Show Originating on
June 29, 2004
(program 04-T19-00026)
First Interview: Aniruddha Bahal
Editor-in-Chief, CobraPost.com
Author: Bunker 13
This week on Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with Aniruddha Bahal, an investigative journalist and the Editor-in-Chief of CobraPost.com. They'll talk about how two young dot.com journalists followed the bribery trail up through the ranks of India's defense ministry. They used audacity, a small pile of cash and a brochure they skillfully created on their personal computer, to ultimately find themselves handing over a bribe in the home of the Indian Defense Minister.
Second Interview: Lisa See
Author: On Gold Mountain
and Dragon Bones
Moira will also speak with Lisa See. Following on the success of her well-known memoir "On Gold Mountain," she returns to the China of her ancestors for her latest novel "Dragon Bones."
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Show Originating on
June 22, 2004
(program 04-T19-00025)
First Interview: James Swain
Expert, Hi-Tech Casino Cheating
Author: Loaded Dice
This week on Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with James Swain, an expert in casino cheating and author of the popular Tony Valentine series. They'll look at the latest in how casinos are using technology to catch cheaters, and how those cheaters are doing it.
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Second Interview: Sidney Perkowitz
Professor, Emory University
Author: Digital People ... from Bionic Humans to Androids
Moira will also speak with Emory University professor Sidney Perkowitz about man's fascination with robots down through the ages - from ancient Greek mythology to the modern day.
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Show Originating on
June 15, 2004
(program 04-T19-00024)
First Interview: Bruce Sterling
Hugo Award-winning Writer
Author: The Zenith Angle
This week on Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with Bruce Sterling about his latest novel, "The Zenith Angle." we'll find out what it means to make a computer science geek an action hero, as well as the trick to writing "speculative fiction."
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Second Interview: Craig Newmark
Founder, Craig's List
Moira will also speak with Craig Newmark, the founder of Craig's List. With over five million user visits to this website each month, it's a dot-org phenomenon.
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Show Originating on
June 8, 2004
(program 04-T19-00023)
First Interview: Matthew Hart
Author: The Irish Game ... A True Story of Crime and Art
This week on Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with journalist Matthew Hart, the author of "The Irish Game ... A True Story of Crime and Art." They'll discuss the latest motivation to steal the works of the Old Masters, as well as the technology of Vermeer.
Second Interview: Chet Raymo
Award-winning Nature Writer
Author: Climbing Brandon ... Science and Faith on Ireland's Holy Mountain
Moira will also speak with Stonehill College Professor Chet Raymo about the beginnings of natural science and its connection to religion. They review his latest 'science musing' in "Climbing Brandon ... Science and Faith on Ireland's Holy Mountain."
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Show Originating on
June 1, 2004
(program 04-T19-00022)
First Interview: Rick Ridgeway
Mountaineer and Director, Environmental Programs, Patagonia
Author: The Big Open: On Foot Across the Tibet's Chang Tang
This week on Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with climber Rick Ridgeway, best known from his numerous documentaries, including his 1983 Everest effort which earned him an Emmy Award. Today Moira will talk to him about his expedition to the high steppes of Tibet, where he hoped to find the calving grounds of the prized Chiru ahead of the poachers, in hopes that these animals would be protected.
Second Interview: Diane Ackerman
Award-winning Nature Writer
Author: An Alchemy of Mind...The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain
Moira will also speak with nature writer Diane Ackerman. She's looking at the relation of our minds to our brains - and she'll also share how she overcame the effects of unexpected trauma in her own life.
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Show Originating on
May 25, 2004
(program 04-T19-00021)
First Interview: Geoffrey Nunberg
Professor of Linguistics, Stanford University
Fresh Air Pundit
Author: Going Nucular
This week on Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with Stanford Professor Geoffrey Nunberg, probably best known to you for his commentary on Fresh Air. He'll speak with Moira about the new words will - and won't - make it into the dictionary, almost solely driven by technology.
Second Interview: Michael Tchong
Trend Analyst, trendsetters.com
Author: Trendscape 2004
Moira will also speak with trend analyst Michael Tchong. Where and what are the hottest trends? From clothes to electronics, from lifestyle to entertainment, what's happening now and what will happen next?
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Show Originating on
May 18, 2004
(program 04-T19-00020)
First Interview: Dr. Bryan Sykes
Professor of Genetics, University of Oxford
Author: Adam's Curse ... A Future Without Men
This week on Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with Dr. Bryan Sykes. We'll find out about humanity's genetic past, as well as how to trace our own. Dr. Sykes will also make a closely-watched prediction: he sees a future without men.
Second Interview: Dr. Judith Orloff
UCLA professor and Psychiatrist
Author: Positive Energy
Moira will also speak with Dr. Judith Orloff. A professor at UCLA and psychiatrist, Dr. Orloff tells us about "technodespair" - a feeling of overwhelm derived from typical daily technology overload.
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Show Originating on
May 11, 2004
(program 04-T19-00019)
First Interview: Dr. Pam Marrone
Entomologist and Founder & CEO, AgraQuest
Winner, EPA's Green Chemistry Award
This week on Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with entomologist Dr. Pam Marrone, the founder and CEO of AgraQuest. She'll tell us about a new approach to controlling the diseases which threaten our large food crops, not to mention our gardens at home. Agraquest has produced the first mainstream pesticide which has actually been certified "organic."
Second Interview: Marc Levenson
Biotechnology correspondent, TechTV
Moira will also speak with Marc Levenson, TechTV's Biotechnology correspondent. He's got a special knack for explaining science using everyday experience.
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Show Originating on
May 4, 2004
(program 04-T19-00018)
First Interview: Len Shustek
Chair, The Computer History Museum
This week on Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with Len Shustek about the history of computers. He's the Chair of the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley, and they'll talk about why something so new is making real history.
Second Interview: Amy & David Goodman
Co-Authors: The Exception to the Rulers
- Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them
Moira will also speak with Amy & David Goodman. This brother-sister team of journalists has written "The Exception to the Rulers-Exposing Oily Politicans, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them."
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Show Originating on
April 27, 2004
(program 04-T19-00017)
First Interview: Chris Anderson
Editor-in-Chief, Wired magazine
Coordinator,
NextFest 2004
This week on Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with Wired magazine Editor-in-Chief, Chris Anderson, about what's next, and even better, how you can experience it. They'll review what's coming up in NextFest 2004 - Wired's first experiential event - three days in which let you will actually get your hands on tomorrow's technology.
Second Interview: Stuart Gannes
Director, Digital Vision Program
Stanford University
Moira will also speak with Stuart Gannes, the Director of the Digital Vision Program at Stanford University. It's dedicated to exploring the application of technology to humanitarian goals in the developing world. He brought along four of the Digital Vision Fellows to share their innovative ideas.
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Show Originating on
April 20, 2004
(program 04-T19-00016)
First Interview: Larry Lessig
Professor, Stanford University Law School
Author: Free Culture
This week on Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with Stanford Law professor Larry Lessig about Mickey Mouse. Did you know that Walt Disney based his 1928 cartoon Steamboat Willie on a popular Buster Keaton movie? He could not get permission today!
Second Interview: Steven Weber
Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Author: The Success of Open Source
Moira will also speak with Steven Weber, a professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley. They'll talk about open source software - what it is and where it is. You may have it on your own computer, and not even know it.
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Show Originating on
April 13, 2004
(program 04-T19-00015)
First Interview: Brenda Peterson
Nature Writer & Author
Fiction: "Duck and Cover" and Animal Heart
Non-Fiction: Between Species ... Celebrating the Dolphin-Human Bond
This week on Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with Brenda Peterson, the popular author of such novels as "Duck and Cover" as well as her non-fiction. Her latest is "Between Species ... Celebrating the Dolphin-Human Bond." They'll talk about many things, including the great connected community of whales.
Second Interview: Dr. Gilbert Welch
Professor, Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School
Author: Should I Be Tested for Cancer? ... Maybe Not and Here's Why
Moira will also speak with Dr. Gilbert Welch. A professor of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, he'll tell us how all those nifty modern medical tests may in fact be "too much information." He's written a book entitled "Should I Be Tested for Cancer? ... Maybe Not and Here's Why."
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Show Originating on
April 6, 2004
(program 04-T19-00014)
First Interview: Owen Gingerich
Research Professor of Astronomy and the History of Science, Harvard University
Author: The Book Nobody Read
... Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus
This week on Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with Owen Gingerich, a research professor of astronomy and of the history of science at Harvard University. He's spent 30 years on a quest, travelling worldwide to locate the 16th century editions of the work of Nicolaus Copernicus - And why? To see if the scientists of the day actually read it.
Second Interview: Dr. Dawn Prince-Hughes
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Western Washington University
Author: Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey through Autism
Moira will also speak with Dr. Dawn Prince-Hughes. She'll tell us about the emotional life of gorillas, and how they helped her in her challenge with autism.
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