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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On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Andy Hertzfeld, the programmer of the Mac Toolbox, and author of "Revolution in the Valley: The Making of the Mac." (Audio from IT Conversations)
On this week's Biotech Nation segment, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Patricia Oseweijer who tells us the difference between genetically modified foods and the technique of genomics. (Audio from IT Conversations)
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Barbara Kellerman,
Research Director, Center for Public Leadership, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and the author of "Bad Leadership: What It Is, How It Happens, Why It Matters" about what makes for bad leaders. Just so you know, Dr. Kellerman names names. (Tech Nation podcast on IT Conversations)
Moira speaks with futurist and forecaster Mary O'Hara-Devereaux, a forecaster, the CEO of Global Foresight, and author of "Navigating the Badlands: Thriving in the Decade of Radical Transformation." She believes we've entered a period of disruptive innovation, and the next two decades will be a wild ride - she calls them "The Badlands." (Tech Nation podcast on IT Conversations)
In this week's BioTech Nation interview with Moira Gunn, Dr. Sunil Maulik, chairman and CEO of GeneEd, Inc., explains how you can learn the basics of biotech -- online. You won't be a scientist, but you might have a new career. (Tech Nation podcast on IT Conversations)
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Evan Ratliff, author of "SAFE: The Race to Protect Ourselves in a Newly Dangerous World." They talk about making America safe - or at least the issues which underlie it. (Tech Nation podcast on IT Conversations)
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with geographer and social scientist Barbara Heinzen. With a background in geography and cultural dynamics, her focus is uncertainty - how do we make decisions when we can't possibly know the answers we need. (Tech Nation podcast on IT Conversations)
BioTech Nation Segment:
Dr. Wim Jongen
Professor and Researcher, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
In the BioTech Nation segment, DR. WIM JONGEN talks about the design of new foods and food products - the goals and the challenges.
(Tech Nation podcast on IT Conversations)
Moira Gunn interviews Frans Johansson, author of The Medici Effect, who shares his perspective on innovation today, a spark not unlike the remarkable developments the world witnessed at the time of the Medici. (Tech Nation podcast on IT Conversations,)
Dr. Moira Gunn interviews environmental entrepreneur Eckart Wintzen, who tells us how companies might change and how the interactions between people might evolve with the new technology. (Tech Nation podcast on IT Conversations)
