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with Host Dr. Moira Gunn and BioIssueof the Week Co-Host David Ewing Duncan LIBRARY JOURNAL "BEST SCIENCE BOOKS of 2007" Welcome to BioTech Nation by Dr. Moira Gunn		SHOWS CURRENTLY AIRING ... Show Originating on September 15, 2015 JERRY KAPLAN Entrepreneur and Author, Humans Need Not Apply � A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Moira speaks with JERRY KAPLAN, the co-founder of GO corporation and OnSale, about the emergence of Age of Artificial Intelligence and what it means to both the entrepreneur and to everyday people ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: JAMES SABRY Global Vice President & Head of Partnering, Genentech ... while Genentech famous for its biologic drugs, partnering with others has been a part of its DNA from the beginning ... � Return to top. Show Originating on September 8, 2015 JOHN MARKOFF New York Times Journalist Author, Machines of Loving Grace � The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots Moira speaks with New York Times journalist John Markoff about the intersection of humans and technology - it's definitely heating up ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. STAN ERCK President & CEO, NovaVax ... a new vaccine for RSV in the elderly, as well as in pregnant mothers ... � Return to top. Show Originating on September 1, 2015 JOHN GREY Journalist and Author, The New Spymasters � Inside the Modern World of Espionage from the Cold War to Global Terror Moira speaks with journalist STEPHEN GREY talks about spymasters - from the KGB to Edward Snowden, Grey lays out a timeline for global spying ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. KATRINE BOSLEY CEO, Editas Medicine ... CRISPR � fixing genetic mutations ... JOHN CARROLL Editor-in-Chief, Fierce Biotech ... reporting the daily news of the biotech industry ... � Return to top. Show Originating on August 25, 2015 SUSAN CASEY Journalist and Winner, National Magazine Award Author, Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins Moira speaks with journalist SUSAN CASEY about Dolphins - for one thing, their brains are not all like a human�s ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JOHN McDONOUGH CEO, T2 Biosystems ... detecting levels of candida more quickly ... STEVE MENTO CEO, Conatus Pharmaceuticals ... emergent treatment for cirrhosis of the liver ... � Return to top. Show Originating on August 18, 2015 JOHN PATRICK Former Vice President of Internet Technology, IBM Author, Health Attitude - Unraveling and Solving the Complexities of Healthcare Moira speaks with JOHN PATRICK about how our health is intertwined with our information systems - ignore information technology means ignoring the future of your health ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR SAM WHITEHOUSE COO, QuantuMDx ... a simple device which can perform a genetic diagnosis in 15 minutes, plus determine potential for drug resistance ... � Return to top. Show Originating on August 11, 2015 ANIL ANANTHASWAMY PBS Nova columnist, The Nature of Reality Author, The Man Who Wasn�t There � Investigations into the Strange New Science of the Self Moira speaks with journalist SUSAN CASEY about Dolphins - for one thing, their brains are not all like a human�s ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. STEVE HURST President & CEO, Savant HWP � Health, Wellness and Prevention ... an emergent treatment for cocaine addiction, and the unexpected link between addiction to dopamine in Parkinson�s patients ... � Return to top. Show Originating on August 4, 2015 BERNIE ROTH Stanford University Engineering Professor, Academic Director, The D-School Author, The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of your Life Moira speaks with Stanford professor BERNIE ROTH about what works now, and what can work a whole lot better - in your life. A habit of achieving serves you well for a lifetime ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JAMES CALLAWAY CEO, ArmaGen ... using the insulin pathway for drug delivery � Hunter�s, Huler�s & San Filipo A ... DR. LAURENT LEVY Founder, Nanobiotix ... injecting nanoparticles to improve radiation therapy ... � Return to top. Show Originating on July 28, 2015 GUY KAWASAKI (second appearance this year) Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and Evangelist for Canva Author, The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything Moira speaks with GUY KAWASAKI � for a second time this year! He�s back with the ten year-update on one of his classics - The Art of the Start 2.0 ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: RACHEL KING CEO, Glycomimetics ... first, Sickle Cell Disease, now, AML - Acute Myeloid Leukemia ... � Return to top. Show Originating on July 21, 2015 DR CHARLOTTE JACOBS Professor Emerita Stanford University School of Medicine Author, Jonas Salk: A Life Moira speaks with DR CHARLOTTE JACOBS, re-visiting 1950�s America under the threat of Polio � what did science know? And what did it get wrong? ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: JAY LICHTER Co-Founder, Otonomy ... Menieres disease ... � Return to top. Show Originating on July 14, 2015 Tech Nation broadcasts from the International Biotechnology Conference, BIO 2015 in Philadelphia, speaking with: JIM GREENWOOD President and CEO, BIO, the Biotechnology Industry Organization Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... PAUL HASTINGS Chairman and President, OncoMed Pharmaceuticals MIKE MAY Editorial Director, Scientific American WorldView 2015 YALI FRIEDMAN Head, Data Analytics, Scientific American WorldView 2015 GARETH WILLIAMS Partner and Patent Attorney Marks & Clerk International Intellectual Property Firm Editor-in-Chief, Marks & Clerk Life Sciences Report 2015 �From Rare to Routine: Medicines for Rare Diseases, Vaccines & Antibiotics� � Return to top. Show Originating on July 7, 2015 DR. TINA SEELIG Professor of the Practice, Stanford University Author, Insight Out: Get Ideas Out of your Head and into the World Moira speaks with Stanford�s DR. TINA SEELIG about transforming the ideas that occur to you into action ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. DANIEL KRAFT Founder, Exponential Medicine Chair of Medicine, Singularity University ... the future of �wearables� and our health ... � Return to top. Show Originating on June 30, 2015 LEEROM SEGAL President & CEO, Klick Health Author, The Decoded Company Moira speaks with Leerom Segal of Klick Health about their view of organizations today - it turns out that the ecosystem of a company is more important than its organization chart ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: PIETER VAN ROOYEN President & CEO, Edico Genome ... a faster way to decode whole genomes ... DR. STEFAN LARSSON Partner, Boston Consulting Group, Stockholm DR. SOPHIA ERNESTAM Senior Physician in Rheumatology, Karolinska Institute ... Use of patient registries to improve treatments ... � Return to top. Show Originating on June 23, 2015 DAN MOTE President, National Academy of Engineering Moira speaks with DAN MOTE, the President of the National Academy of Engineering, about the difference between technology and engineering ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: SIR JOHN CHISHOLM Executive Chairman, Genomics England ... the 100,000 Genomes Project ... � Return to top. Show Originating on June 16, 2015 GEOFF MOORE Author, Crossing the Chasm ... updated 3rd edition Moira speaks with GEOFF MOORE about what happened when a hot tech company gets a lot of interest early on, but never makes it to mainstream success ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: ANNE WOJCICKI Co-founder & CEO, 23andMe ... a grant from the NIH plus a partnership with Pfizer on Crohn's Disease ... � � Return to top. Show Originating on June 9, 2015 DR. BESSEL VAN DER KOLK Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University Medical Center, Author, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma Moira speaks with DR. BESSEL VAN DER KOLK about the effects of trauma on a person's brain, mind and body, treatments which can be effective, and what science does not yet know about the diagnosis of trauma ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: MARTIN McGLYNN President & CEO, StemCells, Inc. ... initial stem cell therapies showing progress in spinal cord injury, PMD and age-related macular degeneration ... � Return to top. Show Originating on June 2, 2015 DANIEL LEVITIN Behavioral Neuroscientist Professor, McGill University Dean, Arts & Humanities, Minerva Schools at KGI Author, The Organized Mind - Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload Moira speaks with DANIEL LEVITIN, whom some may know from his bestseller "This is Your Brain on Music". Today's information overload is today's subject - our brains need to operate differently today than they ever did before ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: MOHAN IYER Chief Business Officer, Second Genome ... The most important genome in your body may not be your own - check out your gut microbiome ... � Return to top. Show Originating on May 26, 2015 2014 NOBEL PRIZES EXPLAINED !!! Featuring Panel Convener: LUDWIG CHINCARINI Professor, Finance and Economics, University of San Francisco Explaining the prize in LITERATURE: GENARO PADILLA Professor, English, UC Berkeley Explaining the PEACE prize: STEPHEN ZUNES Professor, Politics, University of San Francisco Explaining the ECONOMICS prize: JOE FARRELL Professor, Economics, UC Berkeley Explaining two prizes - in PHYSICS and in CHEMISTRY: CONNIE CHANG Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley Explaining the prize in PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE: JAI YU Neuroscientist, Center for Integrative Neuroscience, UC San Francisco On this week�s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with a panel of professors on the annual feature: "2014 Nobel Prizes Explained" ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... � Return to top. Show Originating on May 19, 2015 LIOR ZOREF Former Vice President of Marketing at Microsoft, Consumer and Online Services Author, Mindsharing, The Art of Crowdsourcing Everything Moira speaks with LIOR ZOREF about how crowdsourcing has expanded far more than originally envisioned ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR JOE MILETICH Senior Vice President, R&D, Amgen ... �oncolytic viruses� target cancer, and lowering cholesterol based on genetics ... � Return to top. Show Originating on May 12, 2015 ED CATMULL President, Pixar Animation and Disney Animation Author, Creativity, Inc. - Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the way of True inspiration Moira speaks with Pixar Animation President ED CATMULL about creativity and about the experience of the digital movie Toy Story � when 80% done, Pixar lost both the main files and the back-up files ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: MARJANNE PRINS CEO, OrgaNext Research ... a different approach to recovery for hip fractures ... � Return to top. Show Originating on May 5, 2015 JUAN ENRIQUEZ Futurist and Venture Capitalist Author, Evolving Ourselves: How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation are Changing Life on Earth Moira speaks with JUAN ENRIQUEZ about how intentional mutations we can now engineer may and will change life as we know it ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR BARBARA FOX CEO, Avaxia Biologics ... pediatric IBD � inflammatory bowel disease ... DR. DR CRAIG AUDET Head of Global Regulatory Affairs, Arena Pharmaceuticals ... an FDA-approved obesity drug also considered for smoking cessation ... � Return to top. Show Originating on April 28, 2015 BRIAN FAGAN Emeritus professor of Anthropology UC Santa BarbaraAuthor, The Intimate Bond: How Animals Shaped Human History Moira speaks with Anthopology professor Brian Fagan about the evidence of connection between man and animals throughout history, and its undeniable impact ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR ESZTER NAGY CEO, Arsanis ... utilizing old scientific knowledge to create antibodies against MRSA ... DR. Dr. JACK HU Director of Engineering, Arytha Biosciences ... a toxin nano-sponge to mop up MRSA ... � Return to top. Show Originating on April 21, 2015 PAUL VIGNA and MICHAEL J. CASEY Wall Street Journal columnistsCo-Authors, The Age of Cryptocurrency � How Bitcoin aand Digital Money are Challenging the Global Economic Order Moira speaks with Wall Street Journal columnists PAUL VIGNA and MICHAEL J. CASEY talk about Bitcoin, digital money and all manner of trusted vehicles of value in the Internet Age ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. WALTER OGIER CEO, Acetylon Pharmaceuticals ... a strategic approach to fighting drug resistance in the blood cancer Multiple Myeloma ... � Return to top. Show Originating on April 14, 2015 CHUCK MARTIN CEO, Mobile Future Institute Author, Mobile Influence: The New Power of the Consumer *Moira speaks with CHUCK MARTIN, who tells us we no longer go* shopping � we always are shopping ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ...** ... and on BioTech Nation: TIM EVAVOLD Director of Automotive Delivery, Covisint Moira speaks with Covisint's TIMOTHY EVAVOLD about online services for all car manufacturers can easily come together ... DR. MIKE DAVIES CEO, Blueberry Therapeutics ... a new approach to MRSA � the bacterium resistant to our traditional antibiotics ... � Return to top. Show Originating on April 7, 2015 MARC GOODMAN Former FBI Futurist-in-Residence Author, Future Crimes: Everything is Connected, Everyone is Vulnerable, and What We Can Do About It Moira speaks with former FBI Futurist-in-Residence MARC GOODMAN talks about how cybercrime will affect us in the future ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. LAURA SHAWVER CEO, Cleave Biosciences Founder, Clearity Foundation ... new strategies in support of ovarian cancer ... � Return to top. Show Originating on March 31, 2015 MATT RICHTEL Pulitzer Prize winner New York Times journalist Author, A Deadly Wandering and Matt's novel: The Doomsday Equation Moira speaks with New York Times journalist Matt Richtel about his two books - one non-fiction about the first case of texting while driving, and a novel where computers predict the end of civilization ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. KEVIN COX CEO, Imanova PROFESSOR ROGER GUNN Professor of Molecular Neuroimaging Imperial College London Chief Scientific Officer, Imanova ... discovering where medications go throughout the body ... � Return to top. Show Originating on March 24, 2015 MICHAEL GAZZANIGA UC Santa Barbara Professor, Neuroscience Author, Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience Moira speaks with UC Santa Barbara professor MICHAEL GAZZANIGA. He tells us about both sides of our brains � in fact, there are many parts to our brains � not just a right hemisphere, and a left ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: PROFESSOR DAME SALLY DAVIES UK Government�s Senior Medical Advisor Chief Medical Officer for England Author, The Drugs Don�t Work: A Global Threat ... the UK�s plan to fight drug resistance ... � Return to top. Show Originating on March 17, 2015 GUY KAWASAKI Former Apple Evangelist PEG FITZPATRICK Social Media Strategist Co-Author, The Art of Social Media � Power Tips for Power Users Moira speaks with GUY KAWASAKI and PEG FITZPATRICK about how to work effectively with social media to create value for yourself and others ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: � DR K. JOHN MORROW, JR. Biotech/Genetics Journalist and Researcher Author, Cancer, Autism and their Epigenetic Roots ... epigenetics - Science has learned what surrounds your DNA affects its function ... � �� Return to top. Show Originating on March 10, 2015 CARMINE GALLO Forbes.com's "Communications Coach" Author, Talk Like TED Moira speaks with Forbes.com "Communications Coach" CARMINE GALLO about how to speak like all those speakers at TED � there�s actually a little science to it! ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: � DR. STEVEN POWELL CEO, Virttu Biologics ... adding a virus to a cancer treatment to make it more effective ... � Return to top. Show Originating on March 3, 2015 MICHAEL SHERMER Scientific American columnist Editor-in-Chief, skeptic.com Author, The Moral Arc � How Science and reason lead Humanity toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom Moira speaks with Scientific American columnist Michael Shermer about how science and reason shape humanity's perspective over time ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. RIANN CONRADIE Executive Founder, LifeQ ... modelling the human body � and you can participate ... ROBERT COULL CEO, Scioderm ... new success in treating EB � Epidermolysis Bulossa ... � Return to top. Show Originating on February 24, 2015 PETER NOWAK Technology Journalist Author, Humans 3.0 ... the Upgrading of the Species Moira speaks with Canadian Tech Journalist Peter Nowak about the impact on humans given today's technology - we've gone beyond Humans 2.0, all the way to version 3.0 ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. NEIL WARMA President and CEO, Opexa Therapeutics ... promising efforts in treating the secondary progressive stage of Multiple Sclerosis ... � On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... DNA testing of herbal supplements shows contents can be problematic ...* � Return to top. Show Originating on February 17, 2015 DR. ERIC TOPOL Cardiologist and Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute Author, The Patient Will See You Now � The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands Moira speaks with Scripps Genomics professor and cardiologist DR. ERIC TOPOL about the massive changes coming now that there is an explosion of patient data - all sourced by electronic devices and the patient ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. RICHARD BINIER CEO, Vigilant, Lausanne, Switzerland ... their CES 2015 Innovation Award-winning technology for insulin-dependent diabetics ... � On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... the promise of wearable technologies ...* � Return to top. Show Originating on February 10, 2015 DAVID LINDEN Neuroscience Professor Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Author, Touch � The Science of Hand, Heart, and Mind Moira speaks with Johns Hopkins neuroscience professor David J. Linden about Touch - that "always-on" sense that links physical sensation to brain and emotion ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ANTHONY RAESIDE Head of Research, The Evaluate Group, London ... Evaluate Pharma World Preview Report 2014 � Outlook to 2020 ... � On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... President Obama�s announcement about a precision medicine initiative ...* � Return to top. Show Originating on February 3, 2015 SIR ANDREW DILLON CEO, NICE, the UK�s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Moira speaks with SIR ANDREW DILLON, the CEO of NICE, about the challenges and opportunities of creating policy for the National Health Service ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. DAVID BORKHOLDER Bausch & Lomb Associate Professor of Microsystems Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology Founder and CTO, Blackbox Biometrics ... impact technology for soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan experiencing IEDs, now available to measuring everyday concussive events in sports ... DR. SIMON CHERRY Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology University of California, Davis ... the development of a whole body scanner to detect and qualify cancer in a single sweep ... � Return to top. Show Originating on January 27, 2015 Broadcasting from the Consumer Electronics Show 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada ... featuring : SHAWN DUBRAVAC Chief Economist and Director of Research Consumer Electronics Association STEVE KOENIG Director of Industry Analysis Consumer Electronics Association JIM BARRY Media Spokesperson Consumer Electronics Association MARK DEVINE Senior Vice President Jarden Safety and Security "FirstAlert" and innovation from the OneLink family of products On this week�s Tech Nation, the Tech Nation crew attends the Consumer Electronics Show 2015 to find out what's new about the economics of consumer electronics, global industry trends, and what's new this year in cutting edge products ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... � Return to top. Show Originating on January 20, 2015 ANTONY TAUBMAN Director, Intellectual Property Division World Trade Organization Moira speaks with ANTONY TAUBMAN from the World Trade Organization about a joint report from the WTO, the WHO and WIPO ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. BERNARD PECOUL Vice Executive Director, Drugs for Neglected Disease Initiative ... neglected diseases need new drugs all their own ... � Return to top. Show Originating on January 12, 2015 KEITH ROCKWELL Director of Information and Externals Relations, World Trade Organization Moira speaks with KEITH ROCKWELL from the World Trade Organization about the WTO�s latest successes and challenges. ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. DAVID MARTIN Co-Founder, CEO and Chair, Avidbiotics Corporation DR. JEFF MILLER UCLA Medical School President, American Society for Microbiology Co-Founder, Avidbiotics Corporation ... your gut microbiome � for better and for worse ... ... antibiotic resistance and what can be done about it ... � Return to top. Show Originating on January 6, 2015 STEVEN PINKER Harvard Professor Author, �The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person�s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century� Moira speaks with Harvard professor Steven Pinker about how we write today - Turns out that the Internet isn't making us illiterate! ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: GARETH WILLIAMS Life Science Attorneys MARKS & CLERK ... 2014 Life Science report: Genome 2.0 � intellectual property ... � On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... Some of us are SUPERPEOPLE! ...* Return to top. Show Originating on December 30, 2014 SVANTE PAABO Chair, Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Author, Neanderthal Man ... in search of lost genomes Moira speaks with SVANTE PAABO about decoding the DNA of Neanderthal Man � it came from the first Neanderthal bone ever found in the 1800's ... � ARIANNE HOYLAND Game Producer, United Healthcare *... Dance Dance Revolution for school gym classes play a role in the fight against childhood obesity ...* Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... David�s article for Newsweek: Hacking your DNA ...* Return to top. Show Originating on December 23, 2014 BOB SUTTON and HUGGY RAO Professors, Stanford University Co-Authors, Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More without Settling for Less Moira speaks with Stanford professors BOB SUTTON and HUGGY RAO about their 7 years of research into scaling up the excellence which made an organization successful in the first place ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: SANJ SINGH President & CEO, Ade ("ah-day") Therapeutics ... preventing fibroids and fibrotic diseases post-surgery ... Return to top. Show Originating on December 16, 2014 TOM STANDAGE Digital Editor, The Economist Author, Writing on the Wall: Social Media, The First 2,000 Years Moira speaks with The Economist's Digital Editor, TOM STANDAGE, about the "centuries-old" tradition of Social Media ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: *On BioIssue of the Week:* with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... Rare Science ...* *��* Return to top. Show Originating on December 9, 2014 MARK FAINARU-WADA ESPN investigative journalist Author, League of Denial � The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth Moira speaks with ESPN investigative journalist MARK FAINARU-WADA about good science and bad � big money - and what we do now that we know - about the impact of concussions in the NFL ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: CHRIS GARABEDIAN CEO, Surepta Therapeutics ... what progress for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophe ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... Beam me up, Scotty! � this time with your DNA ...* *��* Return to top. Show Originating on December 2, 2014 RUTH DEFRIES MacArthur Winner Chair, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology Columbia University Author, �The Big Ratchet � How Humanity Survives in the Face of Natural Crisis, a biography of an ingenious species� Moira speaks with RUTH DEFRIES about the astonishing impact humanity has had and continues to have on the Earth ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. TOM GIBBS Director, DebioPharm ... moving science to products � in colorectal cancer and more ... � On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... a new study on medical treatments � you may want to go one town over ...* Return to top. Show Originating on November 25, 2014 CHRISTINE KENNEALLY Journalist and Author, �The Invisible History of the Human Race � How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures� Moira speaks with CHRISTINE KENNEALLY about how DNA - while only recently decoded - has been intrinsically intertwined with human history ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. BRIAN WAMHOFF Co-Founder and Vice President R&D, Hemoshear ... a technology breakthrough helping to qualify the potential for new drug compounds ... � On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... the new �number� � what it costs to develop a new drug ...* Return to top. Show Originating on November 18, 2014 WALTER ISAACSON President and CEO, Aspen Institute Author, The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution Moira speaks with WALTER ISAACSON about the lesser known innovators whose efforts have affected us all ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: ART BONI The John R. Thorne Distinguished Career Professor of Entrepreneurship Tepper School of Business Carnegie-Mellon University STEVE SAMMUT Senior Fellow in Health Care Management The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Co-founders, BIO�s Bioentrepreneurship Boot Camp ... How to become a bioentrepreneur ... DR. JAY LICHTER Venture Partner, Avalon Ventures ... venture capitalists and crucial start-up funding ... Return to top. Show Originating on November 11, 2014 NICHOLAS CARR Author, The Glass Cage: Automation and Us Moira speaks with former Harvard Business Review Executive Editor NICHOLAS CARR about the effect of technology all around us ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ARIF ANWAR **Executive Director, Sengenics ... Detecting dieseases like Cancer and Diabetes five or more years before symptoms appear ... DR. CHUCK BAUM President & CEO, Mirati Therapeutics ... decoding the DNA of tumors � cancer is no longer associated with the body part it appears in ... Return to top. Show Originating on November 4, 2014** 2014 NOBEL PRIZES EXPLAINED !!! Featuring Panel Convener: LUDWIG CHINCARINI Professor, Finance and Economics, University of San Francisco Explaining the prize in LITERATURE: GENARO PADILLA Professor, English, UC Berkeley Explaining the PEACE prize: STEPHEN ZUNES Professor, Politics, University of San Francisco Explaining the ECONOMICS prize: JOE FARRELL Professor, Economics, UC Berkeley Explaining two prizes - in PHYSICS and in CHEMISTRY: CONNIE CHANG Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley Explaining the prize in PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE: JAI YU Neuroscientist, Center for Integrative Neuroscience, UC San Francisco On this week�s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with a panel of professors on the annual feature: "2014 Nobel Prizes Explained" ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *��* Return to top. Show Originating on October 28, 2014 ALIX CHRISTIE Journalist & Author, Gutenberg�s Apprentice Moira speaks with ALIX CHRISTIE about Gutenberg�s Apprentice � like all technology, it turns out it was a team effort ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: �� STAN ERCK **President & CEO, NovaVax ... Vaccines to fight viruses, such as RSV in young children ... DR PEARL HUANG Global Head, Discovery Partnership with Academic (DPAC),** GlaxoSmithKline ... seeking university researchers in the hunt for new drugs ... Return to top. Show Originating on October 21, 2014 ADAM TANNER Fellow, Harvard�s Institute for Quantitative Social Science Author, What Stays in Vegas � The World of Personal Data � Lifeblood of Big Business � and the End of Privacy as We Know It Moira speaks with ADAM TANNER about the amazing data collected on everyone who goes to Vegas and the far-reaching data collected everywhere ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: TODD SKRINAR Principal for Life Sciences Advisory, Leader for Big Data Advanced Analytics, Ernst & Young ... All those clinical trials needed to prove a drug is safe? Big data and getting bigger ... Return to top. Show Originating on October 14, 2014 DR. BESSEL VAN DER KOLK Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University Medical Center, Author, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma Moira speaks with DR. BESSEL VAN DER KOLK about the effects of trauma on a person's brain, mind and body, treatments which can be effective, and what science does not yet know about the diagnosis of trauma ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: MARTIN McGLYNN President & CEO, StemCells, Inc. ... initial stem cell therapies showing progress in spinal cord injury, PMD and age-related macular degeneration ... Return to top. Show Originating on October 7, 2014 CHRISTIAN RUDDER President and head of Data Analytics, OkCupid Author, Dataclysm - Who We Are (When We Think No One�s Looking) Moira speaks with CHRISTIAN RUDDER, OkCupid president and head of analytics - the data tells us what we might not like hearing ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ANITA GOEL CEO, NanoBioSym Winner, 2013 Nokia Sensing X-Prize ... a small mobile medical device for detecting disease ... RICHARD POPS CEO, Alkermes ... maybe two or more diseases are really only one? Maybe they just need a single drug ... Return to top. Show Originating on September 30, 2014 FRITJOF CAPRA Physicist and Systems Theorist Author, Learning from Leonardo ... Decoding the Notebooks of a Genius Moira speaks with Fritjof Capra. He spent 10 years studying the original notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci � and yes, there's genius there ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: STEPHEN HURST Chairman and CEO, Savant HWP � Health, Wellness and Prevention ... a new approach to addiction ... � Return to top. Show Originating on September 23, 2014 DAN JURAFSKY Stanford Linguistics Professor Author, The Language of Food - A Linguist Reads the Menu Moira speaks with Stanford professor Dan Juravsky. Through the centuries and around the globe, the food we eat today started their journeys long ago and far away ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: LEE JONES CEO, Rebiotix ... treating severe bacterial infections called c. difficile ... � ANDREW STRONG CEO, Kalon Biotherapeutics ... massive doses of vaccines in times of pandemic + precision cancer vaccines ... � Return to top. Show Originating on September 16, 2014 MICHAEL HARRIS Journalist & Author, The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We�ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection Moira speaks with Journalist MICHAEL HARRIS about how he opted out of digital technology for a month � he tells us it�s lonely, but rewarding ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: TERRY McAULIFFE Governor, State of Virginia ... Virginia is not just for lovers � Virginia means biotech ... � JIM GREENWOOD President and CEO, Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) ... What Richard Branson and Hillary Clinton have to say about biotech ... � Return to top. Show Originating on September 9, 2014 DANIEL LEVITIN Behavioral Neuroscientist Professor, McGill University Dean, Arts & Humanities, Minerva Schools at KGI Author, The Organized Mind - Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload Moira speaks with DANIEL LEVITIN, whom some may know from his bestseller "This is Your Brain on Music". Today's information overload is today's subject - our brains need to operate differently today than they ever did before ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: MOHAN IYER Chief Business Officer, Second Genome ... The most important genome in your body may not be your own - check out your gut microbiome ... � �� Return to top. Show Originating on September 2, 2014 GEOFF MOORE Author, Crossing the Chasm ... updated 3rd edition Moira speaks with GEOFF MOORE about what happened when a hot tech company gets a lot of interest early on, but never makes it to mainstream success ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: ANNE WOJCICKI Co-founder & CEO, 23andMe ... a grant from the NIH plus a partnership with Pfizer on Crohn's Disease ... � �� Return to top. Show Originating on August 26, 2014 MARCELO GLEISER Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy Professor of Physics and Astronomy Dartmouth College Author, The Island of Knowledge: The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning Moira speaks with Dartmouth professor MARCELO GLEISER about his latest book, The Island of Knowledge. He looks at all of science, how it changes over time, and what it can and can�t tell us. ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. KATE RITTENHOUSE-OLSON President, For-Robin ... Triple-negative breast cancer approach may solve metastasis ... � �� Return to top. Show Originating on August 19, 2014 MARY ROACH Science Writer (... sort of) Author, Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal Moira speaks with MARY ROACH about her book Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal. (Clue: The alimentary canal is nowhere to be found on google maps) ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: Dr. MICHAEL OELLERICH Medical Faculty at George August University, Gottingen, Germany Medical advisory board, Chronix Biomedical Dr. GEORGE KARLIN-NEUMANN Director of Scientific Affairs Digital Biology Center, Bio-Rad Laboratories ... Organ transplants are actually genome transplants - key information with respect to determining organ rejection ... � �� Return to top. Show Originating on August 12, 2014 ED CATMULL President, Pixar Animation and Disney Animation Author, Creativity, Inc. - Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the way of True inspiration Moira speaks with Pixar Animation President ED CATMULL about creativity and about the experience of the digital movie Toy Story � when 80% done, Pixar lost both the main files and the back-up files ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: MARJANNE PRINS CEO, OrgaNext Research ... a different approach to recovery for hip fractures ... � �� Return to top. Show Originating on August 5, 2014 MICHELLE DENNEDY Chief Privacy Officer, McAfee, a part of Intel Security Author, The Privacy Engineer�s Manifesto Moira speaks with MICHELLE DENNEDY about a responsible view of privacy - from individuals to corporations ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JOHN BEADLE CEO, PsiOxus Therapeutics ... oncolytic viruses for colorectal and ovarian cancers ... � �� Return to top. Show Originating on July 29, 2014 DR. ROGERIO RIBEIRO Senior Vice President Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific GlaxoSmithKline Moira speaks with GSK's ROGERIO RIBEIRO about how genetics and medical needs differ worldwide ... KIRILL KAEM Director, Skolkovo Biomedical Cluster ... and with KIRILL KAEM about a new biocluster near Moscow with 240 new companies in just 2 years ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: STEVE SAMMUT Senior Fellow, Health Care Management, University of Pennsylvania�s Wharton School DANIEL LEVINE Principal, Levine Media Group Co-Authors, Accelerating Growth ... Forging India�s Bioeconomy ... A Special Report on India ... � On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... the microbes in our mouths ...* � �� Return to top. Show Originating on July 22, 2014 A collaboration on concussion funded by the General Electric/National Football league Head Health Challenge ... featuring: Dr. GUNNAR CARLSSON Stanford Mathematics Professor Co-Founder, AYASDI DR. PEK LUM Chief Data Scientist, AYASDI DR. ADAM FERGUSON UCSF Brain and Spinal Injury Center On this week�s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with a panel of three scientists studying concussion - brain imaging meets Big Data and genomics ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... Decoding our minds? ...* � �� Return to top. Show Originating on July 15, 2014 DR. REGIS KELLY Director, QB3 � the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences Moira speaks with QB3's REGIS KELLY about the nature of innovation - and fostering the innovation mindset ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: PAUL HASTINGS CHAIR & CEO, Oncomed Pharmaceuticals ... disruptive science ... � �� Return to top. Show Originating on July 8, 2014 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 ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and 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 ...* � �� Return to top. Show Originating on July 1, 2014 KENNETH CUKIER First Data Editor, The Economist Author, Learning with Big Data � The Future of Education Moira speaks with KENNETH CUKIER about Big Data's impact on education, teachers and students ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: KEN KELLY CEO, PaxVax ... how to vaccinate 6.5 billion people in less than 120 days for less than a dollar a dose ... � �� Return to top. Show Originating on June 24, 2014 ANEESH CHOPRA First Chief Technology Officer, United States Author, Innovative State � How New Technologies Can Transform Government Moira speaks with ANEESH CHOPRA about how government can go digital and it can work for everyone ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR RAJEEV VENKAYYA Executive Vice President, Vaccine Business, Takeda Pharmaceuticals *... vaccines for everyone � new vaccines, that is ...* *�� * On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... Top Ten Innovations of 2013 from the Cleveland Clinic ...* � �� Return to top. Show Originating on June 17, 2014 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 ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and 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 ...* � �� Return to top. Show Originating on June 10, 2014 EDWARD FRENKEL UC Berkeley Mathematics Professor Author, Love and Math � the Heart of Hidden Reality Moira speaks with UC Berkeley professor EDWARD FRENKEL about sneaking into math classes at Moscow University � and how mathematics is everywhere in our lives ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. DAVID MARTIN Scientific Founder and CEO, AvidBiotics *... a different approach to antibiotics ...* On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... Are Humans still evolving? ...* � �� Return to top. Show Originating on June 3, 2014 SEAN CARROLL Genetics Professor, University of Wisconsin Author, Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize Moira speaks with geneticist SEAN CARROLL about Brave Genius - two Nobel Prize-winners who were committed to the French Resistance during World War II ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JOE MILETICH **Senior VP for Research and Development, Amgen Corporation ... how decoding each human's genome will affect the drugs of our future... � �� On BioIssue of the Week:** with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... Google vs. Death ...* � �� Return to top. Show Originating on May 27, 2014 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 ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: ALEXIS WALLACE President & CEO, Thrombolytic Science International (TSI) ... � �� Return to top. Show Originating on May 20, 2014 MICHIO KAKU Professor of Theoretical Physics City College and City University of New York Host, Multiple BBC and Discovery Channels series Author, The Future of the Mind Moira speaks with MICHIO KAKU about the scientific quest to understand and empower the mind ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... 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 ...* Return to top. Show Originating on May 13, 2014 NOBEL LAUREATES EXPLAINED !!! featuring University of San Francisco Professors: LUDWIG CHINCARINI Finance and Economics DEAN RADER English STEPHEN ZUNES Politics JESSE ANTTILA-HUGHES Economics APARNA VENKATESAN Astronomy and Physics JASON FERNANDEZ Biology On this week�s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with a panel of professors from the University of San Francisco � it's "2013 Nobel Prizes Explained" Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: Return to top. Return to top. �� Show Originating on May 6, 2014 FRANCIS MAUDE Minister for the Cabinet Office United Kingdom Moira speaks with UK Minister FRANCIS MAUDE about the UK�s initiative for digital government services -- �digital by default�... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JENNIFER MILLER **Founding Director, Bioethics International ... rating the transparency of Pharmaceutical companies ... Return to top. Show Originating on April 29, 2014 JEREMY RIFKIN** Author, The Zero Marginal Cost Society JEREMY RIFKIN talks about the Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons and the Eclipse of Capitalism ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JAY SIEGEL Chief Biotechnology Officer Janssen, the Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson ... New treatments and making existing treatments better ... � �� On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... IBM�s advanced computer Watson goes to medical school ...* Return to top. Show Originating on April 22, 2014 � CARMINE GALLO Forbes.com's "Communications Coach" Author, Talk Like TED Moira speaks with the Forbes.com "Communications Coach" CARMINE GALLO about how to speak like all those speakers at TED � there�s actually a little science to it! Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR STEVEN POWELL CEO, Virttu Biologics ... Adding a virus to cancer treatments to make them more effective ... Return to top. Show Originating on April 15, 2014 SVANTE PAABO Chair, Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Author, Neanderthal Man ... in search of lost genomes Moira speaks with SVANTE PAABO about decoding the DNA of Neanderthal Man � it came from the first Neanderthal bone ever found in the 1800's ... � ARIANNE HOYLAND Game Producer, United Healthcare *... Dance Dance Revolution for school gym classes play a role in the fight against childhood obesity ...* Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... David�s article for Newsweek: Hacking your DNA ...* Return to top. Show Originating on April 8, 2014 WILLIAM EASTERLY Professor of Economics, NYU Author, The Tyranny of Experts: Economics, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor Moira speaks with NYU professor William Easterly about the technology and the global poor - promise or overhyped ??? ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JAY TUNG **Chief Research Officer, Myelin Repair Foundation ... directly repairing myelin in the brain ... � �� On BioIssue of the Week:** with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... IBM�s advanced computer Watson goes to medical school ...* Return to top. Show Originating on April 1, 2014 ELIZABETH KOLBERT Journalist, The New Yorker magazine Author, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History Moira speaks with New Yorker magazine journalist ELIZABETH KOLBERT - does science see another mass extinction ??? ... Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. BAHIJA JALLAL Executive Vice President, Medimmune ... the new biopharma pipeline in global pharmaceuticals ... � On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... J. Craig Venter�s new company: Human Longevity, Inc. ...* Return to top. Show Originating on March 25, 2014 JOHN DEARIE Executive Vice President, Financial Services Forum Author, *Where the Jobs Are* Moira speaks with JOHN DEARIE about who creates the really, really new jobs that didn�t exist before, and what we can do to encourage their creation ... EBEN UPTON Co-Founder, Raspberry Pi JEN PADGETT CEO, Community Technology Alliance *... a $25 credit card-size computer and a solar-powered backpack to create a network ...* Click thru for Tech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Click thru for BioTech Nation AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: FRANK BALL **CEO, Evena Medical ... a new way to find veins on the first try ... � DR ROBERT McNALLY President & CEO,** GeoVax ... an update on an HIV vaccine � both preventative and in treatment ... �� Return to top. Show Originating on March 18, 2014 ALAIN DE BOTTON Journalist Author, The News: A User's Manual Moira speaks with ALAIN DE BOTTON about what's happened to �The News� in this digital age. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR MIKE JIROUSEK Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Catabasis ... an approach to double the odds that a drug will hit its target ... Return to top. Show Originating on March 11, 2014 ANNIE JACOBSEN Journalist Author, Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America after World War II Moira speaks with Journalist ANNIE JACOBSEN about how NASA and other federal government agencies came to be staffed by former Nazi Scientists after World War II ... DAN BOTWINICK Vice President for Program Development, Zamzee *... using games to fight childhood obesity ...* Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. BERTRAND LEPINE President, Fab'entech ... using French horses to produce vaccines for humans ... � �� Return to top. Show Originating on March 4, 2014 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. MICHAEL LEEK Commercial Operations Director, Pharmacells; ... deep-freeze your own adult stem cells ... Return to top. �� Show Originating on February 25, 2014 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and 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!! ...* Return to top. �� Show Originating on February 18, 2014 KEVIN KELLY Former editor-in-chief, Wired magazine Author, Cool Tools: A catalog of possibilities Moira speaks with KEVIN KELLY about "Cool Tools" - which are tools of every ilk, including books, ideas, experiences and everything else under the sun ... JOE BUCH CEO, Lynx Grills *... A Smart Grill � it even texts you when it's ready ...* Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: BOB LINKE President & CEO, Embera NeuroTherapeutics ... a different approach to quitting smoking ... � �� Return to top. Show Originating on February 11, 2014 ITAMAR SIMONSON Professor of Marketing, Stanford Business School EMANUEL ROSEN Business Journalist Co-Authors, Absolute Value: What Really Influences Customers in the Age of (Nearly) Perfect Information Moira speaks with Itamar Simonson and Emanuel Rosen about the fact that we � as consumers - have (nearly) perfect information about the products and services we choose ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ANNALISA JENKINS Head, Global Drug Development, EMD Serono ... patient-focused drug development ... � �� Return to top. Show Originating on February 4, 2014 BOB SUTTON and HUGGY RAO Professors, Stanford University Co-Authors, Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More without Settling for Less Moira speaks with Stanford professors BOB SUTTON and HUGGY RAO about their 7 years of research into scaling up the excellence which made an organization successful in the first place ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: SANJ SINGH President & CEO, Ade ("ah-day") Therapeutics ... preventing fibroids and fibrotic diseases post-surgery ... �� Return to top. Show Originating on January 28, 2014 Broadcasting from the Consumer Electronics Show 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada ... featuring : SHAWN DUBRAVAC Chief Economist and Director of Research Consumer Electronics Association STEVE KOENIG Director of Industry Analysis Consumer Electronics Association JIM BARRY Media Spokesperson Consumer Electronics Association KEVIN KING Inventor of the "Smart Basketball" Co-Founder and Vice President of Engineering Infomotion Sports Technologies On this week�s Tech Nation, Moira the Consumer Electronics Show 2014 to find out what's new about the economics of consumer electronics, as well as global industry trends, and what it takes to be an entrepreneur � it's not just big companies creating cutting edge products ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Return to top. Return to top. �� Show Originating on January 21, 2014 LARRY DOWNES Columnist, Forbes and CNET Author, Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation Moira speaks with LARRY DOWNES about why the changes we are experiencing now is much more disruptive than ever before ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR INGMAR HOERR CEO & Co-Founder, CureVac ... making vaccines to fight everything from cancer to bacterial infections ... Return to top. �� Show Originating on January 14, 2014 �STEVE BURRILL CEO, Burrill & Co. *... 2013 Biotech Industry Wrap-Up ...* Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: �� GAIL GIBSON HUNT President & CEO, National Alliance for Care Giving ... 1 out of 4 American families care for family members no longer able to care for themselves ... Return to top. �� Show Originating on January 7, 2014 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: GENE WILLIAMS Chairman & CEO, DART Therapeutics ... the challenge of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophe ... Return to top. �� Show Originating on December 31, 2013 MARGALIT FOX New York Times journalist Author, The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code Moira speaks with New York Times journalist MARGALIT FOX about what it took to decrypt the ancient writing system used by the Minoans - remember King Minos? The Minotaur? The Labyrinth? ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. TIM HUBBARD Head, Human Genome Analysis Sanger Institute ... Britain commits to begin using a patient's whole human genome in healthcare ... �� Return to top. �� Show Originating on December 24, 2013 GUY KAWASAKI Former Apple 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: PETER WONG COO, TruTag Technologies ... what you eat it all the time and it isn't organic -- it's great to fight counterfeiting ... Return to top. �� Show Originating on December 17, 2013 MARK FAINARU-WADA ESPN investigative journalist Author, League of Denial � The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth Moira speaks with ESPN investigative journalist MARK FAINARU-WADA about good science and bad � big money - and what we do now that we know - about the impact of concussions in the NFL ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: CHRIS GARABEDIAN CEO, Surepta Therapeutics ... what progress for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophe ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... Beam me up, Scotty! � this time with your DNA ...* *��* Return to top. �� Show Originating on December 10, 2013 WALTER ISAACSON Former chairman, CNN Biographer of Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, and Kissinger Author, Steve Jobs Moira speaks with WALTER ISAACSON about Steve Jobs - and how that perspective has evolved since the book first came out ... ... and on BioTech Nation: TIM LOWINGER ��Chief Scientific Officer, Mersana Therapeutics *... new cancer treatments � combining chemotherapies with biological drugs ...* MATT MAHONEY ��Director, Business Development, North America Brainwave Discovery *... human DNA in fruitflies � to study Alzheimer's and Parkinsons ...* *�� * On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... a salute to Nobel Laureate Frederick Sanger ...* *��* Return to top. �� Show Originating on December 3, 2013 FRITJOF CAPRA Physicist and Systems Theorist Author, Learning from Leonardo � Decoding the Notebooks of a Genius Moira speaks with FRITJOF CAPRA, who spent 10 years studying the original notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci � and yes, there's genius there ... ... and on BioTech Nation: STEPHEN HURST ��Chairman and CEO, Savant HWP � Health, Wellness and Prevention *... a new approach to addiction ...* Return to top. �� Show Originating on November 25, 2013 NOBEL LAUREATES EXPLAINED !!! featuring University of San Francisco Professors: LUDWIG CHINCARINI Finance and Economics DEAN RADER English STEPHEN ZUNES Politics JESSE ANTTILA-HUGHES Economics APARNA VENKATESAN Astronomy and Physics JASON FERNANDEZ Biology On this week�s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with a panel of professors from the University of San Francisco � it's "2013 Nobel Prizes Explained" Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Return to top. Return to top. �� Show Originating on November 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 ...* Return to top. �� Show Originating on November 11, 2013 CLIVE THOMPSON Contributing Writer, New York Times Magazine Author, Smarter That You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better Moira speaks with CLIVE THOMPSON about how smart technology is making us ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR RAJEEV VENKAYYA Executive Vice President, Vaccine Business, Takeda Pharmaceuticals *... vaccines for everyone � new vaccines, that is ...* *�� * On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... Top Ten Innovations of 2013 from the Cleveland Clinic ...* Return to top. �� Show Originating on November 4, 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 ...* Return to top. �� Show Originating on October 29, 2013 TOM STANDAGE Digital Editor, The Economist Author, Writing on the Wall: Social Media, The First 2,000 Years Moira speaks with The Economist's Digital Editor, TOM STANDAGE, about the "centuries-old" tradition of Social Media ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: *On BioIssue of the Week:* with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... Rare Science ...* *� ��* Return to top. Show Originating on October 22, 2013 EDWARD FRENKEL UC Berkeley Mathematics Professor Author, Love and Math � the Heart of Hidden Reality Moira speaks with UC Berkeley professor EDWARD FRENKEL about sneaking into math classes at Moscow University � and how mathematics is everywhere in our lives ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. DAVID MARTIN Scientific Founder and CEO, AvidBiotics *... a different approach to antibiotics ...* On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... Are Humans still evolving? ...* *� � ��* Return to top. Show Originating on October 15, 2013 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO 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? ...* *� � ��* Return to top. Show Originating on October 8, 2013 SEAN CARROLL Genetics Professor, University of Wisconsin Author, Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize Moira speaks with geneticist SEAN CARROLL about Brave Genius - two Nobel Prize-winners who were committed to the French Resistance during World War II. � Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JOE MILETICH Senior VP for Research and Development, Amgen Corporation ... how decoding each human's genome will affect the drugs of our future... � �� On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... Google vs. Death ...* *� � ��* Return to top. Show Originating on October 1, 2013 DONALD McDONALD Architect, New East span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Author, Bay Bridge: History and Design of a New Icon Moira speaks with DONALD McDONALD, the architect of the new East span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. � Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: MATTHEW HUDES US Managing Principal, Life Sciences, Deloitte ... Healthcare Report: China, Brazil and Germany ... �� On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... Could federal budget cuts affect on our future health? ...* *� � ��* Return to top. Show Originating on September 24, 2013 SHIRLEY STRESHINSKY & PATRICIA KLAUS Co-Authors, An Atomic Love Story: The Extraordinary Women in Robert Oppenheimer's Life Moira speaks with SHIRLEY STRESHINSKY & PATRICIA KLAUS about that time in American life when a scientist and science were forefront in the minds of the public � they talk about the atomic bomb, the media embrace of Robert Oppenheimer, and national interests in the post-World War II Cold War ... � Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: SAMANTHA COBB CEO, AdAlta ... new therapeutics based on shark antibodies ... �� Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: GRAHAM BROOKES Director, PGEconomics ... environmental impact of biotech on global agriculture ... �� Return to top. Show Originating on September 17, 2013 ALEX PANG Futurist Author, The Distraction Addiction: Getting the Information you need and the communication you want without enraging your family annoying your colleagues and destroying your soul Moira speaks with Futurist Alex Pang about life in modern times ... � Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: ALEX KARLE COO, The Evaluate Group ... EvaluatePharma 2013 � the Orphan Drug Report ... �� Return to top. Show Originating on September 10, 2013 DR SANJAY BASU Professor, Stanford University Medical School Author, The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills Moira speaks with Stanford's Dr. Sanjay Basu about how cutting some social programs when times are bad hurts more than we realize � it's actually right there in the economics data ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DAVID PRITCHARD CEO, KaloBios ... a new approach to hospital acquired infections, which also helps cystic fibrosis... �� Return to top. Show Originating on September 3, 2013 CLIFTON LEAF Fortune magazine Contributing Editor Author, The Truth in Small Doses: Why We're Losing the War on Cancer � and How to Win It Moira speaks with CLIFTON LEAF at the 40 year old war on cancer ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. BEN CHEN Executive Chairman, Immune Targeting Systems ... why your T cells are great candidates for fighting immune system challenges, from the flu to cancer ... �� Return to top. Show Originating on August 27, 2013 DAVID EPSTEIN Senior Writer from Sports Illustrated Author, The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance Moira speaks with Sports Illustrated's DAVID EPSTEIN about sports and athletic performance ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. MELISSA ALCORN Intellectual Property Attorney, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation ... decades of tissue samples from Lupus now digitally available for general medical research ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... if your DNA is online, can someone figure out it's you? ...* *� �� * Return to top. Show Originating on August 20, 2013 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: MIKE MARTINO President & CEO, Ambit Biosciences ... progress with Acute Myeloid Leukemia ... �� Return to top. Show Originating on August 13, 2013 AJIT VARKI Professor, UC San Diego Author, Denial � Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind Moira speaks with DR. AJIT VARKI about why did humans develop such complex mental abilities and other species did not ... ... and on BioTech Nation: KEN KELLY CEO, PaxVax ... how to vaccinate 6.5 billion people in less than 120 days for less than a dollar a dose ... �� Return to top. Show Originating on August 6, 2013 SARA ELIZABETH RICHARDS Health and Science Journalist Author, Motherhood Rescheduled: The New Frontier of Egg Freezing and the Women Who Tried It Moira speaks with SARA ELIZABETH RICHARDS about re-scheduling Motherhood � women can actually freeze their own eggs ... ... and on BioTech Nation: CLIFF STOCKS CEO, TheraClone Sciences ... newly-formulated flu shots ... �� On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... the microbiome � there's a hundred trillion critters in each of us ...* *�� * Return to top. Show Originating on July 30, 2013 GUNNAR CARLSSON Professor of Mathematics, Stanford University Co-Founder, Ayasdi, Palo Alto, CA Moira speaks with GUNNAR CARLSSON about Big Data and its applications today and tomorrow ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JOHN BEADLE CEO, PsiOxus Therapeutics Oxford, England ... oncolytic viruses ... �� Return to top. Show Originating on July 23, 2013 MARIO LIVIO Astrophysicist, Space Telescope Science Institute Author, Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein Moira speaks with MARIO LIVIO about Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists that changed our understanding of Life and the Universe ... ... and on BioTech Nation: GARETH WILLIAMS European Patent Attorney, Marks & Clerk Cambridge, England ... considerations vis-a-vis global biotech patents ... �� On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... the Supreme Court and their Myriad Genetics decision ...* *� �� * Return to top. Show Originating on July 16, 2013 Tech Nation broadcasts from the International Biotechnology Conference, BIO 2013, in Chicago, Illinois JIM GREENWOOD President & CEO Biotechnology Industry Organization RACHEL KING Chair Biotechnology Industry Organization CEO GlycoMimetics, addressing Sickle Cell Disease MIKE MAY Editorial Director YALI FRIEDMAN Editor, WorldView Scorecard Scientific American WorldView 2013 STEVE BURRILL CEO Burrill & Co., Venture Capital, Merchant Banking and Media GLEN GIOMANETTI Global Life Sciences Leader Ernst & Young � �� Return to top. Show Originating on July 9, 2013 GARY SHAPIRO President & CEO Consumer Electronics Association Author, Ninja Innovation Moira speaks with Consumer Electronics Association President GARY SHAPIRO about the nature of innovation and what that means to each of us individually ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JOHN LATHAM Chief Scientific Officer, Alder Bio ... a new way to control our cholesterol based on the DNA of very low cholesterol human beings ... �� On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... a new poll measures our understanding of science ...* *� �� * Return to top. Show Originating on July 2, 2013 BRIAN FAGAN Emeritus Professor, Anthropology, UC Santa Barbara Author, The Attacking Ocean � The Past, Present and Future of Rising Sea Levels Moira speaks with DR. BRIAN FAGAN about the rising Ocean � what the Earth looked like during the Ice Age, as opposed to today ... and what will it look like in the years to come ... ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: MIKE WEBB CEO, Allegro Diagnostics ... a DNA diagnostic for the #1 cancer � lung cancer ... �� Return to top. Show Originating on June 25, 2013 MARGALIT FOX New York Times journalist Author, The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code Moira speaks with New York Times journalist MARGALIT FOX about what it took to decrypt the ancient writing system used by the Minoans - remember King Minos? The Minotaur? The Labyrinth? ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. TIM HUBBARD Head, Human Genome Analysis Sanger Institute ... Britain commits to begin using a patient's whole human genome in healthcare ... �� Return to top. Show Originating on June 18, 2013 DANIEL DENNETT Professor, Tufts University Author, Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking Moira speaks with DANIEL DENNETT about tools to help us improve our thinking, warning signals when someone is introducing false logic, and other challenges in human communication ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JAMES BREITMEYER President, BN ImmunoTherapeutics ... a different approach to treating prostate cancer ... �� Return to top. 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: GENE WILLIAMS Chairman & CEO, DART Therapeutics ... the challenge of Duschene Muscular Dystrophe ... Return to top. Show Originating on 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 ... Click 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 ... Return to top. 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 ... Click 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 ... Return to top. 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. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: ALEXIS WALLACE President & CEO, Thrombolytic Science International (TSI) ... A New Approach to Stroke ... Return to top. Show Originating on 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... 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 ...* Return to top. Show Originating on 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... 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 ...* Return to top. 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: Dr. Gary Ruvkun Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School ... 2012 Janssen (Yann-son) Award for Biomedical Research ... Return to top. 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 ... ... and 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 ...* Return to top. 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 ...* Return to top. 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 ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JOSEPH KIM President and CEO, Inovio Pharmaceuticals *... a new treatment for Candida ...* Return to top. Show Originating on 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 ...* Return to top. 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 ... ... and on BioTech Nation: STEVE BURRILL CEO, Burrill & Co. *... Part Two of Burrill's 2012 Biotech Industry Wrap-Up ...* Return to top. �� 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 ...* Return to top. �� 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 ... ... and on BioTech Nation: �STEVE BURRILL CEO, Burrill & Co. *... 2012 Biotech Industry Wrap-Up ...* Return to top. �� 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 ... ... and 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 ...* Return to top. �� Show Originating on February 26, 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 ...* Return to top. �� Show Originating on February 19, 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 ...* Return to top. �� Show Originating on February 12, 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 State Universities 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO and AUTOMATIC WEEKLY DOWNLOADS">Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: �DR. ROBERT BRENNER President and CEO, Allocure *... a new approach to Acute Kidney Injury ...* Return to top. �� Show Originating on February 5, 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and 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!! ...* Return to top. �� Show Originating on January 29, 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and 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 ...* Return to top. � �� Show Originating on January 22, 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and 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 ...* Return to top. Show Originating on January 15, 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: �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 ...* Return to top. Show Originating on January 8, 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... 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 ... Return to top. 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. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* JEN GORDON Partner & Head of the Life Sciences Practice, Baker Botts ... intellectual property in the age of personalized medicine ... Return to top. 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. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* DAVID HAUSSLER UC Santa Cruz Professor ... the new Cancer Genome Hub - winning the fight against cancer has moved from the microscope to the computer ... Return to top. 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. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: LOUIS BRETON President & CEO, Calimmune ... a different approach for treating HIV ... Return to top. Show Originating on 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". Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Return to top. 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... 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 ... Return to top. 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: MIKE MARTINO President & CEO, Ambit Biosciences ... progress with Acute Myeloid Leukemia ... Return to top. 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 ... Click 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 ... Return to top. 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... 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 ... Return to top. 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. TILLMAN GERNGROSS Professor, Dartmouth College CEO and Co-Founder, Adimab; ... computers, nano-flourescence and yeast fight cancer ... Return to top. Show Originating on 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. MICHAEL LEEK Commercial Operations Director, Pharmacells; ... deep-freeze your own adult stem cells ... Return to top. 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 ... Click 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 ... Return to top. Show Originating on 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: Dr. Gary Ruvkun Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School ... 2012 Janssen (Yann-son) Award for Biomedical Research ... Return to top. 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JOE MILETICH Senior Vice President, R&D, Amgen *... generics drugs vs. Bio-similars ...* Return to top. *Show Originating on* 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... 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 ...* Return to top. *Show Originating on* 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. RANDALL CARPENTER Co-Founder, President and CEO, Seaside Therapeutics *... a genetic diagnosis for autism and options for therapy ...* Return to top. *Show Originating on* 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... 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 ...* Return to top. *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... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: LOUIS BRETON CEO, Calimmune *... a different approach for treating HIV ...* Return to top. *Show Originating on* 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... 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 ...* Return to top. *Show Originating on* 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... 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 ...* Return to top. *Show Originating on* 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... 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 ...* Return to top. *Show Originating on* 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... 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 ...* Return to top. *Show Originating on* 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JOSEPH KIM President and CEO Inovio Pharmaceuticals *... Engineering new vaccines by typing DNA sequences into a computer ...* Return to top. *Show Originating on* 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JOHN LATHAM Chief Scientific Officer and Head, R&D Alder Biopharmaceuticals *... Fighting migraines one month at a time ...* Return to top. *Show Originating on* 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... 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 ...* Return to top. *Show Originating on* 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... 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 ...* Return to top. *Show Originating on* 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 Click 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 .... *Return to top.* *Show Originating on* 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* DR TIM RODELL President and CEO, GlobeImmune *... bakers yeast figures into treating Hepatitis C ...* Return to top. *Show Originating on* 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. ... Click 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 ...* Return to top. *Show Originating on* 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 ... Click 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 ...* Return to top. *Show Originating on* 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 ...* Return to top. *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 InstituteBasel, Switzerland Moira speaks with scientists from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute - there are 250 million people in the world suffering from malaria ... Click 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 ... Return to top. *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 ... Click 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.... *Return to top.* *Show Originating on* 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO 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 ...* Return to top. *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 ... Click thru for AUDIO 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? ...* Return to top. *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. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... 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 ...* Return to top. *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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. BERNARD PECOUL Vice Executive Director, Drugs for Neglected Disease Initiative DR. YVES RIBIELL CEO, Scynexis *... new diagnostics and treatment for sleeping sickness in Africa ...* Return to top. *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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: CHRIS MOLLOY Vice President, Corporate Development, IDBS *... not personalized medicine precision medicine ...* Return to top. *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 ... Click thru for AUDIO 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 ...* Return to top. *Show Originating on* 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... 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 ... Return to top. *Show Originating on* 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. ... Click thru for AUDIO 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 ...* Return to top. *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 ... Click thru for AUDIO 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 ...* Return to top. *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 ... Click thru for AUDIO 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 ...* Return to top. *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 ... Click thru for AUDIO 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 ...* Return to top. *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... Click thru for AUDIO 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 ...* Return to top. *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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* BRIAN LEUTHNER President & CEO, Edge Therapeutics *... a new approach to brain trauma ...* Return to top. *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 ... Click thru for AUDIO 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 ...* Return to top. *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 ... Click thru for AUDIO 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 ...* Return to top. *Show Originating on* 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO 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 ...* Return to top. *Show Originating on* 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO 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 ...* Return to top. *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 ...* Return to top. *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 ...* Return to top. *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. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* *Show Originating on* 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. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* STEVE BURRILL CEO, Burrill & Co *... 2011 look-back at biotech ...* Return to top. DAVID HAUSSLER UC Santa Cruz professor *... The Cancer Genome Hub ...* Return to top. Show Originating on December 27,2011 DUNCAN WATTS Principal Scientist, Yahoo! Labs Author, Everything is Obvious: Once You Know the Answer Moira speaks with Yahoo's DUNCAN WATTS about the science of studying human behavior on social networks. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. STEVE KALDOR CEO, Ambrx ... Once-a-week Human Growth Hormone ... "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... energy drinks from a century ago ... Return to top. Show Originating on December 20,2011 DR AMIR LEVINE & RACHER HELLER Author, Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find and Keep Love Moira speaks with psychiatrist DR AMIR LEVINE & social psychologist RACHER HELLER about how we humans bond with each other, and how "anxious" people seeking relationships inadvertantly bond with "avoidant" people - not such a good outcome! ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. MANISH SINGH President & CEO, ImmunoCellular ... a novel approach to glioplastoma ... Return to top. Show Originating on December 13, 2011 KEVIN KELLY Former Editor in Chief, Wired Magazine Author, What Technology Wants Moira speaks with Former Wired Editor KEVIN KEL about his view of technology ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. DAVID CHERNOFF Chief Medical Officer, Crescendo Bioscience ... a new diagnostic for rheumatoid arthritis ... Return to top. Show Originating on December 6, 2011 Purdue University's SCIENCE JOURNALISM LAUREATES 2011 featuring science journalists: Sandra Aamodt, former Editor-in-Chief, Nature Neuroscience Clive Cookson, Science Editor, Financial Times of London Keith Devlin, NPR�s Math Guy David Ewing Duncan, Chief Correspondent, BioTech Nation Hepeng Jia, former Editor-in-Chief, China's Science News magazineAndrea Kissack, Senior Editor, Qwest Joan Leach, Science Communications, University of Queensland Nuala Moran, Science\|Business John Morrow, Dr John Biotech Peter Winter, former Editor-in-Chief, Burrill Report Steve Rosenbaum, Magnify.net Moira speaks with recognized international science journalists about what can be done to raise the bar in science reporting ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Return to top. Show Originating on November 29, 2011 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... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: LOUIS BRETON CEO, Calimmune ... a different approach for treating HIV ... Return to top. Show Originating on November 22, 2011 BRIAN REICH Senior Vice President - Global Editor Edelman Digital Author, Shift and Reset: Strategies for Addressing Serious Issues in a Connected Society Moira speaks with BRIAN REICH on integrating the Internet with the fabric of modern day society ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR DAVID REESE Vice President for Medical Sciences, Amgen ... What�s a Biomarker? ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... biomedical devices powered by iPhones ... Return to top. Show Originating on November 15, 2011 DARA O'ROURKE Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management UC, Berkeley Founder, goodguide.com Moira speaks with UC Berkeley professor DARA O'ROURKE. He tells us what it takes to understand the impact of everything we use it means tracking the global supply chain. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JAY KEASLING Professor, Chemical Engineering and BioEngineering UC, Berkeley 1st recipient of the Biotech Humanitarian Award ... cancer stem cells those somewhat controversial tiny cells which are now believed to be the tumor initiators ... Return to top. Show Originating on November 8, 2011 CATHY DAVIDSON Duke University Professor Author, Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn Moira speaks with Duke professor CATHY DAVIDSON. She tells us what happens when you hand every incoming Freshmen a free iPod ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR MICHAEL BISHOP 1989 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine DR ART LEVINSON Chairman, Genentech Winners, UC Santa Cruz's Founders Medals ... the research that determined mutations cause cancer ... Return to top. Show Originating on November 1, 2011 JEFF JARVIS Director, Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial JournalismCity University of New York Author, Public Parts � How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live Moira speaks with JEFF JARVIS, author of the well-known blog Buzzmachine. He talks about the concept of "publicness", as opposed to angsting over the demise of "privacy" ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. BHARATT CHOWRIRA CEO, Addex Pharmaceuticals ... alternative sites for binding drugs to the cell � from Parkinson�s to Type II diabetes ... Return to top. Show Originating on October 25, 2011 KEVIN MANEY Author, The Two-Second Advantage: How We Succeed by Anticipating the Future � Just Enough Moira speaks with KEVIN MANEY on acting on what you know, when you know it - and maybe no one else does ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JAY TISCHFIELD CEO, Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository ... genetic mutation base for Autism and Tourette�s ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... video game-players solve science problems ... Return to top. Show Originating on October 18, 2011 JEREMY RIFKIN Author, The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World Moira speaks with JEREMY RIFKIN about what the European Union is doing about its energy future � there could easily be lessons learned ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. MICKIE BHATIA Scientific Director, Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute McMaster University ... blood from skin cells ... Return to top. Show Originating on October 11, 2011 CANDICE MILLARD Former editor and writer, National Geographic Author, Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President Moira speaks with Former National Geographic writer CANDICE MILLARD about how the hubris of others and the lack of simple medical precautions resulted in the untimely death of President Warren G. Harding ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. FRANCIS COLLINS Director of NIH � the National Institutes of Health ... Biotech and the leading edge of medical science ... Return to top. Show Originating on October 4, 2011 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 ... Click 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 ... Return to top. Show Originating on September 27, 2011 CONGRESSMAN JERRY McNERNEY Representative (D) California�s 11th congressional district Author, Clean Energy Nation: Freeing America from the Tyranny of Fossil Fuels Moira speaks with Congressman JERRY McNERNEY, who has a PhD in mathematics - he believes we can have a �Clean Energy Nation� ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR JOHN BEADLE President & CEO, PsiOxus Therapeutics, Ltd. ... fighting cachexia, cancer�s �wasting disease� ... DR JOHN MARAGANORE President & CEO, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals ... beyond DNA � it�s RNA ... Return to top. Show Originating on September 20, 2011 ERIC RIES Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Harvard Business School Author, The Lean Startup: How Today�s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses Moira speaks with ERIC RIES about inexpensive ways to innovate - it can pay off sooner than later ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: BILL POLVINO President & CEO, Veloxis Pharmaceuticals ... new immunosuppressants for kidney transplant recipients ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... presidential candidates who don�t understand the science ... Return to top. Show Originating on September 13, 2011 SONIA ARRISON Author, 100 Plus: How the coming age of longevity will change everything, from careers and relationships to family and faith Moira speaks with SONIA ARRISON about the prospect of living past 100 years of age -- and the technology that will get us there ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ANANDA CHAKRABARTY Distinguished University Professor University of Illinois, Chicago Co-Founder, CDGTI Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Amrita Therapeutics ... Next Generation Drugs? � Smart Bacteria! ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... mathematicians study the words that we use ... Return to top. Show Originating on September 6, 2011 DR. SANDRA AAMODT Former editor-in-chief, Nature Neuroscience Author, Welcome to Your Child�s Brain Moira speaks with DR. SANDRA AAMODT about how children�s 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 ... China�s big new biotech initiative ... Return to top. Show Originating on August 29, 2011 LAURIE R KING Novelist & Creator, Mary Russell � Sherlock Holmes series Author, Pirate King Moira speaks with novelist LAURIE R KING about how the Sherlock Holmes stories were the vehicle to deliver the latest science in the 1890�s ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR KEVIN D�MOUR Director, Stem Cell Biology, Viacyte ... utilizing stem cells to naturally create insulin in mice and eventually humans ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... they took his blood and built heart cells - they even beat ... Return to top. Show Originating on August 22, 2011 DAVID GRAEBER Anthropologist, University of London Author, Debt: The First 5,000 Years Moira speaks with DAVID GRAEBER about the history of that ubiquitous technology we call � DEBT ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR STAN SKAFIDAS Professor, University of Melbourne Program Leader, Bionic Vision Australia ... a nano-electronic solution to age-related macular degeneration ... Return to top. Show Originating on August 15, 2011 ED HUMES Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, Force of Nature: The Unlikely Story of WalMart�s Green Revolution Moira speaks with Ed Humes about the green transformations which WalMart has achieved simply due to its size ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ORIN LEVINE Director, IVAC International Vaccine Access Center Bloomburg School of Public Health, Johns-Hopkins ... Trying to vaccinate the world�s children against pneumonia and meningitis ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... new science from the e-coli outbreak in Germany ... Return to top. Show Originating on August 8, 2011 KEITH DEVLIN NPR�s Math Guy Author, The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci�s Arithmetic Revolution Moira speaks with NPR's Math Guy, KEITH DEVLIN. He takes us back to 13th century Italy, to Pisa and its leaning tower. We find out why we aren�t using Roman numerals ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: 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 ... Return to top. Show Originating on August 1, 2011 DOUG EDWARDS Former Director of Consumer Marketing and Brand Management, Google Author, I�m Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59 Moira speaks with Google Employee #59 about the early days at Google ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: MICHAEL WERNER Co-founder and Executive Director MORRIE RUFFIN Managing Director The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine ... the consortium to support the development of regenerative medicine ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the demise of Google Health ... Return to top. Show Originating on July 26, 2011 DEAN BUONOMANO Professor, UCLA, Neurobiology Author, Brain Bugs: How the Brain�s Flaws Shape Our Lives Moira speaks with UCLA professor DEAN BUONOMANO about brain bugs - how our brains work � and actually how they sometimes don�t work ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: GUNTHER WINKLER Senior Vice President, Asia-Pacific, Biogen Idec ... the Asia-Pacifc Biotech landscape ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... bioluminescence ... Return to top. Show Originating on July 19, 2011 MIKE COHEN Research Scientist & Manager of Speech Technology, Google Moira speaks with MIKE COHEN, the Manager of Speech Technology at Google. The google search engine now lets you "speak" your search terms ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: JEREMY ABBATE Publishing Director, Scientific American Worldview YALI FRIEDMAN Lead Editorial Consultant Editor of the Worldview Scorecard Scientific American Worldview ... Scientific American�s annual Worldview on biotech ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... Forbes� magazine index of innovation ... Return to top. Show Originating on July 12, 2011 JIM GREENWOOD President, the Biotechnology Industry Organization MARTIN O�MALLEY Governor, Maryland Click 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 Moira speaks with leaders at the international BIO conference in Washington DC. They discuss the landscape of biotechnology globally, why it�s a good investment for jobs in these difficult economic times, and how to become a biotech entrepreneur in 2+ grueling days.... Return to top. Show Originating on July 5, 2011 Prof Dr. RETO BRUN Head, Parasite Chemotherapy Prof Dr. GERD PLUSCHKE Head, Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteBasel, Switzerland Moira speaks with scientists from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute - there are 250 million people in the world suffering from malaria ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ALEX FILZ Head, Communications DSM Nutritional Products Moira speaks with the world�s leading supplier of vitamins, and we hear about their unusual humanitarian effort called Sight and Life ... Return to top. Show Originating on June 28, 2011 DR ROLAND GERMANN Manager, Nanotechnology Center Operations, Binnig and Rohrer Nanotechnology Center, IBM Research, Zurich, Switzerland Moira speaks with DR ROLAND GERMANN about IBM's early contributions to the field of nanotechnology ... LORD ALEC BROERS Chair, Diamond Light Source Chair, Bio-Nano Consulting Moira speaks LORD ALEC BROERS, the Leader of the UK-based 2011 Nanomedicine Mission to Switzerland ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ROBERT VAMOSI Author, When Gadgets Betray Us Moira speaks with ROBERT VAMOSI how technology can let us down in unexpected ways ... Return to top. Show Originating on June 21, 2011 LISA SEE Author, Dreams of Joy Moira speaks with popular author LISA SEE about her new novel and the serious impact of questionable science in China during the Great Leap Forward ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR RANDY SCHATZMAN President & CEO MARK LITTON Chief Business Officer, Alder Biopharmceuticals ... treating wasting disease as a part of cancer treatment ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... reducing waste in cancer testing and treatment ... Return to top. Show Originating on June 14, 2011 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 ... Click 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.... Return to top. Show Originating on June 7, 2011 MATT RICHTEL Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Journalist Author, Devil�s Plaything Moira speaks with journalist MATT RICHTEL about tickling your brain with technology in his novel �Devil�s Plaything" ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. PAUL LAIKIND Chief Business Officer, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute ... how non-profit research works with for-profit biotech ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... a new X-Prize � going where no man has gone before ... Return to top. Show Originating on May 31, 2011 BOB PEARSON Chief Technology & Media Officer, WCG Author, PRE-Commerce Moira speaks with Bob Pearson about �PRE-Commerce� - it�s not just E-Commerce any more. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the new science of longevity ... Return to top. Show Originating on May 24, 2011 In our spring archive series ... 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR TIM RODELL President and CEO, GlobeImmune ... bakers yeast figures into treating Hepatitis C ... Return to top. Show Originating on May 17, 2011 In our spring archive series ... ROBERT KAPLAN Author, Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power Moira speaks with ROBERT KAPLAN about an area of the world that India and China finds extremely strategic the Indian Ocean ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. MARK RASENICK Distinguished University Professor University of Illinois, Chicago ... the science of depression ... Return to top. Show Originating on May 10, 2011 In our spring archive series ... KEN GOLDBERG craigslist Distinguished Professor of New Media UC, Berkeley Moira speaks with KEN GOLDBERG about Opinion Space, an experimental website of the US State Department ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. NORBERT RIEDEL Chief Scientific Officer and Corp VP Baxter International ... the hospital of the future ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the Nobel Prize for in vitro fertilization ... Return to top. Show Originating on May 3, 2011 STEVEN LEVY Senior Writer, Wired Author, In the Plex: How Google Thinks, works and Shapes Our Lives Moira speaks with Wired writer STEVEN LEVY about �In the Plex: How Google Thinks, works and Shapes Our Lives.� Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. MICHAEL JACKSON Vice President for Drug Discovery and Development Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute ... using robots to find new drugs ... Return to top. Show Originating on April 26, 2011 MICHIO KAKU Author, Physics of the Future: How Science will shape Human Destiny and our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 Moira speaks with MICHIO KAKU, host of the popular show, Sci Fi Science on the Science Channel. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. MISHA ANGRIST Author, Here is a Human Being ... Comprehensible explanations of the DNA of being human ... Return to top. Show Originating on April 19, 2011 DUNCAN WATTS Principal Scientist, Yahoo! Labs Author, Everything is Obvious: Once You Know the Answer Moira speaks with Yahoo's DUNCAN WATTS about the science of studying human behavior on social networks. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. STEVE KALDOR CEO, Ambrx ... Once-a-week Human Growth Hormone ... "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... energy drinks from a century ago ... Return to top. Show Originating on April 12, 2011 STEVEN ROSENBAUM Author, Curation Nation: Why the Future of Content is Context. Moira speaks with STEVEN ROSENBAUM. He says that data aggregators � like the Huffington Post � have taken a whole new role on the Internet. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... neuroscience studies brains ... Return to top. Show Originating on April 5, 2011 MARK STEVENSON Author, An Optimist�s Tour of the Future: One Curious Man Sets Out to Answer �What�s Next?� Moira speaks with MARK STEVENSON, who tells us that science can be approachable � even funny! Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: JASON BOBE Director of Community The Personal Genome Project Co-Founder, Do-It-Yourself Bio ... the impact of everyone's genomes ... Return to top. Show Originating on March 29, 2011 KEVIN POULSEN Wired.com Editor Author, Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground Moira speaks with KEVIN POULSEN about cybercrime in the United States, although the perpetrators can be anywhere. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. LINH HOANG Director, Personalized Medicine Life Technologies ... personalized medicine, and what that means for a breast cancer study with just 14 select women ... Return to top. Show Originating on March 22, 2011 MEHRDAD BAGHAI Managing Director, Alchemy Growth Partners Author, As One: Individual Action, Collective Power Moira speaks with MEHRDAD BAGHAI about how we see people relating to each other in many different ways than we realized in the past. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. PAUL CHEW Chief Scientific Officer and Chief Medical Officer for the US Sanofi-Aventis ... From Diabetes to triple-negative breast cancer and more ... CHRIS STERN CEO and Chair, Oxygen Biotherapeutics ... Innovative Oxygen carriers ... Return to top. Show Originating on March 15, 2011 SETH MNOOKIN Investigative Journalist & Author, The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science and Fear Moira speaks with investigative journalist SETH MNOOKIN about the bad science which improperly suggested a link between vaccinations and autism. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ROBERT McNALLY President & CEO, Geovax ... two HIV vaccines ... Return to top. Show Originating on March 8, 2011 BRIAN GREENE Professor, Columbia University Author, The Hidden Reality Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos Moira speaks with popular science professor BRIAN GREENE about the various theories on the existence of multiple universes if there was one Big Bang, there likely were others. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: ERIC LAWSON Director of Regulatory Affairs, Voisin (pronounced Vuah-sah) Life Sciences Consulting ... not just the drug also the diagnostic ... And from the UKs Future Health Mission DR. DALE ATHEY CEO, OJ-Bio ... diagnostic testing using your cell phone ... PAUL WEINBERGER Chief Marketing Officer, Lumora ... Fast DNA and RNA testing from a small device - looks like a George Foreman Grill! ... Return to top. Show Originating on March 1, 2011 GUY KAWASAKI Former Chief Evangelist, Apple Author, Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds and Actions Moira speaks with Guy Kawasaki about enchantment - in the technology we love - and how to cultivate it in all sorts of ways ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: JOAN LAU President & CEO, Ansaris ... the future of computers and biotech ... Return to top. Show Originating on February 22, 2011 TOM RACHMAN Author, The Imperfectionists Moira speaks with Tom Rachman, a former correspondent for the Associated Press in Rome. They talk international journalism in the age of the Internet ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: TOM THORTON President & CEO, Kansas Bioscience Authority ... food safety & the Department of Homeland Security ... LUC DOCHEZ Chief Business Officer, Prosensa ... treating Muscular Dystrophy ... And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... BioIssue of the Week plays Jeopardy with Watson ... Return to top. Show Originating on February 15, 2011 DR SHERRY TURKLE MIT Professor & Author, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less From Each Other Moira speaks with SHERRY TURKLE about what all that texting and emailing is doing to our relationships ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: JEAN-FRANCOIS MOUNEY CEO, Genfit Corporation ... treating pre-diabetics ... And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... biotech and bedbugs ... Return to top. Show Originating on February 8, 2011 DANIEL BURRUS Author, Flash Foresight Moira speaks with trend forecaster DANIEL BURRUS about Flash Foresight, a follow-on to his earlier TechnoTrends ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JIM DAVIS Executive Vice President, Human Genome Sciences ... a strategic national stockpile of anti-anthrax treatments ... And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... from ObamaCare to ObamaMedical Research ... Return to top. Show Originating on February 1, 2011 PARAG KHANNA Author, How to Run the World Charting a Course to the Next Rennaissance Moira speaks with PARAG KHANNA about a new vision for how the world can work, with technology and innovation being no small consideration ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR MARTIN WILES Senior Vice President for Development, BioInvent ... a unique application of antibodies ... DR HARI KUMAR Chief Business Officer, Amira Pharmaceuticals ... a new treatment for fibrosis disease ... And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... JP Morgan Healthcare Conference and the Personalized Medicine World Congress ... Return to top. Show Originating on January 25, 2011 DR AMIR LEVINE & RACHER HELLER Author, Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find and Keep Love Moira speaks with psychiatrist DR AMIR LEVINE & social psychologist RACHER HELLER about how we humans bond with each other, and how "anxious" people seeking relationships inadvertantly bond with "avoidant" people - not such a good outcome! ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. MANISH SINGH President & CEO, ImmunoCellular ... a novel approach to glioplastoma ... Return to top. Show Originating on January 18, 2011 DON TAPSCOTT Author, MacroWikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World Moira speaks with DON TAPSCOTT about how the beasic economic proposition has changed, all because of the Internet ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. BARBARA DOMAYNE-HAYMAN CEO, Stabilitech ... a new technology which eliminates the need to refrigerate vaccines ... MATTHEW DURDY CEO, Aqix ... a replacement for the saline drip ... Return to top. Show Originating on January 11, 2011 BILL DAVIDOW Author, OVERconnected the promise and threat of the Internet Moira speaks with BILL DAVIDOW about the ways in which we might be unwittingly OVER-connected with the explosion of the Internet ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: STEVE BURRILL President & CEO, Burrill & Co. ... 2010 Biotechnology Industry wrap-up and insights for 2011 ... Return to top. Show Originating on January 4, 2011 TED CONOVER Author, The Routes of Man: How Roads are changing the world and the way we live today Moira speaks with TED CONOVER about the roads that humans build - from the Romans to the Incas to the roads between Israel and Palestine ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. KLEANTHIS XANTHOPOLOUS (Pronounced Klee-anth-is Zan-thop-oh-lous) President, Regulus Therapeutics ... not DNA -- microRNA ... Return to top. Show Originating on December 28, 2010 DAN ROAM President & CEO, Digital Roam Author, Unfolding the Napkin the Hands-On Method for Solving Complex Problems with Simple Pictures Moira speaks with DAN ROAM, who tells us how to solve complex problems through visual thinking its all in your brain! ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: THOMAS NAGY (pronounced Nahhhjjjj) Executive Vice President, Novozymes ... figuring out a companys environmental impact ... And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... New ways to study the human body Return to top. Show Originating on December 21, 2010 IN OUR WINTER ARCHIVE SERIES ... DACHER KELTNER UC Berkeley Psychology Professor JASON MARSH Editor, Greater Good magazine Co-Editors, The Compassionate Instinct: The Science of Human Goodness Moira speaks with DACHER KELTER and JASON MARSH about how humans are programmed to be good ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ANDREW BALBER Chief Scientific Officer, Aldagen ... Adult Stem Cells ... JOHN HOLADAY Managing Director and CEO, QRX Pharma ... Teaching old drugs, new tricks ... Return to top. Show Originating on December 14, 2010 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 ... Return to top. Show Originating on December 7, 2010 A panel of professional science journalists from the Purdue Science Journalism Laureates Program Clive Cookson Science Editor, Financial Times of London Nuala Moran Managing Editor of Science\|Business UK correspondent for BioWorld Steven Levy Senior Writer for Wired Magazine Joan Leach Director of the Science Communications Programs University of Queensland Jon Van formerly with the Chicago Tribune, Correspondent with the Chicago News Cooperative Keith Devlin Director, H-Star Multidisciplinary Research Center Stanford University The NPR Weekend Edition Math Guy Jeff Young Senior Writer, Chronicle of Higher Education Peter Winter Director for Editorial at Burrill & Company Shankar Vedantam Reporter at the Washington Post Author, The Hidden Brain John Morrow Contributing Editor, Genetic Engineering News Moira speaks with Professional journalists from the Purdues Science Journalism Laureates Program reading and discussing this years 100 Words ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Return to top. Show Originating on November 30, 2010 JEFF PAPOWS President & CEO, WebLayers Former President, Lotus Development Corporation Author, GLITCH: The Hidden Impact of Faulty Software Moira speaks with JEFF PAPOWS about the glitches in our software - and what we might do about it ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: BARRY LABINGER Executive Vice President, Human Genome Sciences ... Benlysta: a new treatment for lupus ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... Rock Stars of Science ... Return to top. Show Originating on November 23, 2010 KEVIN KELLY Former Editor in Chief, Wired Magazine Author, What Technology Wants Moira speaks with Former Wired Editor KEVIN KEL about his view of technology ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. DAVID CHERNOFF Chief Medical Officer, Crescendo Bioscience ... a new diagnostic for rheumatoid arthritis ... Return to top. Show Originating on November 16, 2010 ROBERT KAPLAN Author, Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power Moira speaks with ROBERT KAPLAN about an area of the world that India and China finds extremely strategic the Indian Ocean ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. MARK RASENICK Distinguished University Professor University of Illinois, Chicago ... the science of depression ... Return to top. Show Originating on November 9, 2010 MICHAEL KRASNY Public Radio Host & Author, Spiritual Envy An Agnostics Quest Moira speaks with MICHAEL KRASNY about scientists and mathematicians who were also important philosophers. They look at the very human quest to find God or simply say, we dont know. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. RUBEN HENRIQUEZ CEO, Sanifit ... innovative technologies fighting calcification in the human body ... VICENS TUR CEO & Director General, DR. PABLO ESCRIBA Chief Scientific Officer, Lipo Pharma ... a novel approach to delivering drugs utilizing lipids ... Return to top. Show Originating on November 2, 2010 KEN GOLDBERG craigslist Distinguished Professor of New Media UC, Berkeley Moira speaks with KEN GOLDBERG about Opinion Space, an experimental website of the US State Department ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. NORBERT RIEDEL Chief Scientific Officer and Corp VP Baxter International ... the hospital of the future ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the Nobel Prize for in vitro fertilization ... Return to top. Show Originating on October 26, 2010 PROFESSOR PATRICK MAXWELL Head of Division of Medicine at University College, London PROFESSOR TONY CASS Research Director, Institute of Biomedical Engineering PROFESSOR GABRIEL AEPPLI Director, London Centre for Nanotechnology DR. DAVID SARPHIE CEO, Bio-Nano Consulting Moira speaks with four experts in the field of nanotechnology ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. PAUL TAN CEO, Living Cell Technologies ... Arctic pigs provide a treatment for long term unstable diabetes ... Return to top. Show Originating on October 19, 2010 BILL BRYSON Author, At Home: A Short History of Private Life Moira speaks with BILL BRYSON about the history of technology in our private lives ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR NINA DUDNIK Founder & CEO, Seeding Labs ... helping emerging countries develop their science programs ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... why getting the latest science information can cost you ... Return to top. Show Originating on October 12, 2010 SUSAN CASEY Author, The Wave In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean Moira speaks with SUSAN CASEY. What science has to say about rogue waves, and the extreme surfers who go in search of them ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR ANANDA CHAKRABARTY Holder, First US Life Science Patent University Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago Co-Founder, CDG Therapeutics ... bacteria a whole new way to treat cancer ... Return to top. Show Originating on October 5, 2010 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR TIM RODELL President and CEO, GlobeImmune ... bakers yeast figures into treating Hepatitis C ... Return to top. Show Originating on September 28, 2010 TOM HAYES & MIKE MALONE Co-Authors, No Size Fits All, from Mass Marketing to Mass Hand Selling Moira speaks with TOM HAYES and MIKE MALONE they say that its harder to Twitter your way to success than everyone claims ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: MARK LEDWIDGE & JOHN GILMER Solvotrin Therapeutics ... new life for that old standby Aspirin ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... neuroscience explains to David that his brain disagrees with him ... Return to top. Show Originating on September 21, 2010 PAUL EHRLICH Bing Professor of Population Studies and professor of Biology, Stanford University Author, The Dominant Animal Moira speaks with Paul Ehrlich about the role of man: The Dominant Animal ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: BOB PALAY Chairman and CEO, Cellular Dynamics International ... worlds largest manufacturer of human heart cells ... DR. MARK GOLDBERG Chairman, PlantForm Corporation ... a new approach to manufacturing drugs - in a tobacco plant ... Return to top. Show Originating on September 14, 2010 CLIFF NASS Professor, Stanford University Author, The Man Who Lied to His Laptop Moira speaks with CLIFF NASS about how people can successfully deal with each other science confirms it! ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JOE MILETICH Senior VP, Research & Development, Amgen ... innovative approaches to therapeutics for cancer and osteoporosis, among others ... Return to top. Show Originating on September 7, 2010 MICHAEL FAYER Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University Author, Absolutely Small: How Quantum Theory Explains Our Everyday World Moira speaks with Stanford Professor MICHAEL FAYER about Quantum Theory in our everyday lives ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. CARLOS PAYA President, Elan Pharmaceuticals ... innovative approaches to Alzheimers & Parkinsons ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the federal government wants to digitize your doctors office ... Return to top. Show Originating on August 31, 2010 MARY ROACH Author, Packing for Mars: The Curious science of Life in the Void Moira speaks with Mary Roach about all manner of odd space stories, including the challenges of flying the American flag on the moon ... MAX BEZOLD & TWYMAN CLEMENTS University of Kentucky graduate students Space entrepreneurs, Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... a US judge rules against President Obamas stem cell policy ... Return to top. Show Originating on August 24, 2010 PETER ROGERS Professor of Environmental Engineering and City Planning Harvard University SUSAN LEAL Environmental Consultant & Advanced Leadership Fellow Harvard University Co-Authors, Running Out of Water: The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve Our Most Precious Resource Moira speaks with Harvard professor PETER ROGERS and SUSAN LEAL about the state of water worldwide. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. GARY CUPIT CEO, Somnus Therapeutics ... something for those who fall asleep, but cant stay asleep ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the FDA approves the testing of a new stem cell therapy on humans ... Return to top. Show Originating on August 17, 2010 DR. AARON BLACKLEDGE Medical Director, Care Practice Moira speaks with DR. AARON BLACKLEDGE about a new kind of medical practice driven by the patients themselves and social media. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: On BioIssue of the Week: with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN *... direct-to-consumer genetics testing gets the attention of the FDA, the National Institutes of Health and* the Government Accounting Office ... Return to top. Show Originating on August 10, 2010 NICHOLAS CARR** Author, The Shallows: What is the Internet Doing to Our Brains Moira speaks with NICHOLAS CARR about what the Internet may - or may not - be doing to our brains. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: Moira and David Ewing Duncan interview: JASON BOBE Director of Community, Personal Genome Project Harvard Medical School Co-Founder, Do-It-Yourself Biotech ... we need everyone's DNA + Do-It-Yourself biotech ... Return to top. Show Originating on August 3, 2010 JAMES TABOR Author, Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth Moira speaks with JAMES TABOR, the host of the PBS adventure series "The Great Outdoors", about deep caves. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JAY SIEGEL Chief Biotechnology Officer, Johnson & Johnson DR. GARRY NEIL Corporate VP for Science & Technology, Johnson & Johnson ... J & J's work in biotech and how it's looking worldwide for disruptive technologies ... & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... The letters BGI and what they stand for ... Return to top. Show Originating on July 27, 2010 MATT RIDLEY Author, The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves Moira speaks with MATT RIDLEY about his observations regarding how the world has prospers ... and how he sees it continuing to prosper in the future. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: GLENN KELLY President & CEO, CO2 Solution ... human body shows us how to manage CO2 ... & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... President Obamas new commission on Bioethics ... Return to top. Show Originating on July 20, 2010 RAY KURZWEIL Futurist & Filmmaker, The Singularity is Near Video of Ray Kurzweil's address prior to the film premiere Video of Dr. Gunn's Q&A with Ray Kurzweil following the film premiere Moira speaks with futurist and inventor, RAY KURZWEIL. He tells us what does science and technology have in store over the next 10, 20, 30 years. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... when a prestigious journal publishes flawed science ... Return to top. Show Originating on July 13, 2010 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 ... Return to top. Show Originating on July 6, 2010 IN OUR SUMMER ARCHIVE SERIES ... PO BRONSON Journalist & Author, NurtureShock New Thinking about Children Moira speaks with Po Bronson talks to us about what science has learned about parenting. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... Davids takeaways from his interview with FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg Return to top. Show Originating on June 29, 2010 IN OUR SUMMER ARCHIVE SERIES ... RAY ANDERSON Founder & Chair, Interface, Inc. Author, Confessions of a Radical Industrialist Profits, People, Purpose Doing Business by Respecting the Earth Moira speaks with RAY ANDERSON, the founder and chair of the worlds largest manufacturer of modular carpet. Well hear about his personal epiphany about the environmental impact of carpet. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: PEGGY WILLOCKS Parkinsons' patient and advocate, The Parkinsons Pipeline Project ... volunteering for clinical trials ... & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the call for a "new" biology Return to top. Show Originating on June 22, 2010 IN OUR SUMMER ARCHIVE SERIES ... PETER MAASS Journalist & Author, Crude World The Violent Twilight of Oil Moira speaks with PETER MAASS about the global state of oil, and how technology plays a role. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: TOM WIGGANS Chairman & CEO, Peplin, Inc. Chair, The Biotechnology Institute ... an emerging treatment for skin cancer ... & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist *DAVID EWING DUNCAN* ... the science of longevity is gaining new respect Return to top. Show Originating on June 15, 2010 DAN SIMONS Professor of Psychology, University of Illinois Author, The Invisible Gorilla Moira speaks with Psychology Professor DAN SIMONS on why the gorilla is invisible and other limits of human perception. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. MICHAEL JACKSON Vice President for Drug Discovery and Development Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute ... using robots to find new drugs ... And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... EWAS Environment Wide Association Studies ... Return to top. Show Originating on June 8, 2010 CHIP HEATH Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford University Author, Switch How To Change, When Change is Hard Moira speaks with Stanford Professor CHIP HEATH about the key to making real change in our lives, no matter what the change is. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. EDWARD HOLMES Chair, National Medical Research Council Singapore ... how disease is different in Southeast Asia ... And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... Craig Venter and Artificial Life ... Return to top. Show Originating on June 1, 2010 DR. SHEENA IYENGAR Professor, Columbia University Author, The Art of Choosing Moira speaks with Columbia University professor Dr. Sheena Iyengar about what science knows about human decision-making. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. DAN NEVRIVY Patent Attorney The Nevrivy Law Group DR. HANS SAUER Patent Attorney Deputy General Counsel, Biotechnology Industry Organization ... a close look at the Myriad Genetics ruling was the global biotech industry gutted? ... Return to top. Show Originating on May 25, 2010 The BIO 2010 Conference in Chicago Bob Klein BioHumanitarian of the Year Maryland Governor Martin OMalley BioGovernor of the Year Wisconsin Governor Jim Boyle Jim Greenwood President, Biotechnology Industry Organization David Ewing Duncan Chief Correspondent, BioTech Nation Moira speaks with a number of guests, all of whom attended BIO 2010, the annual international biotechnology confrence, now in Chicago. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Return to top. Show Originating on May 18, 2010 DR. BURTON RICHTER Nobel Laureate in Physics Author, Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century Moira speaks with Nobel Laureate BURTON RICHTER about how and why the earth is warming so rapidly. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: JACK HUTTNER VP for Commercial Development and Public Affairs, Dupont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol ... making next-generation ethanol a reality in a tiny Tennessee town ... And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the genome of Steven Quake ... Return to top. Show Originating on May 11, 2010 BRIAN FAGAN Professor Emeritus, Anthropology UC Santa Barbara Author, Cro-Magnon How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans Moira speaks with Anthropologist BRIAN FAGAN on how the Neaderthals relate to modern man. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JOSH BOGER Director & Chairman, The New England Healthcare Institute ... two biological processes which cause Cystic Fibrosis, and how biotech takes aim at each... Return to top. Show Originating on May 4, 2010 SUSAN KRIEGER Stanford University Author, Traveling Blind: Adventures in Vision with a Guide Dog by My Side Moira speaks with Stanford University's Susan Krieger about her experiences traveling with her guide dog, Teela. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: MARK EMALFARB CEO, Dyadic International ... an entrepreneur who pioneered stonewashing jeans with actually pumice stones which eventually led to a large biotech company ... And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the Healthcare Reform Bill and biotech ... Return to top. Show Originating on April 27, 2010 MARK SHERMAN CEO, ZoomAtlas WARD CUNNINGHAM Inventor of the Wiki & Chair, Technical Advisory Board Moira speaks with ZoomAtlas CEO, MARK SHERMAN and WARD CUNNINGHAM, the inventor of the wiki. ZoomAtlas is a new geo-social networking site. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. LESLIE HICKLE VP for Business Development, BioAtla ... buying proteins and antibodies in bulk from a US firm with manufacturing facilities in Beijing ... And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the cancellation of Myriad Genetics gene patents ... Return to top. Show Originating on April 20, 2010 GEORGE PROCHNIK (pronounced PROSH-nick) Author, In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise Moira speaks with GEORGE PROCHNIK about seeking silence not easy in our modern world. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the 10th birthday of decoding the human genome ... Return to top. Show Originating on April 13, 2010 JOHN HAGEL Director, Deloitte Center for the Edge Author, The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion Moira speaks with JOHN HAGEL about how we act as individuals, as grass roots organizations, as governments, as small and large businesses, as universities well, its all gotta change. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ERIC TOMLINSON President & CEO, Altea Therapeutics ... a new device to inject drugs without using a needle ... Return to top. Show Originating on April 6, 2010 TED CONOVER Author, The Routes of Man: How Roads are changing the world and the way we live today Moira speaks with TED CONOVER about the roads that humans build - from the Romans to the Incas to the roads between Israel and Palestine ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. KLEANTHIS XANTHOPOLOUS (Pronounced Klee-anth-is Zan-thop-oh-lous) President, Regulus Therapeutics ... not DNA -- microRNA ... Return to top. Show Originating on March 31, 2010 SHANKAR VEDANTAM Journalist & Author, The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives Moira speaks with SHANKAR VEDANTAM (pronounced Chunk-er Ve-dan-tam) about what our brains do, that we're not conscious about ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: THOMAS GOETZ Executive Editor, Wired Magazine Author, The Decision Tree: Taking Control of Your Health in the New Era of Personalized Medicine Moira and David Ewing Duncan speak with THOMAS GOETZ about how you make choices given in the emergent world of personalized medicine ... And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the usefulness of genetic biomarkers ... Return to top. Show Originating on March 24, 2010 DAVID SHENK Journalist & Author, The Genius in All of Us: Why Everything Youve Been Told about Genetics, Talent and IQ is Wrong Moira speaks with DAVID SHENK about who we are were more than our DNA ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. PHIL BOYD CFO, Syntaxin, Ltd. ... other uses for botox ... And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the usefulness of genetic biomarkers ... Return to top. Show Originating on March 17, 2010 HENRY PETROSKI Duke University engineering and history professor Author, The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems Moira speaks with Duke University professor HENRY PETROSKI about the difference between being a scientist and being an engineer ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the Worlds most expensive drugs ... Return to top. Show Originating on March 10, 2010 SHANE HARRIS Intelligence and Homeland Security correspondent The National Journal Author, The Watchers: The Rise of Americas Surveillance State Moira speaks with SHANE HARRIS about information technology and surveillance in America today ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. MIKE DOYLE Director, Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia ... biotech and food safety ... Return to top. Show Originating on March 2, 2010 PETER HESSLER Author, Country Driving: A Journey through China, from Farm to Factory Moira speaks with journalist PETER HESSLER about driving in China some 90 Million new drivers took to the road over the last few years, and its a whole new car culture ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. TOM SHEPHERD CEO, CXR Biosciences ... Humanizing lab mice ... And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ... Return to top. Show Originating on February 23, 2010 BRENDA PETERSON Environmentalist & Author, I Want To Be Left Behind Moira speaks with environmentalist BRENDA PETERSON about her unlikely environmental roots ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. GREG ROTH Director of Medicinal Chemistry Burnham Institute for Medical Research ... Chemical Genomics ... DR. HARRIET ROBINSON Senior VP, GeoVax Labs ... HIV-AIDS vaccines for everyone both uninfected and not ... And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... a budget upswing for medical research ... Return to top. Show Originating on February 16, 2010 GRANT McCRACKEN Author, Chief Culture Officer Moira speaks with GRANT McCRACKEN about yet another corporate position: Chief Culture Officer ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: PATRICK GRUBER CEO, Gevo ... new biofuels, as good as gasoline ... DR. MARY OKANE Chief Scientist for New South Wales ... Australias unexpected contribution to the worlds science ... And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the new book from the head of the NIH - Francis Collins The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine Return to top. Show Originating on February 9, 2010 DAN ROAM President & CEO, Digital Roam Author, Unfolding the Napkin the Hands-On Method for Solving Complex Problems with Simple Pictures Moira speaks with DAN ROAM, who tells us how to solve complex problems through visual thinking its all in your brain! ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: THOMAS NAGY (pronounced Nahhhjjjj) Executive Vice President, Novozymes ... figuring out a companys environmental impact ... And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... New ways to study the human body Return to top. Show Originating on February 2, 2010 JEREMY RIFKIN Author, The Empathic Civilization The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis Moira speaks with JEREMY RIFKIN about economics, technology, progress, sustainability ... and the nature of being human ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: TJERK DE RUITER CEO, Genencor ... more sustainable products from tires to toys ... Return to top. Show Originating on January 26, 2010 NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON Director, The Hayden Planetarium Author, The Pluto Files Moira speaks with NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON, the Director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. He was the guy that took all the flack for downgrading Pluto from a planet to a dwarf. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ALAN SOLINGER Professor of Translational Biology and Medicinal Informatics University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland ... a new approach to treating neglected tropical diseases ... And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... surprise approval to test a biotech vaccine Return to top. Show Originating on January 19, 2010 DACHER KELTNER UC Berkeley Psychology Professor JASON MARSH Editor, Greater Good magazine Co-Editors, The Compassionate Instinct: The Science of Human Goodness Moira speaks with DACHER KELTER and JASON MARSH about how humans are programmed to be good ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ANDREW BALBER Chief Scientific Officer, Aldagen ... Adult Stem Cells ... JOHN HOLADAY Managing Director and CEO, QRX Pharma ... Teaching old drugs, new tricks ... Return to top. Show Originating on January 12, 2010 JARON LANIER Computer Scientist, Composer, Visual Artist, & Author, You are Not a Gadget ... a Manifesto Moira speaks with visionary thinker JARON LANIER. After decades in the tech industry, he is telling us now we are not our gadgets. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: ... a special interview with Dr. Gunn and Chief BioTech Nation correspondent, David Ewing Duncan ... STEVE BURRILL CEO, Burrill & Co. ... the 2009 Biotech Industry Wrap-Up ... Return to top. Show Originating on January 5, 2010 DARA OROURKE Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management UC, Berkeley Founder, goodguide.com Moira speaks with UC Berkeley professor DARA OROURKE. He tells us what it takes to understand the impact of everything we use it means tracking the global supply chain. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JAY KEASLING Professor, Chemical Engineering and BioEngineering UC, Berkeley 1st recipient of the Biotech Humanitarian Award ... cancer stem cells those somewhat controversial tiny cells which are now believed to be the tumor initiators ... Return to top. Show Originating on December 29, 2009 GEOFF NUNBERG Linguist & Fresh Air Commentator Author, The Years of Talking Dangerously Moira speaks with linguist Geoff Nunberg about how we have come to speak ... and why it can be considered dangerous. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: PAUL HASTINGS President & CEO, OncoMed Pharmaceuticals ... cancer stem cells those somewhat controversial tiny cells which are now believed to be the tumor initiators ... Return to top. Show Originating on December 22, 2009 DR DAVID KESSLER Former Commissioner, FDA Author, The End of Overeating Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite Moira speaks with Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner DAVID KESSLER about whats been invisibly added to the American supply, leaving some of us obese, and many more of us, unexpectedly overweight. He tells us the science behind what happens to our brains when we eat food laden with salt, fat and sugar. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Return to top. Show Originating on December 15, 2009 JAMES SCHWARTZ Author, In Pursuit of the Gene: From Darwin to DNA Moira speaks with JAMES SCHWARTZ about all the scientists who made contributions to the final discovery of the DNA, starting with Charles Darwin. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: JEREMY ABBATE Director, Global Media, Scientific American YALI FRIEDMAN Lead Editorial Consultant Scientific American worldVIEW: A Global Biotechnology Perspective ... Scientific American's first global biotechnology report ... And on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... a breakthrough in making plastics from sustainable materials Return to top. Show Originating on December 8, 2009 GRAEME GIBSON Author, The Bedside Book of Beasts Moira speaks with GRAEME GIBSON about the follow-up to his popular 2005 book The Bedside Book of Birds. This time the topic is Beasts, both real and mythical. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: On "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... biotech and shark fin soup? Return to top. Show Originating on December 1, 2009 The Science Journalism Laureates Program The Purdue University Science Journalism Laureates Program was created to recognize and encourage outstanding science journalists. This years theme: Science Journalism in the Age of Twitter. On this show, you'll hear frank talk about the reality of science journalism today and in the future. Participating Laureates: Clive Cookson, Science Editor, Financial Times of London David Ewing Duncan, the Chief Correspondent for BioTech Nation Joel Garreau, former Washington Post science journalist and author of Radical Evolution Susan Hassler, Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Spectrum Kevin Maney, former tech columnist with USA Today and author of Trade-Off Nuala Moran, Senior Editor at Science Business John Morrow, a Contributing Editor at Genetic Engineering News Peter Pockley, a career science journalist from Australia and New Zealand Jon Van, a long time science reporter for the Chicago Tribune Peter Winter, Editor-in-Chief of The Burrill Report Jeff Young, Writer and Senior Editor for Chronicle of Higher Education Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Return to top. Show Originating on November 24, 2009 JAMES WORKMAN Author, Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought Moira speaks with journalist and water expert James Workman about the global water situation and the lessons to be learned from the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: MARGIE McGLYNN President for Global Vaccines and Infectious Disease Merck & Company ... how the latest vaccines are so very different than those of the past ... Return to top. Show Originating on November 17, 2009 KEN AULETTA New Yorker Magazine columnist & Author, Googled: The End of the world as we know it Moira speaks with New Yorker Magazine columnist KEN AULETTA about the culture of Google and what that means to all of us Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: On "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the evolution of overconfidence Return to top. Show Originating on November 10, 2009 LARRY DOWNES Information Lawyer & Author, The Laws of Disruption: Harnessing the New Forces that Govern Life and Business in the Digital Age Moira speaks with LARRY DOWNES about how technology is disrupting typical economical and social forces. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: ROB NEVILLE Chairman Savara Pharmaceuticals ... nano-particles to treat the lung ... & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... NASAs mission to the moon Return to top. Show Originating on November 4, 2009 SUSAN BLAKESLEE Journalist & Author, The Body Has a Mind of Its Own Moira speaks with SUSAN BLAKESLEE about the neuroscience which maps your brain onto your body. HENRY PETROSKI Duke University Professor & Author, The Toothpick Moira speaks with Duke University professor HENRY PETROSKI about the lowly toothpick. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... how neuroscience tests fear and anxiety Return to top. � Show Originating on October 27, 2009 PETER MAASS Journalist & Author, Crude World � The Violent Twilight of Oil Moira speaks with PETER MAASS about the global state of oil, and how technology plays a role. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: TOM WIGGANS Chairman & CEO, Peplin, Inc. Chair, The Biotechnology Institute �... an emerging treatment for skin cancer ... & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist *DAVID EWING DUNCAN* ... the science of longevity is gaining new respect Return to top. � Show Originating on October 20, 2009 PO BRONSON Journalist & Author, NurtureShock � New Thinking about Children Moira speaks with Po Bronson talks to us about what science has learned about parenting. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David�s takeaways from his interview with FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg Return to top. � Show Originating on October 13, 2009 RAY ANDERSON Founder & Chair, Interface, Inc. Author, Confessions of a Radical Industrialist � Profits, People, Purpose � Doing Business by Respecting the Earth Moira speaks with RAY ANDERSON, the founder and chair of the world�s largest manufacturer of modular carpet. We�ll hear about his personal epiphany about the environmental impact of carpet. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: PEGGY WILLOCKS Parkinsons' patient and advocate, The Parkinsons Pipeline Project �... volunteering for clinical trials ... & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the call for a "new" biology Return to top. � Show Originating on October 6, 2009 KEVIN MANEY Journalist & Author, Trade-Off - Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Don�t Moira speaks with KEVIN MANEY about the trade-off we make when we buy products � are we going for hip, cool and high-quality? Or cheap and easy? It can't be both ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. TIM RODELL President, GlobeImmune �... using our immune system to fight cancer ... & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... how our bodies keep time Return to top. � Show Originating on September 29, 2009 GREG PAPADOPOULOS Chief Technology Officer, Sun Microsystems Author, Citizen Engineer: A Handbook for Socially Responsible Engineering Moira speaks with GREG PAPADOPOULOS, the CTO of Sun about what it means to be a "Citizen Engineer." Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. CHARLES BAVINGTON Managing Director, Glycomar �... drugs from the slime of starfish ... & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the science of sugared sodas Return to top. � Show Originating on September 22, 2009 GORDON BELL and JIM GEMMELL Co-Authors, Total Recall: How the E-Memory Revolution Will Change Everything Moira speaks with Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell about what it means to digitally record everything in our lives Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR BILL CHELIAK Vice President for Business Development, Neurodyn �... genetics + environment = disease ... & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... new biomarkers for Alzheimer�s Return to top. � Show Originating on September 15, 2009 DR. KATHY REICHS Forensic Anthropologist & Author, 209 Bones Moira speaks with DR. KATHY REICHS, the scientist behind the television series: "Bones" Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: LORD NAREN PATEL Chair of the Inquiry into Genomic Medicine UK House of Lords �... recommendations on the future of genomic medicine in the UK ... Return to top. � Show Originating on September 8, 2009 JONATHAN LITTMAN & MARC HERSHON Co-Authors, I Hate People Moira speaks with JONATHAN LITTMAN & MARC HERSHON about how to use technology to can help you survive at work. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. PAUL DICK CEO, Chemaphor �... a small Canadian company brings wellness to your pets ... Return to top. � Show Originating on September 1, 2009 CHRIS MOONEY Journalist Author, Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future Moira speaks with journalist CHRIS MOONEY about the state of Scientific Illiteracy in the United States and what that means. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: CANDACE TONER CEO, BioMatters �... a biotech software companey which is relevant to a wide range of efforts - from swine flu in New York City to the DNA of the island of Maurea ... & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the cost of decoding human DNA is falling rapidly Return to top. � Show Originating on August 25, 2009 BRIAN ARTHUR Former Professor, Stanford University Author, The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves Moira speaks with former Stanford professor BRIAN ARTHUR on the nature of technology. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR JOSH BOGER Former CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals �... new approaches to treating Cystic Fibrosis ... Return to top. � Show Originating on August 18, 2009 ZACK LYNCH Executive Director, Neurotechnology Industry Organization Author, The Neuro Revolution: How Brain Science is Changing Our World Moira speaks with Zack Lynch about the revolution in neurotechnology. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR EDDY LITTLER CEO, DomaineX �... dissecting large, complex molecules ... & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the challenge of the current healthcare debate Return to top. � Show Originating on August 11, 2009 JOHN HAGEL Co-chair of Deloitte�s Center for the Edge Lead Author, Shift Index Report 2009: Measuring the Forces of Long-Term Change Moira speaks with JOHN HAGEL, about the long term trends in technology and the economy. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR BELINDA CLARKE Life Science Manager, East of England �... biotech and Healthy Aging ... & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the challenge of determining exactly who a drug will work for � and who it won�t Return to top. � Show Originating on August 4, 2009 DOUG RUSHKOFF Professor, Media Studies The New School Author, Life, Inc � How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take It Back Moira speaks with DOUG RUSHKOFF about the role that corporations have started to play in every aspect of our lives Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. MALCOLM DEVINE Vice President for Agricultural Crops, Performance Plants �... a Canadian firm tinkers with plants to make them robust ... & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... all about algae Return to top. � Show Originating on July 28, 2009 SARAH DUNANT Author, Sacred Hearts Moira speaks with SARAH DUNANT, the author of �a novel which takes place in a 16th century Italian convent � along with this we get a view of the medical science and technology of the day. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ANDREW BALBER Chief Scientific Officer, Aldagen �... banking mature stem cells ... DR. NICHOLAS GOEDERS Professor & Department Head Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience LSU Health Sciences Center �... a new approach to treating addictions ... & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... Delivering healthcare in the developing world Return to top. � Show Originating on July 21, 2009 SIR MICHAEL RAWLINS Chair, UK�s National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence Moira speaks with SIR MICHAEL RAWLINS about how Britain makes decisions on who gets which medical treatments. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: LARS HANSEN President & CEO, Novozymes North America �... the world�s largest producer of enzymes ... & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... science studies happiness Return to top. � Show Originating on July 14, 2009 DR. HERB NEEDLEMAN Professor and Pediatrician 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. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: WAYNE PISANO President & CEO, Sanofi Pasteur �... the world�s largest producer of flu vaccines ... & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... two studies around statins - possibly in conflict Return to top. � Show Originating on July 7, 2009 RUSSELL SHORTO 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. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: 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 Return to top. � Show Originating on June 30, 2009 DR. MARCO IACABONI Professor, UCLA Author, Mirroring People: The New Science of How We Connect with Others Moira speaks with UCLA�s DR. MARCO IACABONI about how we �Mirror� People � it�s how we empathize with others. PAUL GOLDSTEIN Lillick Professor of Law, Stanford Law School Author, A Patent Lie Moira speaks with Stanford professor PAUL GOLDSTEIN, who fills us in on his latest legal thriller Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. COLIN GARNER CEO, Xceleron �... a new technology reducing the need for animal testing ... Return to top. � Show Originating on June 23, 2009 Then on BioTech Nation, DLA Piper�s Bruce Jenett likens biotechnology to a simple, everyday light switch, and on BioIssue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan zeroes in on cucumbers. JAMES LOVELOCK Scientist and Creator of the Gaia Theory Author, The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning Moira speaks with scientist JAMES LOVELOCK, the creator of the Gaia Theory. Once controversial, it�s reached mainstream acceptance, and he has more predictions for us now. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: BRUCE JENETT Co-Chair, Global Life Sciences Sector, DLA Piper �... a definition of biotechnology that anyone can understand... & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... celebrates the decoding of the DNA of cucumbers Return to top. � Show Originating on June 16, 2009 DR. LARRY DOSSEY Author, The Power of Premonitions Moira speaks with DR. LARRY DOSSEY about the science documenting premonitions. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. MIKE FISHER Bio-Nano Consulting and PROFESSOR TONY CASS Professor of Chemical Biology Imperial College, London �... nanotechnology � its reality and its potential ... Return to top. � Show Originating on June 9, 2009 DARA O�ROURKE Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management UC, Berkeley Founder, goodguide.com Moira speaks with UC Berkeley professor DARA O�ROURKE. He tells us what it takes to understand the impact of everything we use � which means tracking the global supply chain. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JAY KEASLING Professor, Chemical Engineering and BioEngineering UC Berkeley 1st recipient of the Biotech Humanitarian Award �... the growing worldwide challenge of malaria � and a completely new approach which may make it manageable ... Return to top. � Show Originating on June 2, 2009 Live from the International Biotechnology Conference: BIO 2009 JIM GREENWOOD President, Biotechnology Industry Organization DR. STEVE SHERWIN Oncologist & CEO, Cell Genesys Incoming Chair of the Biotechnology Industry Organization and ... DAVID EWING DUNCAN with BioIssue of the Week A special hour from the international biotechnology conference, featuring a special BioIssue of the Week, where David and Moira look at the top stories and the state of biotech Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Return to top. � Show Originating on May 26, 2009 DANIEL GOLEMAN Author, Ecological Intelligence � How Knowing the Hidden Impact of What We Buy Can Change Everything Moira speaks with DANIEL GOLEMAN, best known as the author of �Emotional Intelligence�. He�s interested in a new topic: He calls it �Ecological Intelligence.� Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. TONY COLES President & CEO, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, �... betting the company on a single drug This is part of a series organized by BayBIO, the Northern California Life Sciences Organization, spotlighting the free online Impact 2009 Report about all the biotech companies in California ... Return to top. � Show Originating on May 19, 2009 DAVID HELVARG Author, Rescue Warriors: The US Coast Guard, America�s Forgotten Heroes Moira speaks with David Helvarg about the story of the Coast Guard - from saving fishermen in the icy waters off Alaska to rescuing thousands in the wake of Katrina Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: JJ BIENAIME President & CEO, BioMarin Pharmaceuticals, �... biotech takes on orphan diseases This is part of a series organized by BayBIO, the Northern California Life Sciences Organization, spotlighting the free online Impact 2009 Report about all the biotech companies in California ... Return to top. � Show Originating on May 12, 2009 GEOFF NUNBERG Linguist & �Fresh Air� Commentator Author, The Years of Talking Dangerously Moira speaks with Fresh Air commentator GEOFF NUNBERG about the impact of words in a dynamic, changing world. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: PAUL HASTINGS President & CEO, Oncomed, �... cancer stem cells This is part of a series organized by BayBIO, the Northern California Life Sciences Organization, spotlighting the free online Impact 2009 Report about all the biotech companies in California ... Return to top. � Show Originating on May 5, 2009 DR RORY COOPER OS OSBORN Co-Directors, Quality of Life Technology Center Moira speaks with Rory and Os about quality of life technology � sometimes for those of us who are physically challenged, and at other times, for all of us. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: MATT GARDNER President & CEO, BayBIO, the Northern California Life SciencesOrganization �... the new free online Impact 2009 Report about all the biotech companies in California � and everything they are working on... Return to top. � Show Originating on April 28, 2009 DR DAVID KESSLER UCSF Professor & Former Commissioner, FDA Author, The End of Overeating � Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite Moira speaks with former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner DAVID KESSLER about what�s been invisibly added to the American supply, leaving some of us obese, and many of us, unexpectedly overweight. He tells us the science behind what happens to our brains when we eat food laden with salt, fat and sugar. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Return to top. � Show Originating on April 21, 2009 JUDITH ORLOFF UCLA psychiatrist, Author, Emotional Freedom Moira speaks with UCLA psychiatrist DR. JUDITH ORLOFF about the psychology and biology of our emotions. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: JIM HENGST President & CEO, ZeptoMetrix �... How research scientists acquire such materials as HIV and SARS JACK ARMSTRONG CEO, Genaera Corporation �... Developing better diabetes drugs & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the Rolling Stone 100 � scientists make the list Return to top. � Show Originating on April 14, 2009 The �Big Ideas� Panel from the National Academy of Engineering's �Summit on Grand Challenges� at Duke University The panelists ... Dr. Leah Jamieson, Dean of Engineering, Purdue University Dr. Tom Byers, Professor of Engineering, Stanford University Dr. Ilesanmi ("Ade") Adesida, Dean of Engineering, University of Illinois Dr. Rick Miller, President and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Dr. Louis Martin-Vega, Dean of Engineering, North Carolina State University Moira speaks with a panel of nationally-recognized engineering deans and professors, eliciting Big Ideas to meet the National Academy of Engineering's Grand Challenges. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: CRAIG WHEELER CEO, Momenta Pharmaceuticals �... Biologics and the new Biosimilars Bill in Congress & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the problematic future of science journalists? Return to top. � Show Originating on April 7, 2009 ALAN BOSS Research Scientist Carnegie Institution of Washington Author, The Crowded Universe: The Search for Living Planets Moira speaks with DR. ALAN BOSS about NASA�s Kepler Mission and the life-supporting planets it expects to discover. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... a Personalized Medicine Project Return to top. � Show Originating on March 31, 2009 ED HUMES Pulitzer Prizer & Author, Author, Eco Barons: The Dreamers, Schemers, and Millionaires Who Are Saving Our Planet Moira speaks with ED HUMES about the new �Eco-Barons� who are trying to save the planet Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JOE DIRISI Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics Howard Hughes Medical Investigator UCSF, the University of California at San Francisco �... the Virus chip � how it works for man and animals and even for any viruses, no matter what the source Return to top. � Show Originating on March 25, 2009 SCOTT THOMPSON President, PayPal Moira speaks with SCOTT THOMPSON, the President of PayPal. He tells us what it takes to make PayPal global ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JOE MILETICH Senior Vice President, R&D, Amgen �... how new DNA technologies are changing on-going scientific studies CARLOS RIVA CEO, Verenium Corporation �... ethanol moves from small farms to full commercialization & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the future of �man-machine melding� Return to top. � Show Originating on March 18, 2009 ALVA NOE Professor of Philosophy Institute of Cognitive and Brain Sciences UC Berkeley Author, Out of Our Heads � Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness Moira speaks with UC Berkeley professor ALVA NOE - we are not our brains ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DAVID EWING DUNCAN Chief Correspondent, BioTech Nation Author, Experimental Man: What One Man�s Body Reveals about His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World Moira speaks with David about his odyssey into every test available... Return to top. � Show Originating on March 11, 2009 DR. KEN DYCHTWALD Psychologist & Gerontologist Author, With Purpose � Going from Success to Significance in Work and Life Moira speaks with psychologist DR. KEN DYCHTWALD about re-writing the script for aging, especially in these economic times. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. CLIFF REID Chairman, President & CEO, Complete Genomics �... DNA data and Large Scale Genome Studies Return to top. � Show Originating on March 2, 2009 MARIO LIVIO Senior Astrophysicist, Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute Author, Is God a Mathematician? Moira speaks with Astrophysicist MARIO LIVIO, who asks and answers the question: �Is God a Mathematician?� Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: JOHN HOLADAY CEO, QRX Pharma, Sydney, Australia �... creating new applications for old blockbuster drugs & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the windfall for science in the new economic stimulus package Return to top. � Show Originating on February 24, 2009 PHIL ZIMMERMANN Inventor, PGP � Pretty Good Privacy Fellow, Stanford Law School�s Center for Internet and Society Creator, The Zfone Project Moira speaks with PHIL ZIMMERMANN, the creator of PGP � Pretty Good Privacy, the most-widely used email encryption software in the world. In his latest effort, the Zfone Project, Phil enables any two individuals to carry our a secure telephone call over the Internet. The software is available for download at The Zfone Project Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: ROHIT SHUKLA CEO, The LARTA Institute �... how some governments are helping struggling biotech start-ups & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... why some science stories get covered, while others do not Return to top. � Show Originating on February 17, 2009 SUSAN ROANE Author, Face to Face --- How to Reclaim the Personal Touch in a Digital World Moira speaks with Susan Roane about remembering we're human while we use our technogadgets Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: & on a Special Edition of "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... On the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of his seminal scientific work: �On the Origin of Species�, David brings a surprise guest ERIC SIMONS Author, Darwin Slept Here Return to top. � Show Originating on February 10, 2009 NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON Director, The Hayden Planetarium Author, The Pluto Files Moira speaks with Hayden Planetarium Director, NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON. He was the guy that took all the flack for downgrading Pluto from a planet to a dwarf. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ANDREW HOPKINS Professor of Translational Biology and Medicinal Informatics University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland �... a new approach to treating neglected tropical diseases & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... a surprise FDA approval to test a biotech vaccine Return to top. � Show Originating on February 3, 2009 LARRY LESSIG Professor, Stanford Law School Founder, Center for Internet and Society Author, REMIX: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy Moira speaks with Stanford Law professor LARRY LESSIG about trying to make our old laws work with the new technology of the Internet. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ALAN SOLINGER VP for Clinical Immunology, Xoma Corporation �... a new approach to treating Type II diabetes & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... what�s budgeted for science in the new economic stimulus package Return to top. � Show Originating on January 27, 2009 KEN BRILL Executive Director, Uptime Institute Moira speaks with KEN BRILL about a paradox of modern life � we traded in our big gas-guzzling automobiles, but surfin� the Internet has a surprise energy downside ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DAVID YOUNG General Manager, FermiScan �... breast cancer detection from a snip of your hair & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... Discount DNA??? Return to top. � Show Originating on January 20, 2009 ZACHARY SHORE Author, Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions Moira speaks with ZACHARY SHORE about blunders � looking back through history and gleaning insights on life in the present. The techno-snafu�s start with no other than Thomas Alva Edison. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: JIM GREENWOOD President, BIO � the Biotechnology Industry Organization �... the state of biotech today and what we can expect from the new Obama administration Return to top. � Show Originating on January 13, 2009 DARREL RHEA CEO, Cheskin Added Value Moira speaks with DARREL RHEA, the CEO of Cheskin Added Value. He tells us that even in an economic meltdown, we need to study the marketplace. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DON ELMER CEO, Koronis Pharmaceuticals �... a new approach to fighting HIV & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David rings in the New Year with his "state of biotech" Return to top. � Show Originating on January 6, 2009 VAN JONES Author, The Green Collar Economy Moira speaks with VAN JONES about what it takes to build a green collar economy. Remember that 10 pounds each of us Americans put on over the last decade? Well, he�s computed what it�s costing us in terms of gas in our cars and fuel in our jets ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: Dr. Carolee Barlow CEO, Braincells Inc. �... a new discovery about anti-depressants Dr. Paul Rubin CEO, Resolvyx �... the science of fish oil & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David rings in the New Year with his "state of biotech" Return to top. � 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. They�ll talk about his vision for utilizing technology to alleviate poverty and literally change the world.... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... 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� Return to top. � 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. BEN COCKS Research Director for Animal Genetics and Genomics The Victorian Government in Australia �... it�s 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. Return to top. � 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... 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. Return to top. � 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. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... 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 Return to top. � 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. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* WAYNE PISANO President & CEO, Sanofi Pasteur �... the world�s largest producer of flu vaccines & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... two studies around statins -- possibly in conflict Return to top. � 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. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... 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 Return to top. � 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 it�s like to include science in your novel and the critics don�t believe you. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... 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 Return to top. � 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. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* 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 Return to top. � 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�. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... 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 aren�t available & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... what we absorb each time we fly an airplane Return to top. � Show Originating on October 28, 2008 KEITH DEVLIN Weekend Edition�s 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. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... 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 Return to top. � 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 we�re getting for free on the Internet, and for scientists, what plain and simple is not out there for any price. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... 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 Return to top. � Show Originating on 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 Doctor�s 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. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... 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 Return to top. � 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 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... 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 Return to top. � 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 Moira speaks with Nobel Laureate FRANK WILCZEK about the science coming out of the new Large Halon Collider in Switzerland - these scientists are taking dead aim at his more recent theories ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* DR. CHRISTIAN WEYER VP for Clinical Research Amlyn Pharmaceuticals �... Diabetes treatment and weight loss in the same pharmaceuticals & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... ... a little bit of DNA can go a long way Return to top. � Show Originating on September 23, 2008 TIM SANDERS Author, Saving the World at Work: What Companies and Individuals Can Do to Go Beyond making a Profit to Making a Difference Moira speaks with TIM SANDERS about how you can combine doing good with working � and technology is no exception ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* MARI BAKER President & CEO, Navigenics �... checking your DNA over your lifetime Return to top. � Show Originating on September 16, 2008 BRIAN GREENE Astrophysicist & Mathematician Author, Icarus at the Edge of Time Moira speaks with Astrophysicist BRIAN GREENE about the idea that we can learn complex science ... and not even know it ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* A special on Multiple Sclerosis ... DR. DEBORAH EPPSTEIN CEO, Q Therapeutics �... replacing protective cells KEVIN GIESE President & CEO, BIOMS Medical �... on a Canadian therapy soon reaching the market & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... ... do we want our drugs fast? Or safe? Return to top. � Show Originating on September 9, 2008 JEFF HOWE Editor, WIRED Magazine Author, Crowdsourcing Moira speaks with WIRED editor JEFF HOWE about crowdsourcing � the idea that you can put your needs out on the Internet, and others will respond ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* DR. PATRICK CASEY Faculty, Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland Founder and Clinician Scientist Therapy Cell Limited �... growing new tendons from your own cells & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... ... the lack-of-commitment genes -- in men (go figure) Return to top. � Show Originating on September 2, 2008 GREG BEAR Hugo and Nebula Award Winner Author, The City at the End of Time Moira speaks with GREG BEAR about how human civilization might play out in the distant future ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* BRENT ERICKSON Executive Vice President for Industrial and Environment Technology Biotechnology Industry Organization �... biotechnology and the farm bill & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... ... the status of four drugs all aimed at Alzheimer's Return to top. � Show Originating on August 26, 2008 MICHAEL MEYER Journalist & Author, The Last Days of Old Beijing Moira speaks with MICHAEL MEYER about the impact of the Olympics on the old parts of the City of Beijing ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... KRIS KIMMEL Founder, The idea Festival Moira speaks with Kris Kimmel about the Idea Festival taking place September 24-27, 2008 in Louisville, Kentucky. ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* DR. ALAN SACHS VP for RNA Therapeutics, Merck Pharmaceuticals �... no, not DNA! ... he's working on RNA !!! & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... ... Can we tell the age of those tiny Chinese gymnasts? Return to top. � Show Originating on August 19, 2008 PETE BLACKSHAW Author, Satisfied Customers Tell Three Friends, Angry Customers Tell 3,000 Moira speaks PETE BLACKSHAW about how effective complaining on the Internet can be ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* DR. DAVID LACEY Senior Vice President for Research, Amgen �... biotechnology targets bone loss & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... all about Anton... Return to top. � Show Originating on August 12, 2008 PAUL EHRLICH Bing Professor of Population Studies, Stanford University Author, The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment Moira speaks with PAUL EHRLICH, famous for his book �The Population Bomb� published some 40 years ago. Now he looks at evolution and the environment. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* IAN BODDY General Manager, Commercial, AgResearch Limited Hamilton, New Zealand �... biotechnology to lessen the impact of cattle on the environment & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... how big Pharma may be going on a shopping spree, looking to buy up biotech companies ... Return to top. � Show Originating on August 5, 2008 JIM O'TOOLE Professor of Business Ethics, University of Denver Author, Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor Moira speaks with business ethics professor JIM O'TOOLE about organizational transparency - it may be the only option in the age of the Internet ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* DR. CAROL NACY CEO, Sequella �... ... why tuberculosis is on the rise in the US and an new early diagnostic for it & on "The BioIssue of the Week" ��with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David's annual BIO wrap-up, including how Arnold Schwarzenegger and his father-in-law Sargent Shriver, the founder of the Peace Corps, figure into biotech ... Return to top. � Show Originating on July 29, 2008 ORI & ROM BRAFMAN Author, Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior Moira speaks with Brothers ORI & ROM BRAFMAN about why we make irrational decisions ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* DR. ALAN LEWIS President & CEO, Novocell ... another new approach to treating diabetes "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David somehow relates the steam engine to biotech ... Return to top. Show Originating on July 22, 2008 DR. PAUL SWAIN Professor, Imperial College, London Inventor, the tiny pill with a camera inside Moira speaks with the fellow who invented that tiny little capsule with the camera in it, which would swallow and it takes pictures all the way. That would be Imperial College professor DR. PAUL SWAIN, the person who swallowed the very first one. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* DR. JOSH BOGER President & CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals ... Hepatitis C. He's cautious, but he talking 'cure' "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David's testimony in Washington on direct-to-consumer DNA testing ... Return to top. Show Originating on July 15, 2008 DR. MARCO IACABONI Professor, UCLA Author, Mirroring People: The New Science of How We Connect with Others Moira speaks with UCLA's DR. MARCO IACABONI about how we Mirror people thats how we empathize with others. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... PAUL GOLDSTEIN Lillick Professor of Law Stanford Law School Author, A Patent Lie Moira speaks with Stanford professor PAUL GOLDSTEIN fills us in on his latest legal thriller A Patent Lie ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* DR. COLIN GARNER CEO, Xceleron ... on a new technology which could reduce the need for animal testing Return to top. Show Originating on July 8, 2008 WILLIAM GIBSON Award-winning science fiction author Author, Spook Country Moira speaks with Popular writer WILLIAM GIBSON, perhaps best known for coining the word cyberspace. He takes us on a GPS-based tour of cyber-art around the world ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... *... and on BioTech Nation:* DR. LEE GOLDSTEIN Boston University School of Medicine ... on an inadvertent discovery that just may lead to the worlds first Alzheimer diagnostic Return to top. Show Originating on July 1, 2008 CARL ZIMMER Author, Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life Moira speaks with award-winning science writer CARL ZIMMER. Whats the E in E. coli? Youll know soon. ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: BIO president Jim Greenwood and BIO chair Josh Boger ... Our annual BIO conference wrap-up Dr. Paul Tan CEO, Living Cell Technologies ... on feral pigs left some 200 years ago by whalers on subantarctic islands ... and now useful in treating diabetes Return to top. Show Originating on June 24, 2008 SANDRA BLAKESLEE New York Times contributor Author, The Body Has a Mind of Its Own Moira speaks with SANDRA BLAKESLEE about how neuroscience is revealing how our brains map out everything from phantom limbs to anorexia to even virtual reality ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... HENRY PETROSKI Professor, Civil Engineering and History Duke University Author, The Toothpick Moira speaks with HENRY PETROSKI about that simple and almost invisible technology the toothpick ... ... and on BioTech Nation: "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us news about fear and anxiety in our brains ... Return to top. Show Originating on June 17, 2008 MARYANNE WOLF Director, Reading and Language Research Center Tufts University Author, Proust and the Squid Moira speaks with MARYANNE WOLF on how human brains have adapted since we invented writing and along with it reading ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. NORMA NOWAK Director of Science and Technology The New York State Center of Excellence in BioInformatics and Life Sciences ... On some interesting new discoveries which could some day replace amniocentesis "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us what's in the news ... Return to top. Show Originating on June 10, 2008 LEONARD MALTIN Movie Critic and Historian Author, Leonard Maltin's 2008 Movie Guide Moira speaks with movie critic and historian LEONARD MALTIN. They talk about technology, both in making movies and affecting the content therein ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ANTHONY SMITHYMAN Managing Director, Special Phage Services ... On the resurgence of interest in phages Return to top. Show Originating on June 3, 2008 RICK SMOLAN Photographer and Editor Author, America at Home: A Close-Up Look at How We Live Moira speaks with RICK SMOLAN. He'll tell us how hundreds of photographers spread out across America and recorded how we actually live. Hell also give us the best tip ever about digital cameras ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: Peter Lee University of Auckland ... On how computers and biology worked together to give King Kong a personality "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us all about Tells us about the neurotech industry thats right technology for our brains ... Return to top. Show Originating on May 27, 2008 STUART KAUFFMAN MacArthur Fellow Author, Reinventing the Sacred: A New View of Science, Reason, and Religion Moira speaks with MacArthur Fellow STUART KAUFFMAN. He takes a New View of Science, Reason, and Religion ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us all about the funding of the Food and Drug Administration. Do it need more funding? Or not? You make the call ... Return to top. Show Originating on May 20, 2008 GERD LEONHARD Music & Media Futurist Author, Music 2.0 Moira speaks with Music Futurist GERD LEONHARD. He shares a new view of what music is all about that means changes for both the big music companies and the consumer ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: CHARLES BARBER Lecturer, Yale School of Medicine Author, Comfortably Numb How Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation ... Moira speaks with CHARLES BARBER about the rise of prescription medication for depression and the similar rise in television advertising. "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us all about GINA not the girl, but rather the act of Congress. ... Return to top. Show Originating on May 13, 2008 STEVE CONE Silicon Valley entrepreneur Author, Powerlines Words that sell brands, grip fans, and Sometimes Change History Moira speaks with Marketing exec STEVE CONE, who takes on everything from those Mac-PC commercials to todays Presidential candidates ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ELAINE JOHNSON Director, Bio-Link ... Moira speaks with DR. ELAINE JOHNSON about the easiest way to a biotech career. Dr. Johnson talk about the National Science Foundation-funded Bio-Link and - whether you've got a PhD or are no degree at all - the educational resources available at your local community college. Return to top. Show Originating on May 6, 2008 TOM HAYES Silicon Valley entrepreneur Author, Jump Point: How Network Culture is Revolutionizing Business Moira speaks with TOM HAYES. A Silicon Valley veteran, he takes us beyond Web 2.0 all the way to Web 3.0 ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR IAN WILMUT Leader of the team that cloned Dolly the sheep ... David Ewing Duncan and Moira speak with IAN WILMUT. Well fondly recall Dolly the first cloned sheep as well as Frosty, the first calf born from a frozen embryo. And well find out why its so darn hard to clone humans even if we wanted to. Return to top. Show Originating on April 29, 2008 DR GREG STOCK President and CEO, Signum Biosciences DR JENNIE HUNTER-CEVERA *President, UMBI,* the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute DR. EMANUAL PETRICOIN** Vice President and Chief Science Officer, Theranostics Health DR. LANCE LIOTTA Co-Founder and Vice President for R&D, Theranostics Health Moira and David Ewing Duncan host a panel of experts from the BIO IT 7th Annual Conference on the state of Healthcare and Medical Technology 2028. The subject? Changing Biotech. Not only how it is changing now, but also what would these experts do to change biotech today, to make the world a better place. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Return to top. Return to top. Show Originating on April 22, 2008 Dr. Michio Kaku Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics City University of New York Author, Physics of the Impossible ... A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel Moira speaks with DR. MICHIO KAKU about the science behind everything you ever watched on Star Trek ... or lack thereof ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR LYN BEAZLEY Chief Scientist, Western Australia ... on how Australia is so very different from any other continent, and why biotech is interested "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David links the contributions of Arthur C. Clarke and biotech ... Return to top. Return to top. Show Originating on April 15, 2008 MARY ROACH Journalist and Author, Bonk: the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex Moira speaks with MARY ROACH, who has followed her popular books "Stiff" and "Spook" with Bonk: the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex.... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. HERB HAUPTMANN 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ... How a mathematician could win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry Return to top. Show Originating on April 8, 2008 WAGNER JAMES AU 3D Virtual Journalist and Author, The Making of Second Life Moira speaks with WAGNER JAMES AU, who embedded himself as a journalist on the virtual 3-D world, Second Life ... Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. DAVID SPENCER Senior Vice President for R&D, Biolex Therapeutics ... about a new approach to Hepatitis C "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David looks at the proposed Neurotechnology Initiative in Congress ... Return to top. Show Originating on April 1, 2008 STEVEN LEVY Technology Editor Newsweek Editor, The Best of Technology Writing 2007 Moira speaks with Newsweek Technology Editor STEVEN LEVY about the best technology writing of 2007, and how to submit your own for 2008 Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... SCOTT SIGLER Author, Infected Moira speaks with SCOTT SIGLER talks about his bioterror thriller "Infected". While it's based on the premise of a biological weapon on the loose, he's actually a modern day Charles Dickens . ... and on BioTech Nation: DR JIM HENGST President, ZeptoMetrix ... about how scientists get everything from anthrax to HIV to SARS for their research "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David looks at treatments grown from our own DNA ... Return to top. Show Originating on March 25, 2008 FRED KRUPP, President MIRIAM HORN, Senior Staff The Environmental Defense Fund Co-Authors, Earth: The Sequel ... The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming Moira speaks with EDF's FRED KRUPP and MIRIAM HORN. They’ve scoured the globe for new alternative energy technologies and the reality of their economics. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. DEVRA DAVIS Director, Center for Environmental Oncology, The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and Prevent Cancer Now Author, The Secret History of the War on Cancer Moira speaks with DR. DEVRA DAVIS about the environment, cancer and a future plan for success Return to top. Show Originating on March 18, 2008 CLAY SHIRKY Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU Author, Here Comes Everybody ... The Power of Organizing Without Organizations Moira speaks with CLAY SHIRKY about the relationship between social networks and technical networks. Now with texting, and digital photos and cell phones, everything from politics to socializing will never be the same Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: KAREN BOEZI Co-Founder & Partner , Thomas, McNerny & Partners ...on Venture Capital and neurotech "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David talks about next-generation DNA technology ... Return to top. Show Originating on March 11, 2008 LONNY SHAVELSON Author, Under the Dragon: California's New Culture JAMES LEBRECHT President, Berkeley Sound Artists Moira speaks with LONNY SHAVELSON and JAMES LEBRECHT about California’s New Culture - the melding and emergence of the ethnic experience. It is both a book and a photo/sound exhibition at the Oakland Museum, in Oakland, California through April 6, 2008. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. LALIT CHORDIA Founder & President , Thar Technologies ... it's organiz biodiesel. We’ll make biodiesel and eat the byproducts ... or at least talk about doing it. "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David talks about celebrate the anniversary of PCR – Polymerase Chain Reaction, the basis for our DNA technology ... Return to top. Show Originating on March 4, 2008 TERRY COLLINS Lord Professor of Green Oxidation Chemistry Carnegie-Mellon University Moira speaks with Carnegie-Mellon's TERRY COLLINS about an innovative technique for taking minute traces of material out of our drinking water - the reason? Removing those nasty endocrine disruptors Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... LUIS VON AHN Professor of Computer Science Carnegie-Mellon University Moira speaks with Carnegie-Mellon Computer Scientist LUIS VON AHN about Captcha's, those squiggly images you are presented with on the Internet and asked to decode the letters ... and on BioTech Nation: DAVE MARTIN {resident & CEO , AVID BIOTICS ... a new approach to fighting virulent staph infections Return to top. Show Originating on February 26, 2008 JIM FOWLER Co-Founder & CEO, Jigsaw Moira speaks with Jigsaw's JIM FOWLER. Their members have built an online global directory with millions of business contacts ... all on a volunteer basis Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DAN WELCH President & COO, Intermune ... from lung diseases to osteoporosis to Hepatitus C and beyond Intermune is one of over a thousand San Francisco Bay Area biotech companies working in human health. Download a copy of the BayBIO Impact repot 2008 or ask for one to be sent free of charge on the web at BayBIO.org "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David reports on DNA and the Chickenasaurus ... Return to top. Show Originating on February 19, 2008 CHARLES HANDY Management Theory Pioneer Author, Myself and Other More Important Matters Moira speaks with CHARLES HANDY, long known for his management insights. They’ll talk about what motivates people in business in the modern tech world Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: ROBERT BLUM President & COO, Cytokinetics ... about their eye on the patent clock and other biotech entrepeurial concerns Cytokinetics is one of over a thousand San Francisco Bay Area biotech companies working in human health. Download a copy of the BayBIO Impact repot 2008 or ask for one to be sent free of charge on the web at BayBIO.org "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us about a new effort to collect lots of human DNA ... Return to top. Show Originating on February 12, 2008 SIR EDMUND HILLARY Mountaineer With Tensing Norgay, first to climb Everest Moira speaks with SIR EDMUND HILLARY. Honoring his recent passing, this 1993 Tech Nation interview talks about his climb and the technology of mountaineering. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: KIM POPOVITS President & COO, Genomic Health ... about a DNA-based breast cancer diagnostic Genomic Health is one of over a thousand San Francisco Bay Area biotech companies working in human health. Download a copy of the BayBIO Impact repot 2008 or ask for one to be sent free of charge on the web at BayBIO.org "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us about mercury in fish ... Return to top. Show Originating on February 5, 2008 DR. NEIL SHUBIN Evolutionary Anatomist Author, Your Inner Fish ... A Journey into the 3.5 Billion Year History of the Human Body Moira speaks with DR NEIL SHUBIN about a strange critter that is 365 million years old ... give or take 10 million years Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: MATT GARDNER President & CEO, BayBIO ... about the 2008 update to their Annual Biotech Report. Download a copy or ask for one to be sent free of charge on the web at BayBIO.org "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us about neuroeconomics ... Return to top. Show Originating on January 29, 2008 DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Founder, Grameen Bank Author, Creating a World Without Poverty Moira speaks with 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS. They talk about his vision for utilizing information technology to alleviate poverty and literally change the world Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us about a cautionary new report from the FDA: "The FDA - Science and Mission at Risk" ... Return to top. Show Originating on January 22, 2008 STEVEN PINKER Professor, Harvard University Author, The Stuff of Thought Moira speaks with Harvard professor STEVEN PINKER. He tells us how words relate to thinking - and also, how they don’t Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. PERE-JOAN CARDONA Scientific Director, Archivel Farma ... about a new treatment for tuberculosis - important as over 2 and a half billion people are infected & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us about the JP Morgan conference - a biotech beauty contest, where the best looking deals get funded ... Return to top. Show Originating on January 15, 2008 JOHN KAO Former Professor, Harvard Business School Author, Innovation Nation ... How America is Losing Its Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do To Get It Back Moira speaks with former Harvard Business School professor JOHN KAO believes we’re losing our innovative edge Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DON DEBATHIZY President & CEO, Targacept ... on how we can design molecules which can directly affect our brains & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us about the technological breakthroughs which have arisen from treating battlefield injuries ... Return to top. Show Originating on January 8, 2008 FRITJOF CAPRA Author, The Science of Leonardo ... Inside the Mind of the Great Genius of the Renaissance Moira speaks with Fritjof Capra about the amazing Leonardo da Vinci and his science - he was centuries ahead of his time. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. BEN COCKS Research Director for Animal Genetics and Genomics The Victorian Government in Australia ... on biotech and ... wallabees & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us about news which may take the controversy out of stem cell research ... Return to top. Show Originating on January 1, 2008 PETER NAVARRO Professor, UC Irvine School of Business Author, The Coming China Wars … Where They Will Be Fought & How They Can Be Won In this final entry in our Winter Archive Series, Moira continues with the second part of a two-part interview with UC Business School Professor PETER NAVARRO about the surprising blood scandal which spread HIV and the culture of counterfeit Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: Moira and David Ewing Duncan team-interview: DR. KARI STEFANSSON President & CEO, deCODE Genetics ... About the relationship between your genes and your environment Return to top. Show Originating on December 25, 2007 PETER NAVARRO Professor, UC Irvine School of Business Author, The Coming China Wars … Where They Will Be Fought & How They Can Be Won In this second entry in our Winter Archive Series, Moira speaks with UC Business School Professor PETER NAVARRO about China’s surprising infrastructure, its changing social profile and its internal economics. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: Moira and David Ewing Duncan team-interview: DR. JOSHUA BOGER President & CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals ... How Vertex re-engineered their HIV/AIDS drug into a drug for Hepatitis C in a move called rational drug design. Return to top. Show Originating on December 18, 2007 CHRIS JONES Journalist and Author, Too Far From Home ... A Story of Life and Death in Space In our Winter Archive Series, Moira speaks with CHRIS JONES, a journalist who writes about the unusual return of the stranded American astronauts after the Columbia disaster. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DAVID VAN AVERMAETE CEO, Veralight ... on potential cures for cancer harvested from the oceans & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... Tiny robots emulating evolution ... Return to top. Show Originating on December 11, 2007 IAN AYRES Yale Professor and Author, Super Crunchers Moira speaks with Yale professor IAN AYRES. He tells us who is looking at what numbers and making decisions which affect us Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ANA BENAVIDES PharmaMar, Madrid, Spain ... on potential cures for cancer harvested from the oceans & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the latest crop of firms decoding your DNA on the Internet ... Return to top. Show Originating on December 4, 2007 MICHAEL KRASNY Host, KQED's Forum Author, Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life Moira speaks with MICHAEL KRASNY, the host of the award-winning Forum program at KQED in San Francisco. They talk about the essential need to cover science and technology in all programming Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: FRED DECHOW President & CEO, Mediquest ... on Raynaud’s Syndrome, which afflicts 3-to-5% of Americans, and 90% of those affected are women & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us about a healthy substitute to gain the benefits of red wine ... Return to top. Show Originating on November 27, 2007 BOB DROGIN Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Los Angeles Times Author, Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man who caused a War 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 Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation, David Ewing Duncan and Moira interview: DR CRAIG VENTER Genetic Scientist & Author, A Life Decoded Return to top. Show Originating on November 20, 2007 VIJAY VAITHEESWARAN Energy and Transportation Correspondent, The Economist Author, Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future Moira speaks with journalist VIJAY VAITHEESWARAN. who covers energy and transportation for the Economist. They talk about the Prius... and beyond Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation, David Ewing Duncan and Moira interview: STEVE BURRILL President & CEO Burrill & Company ... on funding in biotech and the rise of medical tourism Return to top. Show Originating on November 13, 2007 SANDRA BLAKESLEE Journalist and New York Times contributor Author, The Body Has a Mind of Its Own Moira speaks with SANDRA BLAKESLEE about how neuroscience is revealing how our brains map out everything from phantom limbs to anorexia to even virtual reality. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... HENRY PETROSKI Professor, Civil Engineering and History Duke University Author, The Toothpick Moira speaks with HENRY PETROSKI about that simple and almost invisible technology - the toothpick. ... and on BioTech Nation: & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David talks about fear and anxiety in our brains ... . Return to top. Show Originating on November 6, 2007 IRA FLATOW Host, NPR's Science Friday Author, Present at the Future Moira speaks with NPR's Science Friday host, IRA FLATOW. He takes us inside the studio, and while it seems so simple, you will be surprised to learn how many people it takes to put science live on the radio. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. HELENA VIEIRA President & CEO BioAlva of Lisbon, Portugal ... on speeding up the drug discovery process & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David talks about lapdancing – yep, it’s science! ... . Return to top. Show Originating on October 30, 2007 DAVID BODANIS Author, Passionate Minds Moira speaks with David Bodanis about his book - Passionate Minds: The Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment, Featuring the Scientist Emilie du Chatelet, the Poet Voltaire, Sword Fights, Book Burnings, Assorted Kings, seditious verse, and the birth of the modern world Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: GEOFF CORBETT Senior Product Development Manager ZyGEM of Hamilton, New Zealand ... on extreme microorganisms, such as those found in the white-hot volcanoes of Antarctica & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... David tells us how to get our own DNA tests ... . Return to top. Show Originating on October 23, 2007 DR. MARYANNE WOLF Director, Reading and Language Research Center Tufts University Author, Proust and the Squid Moira speaks with MARYANNE WOLF on how human brains have adapted since we invented writing and along with it reading Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. NORMA NOWAK Director of Science and Technology The New York State Center of Excellence in BioInformatics and Life Sciences ... on a host of scientific breakthroughs & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the British Big Brother is watching you -- which includes your DNA ... . Return to top. Show Originating on October 16, 2007 JEFFREY TOOBIN Author, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court Moira speaks with JEFFREY TOOBIN about the Supreme Court Justices and how tech-savvy they are or aren't, as the case might be. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: JIM GREENWOOD President & CEO, BIO - the Biotechnology Industry Organization ... on the Partnering for Global Health Forum Return to top. Show Originating on October 9, 2007 STEVE WOZNIAK Co-Founder, Apple MARK HODOSH Senior Director, Archon X-Prize in Genomics Moira speaks with STEVE WOZNIAK and MARD HODOSH about Archon X-Prize in Genomics - 100 complete genomes in 10 days - and the difference it will make. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR EDWIN QUATTLEBAUM President & CEO, Metamorphix ... on the decoding your dog's DNA AND DR JIM HENGST President & CEO, ZeptoMetrix ... on creating, handling and shipping SARS, HIV and other dangerous materials used in laboratory testing Return to top. Show Originating on October 2, 2007 LEONARD MALTIN Film Historian & CriticAuthor, Leonard Maltin's 2008 Movie Guide Moira speaks with movie critic and historian LEONARD MALTIN about technology, both in making movies and affecting the content therein Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR ANTHONY SMITHYMAN Managing Director, Special Phage Services ... on the resurgence of interest in “phages” Return to top. Show Originating on September 25, 2007 VINCE POSCENTE Author, The Age of Speed: Learning to Thrive in a More-Faster-Now World Moira speaks with VINCE POSCENTE about speed in our lives today. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR GERARD DAVIS CEO, Catapult Genetics ... on the use of genetics in the cattle industry DR PAUL FISHER Chair, Microbiology LaTrobe University Melbourne, Australia ... on progress with mitochondrial diseases & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the 15th anniversary of Viagra ... Return to top. Show Originating on September 18, 2007 KEVIN MANEY Former USA Today columnist & Contributing Editor, Conde Naste Portfolio Magazine Moira speaks with former USA Today Technology columnist Kevin Maney. We’ll look at his new gig with Conde Naste Portfolio, at music collaboration over the Internet, and at the trade offs we unconsciously make when it comes to choosing technology. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR CLIVE JAMES Chair, Board of Directors of ISAAA (International Service for the Acquisition of AgriBiotech Applications) ... on biotech agriculture worldwide, and how to honor the diversity of opinion surrounding these crops & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... all scientific studies are not equal ... Return to top. Show Originating on September 11, 2007 DR. JOSH SPANOGLE Author, Flawless Moira speaks with recent med school graduate JOSH SPANOGLE about his latest thriller. They talk about bioethics, cosmetic surgery and global economics Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: SIR MICHAEL RAWLINS Chair, Britain's National Institute for Clinical Excellence ... how Britain's famed National Health Service makes decisions and DR. KEVIN AUTON CEO, Cellexus ... how the idea for his biotech company started when he took his daughter to a pet store & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the latest from scientist Craig Venter ... Return to top. Show Originating on September 4, 2007 ROB LEVY Chief Technology Officer, BEA Systems Moira speaks with ROB LEVY, the Chief Technology Officer of BEA Systems. He'll tell us the trick of managing people who live in wildly different time zones. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. LYN BEAZLEY Chief Scientist, Western Australia ... why Western Australia has far more biodiversity then other places on earth & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... there's more to DNA then we originally expected ... Return to top. Show Originating on August 28, 2007 GUY KAWASAKI Founder, Truemors Moira speaks with GUY KAWASAKI with his much-maligned new venture: truemors.com. They follow the logic of social networking ... and the new economics. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... KEVIN SMOKLER & ADAM GOLDSTEIN Founders, Booktour.com Moira speaks with KEVIN SMOKLER & ADAM GOLDSTEIN about their new venture: Booktour.com ... and explore the unusual -- Adam wrote the code ... he's an MIT sophomore. ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. TOM ANDERSON CEO, Pediatric Bioscience Sacramento, California ... progress with autism and Asberger’s Syndrome & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... big news about coffee ... if you're a woman ... Return to top. Show Originating on August 21, 2007 GEOFF MOORE Global Strategist & Author, Crossing the Chasm and DAVID THOMPSON Founder & CEO, Genius Moira speaks with GEOFF MOORE and DAVID THOMPSON about how Web 2.0 is seamlessly taking the high tech lives of our young people right into the workplace and the new art of selling in the Web 2.0 World Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. JENNY HARRY CEO, Proteome Systems ... progress with a new semen-based prostate cancer test & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the news about a longevity pill … Return to top. Show Originating on August 14, 2007 RICHARD MORGAN Speculative Fiction Writer Author, Thirteen Moira speaks with RICHARD MORGAN about what life may be like after a hundred years of biotech. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. BELINDA CLARKE Life Science Manager Networking in Cambridge and the East of England BIO ... on current European view of biotech DR. BEN COCKS Research Director for Animal Genetics and Genomics The government of Victoria, Australia ... on some surprising news about Wallabees & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... why the National Academy of Sciences is studying Science Fiction … Return to top. Show Originating on August 7, 2007 DAVID KAPLAN Senior Newsweek Editor Author, Mine's Bigger ... Tom Perkins and the Making of the Greatest Sailing Machine Ever Built Moira speaks with Senior Newsweek Editor DAVID KAPLAN about the newest, niftiest, technology-stretching, sailing yacht today – and why a person would spend $130 million building it Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DR. TOMAS KARA Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Executive Director, International Clinical Research Center Brno, The Czech Republic ... on developments in heart surgery and implants & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... why the current presidential administration might be labeled “anti-science” Return to top. Show Originating on July 31, 2007 GREG PAPADOPOLOUS Chief Technology Officer *Sun Microsystems* Moira speaks with GREG PAPADOPOLOUS, the Chief Technology Officer of Sun Microsystems. Sun is celebrating 25 years ago in the computer industry, and Greg describes their approach to innovation ... in good times and bad. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: DAVID GRANDCOLAS Vice President, HeartMath ... on a simple device which looks at your heartbeat and recognizes stress & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... on a breakthrough in prosthetic hands Return to top. Show Originating on July 24, 2007 *From the BioAgenda Summit East, David Ewing Duncan and Moira team-interview a panel of experts on biotech and the upcoming presidential race ...* The panelists are: STEVEN BURRILL Founder & CEO, Burrill & Company DR. CYNTHIA SCHNEIDER *Director, Life Sciences and Society Initiative, Georgetown University* Former US Ambassador to the Netherlands DR. RUSTUM ROY *Founding Director, The Materials Research Laboratory, Penn State University* DR. NIGEL CAMERON President, Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future Moira and David team-interview a diverse panel of leaders in the biotech field about the upcoming presidential candidates and the issues of healthcare and science, including the impact of Michael Moore’s movie “Sicko.” Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... Return to top. Show Originating on July 17, 2007 LISA SEE Author, Peony in Love Moira speaks with LISA SEE about a book that 350 years old, the subject of much academic interest, as well as the focus of her latest novel “Peony in Love” Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: Moira & David interview ... MATT RIDLEY Author, Genome & Nature Via Nurture Return to top. Show Originating on July 10, 2007 ROB GIFFORD NPR London bureau chief Author, China Road Moira speaks with NPR’s former Beijing correspondent ROB GIFFORD. They cross China by highway and look at the Internet, the signs exhorting the embrace of science and technology and how to use a Chinese keyboard. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: VIJAY SAMANT President & CEO Vical ... on the next-generation, DNA vaccines & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... Shakespeare and biotech Return to top. Show Originating on July 3, 2007 SASHA ABRAMSKY Author, American Furies ... Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment Moira speaks with SASHA ABRAMSKY, a senior fellow at the public policy organization Demos. They look at the state of American prisons, the efforts of the federal government to encourage technology in that arena, and how our prisons compare to the rest of the world. . Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: GREG LUCIER Chairman and CEO Invitrogen ... why society needs to fund basic science research. & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the move to regulate nano tech ... Return to top. Show Originating on June 26, 2007 ERIK LARSON Author, Thunderstruck Moira speaks with ERIK LARSON, who takes us back to when Marconi developed the technology of the wireless and how it played a role in the Transatlantic hunt for a murderer. It was the 1890's and London was the most powerful city on earth. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: KEN SNOWDEN Co-Director, Life Sciences Cluster Scottish Enterprise ... Scotland & Biotech. & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... the Honey Bee ... Return to top. Show Originating on June 19, 2007 DR. STEVEN MILES Professor, University of Minnesota, School of Medicine Author, Oath Betrayed ... Torture, Medical Complicity and the War on Terror Moira speaks with DR. STEVEN MILES, the Minnesota MD who studied tens of thousands of documents released by the Department of Defense about their military prisons in Iraq, including the famous Abu Ghraib. What he found was extremely disturbing. Click thru for AUDIO STREAMING and PODCASTING ... ... and on BioTech Nation: NICK FALK Manager of Business Development, Marinova ... Marine Biotech in Tasmania. & on "The BioIssue of the Week" with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN ... one out of six people on the planet are either diabetic or pre-diabetic. ... Return to top. "Five Minutes" \| Dr. Gunn \| Pgm Archive \| Donate! \| Media Info\| Contact Us Tech Nation® & BioTech Nation® are Registered Service Marks of Tech Nation Media