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TechNation Radio Podcast
Hosted by Dr Moira Gunn · EN
TechNation Radio hosted by Dr Moira Gunn
12episodes
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Episode 25-37 AI Snake Oil???
Sep 2700:59:00Tap to summarizePrinceton University Computer Science Professor Dr. Arvind Narayanan speaks with Moira about his book: "AI Snake Oil...What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can't, And How to Tell the Difference ". Then, Dr Avak Kahvejian, Founding CEO of Cellarity, joins Moira to explain how comparing healthy and diseased cells, along with a better understanding of medications, could help treat disease at its source.
Transcribe →Episode 25-36 NIH Research cut? Vaccines downplayed? What's it all mean?
Sep 2700:59:00Tap to summarizeCuts to NIH innovation research grants? Stepping back from recommending vaccines? Paul Hastings, the former chair of BIO, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, and CEO of Nkarta, provides insights from the individual to the industry, writ large. Then Bentley University professor Noah Giansiracusa brings us "Robin Hood Math... Take control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life".
Transcribe →Episode 25-35 Some People Are Just Anointed !!!
Sep 400:59:00Tap to summarizeOn this week’s Tech Nation, every UC Berkeley Business and Entrepreneurship Professor, Dr. Toby Stuart, has studied the "Anointed" – those people who seem to get all the "good stuff". You'll learn how to recognise it. His book is “Anointed … The Extraordinary Effects of Social Status in a Winner-Take-Most World
Transcribe →Episode 25-34 Lawyers run the US, but Engineers run China
Aug 2800:59:00Tap to summarizeOn this week’s Tech Nation, Dan Wang from Stanford University’s Hoover History Lab sees the similarities between China and the US in his book: “Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future”, and finally, the development of a simple wearable to gauge your true hydration levels. Brisbane, Australia's Dr. Mark Kendall from WearOptimo tells us how it works
Transcribe →Episode 25-33 To Die With Such Men
Aug 2100:59:00Tap to summarizeOn this week’s Tech Nation, Frontline Stories from Ukraine’s International Legion with Military Historian Dr. Shannon Monaghan, for Type I diabetics, the New England Journal of Medicine publishes early success with Sana Biotechnology's engineered insulin-producing cells without immunosuppressant drugs, and Daniel Kraft reports in on the BioTech Nation session from NextMed Health 2025.
Transcribe →Episode 25-32 Remembering Jim Lovell
Aug 1400:59:00Tap to summarizeOn this week’s Tech Nation, in honour of his recent passing, we revisit Tech Nation's 1994 interview with Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell. Lovell recounts the intense decisions made aboard Apollo 13 after the explosion, the resourcefulness of the crew and ground control, and what it took to return safely to Earth.
Transcribe →Episode 25-31 Ping and Precision
Aug 700:59:00Tap to summarizeOn this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Andrew Brodsky, Professor and Author of, “Ping: The Secrets of Successful Virtual Communication”, breaks down the science of virtual communication. Then, Dr. Neil Kassell introduces focused ultrasound, an FDA-approved treatment already changing lives and currently in clinical trials for dozens of other conditions.
Transcribe →Episode 25-30 Super Agers
Jul 3000:59:00Tap to summarizeOn this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Eric Topol, professor and executive vice president at Scripps Research, about his book, “Super Agers … An Evidence‑Based Approach to Longevity.” Then, Dr. Raza Bokhari, the CEO of Medicus Pharma, discusses an innovative treatment that could replace Mohs surgery for nonmelanoma skin cancer.
Transcribe →Episode 25-29 Unlearning Silence
Jul 2500:59:00Tap to summarizeOn this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Author Elaine Lin Hering, who joins me to talk about her book, “Unlearning Silence … How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully.” Then, Dr. Neil Kumar, Founder and CEO of BridgeBio Pharma, explains why we can expect genetic diseases to be solvable in our lifetime.
Transcribe →Episode 25-28 Stories are Weapons
Jul 2500:59:00Tap to summarizeOn this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Science journalist and author Annalee Newitz, joins me to talk about her book, “Stories are Weapons … Psychological Warfare and the American Mind”. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about the latest in Wearables, what they are doing now that they weren’t doing before.
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