TechNation Radio hosted by Dr Moira Gunn
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Henry Abbott, former ESPN journalist and author of "Ballistic: The New Science of Injury-Free Athletic Performance". Then, Dr. Lorin Johnson, CSO of Glycyx Therapeutics, explains why opioids prescribed for cancer pain may be limiting the effectiveness of immunotherapy, and how their upcoming clinical trials hope to fix it.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Cory Nicholas, Co-Founder and CEO of Neurona Therapeutics, about a breakthrough in neuroscience that leads to a new therapy showing lasting success in epilepsy. There's potential for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, PTSD, and more.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Marine biologist Dr. Drew Harvell about her new book, "The Ocean's Menagerie: How Earth's Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life." Then, Sameer Sabir, CEO of Brixton Biosciences, explains their new injectable cold therapy in trials for knee pain. And, Erica Dhawan returns to explore the impact of tone in digital communication and why it often goes unnoticed.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Emily Falk, Professor of Communications, Psychology, and Marketing at the University of Pennsylvania, about her new book, "What We Value... The Neuroscience of Choice and Change."Then, Jeff Liter, Founder and CEO of Luminary Therapeutics, shares how new developments in cell therapy could make treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases more affordable and accessible, without needing to be personalized for each patient.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist Stephen Witt discusses his new book, "The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip", spotlighting Nvidia and its CEO, Jensen Huang. Then, Sean Ainsworth, CEO of Immusoft, explains how reprogrammed B-cells could change the way we treat chronic diseases. And Erica Dhawan, author of, "Digital Body Language", returns with four red flags in your digital communication style.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Colorado Mesa University Professor, Timothy Winegard, about his book, “The Horse … A Galloping History of Humanity” and the dramatic impact horses have had in our lives - from the reason we all speak English to your everyday pair of pants. Then, an innovative approach to treating cancer with only a pill. Dr. Michael Weickert, CEO of Pacylex Pharmaceuticals, tells us about their early indicators of success in a range of cancers.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Rivlin about his new book, “AI Valley: Microsoft, Google, and the Trillion-Dollar Race to Cash In on Artificial Intelligence”, exposing the big names and deeper stories behind the modern AI race. Then, Ossium Health CEO Kevin Caldwell shares how cryo-banked bone marrow may one day mean no one has to wait for a living match.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Author and environmental thought leader, Paul Hawken discusses his latest book, "Carbon: The Book of Life", about the invisible forces shaping our planet to the actions that can transform our future. He challenges us to rethink climate, commerce, and our own beliefs.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr Christopher Summerfield, Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Oxford and author of "These Strange New Minds … How AI Learned to Talk and What It Means," on how AI is changing our world. Then, Professor Niels Riedemann, Co-Founder & CEO of Inflarx, explains how the body's immune system sometimes turns against itself and what can be done to prevent it.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Alexandra Shaker, Clinical Psychologist and author of "The Narrowing … A Journey Through Anxiety and the Body," exploring what anxiety really is and how our gut instinct and genetics play a role in our response. Then, Dr. Thomas Chen, Director of Neuro-oncology at USC and Founder of NeOnc Technologies, discusses an innovative method to deliver drugs directly to the brain to treat glioblastoma and other brain cancers.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Ashley Shew, Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech and author of "Against Technoableism... Rethinking Who Needs Improvement", about how technology influences our perception of disability and whether it truly helps those it aims to support. Then, Dr. Ari Azhir, CEO of Neuvivo, discusses how her company revived a once-failed ALS drug by re-examining clinical trial data, uncovering its potential to treat Huntington's, Alzheimer's, and Vascular Dementia.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Environmental journalist and Rhodes scholar Clayton Page Aldern about his book, “The Weight of Nature … How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains”. Then, Rich Daly, CEO of Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, about managing multiple medications and making sure life-saving treatments are accessible. And, Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, on why technology should be designed to fit people's needs instead of forcing them to adapt.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Sonia Purnell about her book, “A Woman of No Importance,” and the story of Virginia Hall, an American spy who operated in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, even with her wooden leg. Then, Dr. Lincoln Nadauld, President & CEO of Culmination Bio, discusses how medical records and biological data are being combined with technology to answer unprecedented questions in medicine.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Neil Shubin, University of Chicago professor and author of, “Ends of the Earth” about exploring the Arctic and Antarctic in search of life, the cosmos, and our future. Then, Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent introduces us to the discovery of new “dark” proteins that could change biotech. And, Erica Dhawan, talks about her book, “Digital Body Language” about how to convey respect and avoid disrespect in a digital world.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Martin Borch Jensen and Dr. Francisco LePort from Gordian Biotechnology, who are working on diseases of aging before they even appear. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, explains why mobility is the new vital sign. And Erica Dhawan, Author of Digital Body Language, tells us how to navigate the misinterpretations of digital communication.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. David Fajgenbaum, a Professor at Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and President of Every Cure, talks about his efforts to unlock the hidden potential of existing drugs to save his own life, and others. Then, NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce talks about her take on being a science journalist and about her book, “Transient and Strange… Notes on the Science of Life”.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with MIT Technology Review's Mat Honan about the 10 breakthrough technologies of the past year, including Generative AI and green steel. Then, Ben Zimmer, CEO of Priovant Therapeutics, discusses their breakthrough drug in phase 3 trials targeting severe autoimmune diseases.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Columbia business professor Dr. Sandra Matz about psychological targeting and her book, “Mindmasters: The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior”. Then, futurist Alex Pang explains what really works and what does not when it comes to productivity.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford Professors, Bob Sutton and Huggy Rao, talk about their book, “The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder.” Then, is your personal technology doing more than you bargained for? Duke University Professor Nita Farahany talks about “The Battle for Your Brain … Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology.”
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks withJournalist and CEO of Global Press, Christi Hegranes, talks about her vision of what it really means to have a global press and her book, “Byline: How Local Journalists Can Improve the Global News Industry and Change the World.” Then, Alex Pang, a regular contributor for Tech Nation and author of, ”Rest: Why You Get More Work Done, When You Work Less” tells us how a Four-Day Work Week can work, and Dr. Jim Brown, CEO of DURECT, talks about their clinical trials for Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks withScience Journalist Ben Goldfarb about his book, “Crossing: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of our Planet.” Then, Dave Pacitti, President of Siemens Healthineers, sets out to solve problems greater than simply supplying the best technology.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with the Founding Executive Editor at Wired magazine, Kevin Kelly is here with “Excellent Advice for Living … Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier.” Then, Dr Lishan Aklo, CEO of Lucid Diagnostics, tells us about the path from heartburn to oesophagal cancer and about their two-minute diagnostic test, which can detect precancerous cells.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Andrew Allen, President, CEO, and Co-Founder of Gritstone Bio, about Cancer and Covid, and what next-generation treatments mean today. Then, Futurist Alex Pang describes Continuous Partial Attention, thanks to the constant presence of our personal technologies.
In this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Gabriella Kellerman joins me to talk about “TomorrowMind – Thriving at Work with Resilience, Creativity and Connection – Now and in an Uncertain Future”. The cover everything from Rapid Rapport to Psychological Safety in our work environment. Then … what is AI doing in biotech? Dr Vimal Mehta tells us how his company, BioXcel, used AT in drug discovery. One drug has already been approved, and there are more in the pipeline.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Peter Vanderklish, CEO of Spinogenix, focuses on regenerating brain synapses to combat conditions like depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, and ALS. Then, Dr. Caitlin Rivers from John Hopkins School of Public Health talks about her book, “Crisis Averted… The Hidden Science of Fighting Outbreaks.”
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Shannon Monaghan, a Military Historian, about her book, “A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men … The Forgotten British Special Operations Soldiers of World War II”. Then, Dr. Rollie Carlson, CEO of Immunexpress, tells us about their FDA, EU, and Australia-cleared, first-ever Sepsis test. Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about Food as Medicine and an official federal program called Food is Medicine.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr Francois Vigneault, Co-Founder and CEO of Shape Therapeutics, who talks about how they're engineering mRNA to address Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Then, Dr. Pail Peter Tak, CEO of Candel Therapeutics, uses immuno-oncology treatments to treat solid tumours and metastasized cancers.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Chris Bailey about “How to Calm Your Mind … Finding Presence and Productivity in Anxious Times”. Science tells us that humans love dopamine, caffeine is essentially liquid stress, and burnout is more than being exhausted. Then, teaching our immune systems to recognize tumours in our own bodies and then eliminate them. Bolt Biotherapeutics' CEO, Dr. Randy Schatzman, talks about the role of myeloid cells, and Bolt is studying nearly two dozen forms of HER2-related cancers.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Anthropologist EBEN KIRKSEY, a professor of anthropology at Deakin University in Melbourne. He's looked at the societal and ethical implications of CRISPR – and not just hypothetically. He travelled to China with an eye to understanding the circumstances of the three CRISPR babies known to exist. His book is “The Mutant Project: Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans”. Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft gives us a quick primer on antibodies and how we use them as therapy.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Arvind Narayanan, Princeton University Professor of Computer Science 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 me to explain how comparing healthy and diseased cells, along with our understanding of medications, could help treat that disease at its source.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Gary Shapiro, President and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association and author of, “Pivot or Die… How Leaders Thrive When Everything Changes” about what you do when faced with change, and when you better get out and make some change. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft about generative AI and how it may affect your future health
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Antony Taubman, Director of the Intellectual Property Division at the World Trade Organization, about how the world navigated international trade rules to develop and distribute 15 billion doses of Covid vaccine to countries of all economic statuses. Then, Brian Culley, CEO of Lineage Cell Therapeutics tells us about a whole new approach to treating disease that involves replacing your damaged cells with new ones. And, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft tells us about Multimodal Health - ever heard of it?
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with New York Times' Journalists and co-authors, Kate Conger and Ryan Ma, join me to talk about their book, “Character Limit … How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter". Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, talks about the state of Covid in our lives today, and how it just won't go away!
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Leroy Hood and Dr. Nathan Price about focusing on wellness with the help of science and their book, “The Age of Scientific Wellness … Why the Future of Medicine is Personalized, Predictive, Data-Rich, and in Your Hands”
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Colorado Mesa University Professor Timothy Winegard about his book, “The Horse … A Galloping History of Humanity”, and the dramatic impact horses have had in our lives - from the reason we all speak English to your everyday pair of pants. Then, an innovative approach to treating cancer with only a pill. Dr. Michael Weickert, CEO of Pacylex Pharmaceuticals, tells us about their early indicators of success in a range of cancers.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Clinical Psychologist and Author Dr. Ramani Durvasula about how to heal from Narcissists in your life and her book, “It's Not You … Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People”. Then, regular contributor and author of, “Rest: Why You Get More Work Done, When You Work Less.”, Dr. Alex Pang, talks about getting employers to buy into a four-day work week - it may be easier than you think.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks on the ability to monitor both our health … and our illnesses. Even the ability to see if our medical condition is changing or that last update in prescription really worked. And what about when you travel? Dr. Kal Patel is the Co-Founder and CEO of BrightInsight. He tells us about the challenges and BrightInsight's solutions. Then speaking of all this new tech, where are we going with all this? David Ewing Duncan's insights from his 2019 book, “Talking to Robots: Tales from Our Human Robot Future”, are more relevant than ever.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Duke University Professor Nita Farahany about her book, “The Battle for Your Brain … Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology.” Then recovering from the devastation of war, Conservation X Lab's Dr. Alex Dehgan talks about his book, “The Snow Leopard Project … and other Adventures in Warzone Conservation”.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Columbia professors Chris Wiggins and Matthew Jones about their book, “How Data Happened … A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms.” Then it's all about glucose at Rezolute – too much and too little. Nevan Charles Elam tells us about their work in treating the “diabetic eye condition”, DME, and a pediatric condition called congenital hyperinsulinism.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Bruce Schoenfeld, journalist and author of “Game of Edges …The Analytics Revolution and the Future of Professional Sports.”, about the data revolution in professional sports.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Semafor Editor-in-Chief and former founding editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed News, Ben Smith, about his book, “Traffic … Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion Dollar Race to Go Viral”. Then, Dr. Peter Diamandis, The Executive Chair of the XPrize Foundation, and host of the Moonshots podcast, about extending your life, with his book, “Longevity… Your Practical Playbook on Sleep, Diet, Exercise, Mindset, Medications, and Not Dying from Something Stupid.”
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Co-Founder and Co-CEO of NewsGuard, Steven Brill about his book, “The Death of Truth” about the negative impact of the Internet and Social Media and what we can do about it. Then, what science tells us about the treatment potential of Hallucinogens without the hallucinations with, Dr. Sam Clark, CEO of Terran Biosciences. Also covered - Terran's extensive efforts to build prodrugs
Neuroscientist and Author Dr. Kelly Clancy joins me to discuss the role that games have played in human development. Her book is “Playing with Reality … How Games Have Shaped Our World.” Then, Dr. Marianne De Backer, CEO of Vir Biotechnology, explains how serious it can be when a person carries both Hepatitis B and Hepatitis D and what Vir is doing about it.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks withAuthor, Elaine Lin Hering, 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.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford Business School Lecturer, Matt Abrahams, about his book, “THINK FASTER, TALK SMARTER: How To Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot”. Then, Dr. Steffen-Sebastian Bolz from Aphaia Pharma talks about their new drug, currently in phase 3 trial, that may provide the benefits of Ozempic and Wegovy - without the injection.
Stanford Professor Robert Sapolsky about “Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will”. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about how Medical Schools decide what to teach.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist Alex Kantrowitz about his 2020 book, “Always Day One: How the Tech Titans Plan to Stay on Top Forever” which has spawned his work, as Founder and Editor of Big Technology. Then, Dr. Mark Sumeray, Chief Medical Officer of Amolyt Pharma, talks about their innovative approach to treating hormonal conditions.
On 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.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Sam Blackman, Founder and Head of Research and Development from Day One Biopharmaceuticals talks about their innovative approach to starting a biopharma company and how it led to a newly FDA approved drug that treats the most common form of brain cancer in children. Then, Dr. Daniel Kraft, Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent, talks about the rise of Robotic and Digitally-Enabled surgeries. And, Futurist and regular Tech Nation contributor, Dr. Alex Pang, gives us a quick word on how to better manage the stress of life these days.
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Inflection AI, about “The Coming Wave … Technology, Power, and the 21st Century's Greatest Dilemma”. Then, Bloomberg columnist Adam Minter talks about his 2019 book, “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale.” You dropped it off at the thrift store … where does it go from there?
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Sports ecology professor and author Dr. Madeleine Orr, about her book, “Warming Up… How Climate Change is Changing Sport”. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about the Medical Innovation Gap, which is the time from innovation until we actually can use it in everyday practice. And Dr. John Scarlett, the President and CEO of Geron, tells us about their breakthrough drug candidate, which offers hope for treating bone marrow failure, previously only manageable through regular blood transfusions
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