Show Originating on
September 28, 2004
(program 04-T19-00039)
First Interview: Harry Dent
Author, The Next Great Bubble Boom
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Harry Dent, the author of The Next Great Bubble Boom. He sees another boom coming, and he says that technology and the Baby Boomers are behind it!
Second Interview: Tom Standage
Technology Editor, The Economist
Moira will also speak with Tom Standage, the science and technology editor for The Economist. They'll talk about what makes The Economist unique, as well as his new beat: The Technology Quarterly.
BioTech Nation: Sir Christopher Evans
Microbiologist & Founder and Chairman, Merlin Biosciences
And in the BioTech segment, Moira will speak with Professor Sir Christopher Evans, a microbiologist and the Founder and Chairman of Merlin Biosciences, the largest BioTech venture capital fund in Europe.
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Show Originating on
September 21, 2004
(program 04-T19-00038)
First Interview: Ross Gelbspan
Pulitzer Prize Winner
Author, Boiling Point: How Politicians, Big Oil and Coal, Journalists and Activists Are Fueling the Climate Crisis — And What We Can Do to Avert Disaster
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Ross Gelbspan. He's now looking at the human contribution to climate change, specifically our burning of fossil fuels. We'll hear how everyone, from politicians to Big Oil and Coal, to activists and even journalists all play a role.
BioTech Nation: Dr. Patrick Moore
Co-founder, Greenpeace
Chief Scientist, Greenspirit Strategies
And in the BioTech segment, Moira will speak with Dr. Patrick Moore. A co-founder of the activist group, Greenpeace, he's now the Chief Scientist for Greenspirit Strategies. He cautions us now against the misuse of scientific information to create outright "scare tactics."
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Show Originating on
September 14, 2004
(program 04-T19-00037)
First Interview: Earl Emerson
Seattle Firefighter, Ladder 9
Author, Pyro
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Seattle Firefighter Earl Emerson. You know him best as the author such thrillers as Into the Inferno and Vertical Burn. They'll look at pyromaniacs and the technology of firefighting.
Second Interview: Dr. John Osteraas
Former Structural Engineer, FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue Program
Contributor, National Geographic's new series, Seconds from Disaster
Moira will also speak with Dr. John Osteraas, a structural engineer formerly with FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue Program. He'll take us back to Oklahoma City and the World Trade Center, both subject's in National Geographic's new series, Seconds from Disaster.
BioTech Nation: Dr. Agostino Fede
Founder & CEO, Vizyo
Geneva, Switzerland
And in the BioTech Nation segment, Vizyo's Dr. Agostino Fede will tell us how the explosion in biotech provides a new role of information technology.
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Show Originating on
September 7, 2004
(program 04-T19-00036)
First Interview: Guy Kawasaki
Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures
Author, The Art of the Start
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with Guy Kawasaki, who first got our attention years ago as the Macintosh evangelist for Apple. Today, he's the managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, and we'll find out about The Art of the Start, what it really takes to start up a new business.
Second Interview: Stephen Few
Principal, Perceptual Edge
Author, Show Me the Numbers
Moira will also speak with Stephen Few, a principal with Perceptual Edge. He's written about how to show all that pesky data in a meaningful way, whether we're talking about PowerPoint, the web, or good old-fashioned paper.
BioTech Nation: Dr. Belinda Clarke
Science Liaison Manager, Norwich Research Park
Norfolk, England
And in the BioTech Nation segment, Dr. Belinda Clarke, the Science Liaison Manager at Norwich Research Park, will tell us how we can tell us about DNA and the technology of micro-arrays.
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Show Originating on
August 31, 2004
(program 04-T19-00035)
First Interview: Marco Iansiti
The David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Author, The Keystone Advantage
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with Marco Iansiti, a professor at Harvard Business School. They'll talk about the "ecosystem — in which all businesses — large and small" live. Do you work for a niche player? A keystone? Or a dominator?
BioTech Nation: Lord David Sainsbury
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State For Science and Innovation, United Kingdom
And in the BioTech Nation segment, Moira will speak with Lord Sainsbury, the Minister for Science and Innovation in the UK. They'll talk about such topics as the difference between American and British policies on stem cell research.
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Show Originating on
August 24, 2004
(program 04-T19-00034)
First Interview: Dan Gillmor
Knight-Ridder tech columnist
Author, We the Media: Grassroots Journalism By the People, For the People
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with Knight-Ridder technology columnist Dan Gillmor about how the Internet is effectively making each of us journalists — and the result has both national and global effects.
BioTech Nation: Dr. Jason Rao
Director, State Department's BioIndustry Initiative
And in the BioTech Nation segment, Moira will speak with Dr. Carolyn Givens, the Associate Medical Director of the Pacific Fertility Center in San Francisco. We’ll learn how they test cells from those tiny embryos — as well as what they test for.
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Show Originating on
August 17, 2004
(program 04-T19-00033)
First Interview: Paul Krugman
Professor of Economics, Princeton University
Author, The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century
New York Times Columnist
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with Princeton economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. They’ll talk about electronic voting machines and the perils of leaving no paper trail, and we’ll find out how to get our arms around the federal budget: Where is it online? And how can we load it into a spread sheet?
BioTech Nation: Dr. Carolyn Givens
Associate Medical Director, Pacific Fertility Center
And in the BioTech Nation segment, Moira will speak with Dr. Carolyn Givens, the Associate Medical Director of the Pacific Fertility Center in San Francisco. We’ll learn how they test cells from those tiny embryos – as well as what they test for.
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Show Originating on
August 10, 2004
(program 04-T19-00032)
First Interview: China Mieville
Arthur C. Clarke Award Winner
Author, Iron Council
This week on Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with China Mieville, the author of Perdido Street Station which won the Arthur C Clarke award. He’s back with Iron Council, which considers the effects of technology on humanity.
Second Interview: Marty Manley
President & CEO, Alibris
Then Moira will speak with Marty Manley, the President and CEO of Alibris. We’ll hear how their effort to sell used, out-of-print and hard-to-find books online delivered on its promise, and successfully made it through the dot-com bust.
BioTech Nation: Jeffrey Bacha
President & CEO, Inimex Pharmaceuticals
And in the BioTech Nation segment, Moira speaks with Jeffrey Bacha, President & CEO, Inimex Pharmaceuticals, about the apparent life-cycle of the BioTech start-up.
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Show Originating on
August 3, 2004
(program 04-T19-00031)
First Interview: Mike Daisey
Playwright, 21 Dog Years: doing time @ amazon.com
Jean-Michele Gregory
Director, 21 Dog Years: doing time @ amazon.com
Moira Gunn speaks with Mike Daisey and his director, Jean-Michele Gregory. You may know Mike's one-man show: 21 Dog Years: doing time @ amazon.com. They?ll talk about the absurdities of life before the Internet bubble burst.
Second Interview: Linda Bernardi
CEO, ConnecTerra
Moira will also speak with Linda Bernardi, the CEO of ConnecTerra, will tell us about the future of R-F-I-D. It seems those tiny tags may change just about everything.
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Show Originating on
July 27, 2004
(program 04-T19-00030)
First Interview: Joe Trippi
Campaign Manager, Howard Dean for President
Author: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
This week on Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with Joe Trippi, Howard Dean's campaign manager. He'll tell us what was different about this Presidential campaign, one that made Internet history. From blogs to meet-ups to astonishing campaign contributions, the Internet enabled Howard Dean to come out of nowhere.
BioTech Nation: Dr. Gurinder Shahi
CEO of Singapore's BioEnterprise Asia
And on BioTech Nation, Moira will speak with Dr. Gurinder Shahi, the CEO of Singapore's BioEnterprise Asia. We'll talk about his current interest: Asia's cultural readiness for biotech.
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Show Originating on
July 20, 2004
(program 04-T19-00029)
First Interview: Kim Stanley Robinson
Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author, Mars Trilogy
Author: Forty Signs of Rain
This week on Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks with Kim Stanley Robinson, best known as the author of the award-winning Mars Trilogy. His latest novel returns us to planet Earth, where he combines abrupt global climate change with the latest in biotech.
Second Interview: Dr. Kathy Reichs
Forensic Anthropologist with Chief Medical Examiner, North Carolina
Author: Temperance Brennan series
Moira will also speak with Dr. Kathy Reichs, a forensic anthropologist with the Chief Medical Examiner of North Carolina. In her mysteries, her fictitious counterpart, Temperance Brennan, uses a quirk in carbon 14 dating yet another technique Dr. Reichs has used in her own work.
NEW! BioTech Nation: Sir Richard Sykes
Former Chair, GlaxoSmithKline
Rector, Imperial College London
And on our new segment "BioTech Nation," Moira will speak with Sir Richard Sykes, the former chair of GlaxoSmithKline and now Rector of Imperial College London.
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Show Originating on
July 13, 2004
(program 04-T19-00028)
First Interview: Kara Swisher
Columnist, The Wall Street Journal
Author: There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere
This week on Tech Nation, Moira Gunn speaks 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 and 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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