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SHOWS CURRENTLY AIRING ...

Show Originating on
December 30, 2008

DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS
2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient
Founder, Grameen Bank
Author, Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism



In this archive edition, Moira speaks with 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS. Theyll talk about his vision for utilizing technology to alleviate poverty and literally change the world....






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... and on BioTech Nation:

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... a cautionary new report from the FDA: The FDA - Science and Mission at Risk


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Show Originating on
December 23, 2008

DR FRITJOF CAPRA

Author, The Science of Leonardo ... Inside the Mind of the Great Genius of the Renaissance



In this archive edition, Moira speaks with UC Berkeley professor FRITJOF CAPRA about the extraordinary science of Leonardo da Vinci ...






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DR. BEN COCKS
Research Director for Animal Genetics and Genomics
The Victorian Government in Australia

... its all about biotech and wallabees

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... news which may take the controversy out of stem cell research.


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Show Originating on
December 16, 2008

BOB DROGIN
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
Los Angeles Times

Author, Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man who caused a War



In this archive edition, Moira speaks with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist BOB DROGIN about the person and the sham perpetrated by the source, presciently code-named "Curveball.". The result? The idea that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR J. CRAIG VENTER
Genetic Scientist


Author, A Life Decoded



David Ewing Duncan and Moira team-interview J. Craig Venter, the man who changed the race to decode the human genome.

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Show Originating on
December 9, 2008

JESSE SCHELL
Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

Entertainment Technology Center
Founder, Schell Games

Author, The Art of Game Design



Moira speaks with JESSE SCHELL, the Carnegie Mellon professor who teaches video game design in his graduate program. ...






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MARIA GIUDICE
CEO and Founder, Hot Studio

Moira speaks with MARIA GIUDICE, the CEO and Founder of Hot Studio, about the new designs emerging on the World Wide Web. ...


... and on BioTech Nation:


JOE PANETTA
President & CEO, BIOCOM
The Southern California Life Sciences Association

... attracting venture capital to new regions
RANDY WOODS
President & CEO, Sequel Pharmaceuticals

... the serial biotech entrepreneur


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Show Originating on
December 2, 2008

DR. HERB NEEDLEMAN
Researcher, Pediatrician, Child Psychiatrist and Professor

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Moira speaks with DR. HERB NEEDLEMAN, the pediatrician who witnessed lead poisoning in children in the poorest families in Pittsburgh and decided to do something about it. ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


WAYNE PISANO
President & CEO, Sanofi Pasteur

... the worlds largest producer of flu vaccines

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... two studies around statins -- possibly in conflict


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Show Originating on
November 25, 2008

JUDY ESTRIN
CEO, JLabs

Author, Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy



Moira speaks with Disney Board member JUDY ESTRIN about Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy. ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


BOB WALSH
President, LS9

... Bio-Diesel from many crops

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... blood tests which are better, faster and cheaper


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Show Originating on
November 18, 2008

MICHAEL CRICHTON
The Late Novelist of such books as "Jurassic Park" and "The A,dromeda Strain", and Creator of the Television Series, "ER"

Author, Prey



Moira speaks with the late Michael Crichton in a 2003 interview about what its like to include science in your novel and the critics dont believe you. ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. GREG MITCHELL
Research Biologist
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD

... why algae is the new favorite source for bio-fuel

DR. BILL TURNELL
Chief Scientific Officer, MediVas

... a new approach to chemotherapy

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... a woman with acute myelogenous leukemia - she donated her cells to science, and became a cancer study all by herself


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Show Originating on
November 11, 2008

RUSSELL SHORTO
UCLA neuroscientist

Author, Descartes Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason



Moira speaks with RUSSELL SHORTO about the curious part played by philosopher/mathematician Rene Descartes ... and subsequently, his bones. ...






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DR. SCOTT JENKINS
Area Vice President for Solutions
Dell Healthcare Life Sciences

... automating those old laboratory notebooks

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... talks about a bailout - this time for science and tech


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Show Originating on
November 4, 2008

DR. GARY SMALL
UCLA neuroscientist

Author, iBrain Surviving the Technological Alternation of the Modern Mind



Moira speaks with UCLA neuroscientist DR. GARY SMALL about his latest scientific study: Your Brain on Google. ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. LYLE ARMSTRONG
Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Stem Cell Biology
Newcastle University

... using stem cells from cows, when human stem cells just arent available

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... what we absorb each time we fly an airplane


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Show Originating on
October 28, 2008

KEITH DEVLIN
Weekend Editions Math Guy

Author, The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth Century Letter that made the World Modern



Moira speaks with KEITH DEVLIN. He tells us about an exchange of letters between two mathematicians in the 17th century which started what we know today about insurance rates, weather prediction and even presidential polls. ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. Joe DiRisi
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Howard Hughes Medical Investigator
UCSF, the University of California at San Francisco
Heinz Award Winner, 2008


... the Virus Chip


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... fills us in on how biotech fared in through this economic meltdown


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Show Originating on
October 21, 2008

DR ROBERT LAUGHLIN
Nobel Laureate in Physics
Director of the Office of History and Museum
Stanford Professor

Author, The Crime of Reason ... and the Closing of the Scientific Mind



Moira speaks with Nobel Laureate ROBERT LAUGHLIN about the value of the information were getting for free on the Internet, and for scientists, what plain and simple is not out there for any price. ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR PATRICK GRUBER
CEO, Gevo


... the inventor of plastic from corn, brings us biofuel


DR BILL GERWICK
Professor of Oceanography and Pharmaceutical Science
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
And his graduate student CAMERON COATES


... producing fuel from algae



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October 14, 2008

DR ROBERT MARTENSEN
Physician, Historian and Bioethicist
Director of the Office of History and Museum
National Institutes of Health

Author, A Life Worth Living: A Doctors Reflections on Illness in a High-Tech Era



Moira speaks with DR ROBERT MARTENSEN about the good and bad of technology in healthcare in general and as we approach the end of life. ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


TJERK DE RUITER
CEO, Genecor


... a trade-up kit for Iowa farmers to cellulosic ethanol


THOMAS VIDEBAEK
Executive Vice President of the Business Unit in BioBusiness
Novozymes


... a surprising cellulosic ethanol plant in China



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Show Originating on
October 7, 2008

STEPHEN BAKER
Senior Journalist, Business Week

Author, The Numerati



Moira speaks with journalist STEPHEN BAKER after his discovery of the people who delve through all this digital information, what they do with it and how it impacts our lives ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


LORI ANDREWS
Director, Institute for Science, Law and Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology
Author of the novel, Immunity



... DNA in the courtroom





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Show Originating on
September 30, 2008

DR. FRANK WILCZEK
Nobel Laureate, Physics
Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics, MIT
Author, The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces