Show Originating on
March 29,
2005
(program 05-T19-00013)
First
Interview: Professor Oded Shenkar
Ford
Motor Company Chair, Global Business Management
Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University
Author, The Chinese
Century ...
The Rising Chinese Economy and its
Impact
on the Global Economy, The Balance of Power
and Your Job
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks
with
Ohio State University Professor ODED SHENKAR about
the rise of China. They'll look at the lessons of
history -
as well as what's happening today - to
find out just why
he calls this "The Chinese
Century."
BioTech
Nation Segment:
SUZI LEATHER
Chair, Great Britain's Human
Fertilisation
and Embryology Authority
In this BioTech Nation segment, SUZI LEATHER, the head
of Great Britain's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, will tell
us why this nation - which permits stem cell research - actually exerts
far more government controls than the US.
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Show Originating on
March 22,
2005
(program 05-T19-00012)
First
Interview: Deborah Rudacille
Science
Writer, Johns Hopkins University
Author, The Riddle of
Gender ...
Science, Activism, and Transgender
Rights
Earlier
book: The Butterfly
and The Scalpel ...
The Conflict Between Animal
Research and Animal Protection 
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks
with Johns-Hopkins' DEBORAH RUDACILLE (pronounced
"Rue-da-sill") about scientific definitions. Science now shows us that
tens of millions of people do not fall into the physiological definition
of either male and female ...
Second
Interview: Bill Hayes
Author, Five Quarts …
A Personal and Natural History of
Blood
Earlier
book: Sleep
Demons 
Moira
also speaks with BILL HAYES. He brings back his signature mixture of
science and life experience - this time it's all about blood.
BioTech Nation
Segment:
DR. CAROLYN GIVENS
Associate Medical Director,
Pacific Fertility Center, San Francisco
In this BioTech Nation segment, DR. CAROLYN GIVENS
tells us where In Vitro Fertilization meets stem cell research.
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Show Originating on
March 15,
2005
(program 05-T19-00011)
First
Interview: Henry Jenkins
Director,
Comparative Media Studies Program
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Co-Editor, Re-Thinking
Media Change
and Democracy and
New Media
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks
with DR. HENRY JENKINS, the Director of the
Comparative Media Studies Program at MIT. He believes that video games
will revolutionize education.
Second
Interview: John Beck
Senior Fellow, USC's
Annenberg Center
of the Digital Arts Author, Got Game
… How the Gamer Generation is Reshaping Business
Forever
Earlier book: The Attention
Economy 
Moira also speaks with JOHN BECK, a Senior Research
Fellow at The Annenberg Center of the Digital Future. He warns that the
"Gamer Generation" is about to enter the workforce - and that means
change.
BioTech Nation
Segment:
DR. BELINDA CLARKE
Science Liaison Manager,
Norwich Research Park, Norfolk, England
In this BioTech Nation segment, DR. BELINDA CLARKE,
the Science Liaison Manager at Norwich Research Park, tells us why
scientists have a moral obligation to communicate science.
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Show Originating on
March 8,
2005
(program 05-T19-00010)
First Interview: David
Bodanis
Popular Science Writer and Author,
Electric
Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity
Earlier books: E=mc2
and The Secret
House
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks
with DAVID
BODANIS about man's fascination with electricity - from entertainment in
the courts of French Kings to the modern day.
Second Interview: Sir
Roger Penrose
Emeritus Professor of
Mathematics, Oxford University
Author, The Road to
Reality
… A Complete Guide to the Laws of the
Universe
Earlier books: The Emperor's
New Mind and Shadows of the
Mind
Moira also speaks with SIR ROGER
PENROSE, who shares the Wolf Prize with Stephen Hawking. They'll discuss
his new Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe.
BioTech Nation
Segment:
DR. TIM COOK
Managing
Director, Isis Innovation
In this BioTech Nation segment, Isis Innovation's TIM
COOK Tim Cook will tell us how university scientists view industry, and
vice-versa.
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Show Originating on
March 1,
2005
(program 05-T19-00009)
First Interview: Simon
Singh
BBC Director, "The Proof"
Author, Big Bang … The
Origin of the Universe
Earlier books: Fermat's
Enigma and The Code
Book
On this
week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with SIMON SINGH about the
origins of the Universe as conceived by humans throughout history - from
myth and misconception to today's Big Bang.
Second Interview:
Brian Greene
Astrophysicist & Author, The Fabric of
the Cosmos
Earlier book: The Elegant
Universe
Moira also speaks with
astrophysicist BRIAN GREENE about his idea to test the origins of the
universe with data we may already have.
BioTech Nation
Segment:
DR. PATRICK LINCOLN
Director, SRI International
In this BioTech Nation segment, DR. PATRICK LINCOLN,
the Director of the Computer Science Laboratory at SRI International, will
tell us how bioscientists are building a powerful set of shared
tools.
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Show Originating on
February
22, 2005
(program 05-T19-00008)
First Interview: Dr. Peter
Whybrow
Director, Semel Institute for
Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA
Author, American
Mania
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with
DR. PETER WHYBROW about what makes Americans different - genetically
speaking that is. He'll tell us what genes Americans share - even though
they hail from everywhere on the planet.
Second Interview:
Michael Shermer
Columnist, Scientific American
Author, Science
Friction
... Where the Known Meets the
Unknown
Moira also speaks with MICHAEL
SHERMER about the art of being skeptical. They'll discuss the "Baloney
detection kit."
BioTech Nation
Segment:
DR. PATRICK LINCOLN
Director, SRI International
In the BioTech Nation segment, DR. PATRICK LINCOLN,
the Director of the Computer Science Laboratory at SRI International, will
tell us what's new in the burgeoning field of bioinformatics.
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Show Originating on
February
15, 2005
(program 05-T19-00007)
First Interview: Robert
Herbold
Former COO, Microsoft
Corporation
Member, President's Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology
Author, The Fiefdom
Syndrome
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with
the former Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft Corporation, ROBERT
HERBOLD. He's a member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science
and Technology, and you'll hear some surprising facts about technology
education in the United States today.
Second Interview:
John Barry
Psychiatrist and Author, The Great
Influenza
Moira also speaks with JOHN BARRY,
whom you may know best him from his award-winning book "Rising Tide." Now
he'll share the lessons we can learn today from the great influenza
epidemic of 1918.
BioTech Nation
Segment:
DR. NANCY MIZE
Pharmcacogenomics Expert, Pacific BioDevelopment
In the BioTech Nation segment, Pharmacogenomics expert
DR. NANCY MIZE will tell us about the role - and expense - of clinical
drug studies.
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Show Originating on
February
8, 2005
(program 05-T19-00006)
First Interview: Malcolm
Gladwell
New Yorker Staff Writer
Author, Blink …
The Power of Thinking without Thinking
and The Tipping
Point
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with
MALCOLM GLADWELL, the author of "The Tipping Point." He's back with a new
one: "Blink … The Power of Thinking without Thinking." They discuss what
we freely signal without opening our mouths.
Second Interview:
Dr. Mark Epstein
Psychiatrist and Author, Open to
Desire
Moira also speaks with psychiatrist
DR. MARK EPSTEIN. While he's not averse to prescribing anti-depressants
and other mainstream drugs, he's just as likely to prescribe Buddhist
meditation. Sounds different, but the science supports it.
BioTech Nation
Segment:
DR. NANCY MIZE
Pharmcacogenomics Expert, Pacific BioDevelopment
In the BioTech Nation segment, Pharmacogenomics expert
DR. NANCY MIZE fills us in on "personalized medicine."
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Show Originating on
February
1, 2005
(program 05-T19-00005)
First Interview: Andy
Hertzfeld
Member, Original Mac Technical
Team
Programmer, Mac Toolbox
Author, Revolution in
the Valley …
How the Mac Was Made
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with
ANDY HERTSFELD about his experience as one of the original Macintosh
technical team. Hertzfeld wrote the code for that central technology
called the Mac Toolbox.
They'll talk about how Steve Jobs hired him - or
rather commandeered him, and how his final job review had the action item:
'Stop talking to Steve Jobs.'
They'll also talk about what he thinks of the new ipod
and the Mac mini - one gets a thumbs up, and the other a thumbs down.
BioTech Nation
Segment:
DR. PATRICIA OSSEWEIJER
Managing Director, The Kluyver
Center for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation
In the BioTech Nation segment, DR. PATRICIA OSSEWEIJER
outlines the difference between genetically modified foods and the
technique of genomics.
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Show Originating on
January
25, 2005
(program 05-T19-00004)
First Interview: Barbara
Kellerman
Research Director, Center for
Public Leadership
Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University
Author, Bad Leadership …
What It Is, How It Happens, Why It
Matters
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with
BARBARA KELLERMAN about what makes for bad leaders. Just so you know, Dr.
Kellerman names names.
Second Interview:
Mary O'Hara-Devereaux
Forecaster and CEO, Global Foresight
Author, Navigating the
Badlands …
Thriving in the Decade of Radical
Transformation
Moira also speaks with futurist and
forecaster MARY O'HARA-DEVEREAUX. She believes we've entered a period of
disruptive innovation, and the next two decades will be a wild ride - she
calls them "The Badlands."
BioTech Nation
Segment:
DR. SUNIL MAULIK
Chairman and CEO, GeneEd,
Inc.
In the BioTech Nation segment, DR.
SUNIL MAULIK explains how you can learn the basics of biotech - online.
You won't be a scientist, but you might have a new career.
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Show Originating on
January
18, 2005
(program 05-T19-00003)
First Interview: Evan
Ratliff
Entrepreneur & Author, SAFE ... The
Race to Protect Oourselves in a Newly Dangerous World
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with
EVAN RATLIFF. They talk about making America safe - or at least the issues
which underlie it.
Second Interview:
Barbara Heinzen
Geographer and Social Scientist
Member, The Global Business
Network
Moira speaks with BARBARA HEINZEN.
With a background in geography and cultural dynamics, her focus is
uncertainty - how do we make decisions when we can't possibly know the
answers we need.
BioTech Nation
Segment:
Dr. Wim Jongen
Professor and Researcher, Wageningen University, The
Netherlands
In the BioTech Nation segment, DR.
WIM JONGEN talks about the design of new foods and food products - the
goals and the challenges.
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Show Originating on
January
11, 2005
(program 05-T19-00002)
First Interview: Frans
Johansson
Entrepreneur & Author, The Medici
Effect
On this week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with
FRANS JOHANSSON. He shares his perspective on innovation today, a spark
not unlike the remarkable developments the world witnessed at the time of
the Medici.
Second Interview:
Eckart Wintzen
Environmental Entrepreneur & Venture Capitalist
Founder, Ex'tent
&
Founder, Expression
College for Digital Arts
Moira
speaks with environmental entrepreneur ECKART WINTZEN. He'll tell us how
companies might change, human interaction may evolve, and life might be
better with the new technology.
BioTech Nation
Segment:
Dr. Alison Murdock
Professor of Reproductive Medicine, Newcastle
University
In the BioTech Nation segment, DR.
ALISON MURDOCK, a gynecologist and Professor of Reproductive Medicine at
Newcastle University. She'll tell you how to start your own stem cell
line, just in case you wanted one of your own.
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Show Originating on
January 4,
2005
(program 05-T19-00001)
First Interview: Tiffany
Shlain
Filmmaker & Chair,
The Webby Awards
Co-Founder,
The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences
On this
week's Tech Nation, Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Filmmaker TIFFANY SHLAIN,
the founder and chair of The Webby
Awards. They'll talk about trends and counter-trends on the World
Wide Web.
Second Interview: Douglas
Mulhall
Journalist & Author, The Calcium
Bomb
Moira also speaks with journalist DOUGLAS MULHALL. His
new book "The Calcium Bomb" deals with the controversial subject of
nanobacteria.
BioTech Nation Segment:
Dame Julia Polak
Professor, Imperial
College, London
In the BioTech Nation segment, DAME JULIA POLAK will
share her experience as one of Britain's longest surviving heart/lung
transplant recipients, and how it has affected her scientific research in
tissue engineering.
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