutionary Developmental Biology. Among other issues, they discuss if evolution itself is evolving. [Tech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Susan Krieger, a sociologist and writer who teaches in the Program in Feminist Studies at Stanford University. She explains how the loss of her eyesight as an adult has guided her to new inner dimensions. [Tech Nation audio from IT Conversations]
