Episode 19-37 Smart Cities, Smart Doctors, Smart Security, Smart Drug Design
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with it’s all about data – who’s collecting it, and why, and how it can serve us, and maybe not. Le...
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20 of 97 episodesEpisode 19-37 Shrewd Samaritan in a Connected World
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with USF professor and development economist Bruce Wydick about “Shrewd Samaritan - Faith, Economic...
Episode 19-36 Your Mind Needs Motion
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with UC San Francisco professor Dr. Louise Aronson talks about a new stage of life: Elderhood, – Re...
Episode 19-34 What Motivates the People Driving Biotech
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with the committed people who lead the biotech industry. Physician-entrepreneur Dr. Jeremy Levin ch...
Episode 19-33 Talking to Robots – Future and Imagined
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Tech Nation’s former biotech correspondent David Ewing Duncan about his new book - “Talking to...
Episode 19-31 Predicting Weather – Data, Computers, and Your Smartphone
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with the people who predict the weather - Todd Hutchinson, the Director of Numerical Weather Predic...
Episode 19-30 PERFORMANCE – improving physically
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Surgeon Dr. Justin Barad, the co-founder and CEO of Osso VR. They help surgeons to learn new m...
Episode 19-29 PAIN – When You Feel It, and When You Can’t
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with we’re talking about pain. Podiatric surgeon Dr. David Armstrong, a Professor of Surgery at the...
Episode 19-27 Info We Trust?
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with data storyteller RJ Andrews, the author, “Info We Trust: How to Inspire the World with Data.”...
Episode 19-26 Is Elon Musk More Important Than Steve Jobs?
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with New Zealand journalist, Hamish McKenzie about his book: “Insane Mode – How Elon Musk’s Tesla S...
Episode 19-25 Pencil and Paper – the Tech of Choice
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dan Roam, the founder of The Napkin Academy and author of “Draw To Win”. And on Tech Nation He...
Episode 19-25 All that personal medical data
On this week’s Tech Nation, Dr. Eric Schadt, the Founder & CEO of Sema4 talks about the explosion of personal medical information, and how i...
Episode 19-24 Zombies … again
On this week’s Tech Nation, Wired science journalist Matt Simon and his book: “Plight of the Living Dead: What Real-Life Zombies Reveal Abou...
Episode 19-23 Technology and Iron – from the Middle Ages to modern France
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Jean-Jacques Augagneur, CEO of Lacanche, and Chef Patrick Boisjot, the Director of Export. It’...
Episode 19-22 How To Do Nothing (There’s NO App for That!)
On this week’s Tech Nation, Jenny Odell, the author of “How to Do Nothing – Resisting the Attention Economy.” Then Tech Nation Chief Corresp...
Episode 19-21 Why Is There a Climate Debate? (It’s Not Science)
On this week’s Tech Nation, how we came to question climate change. To even question the science. What’s it all about? Nathaniel Rich, journ...
Episode 19-20 Tech and the Future of Suburbs and Cities
On this week’s Tech Nation, Peter Calthorpe, co-founder of Urban Footprint, who focuses on sustainable urban growth and planning, and the au...
Episode 19-19 The Tech of Spycraft in Occupied France
On this week’s Tech Nation, journalist Sonia Purnell talks about the spycraft of Virginia Hall, an American in Occupied France during World...
Episode 19-18 The Snow Leopards Of War Torn Afghanistan
On this week’s Tech Nation, Dr. Alex Dehgan joins Moira to talk about “The Snow Leopard Project … and other Adventures in Warzone Conservati...
Episode 19-17 The Advantages of “Unsafe Thinking”
On this week’s Tech Nation, Fast Company columnist Jonah Sachs. His book is “Unsafe Thinking: How to Be Nimble and Bold When You Need It Mos...