Tech Nation: April - June 2006
Show Originating on
June 27, 2006
The
second entry in our Summer Archive Series ...
RICHARD MORGAN
Author, Science Fiction / Future Noir novels
... featuring the character Takeshi Kovacs
Latest Novel: "Woken
Furies" 
Moira speaks with RICHARD MORGAN, the bestselling
"science fiction / future noir" author. They'll talk about what he sees as
society's future social issues.
CANDICE
MILLARD
Former National Geographic Writer
and Editor
Author, “River of
Doubt” 
Moira also speaks with former National Geographic writer and editor
CANDICE MILLARD. They take us down the River of Doubt … the uncharted and
dangerous river deep in the Amazon Jungle, first charted by Teddy
Roosevelt.
... and on BioTech
Nation: DR. RICK JONES
Vice
President for Product Development
BioRexis Pharmaceutical Corporation
In this BioTech Nation segment, DR. RICK JONES from
BioRexis will review many of the new breakthroughs in treating diabetes.
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Show Originating on
June 20, 2006
The first of our Summer Archive Series ...
MARK COTTA VAZ
Journalist & Author, "Living
Dangerously … The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper, Creator of King Kong"
On this week's Tech Nation,
Moira speaks with MARK COTTA VAZ as he relates the daring exploits of
Merian C. Cooper, the World War I flying ace, who went on the create "King
Kong," the 1933 movie which was so far ahead of its time.
DANIEL CHARLES
Former NPR technology reporter
Author, "Master Mind:
The Rise and Fall of Fritz Haber, the Nobel Laureate Who Launched the Age
of Chemical Warfare" 
Moira also speaks with former NPR tech reporter DANIEL CHARLES about
a German scientist, who changed the course of World War I. That would be
Fritz Haber, who won a Nobel Prize for technology which launched both
modern agriculture and chemical warfare.
... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. HILARY KOPROWSKI
Professor, Thomas Jefferson University
Creator of the live polio and rabies vaccines
Board Member Emeritus, Settlement Music School
DR. HILARY KOPROWSKI, a Professor at Thomas Jefferson
University. You may not know his name, but half a century ago, he created
the live polio vaccine - in all likelihood, it's been in your blood since
you were a child.
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Show Originating on
June 13, 2006
(program 06-T19-000024)
DARREL RHEA
CEO, Cheskin
Author, “Making
Meaning: How Successful Businesses Deliver Meaningful Customer
Experiences”
Moira speaks with Cheskin
CEO DARREL RHEA about why new products need to be meaningful to be
successful.
DR. ROBERT MANN
Deputy Scientific Director, Central Identification
Laboratory
Forensic Anthropologist & Author,
“Forensic
Detective”
Forensic
anthropologist, DR. ROBERT MANN, relates the science behind identifying
the remains of the Vietnam vet, originally interred in the Tomb of the
Unknowns, as well as what science was able to reveal about the fate of the
sailors aboard the sunken Conferate submarine "The Hunley"
... and on BioTech Nation:
MARY DEL BRADY
President & CEO, Redpath Integrated Pathology
Redpath's MARY DEL BRADY reveals a new scientific
technique for diagnosing pancreatic cancer.
... and
on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
In this segment, David discussed the questionable
value of knowing your DNA at this point in time.
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Show Originating on
June 6, 2006
(program 06-T19-000023)
KELLY TYLER-LEWIS
Visiting Scholar, Scott
Polar Research Institute
Cambridge University
Author, “The Lost Men
… The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party”
Moira speaks with historian
KELLY TYLER-LEWIS about the little known story of the support party to Sir
Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole.
DR. KATRINA
FIRLIK
Neurosurgeon & Author, “Another Day
in the Frontal Lobe”
Neurosurgeon DR. KATRINA
FIRLIK talks about the latest in brain surgery.
...
and on BioTech Nation:
ROBERT "AL" BEARDSLEY
President & CEO, Kereos
ROBERT “AL” BEARDSLEY, the President and CEO of
Kereos, talks about their cancer research – and how it fits in the field
of nanotech.
... and on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
In the segment, David talks about a reasonable
timeline to expect results from today's stem cell research.
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Show Originating on
May 30, 2006
(program 06-T19-000022)
APOSTOLOS GERASOULIS
Vice President for Search
Technologies
Ask.com
Moira speaks with APOSTOLOS GERASOULIS, the Vice
President for Search Technologies at Ask.com. He compares the Ask.com
search engine with google's – And yes! You've seen his face … on those
award-winning Ask.com commercials.
... and on BioTech
Nation:
DR.
MAHENDRA RAO
Vice President for Research
in Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Technologies,
Invitrogen
DR. MAHENDRA RAOexplains how a stem cell line dies
out, and what this means for the Presidential Stem Cell Lines, the only
lines approved for federal funding.
... and
on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
In the segment, David talks about the status of the
2004 California Stem Cell Initiative.
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Show Originating on
May 23, 2006
(program 06-T19-000021)
DAVID HELVARG
Environmental Journalist
Author, “Blue
Frontier” - now out in paperback
JIM
TOOMEY
Illustrator & Creator, the cartoon
strip Sherman's Lagoon
Co-Authors, “50 Ways to
Save the Ocean”
Moira speaks with
Environmental journalist DAVID HELVARG and JIM TOOMEY, the creator of the
cartoon strip “Sherman's Lagoon.” Together they've come up with “50 Ways
to Save the Ocean.”
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Nation:
DR.
BJORN MELIN
VIce President of
Research & Development, BioSidus
DR. BJORN MELIN explains the economic reason which
drove Argentina to become #2 worldwide in cultivating genetically-modified
crops.
... AND "The BioIssue of the Week"
with
science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
In the segment, David talks about
the current worldwide state of malaria.
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Show Originating on
May 16, 2006
(program 06-T19-000020)
PETER NAVARRO
Professor of Business, UC Irvine
Author, “If It's
Raining in Brazil, Buy Starbuck's” and
“The
Well-Timed Strategy”
Moira speaks with UC Irvine
business professor PETER NAVARRO. He tells us how to watch the cycle of
business and act accordingly, whether it's investing or making decisions
in your own business.
JIM FOWLER
CEO, Jigsaw
JIM FOWLER, the CEO of Jigsaw, talks about their
innovative online database, which is changing the world of sales.
... and on BioTech
Nation:
DR.
CARLOS MELO
Manager of Special
Projects, BioSidus
DR. CARLOS MELO, the Manager of Special Projects for
the Argentinian firm BioSidus tells us about Transgenic Animals – in this
case, cows which produce milk containing juvenile growth hormone.
... AND "The BioIssue of the Week"
with
science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
This Week's Topic: Why red wine is
good for you ...
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Show Originating on
May 9, 2006
(program 06-T19-000019)
DR. AMARTYA SEN
Nobel Laureate, Economics
Author, “Identity and
Violence”
Moira speaks with Nobel
Laureate DR. AMRTYA SEN about “Identity and Violence.” They'll examine the
relationship between religion and government.
BOB NEWHART
Founder & CEO, The Innovation
Center
Innovation Center Founder
& CEO BOB NEWHART talks about the "Free Radicals of Innovation."
... and on BioTech
Nation:
ANNE
DE GROOT
Professor of Medicine, Brown
University
Founder & CEO EpiVax
ANNE DE GROOT, the Founder & CEO of EpiVax,
discusses smallpox, botox, and more.
... AND "The BioIssue of the Week"
with
science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
He'll talk about the personalities
of scientists and the relevance
to
science.
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Show Originating on
May 2, 2006
(program 06-T19-000018)
ERICA JONG
Author,
1973's “Fear of
Flying” and
“Seducing the
Demon … Writing for My Life”
Moira speaks with 70's icon
ERICA JONG. Best known for her novel “Fear of Flying,” Jong is back with a
new memoir. They'll look back on what exactly changed during that heady
time.
TAMARA DRAUT
Director, Economic Opportunity Program, Demos
Author, “Strapped …
Why America's 20- and 30- Somethings Can't Get Ahead”
TAMARA DRAUT is the Director
of the Economic Opportunity Program at Demos, a New York City-based public
policy center. She talks about why young people today just can't get
ahead.
... and on BioTech Nation:
MICHAEL MORRISSEY
Executive Vice President for Drug Discovery, Exelixis
Dr. Morrissey talks about Exelixis' approach to
cancer research.
... AND "The BioIssue of the Week"
with
science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
He'll talk about the economics of
the biotech industry today.
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Show Originating on
April 25, 2006
(program 06-T19-000017)
GORDON CHANG
Author,
“Nuclear
Showdown … North Korea Takes on the World”
Moira speaks with GORDON
CHANG, who will draw for us a world map of nuclear power and nuclear
potential. He'll also describe ways technology can detect a nuclear
detonation.
... and on BioTech Nation:
We broadcast from BIO 2006 in Chicago. We'll hear
from the chief of a rural South African village as well as a government
scientist. Then on our first ever Bio-Issue of the Week, science
journalist David Ewing Duncan reviews former President Clinton's keynote
speech ...
CHIEF
ADVOCATE MDUTSHANE
Chief, Village of
Amanci and Farmer
Eastern Cape Province, South
Africa
Chief Mdutshane discusses his village's experience
raising corn from genetically-modified seeds and the difference it has
made.
DR.
MAKHOSANDILE REBE
Assistant Director
Dept of Agricultural Technology Development &
Transfer
Provincial Department of Agriculture
Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Dr. Rebe describes how his government program
educates village farmers and the responsibility to present the science
behind new technologies.
... and on the BioIssue of the Week ...
DAVID
EWING DUNCAN
Science Journalist &
Author, “Masterminds
...
Genius, DNA and the Quest to Re-Write Life”
On our new segment - the BioIssue of the Week with
David Ewing Duncan - we'll hear David's review of the keynote speech
delivered by former President Clinton at BIO 2006.
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Show Originating on
April 18, 2006
(program 06-T19-000016)
DR LARRY DOSSEY
Former Co-Chair, Panel on Mind/Body Interventions
National Institutes of Health
Author, “The
Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things”
Moira speaks with DR LARRY
DOSSEY, the former co-chair of the Panel on Mind/Body Interventions at the
National Institutes of Health. This former Chief of Staff at Medical City
Dallas Hospital tells us about “The Extraordinary Healing Power of
Ordinary Things.”
DR RUBIN NAIMAN
Sleep and Dream Medicine Specialist
Dr. Andy Weil's Program in Integrative Medicine
Creator, The Sleep
Advisor website
Author, “Healing
Night”
DR RUBIN NAIMAN, the sleep
and dream medicine specialist in Dr. Andy Weil's Program in Integrative
Medicine, tells us about sleep today in modern life versus sleep centuries
ago.
... and on BioTech
Nation: RYAN PHELAN
Founder
& CEO, DNA Direct
In this BioTech Nation segment, DNA Direct's Ryan
Phelan, the Founder & CEO of DNA Direct, tells us about personal DNA
testing in your own home and DNA Direct's commitment to DNA counseling.
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Show Originating on
April 11, 2006
(program 06-T19-000015)
BOB SUTTON
Professor
of Management Science and Engineering
Stanford
University
Author, “Hard Facts,
Dangerous Half-Truths & Total Nonsense”
Moira speaks with Stanford
business and engineering professor BOB SUTTON. We'll find out what he
thinks are “Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths & Total Nonsense.”
FRAN MAIER
President and Executive Director, TRUSTe
Then FRAN
MAIER, the President and Executive Director of TRUSTe, discusses some
innovative new privacy programs designed to protect the consumer.
... and on BioTech Nation: DR. GREG
STOCK
Director
UCLA's Program on Medicine, Technology and Society
CEO, Signum Biosciences
In this BioTech Nation segment, UCLA's DR. GREG STOCK
offers his views on the impact of biotech.
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Show Originating on
April 4, 2006
(program 06-T19-000014)
WILLIAM VOLLMANN
Winner, National Book Award
Author, “Uncentering
the Earth
… Copernicus and The Revolutions of the
Heavenly Spheres”
Moira speaks with WILLIAM
VOLLMANN about the science of Nicholas Copernicus. How much technology did
he have at his disposal in 16th century Italy? And how much of the science
did he get right?
SARAH DUNANT
Historical Novelist
Author,
“In the
Company of the Courtesan”
Then SARAH DUNANT takes us
from Rome to Venice with her latest “In the Company of the Courtesan.”
We'll find out what it was like to live in the 16th century
...
and on BioTech Nation: DR. COREY GOODMAN
Neuroscientist
President
& CEO, Renovis
In this BioTech Nation segment, DR. COREY GOODMAN,
the President and CEO of Renovis, gives us some perspective on
regenerative medicine and the ethics of the scientific community.
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