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December 30, 2003
The Final Installment in Tech Nation's Winter Archive Series
(program 03-T19-00052)
First Interview: Erik Larson
Author: The Devil in the White City
This week is the final installment in Tech Nation's Winter Archive Series. In it, Moira Gunn speaks with Erik Larson, the author of "The Devil in the White City," about the transitioning face of an American city in the 1890's. It was time when gaslight was giving way to electricity, and horses were giving way to trains and bicycles. They'll also talk about the fascinating human history behind the Chicago World's Fair of 1893.
Second Interview: Earl Emerson
Firefighter & Shamus Award Winner
Author: Into the Inferno
Moira will also speak with Earl Emerson, a lieutenant in the Seattle Fire Department, and winner of the Shamus Award for his detective fiction. They'll talk about the technology of the firefighter, and how it can betray him.
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December 23, 2003
The Second of Three in Tech Nation's Winter Archive Series
(program 03-T19-00051)
First Interview: Andro Linklater
Author: Measuring America:
How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States
and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy
This week is the second of three in Tech Nation's Winter Archive Series. In it, Moira Gunn speaks with Andro Linklater, the author of "Measuring America." From the first colonies to the great march across the plains, they'll discuss challenging technical proposition of surveying America.
Second Interview: Dr. Joao Magueijo
Theoretical Physicist
Author: Faster Than the Speed of Light
... The Story of a Scientific Speculation
Moira will also speak with Dr. Joao Magueijo. A professor of theoretical physics at Imperial College in London, he has created a new Scientific Speculation: that the speed of light is not constant. We'll find out what this does to the Laws of Physics.
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December 16, 2003
The First of Three in Tech Nation's Winter Archive Series
(program 03-T19-00050)
First Interview: Dr. David Buchholz
Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Author: Heal Your Headache
This week is the first of three in Tech Nation's Winter Archive Series. In it, Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. David Buchholz, the longtime Director of the Neurological Clinic at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. We'll find out what science knows about your headaches - and also, why what you've already tried may not have worked.
Second Interview: Dr. Michael Rosenzweig
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
Author: Win-Win Ecology
Moira will also speak with journalist Dr. Michael Rosenzweig, the founder of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona. They'll talk about the concept of Reconciliation Ecology, and what can we realistically expect of our changing world.
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December 9, 2003
(program 03-T19-00049)
First Interview: Larry Lessig
Professor, Stanford Law School
Chairman, Creative Commons
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Larry Lessig, a Stanford Law Professor who is also the chair of Creative Commons. They discuss the nature of human creativity, and its tug-of-war with the very laws that mean to protect it. Lessig will also present a new approach to protecting your creative work - your writing, your art and music, the content of your website, while still enabling others to freely use it.
Second Interview: Paul Dolan
President, Fetzer Vineyards
Author: True to Our Roots ... Fermenting a Business Revolution
Moira will also speak with Paul Dolan, President of Fetzer Vineyards, one of the six largest wineries in the United States. He'll talk about how Fetzer became "organic" - hopefully putting to bed once and for all, the notion that sustainable businesses automatically mean low profits.
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December 2, 2003
(program 03-T19-00048)
First Interview: David Kirp
Professor, Public Policy, UC Berkeley
Author: Shakespeare, Einstein and the Bottom Line
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with UC Berkeley Professor David Kirp. He's studied the changing financial proposition of universities, including the amazing rise of for-profit institutions, now the largest colleges in America.
Second Interview: Todd Oppenheimer
Journalist and Author: The Flickering Mind:
The False Promise of Technology in the Classroom
and How Learning Can Be Saved
Moira will also speak with journalist Todd Oppenheimer. He challenges the impact of computers in the class in his book "The Flickering Mind."
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November 25, 2003
(program 03-T19-00047)
First Interview: Olaf Olafsson
Executive Vice Chairman, Time Warner Digital Media
Author: Walking into the Night
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Icelander Olaf Olafsson, who is a novelist and also happens to be the Executive Vice Chairman of Time Warner Digital Media. They'll talk about his early career with Sony, building the groundbreaking PlayStation, and what it takes to build compelling technology.
Second Interview: Doug Henwood
Editor, Left Business Observer
Author: After the New Economy
Moira will also speak with Doug Henwood, a contributing editor to The Nation and the Editor of the Left Business Observer. They'll talk about life "After the New Economy," including the rising trend of Globo-phobia.
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November 18, 2003
(program 03-T19-00046)
First Interview: David Cole
Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
Legal Affairs Correspondent, The Nation
Author: Enemy Aliens
... Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with David Cole, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center and legal affairs correspondent for The Nation. They'll talk about the USA PATRIOT Act, about whether the Constitution in its current form can begin to comprehend the Internet and the impact of Information Technology, and about the legal rights no-man's-land which is Guantanamo Bay.
Second Interview: Scott Hunt
Author: The Future of Peace
... On the Front Lines with the World's Great Peacemakers
Moira will also speak with Scott Hunt, the author of "The Future of Peace." He spent three years traveling the world to visit both the people who advocate peace, as well as the war-ravaged places so much in need of it. You'll hear how technology has begun to help.
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November 11, 2003
(program 03-T19-00045)
First Interview: John C. Dvorak
Computer Columnist and Television and Radio Host
Author: Online! The Book
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with John C. Dvorak. You know him as a computer columnist and writer, as well as television and radio host. She'll get John's always-original take on Blogs, wireless, telework and life in general in the high-tech age.
Second Interview: Lester Thurow
Economist and Former Dean, MIT's Sloan School of Management
Author: Fortune Favors the Bold
Moira will also speak with economist and MIT professor Lester Thurow. He'll tell us how American business needs to re-think its place in the world, from high-tech to low. And they'll talk about his book "Fortune Favors the Bold."
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November 4, 2003
(program 03-T19-00044)
First Interview: Rick Smolan
Former Time, Life and National Geographic Photographer
Creator, Photographic Series: "A Day in the Life" and "America 24/7"
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Former Time, Life and National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan, who is known him for his photographic series called "A Day in the Life." He's back with "America 24/7," this time with everyday people using digital cameras.
Second Interview: Dr. David Gamon
Cognitive Scientist
Author: Building Mental Muscle
... Conditioning Exercises for the Six Intelligence Zones
Moira will also speak with cognitive scientist Dr. David Gamon. He'll tell us why our memory plays tricks on us, and why crossword puzzles are actually good for us.
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October 28, 2003
(program 03-T19-00043)
First Interview: Bill Mitchell
Dean, School of Architecture and Planning, MIT
Author: "City of Bits," "e-topia" and "Me++"
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with MIT's Bill Mitchell about how the boundaries of our lives are changing, now that networking is so pervasive. As Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning, he'll tell us about the new reach of our personal space as well as his new book, "Me++ ... The Cyborg Self and the Networked City."
Second Interview: Twyla Tharp
Award-winning Choreographer
Author: The Creative Habit
Moira will also speak with noted choreographer Twyla Tharp. She'll talk about creativity as an everyday habit, as well as the challenge of creating dances to serve the technical mediums of film, television and the stage.
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October 21, 2003:
"Sustainable Technologies"
(program 03-T19-00042)
First Interview: Robert Doppelt
Program Director,
Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon
Author: Leading Change toward Sustainability
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Robert Doppelt from the Institute for a Sustainable Environment at the University of Oregon. They'll talk about the changes in sustainable technologies at every level. And it turns out - it may not matter so much that the US "walked away from the Kyoto Treaty."
Second Interview: Robert Fuller
Former President, Oberlin College
Author: Somebodies and Nobodies
Moira will also speak with Robert Fuller, the author of "Somebodies and Nobodies." We'll look at how those with rank can abuse their power, and how it is less possible in our Internet-mediated world.
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October 14, 2003:
"There Must Be A Pony In Here Somewhere"
(program 03-T19-00041)
First Interview: Kara Swisher
Columnist, The Wall Street Journal
Author: There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn will speak with Wall Street Journal columnist Kara Swisher about her new book chronicling the now-infamous AOL Time Warner merger. The book is "There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere."
Second Interview: Brenda Maddox
Biographer & Author: Rosalind Franklin ... the Dark Lady of DNA
Moira will also speak with biographer Brenda Maddox. She's written about Dr. Rosalind Franklin, who was termed the Dark Lady of DNA. They'll look at the scientific community in Britain post-World War II, and how the ethics of scientific research was somewhat different from what scientists would expect today.
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October 7, 2003:
"The Business of Education"
(program 03-T19-00040)
First Interview: Dr. William Ouchi
UCLA Business Professor
Author: Making Schools Work
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn will speak with Dr. William Ouchi, who completed the first ever National Science Foundation study about the whole of education from strictly a management point of view. It turns out the bottom line - meaning students learn more and better - actually improves with better management.
Second Interview: Tracy Kidder
Author: Mountain Beyond Mountains ... The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure The World
Moira will also speak with Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer Prize winning author of "The Soul of a New Machine." They'll talk about his experiences with Dr. Paul Farmer, a physician and anthropologist who works tirelessly to serve the world's poor. We'll find out both the good news and bad news about technology.
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