TechNation Radio Podcast
Tech Nation
TechNation Radio hosted by Dr Moira Gunn
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May 22, 2014 • 60min
Episode 12: 03/19/2013 : Tech Nation - VIKTOR MAYER-SCHONBERGER BIG DATA A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks withOxford University professor Viktor Mayer-Schonberger & KennethCukier (pronounced ìCook-eee-ayeî) about their book BIG DATA ARevolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think.Then on BioTech Nation, a new cream for treating the burns fromradiation therapy, and on BioIssue of the Week, David Ewing Duncantalks about collecting big data from social media tools.
May 22, 2014 • 60min
Episode 11: 03/12/2013 : Tech Nation- Matt Richtel On The Cloud
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks withNew York Times tech journalist MATT RICHTEL on his fictional sci-tech thriller: The Cloud.Then on BioTech Nation, the 2012 Biotech Industry wrap-up withSteven Burrill, the CEO of Burrill & Co. Did biotech fall off thefiscal cliff ???
May 22, 2014 • 60min
Episode 14-27 Tech Nation: David Montgomery on The Rocks Don't Lie
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks withUniversity of Washington professor David Montgomery on thebeginnings of geology, and the centuries-old search for evidence ofNoah's flood.And on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, how science cannow change us from optimistic to pessimistic, and back again.
May 22, 2014 • 60min
Episode 9 02/26/2013 : Tech Nation- Po Bronson: A Top Dog in the science of winning and losing
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks withPO BRONSON about his book Top Dog : The Science of Winning andLosing.Then on BioTech Nation, something for the 27 million Americans whosuffer from osteoarthritis and on BioIssue of the Week, David EwingDuncan see new bioethical challenges for professional sports.
May 22, 2014 • 60min
Episode 8 02/19/2013 Tech Nation: Gavin Newsom a Citizenville in a digital government?
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks withFormer San Francisco mayor and California Lieutenant Governor GAVINNEWSOM on reinventing government in the digital age.Then on BioTech Nation, an anti-serum to fight bio-terrorism right out of a Veterinary School and on BioIssue of the Week, DavidEwing Duncan quotes Shakespeare and and yes, it involves DNA.
May 22, 2014 • 60min
Episode 7: 02/12/2013 Tech Nation: Francis Collins ñ National Institute of Health
On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks withFRANCIS COLLINS, the Director of the National Institutes of Health,speaking about the 125-year-old origins of NIH, and then DAVIDWILLETTS, the UK Minister for Universities and Science. He tells usabout the special innovation relationship between the US and GreatBritain, from genetics to healthcare to space.Then on BioTech Nation a new approach to Acute Kidney Injury, aserious condition affecting millions of hospitalized patients eachyear.
May 22, 2014 • 60min
Episode 6: 02/05/2013 Tech Nation: New lessons from old societies
DANIEL PINK about how we all sell even if don't know it.Then on BioTech Nation, a drug thatís possibly better than statins,and on BioIssue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan has a first: Davidinterviews Moira.
May 22, 2014 • 60min
Episode 13-05 01/29/2013 : Tech Nation: New lessons from old societies
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with: JARED DIAMOND Pulitzer Prize-winning AuthorGuns, Germs and Steel andThe World Until Yesterday: What We Can Learn from Traditional Societies?Then on BioTech Nation: SIMON WILKINSON Director and CEO, Innate ImmunoTherapeutics .. a drug for later stage Multiple Sclerosis ..And on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan:
May 22, 2014 • 60min
Episode 13-04: 01/22/2013 Tech Nation: The Human Face of BIG DATA
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with:RICK SMOLANPhotojournalist and Author, The Human Face of BIG DATAThen on BioTech Nation: DR. JEFF STEIN President and CEO, Trius Therapeutics .. a new kind of antibiotic ..And on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan: .. how science can build a better you ..
May 22, 2014 • 60min
Episode 13-03: 01/15/2013 : Tech Nation: Arithmetic in the 16th Century
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with:KEITH DEVLINNPR’s Math GuyAuthor, “The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci’s Arithmetic revolution” Then on BioTech Nation: MICHAEL ZHANG 16-year-old high school junior Participant, 2011 International BIO Gene-ius Challenge .. A Better treatment for Cystic Fibrosis ..And on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan: .. David publicly releases his full genome ..
