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Show Originating on
June 11, 2013
JARON LANIER
Computer Scientist and Musician
Author, Who Owns the Future?
Moira speaks with
computer scientist, JARON LANIER, about the technological aspects of who might own our future, and what we could do about it
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GENE WILLIAMS
Chairman & CEO, DART Therapeutics
... big the challenge of Duschene Muscular Dystrophe ...
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June 4, 2013
GEORGE
CHURCH
Harvard Medical
School Genetics Professor
Author, Regenesis
Moira speaks with
Harvard Medical School Genetics professor GEORGE CHURCH about how Synthetic
Biology may reinvent every living thing ...
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COLIN HILL
Chairman & CEO, GNS Healthcare
... big yields from the data exhaust of
the healthcare system ...
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Show Originating on
May 28, 2013
STEVEN
PINKER
Harvard University
Professor, Psychology
Author, The
Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
Moira speaks with
Harvard psychology professor STEVEN PINKER tells us about how humans are
behaving better ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. DAN STINCHCOMB
Envirogen
... the fight against Dengue Fever ...
DR OLIVER FETZER
Cerulean Pharma
... a nano -particle
approach to treating lung cancer ...
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Show Originating on
May 21, 2013
ANNALEE NEWITZ
Journalist and Author, Scatter, Adapt and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction
Moira speaks with journalist ANNALEE NEWITZ - they look at the past, present and possible future of mass extinctions. ...
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ALEXIS WALLACE
President & CEO, Thrombolytic Science International (TSI)
... A New Approach to Stroke ...
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May 14, 2013
JON GERTNER
Author, The Idea Factory – Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
Moira speaks with New York Times magazine's JON GERTNER about the familiar technologies in our lives which all came from Bell Labs ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DON JOSEPH
President, BIO Ventures for Global Health
... Biotech tackles global health ...
DAVID GASS
Patent Attorney, Marshall, Gerstein, Borun
... the Supreme Court considers biotech ...
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May 7, 2013
JONAH BERGER
Professor of Marketing, Wharton Business School
Author, Contagious – Why Things Catch On
Moira speaks with JONAH BERGER about why some products catch on, some don't, and the power of clever social media campaigns
videos all on calculus ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
PASCALE WITZ
President and CEO Medical Diagnostics, GE Healthcare JONATHAN ALLIS
General Manager, Positron Emission Tomography GE Healthcare
... The Future of Medical Diagnostics...
STAMATIS ASTRA
CEO, Photoral
... a blue light that kills bad bacteria in your mouth ...
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Show Originating on
April 30, 2013
SALMAN
KHAN
Founder, Khan Academy
Author, The One
World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
Moira speaks with
SALMAN KHAN, the founder of Khan Academy, creator of a thousand YouTube
videos all on calculus ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
Dr. Gary Ruvkun
Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
... 2012 Janssen (Yann -son) Award for
Biomedical Research ...
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Show Originating on
April 23, 2013
PHIL LAPSLEY
Author, Exploding the Phone … The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws Who Hacked Ma Bell
Moira speaks with Phil Lapsley about the teenagers who hacked the phone company – including Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak ...
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on BioTech Nation:
JOHN CROWLEY
CEO, Amicus Therapeutics
... New Developments in Pompe (“POM-PAY”) Disease ...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... voluntary crowdsourcing of medical data ...
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Show Originating on
April 16, 2013
JOHN GEOGHEGAN
Host, PBS documentary “Japanese Supersub”
Author, Operation Storm: Japan’s Top Secret Submarines and Its Plan to Change the Course of World War II
Moira speaks with John Geoghegan about Japan’s surprise underwater aircraft carrier ...
... and
on BioTech Nation:
MARTIN ROSENDALE
CEO, Cytomedics
... treating chronic wounds, sports injuries and strokes ...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the latest surrounding the immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks ...
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Show Originating on
April 9, 2013
PHIL STUTZ
Psychiatrist BARRY MICHELS
Psychotherapist
Author, The Tools
Moira speaks with Psychiatrist PHIL STUTZ and Psychotherapist BARRY MICHELS about the science of several simple tools proven effective in dealing with the challenges of everyday life ...
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on BioTech Nation:
DR. JOSEPH KIM
President and CEO, Inovio Pharmaceuticals
... a new treatment for Candida ...
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April 2, 2013
MAHZARIN BANAJI
Professor, Harvard University
Author, Blind Spot – Hidden Biases of Good People
Moira speaks with Harvard's MAHZARIN BANAJI about the set of tests which can measure your hidden biases ...
... and
on BioTech Nation:
DR. TIM COOKE
CEO, NovaDigm Therapeutics
... a new treatment for Candida ...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... unexpected algae blooms in Antarctica ...
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Show Originating on
March 26, 2013
DOUG RUSHKOFF
Host, PBS Frontline documentary, Digital Nation
Author, Present Shock – When Everything Happens Now
Moira speaks with DOUG RUSHKOFF about the shock of living day to day in our highly-technological world ...
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on BioTech Nation:
STEVE BURRILL
CEO, Burrill & Co.
... Part Two of Burrill's 2012 Biotech Industry Wrap-Up ...
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Show Originating on
March 19, 2013
VIKTOR MAYER-SCHONBERGER
Oxford University Professor, Oxford Internet Institute
KENNETH CUKIER
Data Editor, The Economist
Authors, BIG DATA … A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think
Moira speaks with Oxford University's Viktor Mayer-Schonberger & The Economist's Kenneth Cukier about what's different about BIG DATA and what we can expect in the future ...
... and
on BioTech Nation:
DR. BRYAN FULLER
Founder & CEO, Dermamedics
... Relief from the burns of radiation therapy ...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... science studies social media tools ...
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Show Originating on
March 12, 2013
MATT RICHTEL
New York Times tech journalist
Pulitzer Prize winner
Author, The Cloud
Moira speaks with New York Times journalist MATT RICHTEL about the distractions of cell phones, the movement of all things to the Cloud, and other tech impacts, along with his latest Nat Idle thriller, The Cloud ...
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on BioTech Nation:
STEVE BURRILL
CEO, Burrill & Co.
... 2012 Biotech Industry Wrap-Up ...
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Show Originating on
March 5, 2013
DAVID MONTGOMERY
Professor of Geomorphology
University of Washington
Author, The Rocks Don’t Lie: A Geologist investigates Noah’s Flood
Moira speaks with MacArthur Fellow David Montgomery on the beginnings of geology, and the centuries-old search for geological evidence of Noah’s flood
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on BioTech Nation:
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... science can change us from optimistic to pessimistic and back again ...
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Show Originating on
February 25, 2013
PO BRONSON
Author, Top Dog
Moira speaks with PO BRONSON on the Science of Winning and Losing ...
... and
on BioTech Nation:
DR. MIKE CLAYMAN
President and CEO, Flexion Therapeutics
... a new approach to osteoarthritis ...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... new bioethical challenges in professional sports ...
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Show Originating on
February 18, 2013
GAVIN NEWSOM
Lieutenant Governor of California
Author, Citizenville – How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government
Moira speaks with former San Francisco mayor and California Lieutenant Governor GAVIN NEWSOM on reinventing government in the digital age ...
... and
on BioTech Nation:
DR. CHUCK SHOEMAKER
Professor, Veterinary School, , Tufts University
... an “anti-serum” for bio-terrorism ...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Shakespeare – and DNA ...
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Show Originating on
February 11, 2013
FRANCIS COLLINS
Director, National Institutes of Health
Moira speaks with
NIH Director FRANCIS COLLINS about its 125 year history and momentum going into the future ...
DAVID WILLETTS
UK Minister of StateUniversities and Science
Moira speaks with
UK Minister of State for Universities and Science DAVID WILLETTS about the innovation partnership between the United Kingdom and the United States ...
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DR. ROBERT BRENNER
President and CEO, Allocure
... a new approach to Acute Kidney Injury ...
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Show Originating on
February 4, 2013
DANIEL PINK
Author,
To Sell is Human
Moira speaks with DANIEL PINK about all the ways to need to "sell" in our lives - and the surprising science that says the least obvious people may make the best salesmen ...
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on BioTech Nation:
DON McCAFFREY
President and CEO, Resverlogix
... What's better than statins? – repairing veins ...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David interviews Moira!! ...
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Show Originating on
January 28, 2013
JARED DIAMOND
Pulitzer Prize Winner, Guns, Germs and Steel Author,
The World Until Yesterday
Moira speaks with JARED DIAMOND about our world today - and what we might learn from traditional societies ...
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on BioTech Nation:
SIMON WILKINSON
Director and CEO, Innate ImmunoTherapeutics
... a drug for later stage Multiple Sclerosis ...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... technology will become your new personal physician ...
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Show Originating on
January 21, 2013
RICK SMOLAN
Photojournalist and Author, The Human Face of BIG DATA
Moira speaks with RICK SMOLAN about Big Data and where you find it in the world ...
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on BioTech Nation:
DR. JEFF STEIN
President and CEO, Trius Therapeutics
... a new kind of antibiotic ...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... how science can build a better you ...
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Show Originating on
January 14, 2013
KEITH DEVLIN
NPR's Math Guy
Author, The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci’s Arithmetic Revolution
Moira speaks with
KEITH DEVLIN takes us back to 16th century Italy, to Pisa and its Leaning Tower. We find out why we aren’t all using Roman numerals ...
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MICHAEL ZHANG
16-year-old high school junior
Participant 2011 International BIO Gene-ius Challenge
... A better treatment for Multiple Sclerosis ...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David publicly releases his full genome ...
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Show Originating on
January 7, 2013
VIJAY
VAITHEESWARAN
China Business and
Finance Editor, The Economist
Author, Need,
Speed and Greed
Moira speaks with
VIJAY VAITHEESWARAN on How the New Rules of Innovation Can transform
Businesses, Propel Nations to Greatness, and Tame the World’s Most Wicked
Problems ...
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THE UK'S CLEAN AND COOL MISSION
ERIC BAKKAN
Vice Consul, UK Trade
and Investment, San Francisco
SANDRA SASSOW
CEO & Co-Founder,
Seab Energy
introducing the Muckbuster technology
CHRISTOPHE WILLIAMS
CEO & Co-Founder,
Naked Energy
introducing tubular
solar panels
Moira speaks with a
delegation from the UK's Clean
and Cool Mission ...
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Show Originating on
January 1, 2013
DR.
ERIC TOPOL
Director, Scripps
Translational Science Institute
Author, The
Creative Destruction of Medicine
Moira speaks with
ERIC TOPOL about how the Digital Revolution will create better healthcare.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
JEN GORDON
Partner & Head of the Life Sciences Practice, Baker Botts
... intellectual property in the age of
personalized medicine ...
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Show Originating on
December 25, 2012
STEVEN
NAIFEH
Pulitzer
Prize-winning author of Jackson Pollack's biography
Author, Van Gogh
Moira speaks with
STEVEN NAIFEH about the technology of the famous artist Vincent Van Gogh, and
how technology played an essential role in bring his biography together.
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DAVID HAUSSLER
UC Santa Cruz Professor
... the new Cancer Genome Hub - winning
the fight against cancer has moved from the microscope to the computer ...
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Show Originating on
December 18, 2012
WADE
DAVIS
National Geographic
Explorer-in-Residence and Anthropologist
Author, Into the
Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest
Moira speaks with WADE DAVIS about the historical context of the
scaling of Everest, reflecting on the technology of the era.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
LOUIS BRETON
President & CEO, Calimmune
... a different approach for treating
HIV ...
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December 11, 2012
PURDUE
SCIENCE JOURNALISM LAUREATES
CLIVE COOKSON
Science Editor,
Financial Times of London
NUALA MORAN
Managing Editor, Science|Business
SANDRA AAMODT
Editor-in-Chief,
BeingHuman.org
JOAN LEACH
Convener, Science
Communications Program
University of
Queensland
JOHN MORROW
Dr. John Biotech Blog
Contributor, Genetic
Engineering News
Co-moderated by DAVID
EWING DUNCAN, chief correspondent for BioTech
Nation.
The Science
Journalism Laureates convening at Purdue University - Laureates discuss the
current state and future prospects of science journalism, including their
annual reading of "100 Words".
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Show Originating on
December 4, 2012
GUY
KAWASAKI
Former Apply
Evangelist and Venture Capitalist
Author, APE:
Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur: How to Publish a Book
Moira speaks with GUY
KAWASAKI about how to publish a book TODAY - you'll find the answers and
ideas surprising ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
PETER WONG
COO, TruTag Technologies
... what you eat all the time and isn't
organic -- it's great to fight counterfeiting ...
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Show Originating on
November 27, 2012
RAY
KURZWEIL
National Medal of
Technology winner
Author, How to
Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed
Moira speaks with RAY
KURZWEIL about how the mind is structured inside the brain - and how much
room you have, now that there is the Internet ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
MIKE MARTINO
President & CEO, Ambit Biosciences
... progress with Acute Myeloid
Leukemia ...
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Show Originating on
November 20, 2012
GEORGE
CHURCH
Harvard Medical
School Genetics Professor
Author, Regenesis
Moira speaks with
Harvard Medical School Genetics professor GEORGE CHURCH about how Synthetic
Biology may reinvent every living thing ...
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thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
COLIN HILL
Chairman & CEO, GNS Healthcare
... big yields from the data exhaust of
the healthcare system ...
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Show Originating on
November 13, 2012
STEVEN
JOHNSON
Author, Future
Perfect: The Case for Progress in a Networked Age
Moira speaks with
STEVEN JOHNSON and his perspectives on our collective future ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. HARVEY RUBIN
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Computer Science
Director, Institute for Strategic Threat Analysis and Response
(ISTAR)
University of Pennsylvania
Founder, Energize
the Chain
... bringing vaccines to the most
remote locations ...
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Show Originating on
November 6, 2012
DAVID
QUAMMEN
2012 winner, Stephen
Jay Gould prize
Author, Spillover:
Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
Moira speaks with
DAVID QUAMMEN about how insidious infections cross from animals to humans ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. TILLMAN GERNGROSS
Professor, Dartmouth College
CEO and Co-Founder, Adimab ;
... computers , nano-flourescence
and yeast fight cancer ...
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October 30, 2012
SETH
HOROWITZ
Brown University
neuroscientist
Author, How
Hearing Shapes Our Minds
Moira speaks with
Brown University neuroscientist SETH HOROWITZ about the acoustic wonders of
dolphins, whales and clicking shrimp its noisy down there ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. MICHAEL LEEK
Commercial Operations Director, Pharmacells ;
... deep-freeze your own adult stem
cells ...
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Show Originating on
October 23, 2012
STEVEN
PINKER
Harvard University
Professor, Psychology
Author, The
Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
Moira speaks with
Harvard psychology professor STEVEN PINKER tells us about how humans are
behaving better ...
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thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. DAN STINCHCOMB
Envirogen
... the fight against Dengue Fever ...
DR OLIVER FETZER
Cerulean Pharma
... a nano -particle
approach to treating lung cancer ...
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October 16, 2012
SALMAN
KHAN
Founder, Khan Academy
Author, The One
World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
Moira speaks with
SALMAN KHAN, the founder of Khan Academy, creator of a thousand YouTube
videos all on calculus ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
Dr. Gary Ruvkun
Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
... 2012 Janssen (Yann -son) Award for
Biomedical Research ...
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Show Originating on
October 9, 2012
TINA
SEELIG
Director, Stanford
Technology Ventures Program
Author, InGenius : A Crash Course on
Creativity
Moira speaks with
TINA SEELIG about how to get creative and stay creative ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. JOE MILETICH
Senior Vice President, R&D, Amgen
... generics drugs vs. Bio-similars ...
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October 2, 2012
MARC
PRENSKY
Author, Brain Gain: Technology and the Quest for Digital Wisdom
Moira speaks with
MARC PRENSKY about the impact all this technology has on our brains - not
surprising, the news is both good and not so good ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. JEFF IVES
CEO,
JEFF JONKER
Chief Business Officer, Satori
Pharmaceuticals
... progress in Alzheimers ...
DR. ROBERT FLOYD
Head, Experimental
Therapeutics and Translational Research Oklahoma
Medical Research Foundation
... research on Glioblastoma
...
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September 25, 2012
GEOFF
NUNBERG
Fresh Air commentator and linguist
Emeritus Chair, Usage
Panel of the American Heritage Dictionary
Author, Ascent of
the A-Word
Moira speaks with
GEOFF NUNBERG about his new book on a term brought into being by the GIs of
World War II ...
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on BioTech Nation:
DR. RANDALL CARPENTER
Co-Founder, President and CEO, Seaside Therapeutics
... a genetic diagnosis for autism and
options for therapy ...
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September 18, 2012
SOREN
KAPLAN
Author, Leapfrogging:
Harness the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs
Moira speaks with
SOREN KAPLAN about the power of surprise - for individuals as well as
organizations ...
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... and
on BioTech Nation:
GARY RABIN
Chairman and CEO, Advanced
Cell Technology (ACT)
... stem cell therapy for macular degeneration ...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... science watches rhesus monkeys for
decades ...
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Show Originating on
September 11, 2012
WADE
DAVIS
National Geographic
Explorer-in-Residence & Anthropologist
Author, Into the
Silence The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest
Moira speaks with
WADE DAVIS about George Mallory and the impact that World War I had on the
conquest of Everest...
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thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and
on BioTech Nation:
LOUIS BRETON
CEO, Calimmune
... a different approach for treating
HIV ...
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September 4, 2012
SCOTT
SIGLER
Author of the
Infectious series
Author, Nocturnal
Moira speaks with
that prolific writer of edgy thrillers, SCOTT SIGLER, as well as his series
featuring the Galactic Football League ...
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... and
on BioTech Nation:
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... his new TED book When Im 164: The New Science of Anti-Aging and What Happens if
it Succeeds ...
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August 28, 2012
BILL
WASIK
Wired Editor
MONICA MURPHY
Veterinarian
Co-Authors, Rabid: A
Cultural History of the Worlds Most Diabolical
Virus
Moira speaks with
Wired Editor BILL WASIK and Veterinarian MONICA MURPHY discuss the history
and future of rabies ...
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... and
on BioTech Nation:
DR. JONATHAN ALLIS
General Manager, Positron Emission Tomography GE Medical Diagnostics
... PET scanning vs. MRI scanning Alzheimers
...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... brain scans could replace the IQ
test ...
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August 21, 2012
FRAN
HAWTHORNE
Journalist &
Editor
Author, Ethical
Chic: The Inside Story of the Companies We Think We Love
Moira speaks with
FRAN HAWTHORNE about Ethical Chic a review of products seen by consumers as
most ethical ...
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... and
on BioTech Nation:
BOB DOMAN
President and CEO, Dusa Pharmaceuticals
... earlier treatment for pre-cancerous skin lesions ...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... new theory links size of our brains
with our hunter ancestors ...
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August 14, 2012
DR.
ROBERT McLAY
Author, At War
with PTSD: Battling Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with Virtual Reality
Moira speaks with DR.
ROBERT McLAY about using virtual reality to help
returning vets who suffer from PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ...
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... and
on BioTech Nation:
MARTIN McGLYNN
President and CEO
Stem Cells, Inc.
... use of stem cells to treat disease,
from spinal cord injury and age-related macular degeneration to a rare
pediatric disorder ...
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August 7, 2012
PHIL
STUTZ
Psychiatrist
BARRY MICHELS
Psychotherapist
Co-Authors, The Tools
Moira speaks with
PHIL STUTZ and BARRY MICHELS about their book: The Tools. They dont care why you act the way you do, they just want to
enable you to change to the new behaviors you seek ...
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... and
on BioTech Nation:
DR. JOSEPH KIM
President and CEO
Inovio
Pharmaceuticals
... Engineering new vaccines by typing DNA sequences into a
computer ...
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July 31, 2012
ED
HUMES
Pulitzer Prize Winner
Author, Garbology : Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash
Moira speaks with ED
HUMES about the mountain of garbage in Los Angeles that is the nation's
largest active landfill - it used to be a canyon ...
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... and
on BioTech Nation:
DR. JOHN LATHAM
Chief Scientific Officer and Head, R&D
Alder Biopharmaceuticals
... Fighting migraines one month at a time ...
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July 24, 2012
DR.
BARBARA NATTERSON-HOROWITZ
Cardiology Professor
UCLA medical school
Author, Zoobiquity : What Animals Can Teach Us about
Health and the Science of Healing
Moira speaks with
UCLA's DR. BARBARA NATTERSON-HOROWITZ about her experience in bringing
veterinary medicine to traditional healthcare ...
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... and
on BioTech Nation:
DR. DAN STINCHCOMB
CEO, Inviragen
... Vaccines for Dengue Fever and other neglected diseases ...
DAVID STEINMILLER
COO, Opko Diagnostics
... On-the-spot diagnostics responding to the World Health
Organization initiative ...
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July 17, 2012
DR.
LARRY ROSEN
Research Psychologist
Author, iDisorder : Understanding Our Obsession with
Technology and Overcoming Its Hold on Us
Moira speaks with DR.
LARRY ROSEN about how our technology drives us - and what science has to say
about it ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
TERRY HISEY
Vice Chairman and
Life sciences leader
Deloitte
MATTHEW HUDES
US Managing Principle
for Biotechnology
Deloitte
... comparative effectiveness in
biotech and the meaning of the term: Bio-Pharma ...
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July 10, 2012
From
BIO 2012 in Boston ...
JIM GREENWOOD
President, the Biotechnology Industry Organization
DR. MARGARET FOTI
CEO, American Association for Cancer Research
2012 Bio-Humanitarian Award
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thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
ART BONI
Thorne Professor of
Entrepreneurship
Tepper School of Business
Carnegie-Mellon
University
STEVE SAMMUT
Senior Fellow
Healthcare Management
Wharton School of
Business
University of
Pennsylvania
Co-Founders, BIO Entrepreneurship Boot Camp
MIKE MAY
Editorial Director,
Scientific American Worldview
YALI FRIEDMAN
Editor, The Worldview
Scorecard
Scientific American Worldview
JONATHAN DE PASS
CEO, Evaluate Pharma
Moira speaks with
leaders at the international BIO conference 2012 in Boston. They discuss the
landscape of biotechnology globally, the impact of biotech on cancer
research, and MBA-in-a-day - OK, 2 days ....
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July 3, 2012
BOB
SUTTON
Author, Good
Boss, Bad Boss How to Be the Best and learn from the Worst
Moira speaks with BOB
SUTTON about what science tells us about good bosses and bad ones ...
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thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
DR TIM RODELL
President and CEO, GlobeImmune
... bakers
yeast figures into treating Hepatitis C ...
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June 26, 2012
JONATHAN
KOOMEY
Consulting Professor,
Stanford University
Author, Cold
Cash, Cool Climate
Moira speaks with
JONATHAN KOOMEY - he tells us that the climate problem is big, is urgent, and
is misunderstood. ...
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thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
RICK ALVAREZ
Vice President of Operations and Research
Selexys
Pharmaceuticals
... Sickle Cell Anemia ...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the state of DNA predicting our
future health ...
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June 19, 2012
TOM
TALAVAGE
Purdue University
professor
Purdue
Neurotrauma Group
Science
measures injury on the high school football team
Moira speaks with
Purdue University professor TOM TALAVAGE. His group has studied the brains of
their local high school football team, and landed on the cover of Sports
Illustrated ...
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thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... The MacArthur Awards and biotech ...
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June 12, 2012
DR.
SANDRA AAMODT
Former
editor-in-chief, Nature Neuroscience
Author, Welcome
to Your Childs Brain
Moira speaks with DR.
SANDRA AAMODT about how childrens brains grow all
the way through college and beyond ...
Click
thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
DR BENOIT DUBUIS
President, BioAlps
... the Lake Geneva Life Science Cluster ...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Chinas big new biotech initiative ...
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Show Originating on
June 5, 2012
Prof Dr. RETO BRUN
Head, Parasite
Chemotherapy
Prof Dr. GERD PLUSCHKE
Head, Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute Basel , Switzerland
Moira speaks with
scientists from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute - there are
250 million people in the world suffering from malaria ...
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thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
ALEX FILZ
Head, Communications
DSM Nutritional Products
Moira speaks with the
worlds leading supplier of vitamins, and we hear
about their unusual humanitarian effort called Sight and Life ...
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Show Originating on
May 29, 2012
KEITH ROCKWELL
Spokesman, World Trade Organization
Moira speaks with
KEITH ROCKWELL about how the WTO came into being, and such challenges as the
protests at the WTO meeting in Seattle ...
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thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
ANTONY TAUBMAN
Director,
Intellectual Property Division
World Trade Organization
Moira speaks with
ANTONY TAUBMAN about the issues of getting essential medicines to all humans
versus the legal guarantees of drugs patents....
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May 22, 2012
HOWARD
RHEINGOLD
Author, NetSmart : How to Thrive Online
Moira speaks with
HOWARD RHEINGOLD about how to be smart about the Internet, now that we have
some experience ...
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STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and
on BioTech Nation:
KEITH MURPHY
CEO, Organovo
... building human blood vessels actually printing them out ...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... reports on TedMed
...
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Show Originating on
May 15, 2012
DAN
ROAM
Founder, The Napkin
Academy
Author, Blah,
Blah, Blah: What to do when words dont work
Moira speaks with DAN
ROAM about picturing ideas ... instead of talking about them or writing
words, words, words ...
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STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and
on BioTech Nation:
KEITH KATKIN
President & CEO, Avanir Pharmaceuticals
... emergent treatment for Pseudobulbar
Affect affecting many stroke victims ...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Are Humans still evolving? ...
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Show Originating on
May 8, 2012
DAVA
SOBEL
Author, A More
Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos
Moira speaks with
DAVA SOBEL, the well-known author of Longitude this time the subject is
Copernicus. ...
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DR. MICHELLE SIMMONS
BENT WEBER
Centre for Quantum Computation &
Communication Technology
University of New
South Wales
Moira speaks with Dr.
Simmons and Bent Weber about creating the worlds
smallest nano -wire ...
...
and on BioTech Nation:
DR. SEAMUS OLOAN
CEO, BCO Pharma
Cork, Ireland
... science studies extremely pre-mature babies ...
HANNE KRISTENSEN
President & CEO,
Targovax
Oslo, Norway
... an emergent treatment for
RAS-positive pancreatic cancer ...
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Show Originating on
May 1, 2012
BRYAN
SYKES
Professor of Human
Genetics, Oxford University
Author, DNA USA:
A Genetic Biography of America
Moira speaks with
Oxford professor BRYAN SYKES on the genetic make-up of Americans - past and
present ...
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STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and
on BioTech Nation:
DR. BERNARD PERCOUL
Vice Executive Director, Drugs for
Neglected Disease Initiative
DR. YVES RIBIELL
CEO, Scynexis
... new diagnostics and treatment for
sleeping sickness in Africa ...
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Show Originating on
April 24, 2012
ROM
BROFMAN
Psychologist
Author, Succeeding
When Youre Supposed to Fail: The 6 Enduring
Principles of High Achievement
Moira speaks with
psychologist ROM BROFMAN about the exceptional qualities needed to succeed in
difficult times - and how to cultivate them ...
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STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and
on BioTech Nation:
CHRIS MOLLOY
Vice President, Corporate Development, IDBS
... not personalized medicine precision
medicine ...
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Show Originating on
April 17, 2012
LINDA
BERNARDI
Entrepreneur and
Technology Strategist
Author, Provoke:
Why the Global Culture of Disruption is the Only Hope for Innovation
Moira speaks with
serial tech entrepreneur LINDA BERNARDI about Provoke - the challenging steps
for shaking off the past, with new insights on female entrepreneurs ...
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STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and
on BioTech Nation:
ANN BOWERING
President & CEO, SIM VSE -
Venture Securities Exchange
... a new stock exchange, focusing on clean tech, biotech and
the life sciences in the Asia market ...
ROGER STROUD
Executive Chairman, Algae.Tec Limited
... Big Transportation and Big Countries - get serious about
producing jet fuel from algae and one novel cleantech
approach making it possible ...
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April 10, 2012
VIJAY
VAITHEESWARAN
China Business and
Finance Editor, The Economist
Author, Need,
Speed and Greed
Moira speaks with
VIJAY VAITHEESWARAN on How the New Rules of Innovation Can transform Businesses,
Propel Nations to Greatness, and Tame the Worlds
Most Wicked Problems ...
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THE UK'S CLEAN AND COOL MISSION
ERIC BAKKAN
Vice Consul, UK Trade
and Investment, San Francisco
SANDRA SASSOW
CEO & Co-Founder,
Seab Energy
introducing the Muckbuster technology
CHRISTOPHE WILLIAMS
CEO & Co-Founder,
Naked Energy
introducing tubular
solar panels
Moira speaks with a
delegation from the UK's Clean
and Cool Mission ...
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April 3, 2012
DR
DAVID AGUS
Author, The End
of Illness
Moira speaks with DR
DAVID AGUS about his view of life and health - and he has the science behind
it ...
DR DAVID TOPPING
Chief Research
Scientist, CSIRO, National Research Flagships
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organization - Australias national science
agency
Moira speaks with
scientist DR DAVID TOPPING about making changes in what we eat and something
called BarleyMax which was developed by CSIRO Australias national science agency. ...
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STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
ESBEN NILSSEN
CEO, Epitarget
... a unique drug delivery system for
cancer - nano -capsules, 100 times smaller than a
blood cell ...
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Show Originating on
March 27, 2012
JOHN HAGEL
Co-Director, Deloitte Center for the Edge
Co-Author, The 2011 Shift Index: Measuring the
Forces of Long-term Change
Moira speaks with Deloittes JOHN HAGEL on Measuring the Forces of Long-term
Change ...
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STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
GEOFF BELL
CEO, MicroBioGen
... new bacteria for producing ethanol both food & fuel ...
DR DAVID LLOYD
Dean of Research,
Trinity College, Dublin
Co-Founder, Codex Discovery
... progress in Mesothelioma
cancer caused by asbestos ...
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Show Originating on
March 20, 2012
DR
ERIC TOPOL
Director, Scripps
Translational Science Institute
Author, The
Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create
Better Healthcare
Moira speaks with DR
ERIC TOPOL about the new individualized medicine ...
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STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
JEN GORDON
Partner and Head of the Life Sciences Practice, Baker Botts L.L.P.
... intellectual property and
personalized medicine ...
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Show Originating on
March 13, 2012
ADRIAN
BEJAN
Professor of
Mechanical Engineering, Duke University
Author, Design in
Nature
Moira speaks with
ADRIAN BEJAN about the world through the perspective of flows - from animals
in herds to fish in schools to water in rivers ...
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STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
ROGER LIAS
Group Commercial Director, Eden
BioDesign
... Biosimilars generic drugs in the
biotech space ...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... advances with electrodes in the
brain ...
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Show Originating on
March 6, 2012
BRANDON OLDENBURG
Co-director
LAMPTON ENOCHS
Co-Executive Producer
2012 Oscar-winning
short The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
from Moonbot
Studios
Moira speaks with the
creators of the 2012 Oscar-winning short animation: The Fantastic Flying
Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore ...
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STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. ORIN LEVINE
Director The International Vaccine Access Center (IVACS)
Johns-Hopkins School of Medicine
... the Gavi Alliance and vaccines for
the poor ...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... a new calculation for the cost of a
new drug ...
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Show Originating on
February 28, 2012
CLIFF
NASS
Professor, Stanford
University
Moira speaks with
CLIFF NASS about the impact of modern technology on our children tween -age girls to college freshman ...
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STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
BRIAN LEUTHNER
President & CEO, Edge
Therapeutics
... a new approach to brain trauma ...
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Show Originating on
February 21, 2012
DIMITAR
SASSILOV
Professor of
Astronomy, Harvard University
Author, The Life
of Super-Earths: How the Hunt for Alien Worlds and Artificial Cells will
revolutionize Life on Our Planet
Moira speaks with
DIMITAR SASSILOV about his plan for simulating life on other planets right
here on earth ...
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STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
MARTIN VanTRIESTE
Head of Quality, Amgen
... ensuring the quality of our pharmaceuticals and the real
threat of counterfeits ...
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the tug of war between
taxpayer-funded science and the for-profit publishing houses of science
journals ...
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Show Originating on
February 14, 2012
REBECCA
MacKINNON
Former CNN Beijing
Bureau Chief
Author, Consent
of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom
Moira speaks with
REBECCA MacKINNON about the information that is
known about you - from governments to hardware manufacturers to Internet
service providers. The power is in the cyber ...
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STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
ERIC DY
Business Development Manager, Human Plus
Plus
... Wearable healthcare for the home, including ECG and 24-hour
monitoring ...
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February 7, 2012
DAVID
WEINBERGER
Harvards Berkman
Center for Internet & Society
Author, Too Big
To Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now that the Facts Arent
the Facts, Experts are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room is the
Room
Moira speaks with
DAVID WEINBERGER about the nature of information and what it means in today's
world ...
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STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. ROBERT McNALLY
President & CEO, GeoVax Labs
... vaccines for both prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS ...
PUNIT DHILLON
President & CEO,
OncoSec Medical
... a different approach to treating
cancer and chemotherapy ...
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January 31, 2012
MICHAEL STIPE and
MIKE MILLS
Founding members, R.E.M.
Moira speaks with
R.E.M's MICHAEL STIPE and MIKE MILLS about tech insights on music, creativity
and modern life ...
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STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
KIM POPOVITS
President & CEO, Genomic
Health
... better cancer diagnostics/better information on treatment
...
CHRIS GARABEDIAN
CEO, A-V-I Biopharma
... new hope for Duchenne
(doo-chen ) muscular dystrophe
...
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Show Originating on
January 24, 2012
DR
ANTONIO DIMASIO
Professor, University
of Southern California
Author, Self
Comes to Mind: Constructing the Conscious Brain
Moira speaks with DR
ANTONIO DIMASIO - he tells us that our mind, our sense of being conscious,
our awareness of self, is created by our brain together with our body ...
Click
thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
On BioIssue of the Week:
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... news about Retts
Syndrome, a form of Autism ...
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Show Originating on
January 17, 2012
DR.
SPENCER WELLS
National Geographic Enplorer -in-Residence
Author, Pandoras Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of
Civilization
Moira speaks with
Cornell Professor SPENCER WELLS about what happened when we humans decided to
stop being hunter-gatherers and became farmers.
Click
thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
JOHN CLIMACO
President & CEO, Axial
Biotech
... a biotech test to determine the severity of scoliosis ...
& on "The BioIssue
of the Week"
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the FDA warms up to regulating over-the-counter genetic
tests ...
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Show Originating on
January 10, 2012
STEVEN
NAIFEH
Pulitzer Prize winner
Author, Van Gogh
Moira speaks with Van
Gogh author, STEVEN NAIFEH, about what has now become known about the end of
Van Gogh's life ... thanks to technology.
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thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
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January 3,2012
DAVID WILLETTS
Member of Parliament
UK Minister of State
for Universities and Science
Moira speaks with UK
Science Minister DAVID WILLETTS. He gives us a glimpse into cabinet meetings
at #10 Downing street.
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thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
STEVE BURRILL
CEO, Burrill
& Co
... 2011 look-back at biotech ...
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DAVID HAUSSLER
UC Santa Cruz
professor
... The Cancer Genome Hub ...
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