TechNation Radio Podcast
Tech Nation
TechNation Radio hosted by Dr Moira Gunn
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Dec 6, 2019 • 59min
Episode 19-47 Crisis in Social Media - Globally
On this week’s Tech Nation, ADRIAN SHAHBAZ, Research Director for Technology and Democracy at Freedom House, and ALLIE FUNK, a Research Analyst focusing on the global impact of network information. They discuss the Freedom House report “Freedom on the Net 2019 – The Crisis of Social Media”. Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, DR. DANIEL KRAFT, tells us about psychedelics – they are not becoming part of mainstream medicine.
Nov 15, 2019 • 59min
Episode 19-46 Social Media and what its doing to us
On this week’s Tech Nation, ANDREW MARANTZ talks about what social media is doing to the information we consume … and perhaps more importantly, the information we believe. His book is Antisocial – Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation. Then, in biotech, DR. PAUL-PETER TAK, the CEO of Kintai Therapeutics gives us a bigger picture of our gut - it’s not just your microbiome that plays a significant role in the recovery from illness.
Nov 10, 2019 • 59min
Episode 19-45 3D Printing Transforms Global Trade
On this week’s Tech Nation, how Global Trade will change with manufacturing turning to commercial-grade 3D printers. Dartmouth professor Richard D’Aveni is the author of “The Pan-Industrial Revolution – How New Manufacturing Titans Will Transform the World”. Then on Tech Nation Health, producing your own cells to deliver on the promise of Precision Medicine. Steve Bagshaw, the CEO of FujiFilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, explains what they do. And Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft gives us more insight on the announcement out of China of gene-edited babies.
Nov 2, 2019 • 59min
Episode 19-44 Cybersecuity and the New Technologies
On this week’s Tech Nation, Mikko Hyppönen, the Chief Research Officer at F-Secure. Cybersecurity in the world today, as well as Hypponen’s Law. Then, the new approach taken with first Post-Partum depression drug. Dr. Jeff Jonas, the CEO of Sage Therapeutics, tells us how it just may work for depression in general. And finally, why do these drugs cost so much? Mike Abrams from Numerof and Associates explains.
Oct 25, 2019 • 59min
Episode 19-43 Shooting the Messenger ???
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks withSTEPHEN MARTIN and JOSEPH MARKS, the authors of “Messengers: Who We Listen To, Who We Don’t, and Why”. From the neuroscience of it, to the human behavioral characteristics – being human can be challenging.And did you know you had a personal data lake? Tech Nation regular contributor Gary Davis, the Chief Consumer Security Evangelist at McAfee, tells us how to take care of it.
Oct 18, 2019 • 59min
Episode 19-42 Decision Intelligence – what AI and Big Data will be
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks withComputer Scientist Dr. Lorien Pratt about “Link … How Decision Intelligence Connects Data, Actions, and Outcomes for a Better World.” Then Dr. Seth Lederman, the CEO of Tonix Pharmaceuticals, tells us about how PTSD affects the brain, its relation to sleep, and how it may treated some 9 years after the initial trauma. If you have experienced trauma, and PTSD, you may qualify for one of their clinical studies.
Oct 11, 2019 • 59min
Episode 19-41 Dogs Driving Science and Technology
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks withJournalist Maria Goodavage. Following her books “Soldier Dogs” and “Secret Service Dogs”, her latest is “Doctor Dogs, How Our Best Friends Are Becoming Our Best Medicine.”And ever wonder why those popular genetic tests don’t say you definitely will get a medical condition, but rather they cite a likelihood? A probability? Dr. Tara Nickerson from Maze Therapeutics explains it, as well as how their work is looking to create new therapies in the future.
Oct 4, 2019 • 59min
Episode 19-40 Lemony Snicket Does Tech Noir
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks withthe author known best to you as Lemony Snicket, or rather his adult self: Daniel Handler. They talk about his latest adult novel: “Bottle Grove”, and a different take on the San Francisco of today. Then Moira speaks with two different female engineers. Brianna Wronko, the founder and CEO of Group K Diagnostics, is looking to create immediate response diagnostics. And Dr. Erica Smith, the Vice President of Business Development for Tools4Patient, talks about removing the placebo effect - the impact of a positive response to a drug, even when the patient received nothing.
Sep 28, 2019 • 59min
Episode 19-39 Smart Cities, Smart Doctors, Smart Security, Smart Drug Design
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks withit’s all about data – who’s collecting it, and why, and how it can serve us, and maybe not. Lee Omar from Red Ninja talks about smart cities around the world, and the art of listening before you build. Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Daniel Kraft shows us we can crowdsource medical questions, while Tech Nation Regular Contributor Gary Davis reminds us that we love free stuff, and we pay for it with our data. Then Krishnan Nandabalan, the CEO of InveniAI sees continued value in the data used for drug approval after the drug is approved.
Sep 21, 2019 • 59min
Episode 19-38 Dashiell Hammett’s Sam Spade has a Tech Noir Successor
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Matt Richtel turns tech noir thriller fiction writer with the pseudonym A B Jewell, in “The Man Who Wouldn’t Die” - from Silicon Valley values to venture capital lingo to the habits of the newly tech rich in San Francisco. Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about the health benefits of Ambient Technology – the technology all around that you think is doing one thing, but could do another. Like keep you in good health
