TechNation Radio Podcast
Tech Nation
TechNation Radio hosted by Dr Moira Gunn
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Jul 3, 2014 • 60min
Episode 22: 06/4/2013 Tech Nation: Our good sides
On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks withHarvard psychology professor professor Steven Pinker. He tells us about the better angles of our nature. Why violence has declined.Then on BioTech Nation, how we are fighting Dengue fever and how nano technology is being used in treating lung cancer.
Jul 3, 2014 • 60min
Episode 21 05/21/2013 Tech Nation: Mass Extinction?
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks withJournalist ANNALEE NEWITZ who looks at the past, present and possiblefuture of mass extinctions.Then on BioTech Nation we talk about stroke and the current standardof care, something new on the horizon, and how it works.
May 22, 2014 • 60min
Episode 20: Tech Nation-Bell Labs "The Idea Factory"
We talk to NY Times magazine's Jon Gertner. He's written "The Idea Factory"- Bell Labs and the grand age of American innovation.On BioTech Nation we talk about developing bio technology in the interest of global health as well as bio tech patent challenges.
May 22, 2014 • 60min
Episode 19 :05/07/2013 : Tech Nation-Contagious
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks withWhartonis JONAH BERGER. He talks about Contagious - Why Things CatchOn.Then on BioTech Nation- it's medical diagnostics and devices -looking inside our bodies and working with therapeutics.
May 22, 2014 • 60min
Episode 18 04/30/2013: Tech Nation- Khan Academy new visions for YouTube
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks withSALMAN KHAN, the founder of Khan Academy, creator of a thousandYouTube videos - all on calculus.Then on BioTech Nation, it's DR. GARY RUVKUN , HarvardProfessor of Genetics who was awarded the 2012 JanssenAward for Biomedical Research.
May 22, 2014 • 60min
Episode 17: 04/23/2013: Tech Nation- Good Old-Fashioned Phone Hackers
In this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks withPhil Lapsley about the teenagers who hacked the phone company including Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.Then on BioTech Nation, John Crowley, the Dad who sought solutionsfor his childrenís Pompe disease in the filmExtraordinary Measures and on BioIssue of the Week: people areputting their own health data together - on the Internet - to seewhat works and what doesn't.
May 22, 2014 • 60min
Episode 16: 04/16/2013 : Tech Nation- WW-II Japanese Super-Sub
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks withJohn Geoghegan , whom you may know from his PBSdocumentary Japanese Supersub, Japanese surprise underwater aircraftcarrier.Then on BioTech Nation, biotech uses your own tissues to repaireverything from chronic wounds to sports injuries to heart attackand stroke, and on BioIssue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan tells usabout the latest in the saga of the immortal cells of HenriettaLacks.
May 22, 2014 • 60min
Episode 15: 04/09/2013 : Tech Nation-We talk to Phil Stutz and Barry Michels about their book "The Tools".
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks withPsychiatrist PHIL STUTZ and Psychotherapist BARRY MICHELS aboutseveral simpletools proven effective in dealing with the challenges of everydaylife.Then on BioTech Nation, Engineering new vaccines by typing DNAsequences into acomputer.
May 22, 2014 • 50min
Episode 14: 04/01/2013 : Tech Nation-MAHZARIN BANAJI Professor, Harvard University Author,Blind Spot and Hidden Biases of Good People
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks withHarvard professor MAHZARIN BANAJI (pronounced ìMAH-ZAH-REEN BAH-NAH-JEEî) on the set of tests which can measure your hidden biases.Then on BioTech Nation, a new treatment for candida (pronouncedìCAN-DID-DAHî), and unexpected algae blooms in Antarctica.
May 22, 2014 • 60min
Episode 13 : 03/26/2013: Tech Nation-DOUG RUSHKOFF Host, PBS Frontline documentary, Digital Nation Author, Present Shock and When Everything Happens Now
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks withPBS Frontline Host DOUG RUSHKOFF, the author of Present Shock and WhenEverything Happens Now.Then on BioTech Nation, Part II of the 2012 Biotech Industry wrap-upwith Steven Burrill, the CEO of Burrill & Co.
