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 Jeffrey Rayport, a former professor at Harvard Business School and author of "Best Face Forward -- Why Companies Must Improve their Service Interfaces with Customers." He taught their first e-Commerce class and originated the concept of "viral marketing." Now, he talks about how humans can emotionally connect with technology and buy, buy, buy! (Or if the tech is wrong, they won't, won't, won't.) [Tech Nation audio on IT Conversations]
On this edition of BioTech Nation, UC Berkeley Professor Dr. Peggy Lemaux speaks with host Dr. Moira Gunn on what's been genetically modified at our grocery stores. [Biotech Nation audio on IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with journalist Stephen Yafa about a crop that has been with us for over 5,000 years: cotton. It's also a crop which continues to significantly impact the environment. Moira also speaks with Stephen about his new book "Big Cotton -- How a Humble Fiber Created Fortunes, Wrecked Civilizations, and Put America on the Map." [Tech Nation audio on IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with a guy who just won't stop. With the help of a little technology, Dean Karnazes won the Badwater Ultramarathon in Death Valley. [Tech Nation audio on IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Jerry Sanders, the managing director of San Francisco Science, who tells us how one of their products, Femspec, went from a doctor's dream to an actual medical device. [Biotech Nation audio on IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Keith Devlin, NPR's Math Guy and the Executive Director of Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Information, and believe it or not, he'll us about the math genius of Lobsters, Birds, Cats, and Dogs.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Rebecca Goldstein who has written -- not just any biography, but the bio of a person whom Albert Einstein believed was *really* smart. Rebecca Goldstein is a MacArthur Fellow and the author of "Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel.
Dr. Moira Gunn interviews Elizabeth George, the best selling author of over a dozen Inspector Lynley mysteries. You've seen them on television on PBS' Mystery, and you will ever guess that this where she gets her forensic science. [Tech Nation audio on IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn interviews James Stewart, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of "Den of Thieves." His latest endeavors have been a look inside the wonderful world of "Corporate Disney." [Tech Nation audio on IT Conversations]
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with professor Oded Shenkar, Ford Motor Company Chair, Global Business Management, Ohio State University, and the author of, "The Chinese Century -- The Rising Chinese Economy and its Impact on the Global Economy, The Balance of Power and Your Job." They discuss the rise of China, the lessons of history -- as well as what's happening today -- to find out just why he calls this "The Chinese Century." [Tech Nation audio on IT Conversations]
