Tech Nation: January - March 2006

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March 28, 2006
(program 06-T19-000013)

From the BioAgenda Summit 2006 ...

                             "The Great Debate"

MODERATOR: Dr. Moira Gunn

DEBATERS:

   BARONESS SUSAN GREENFIELD
   Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain
   Author, “The Private Life of the Brain
   ... Emotions, Consciousness, and the secret of the Self”

   and

   RAY KURZWEIL
   Founder & CEO, Kurzweil Technologies
   Author, “The Singularity is Near
   ... When Humans Transcend Biology”

Debaters BARONESS SUSAN GREENFIELD and RAY KURZWEILaddress one of the most burning questions of our time: Will biotechnology save us? Or hurt us? The answers are nuanced, and they often don’t agree. We’ll find out how the audience voted - From help us to hurt us to “It’s too early to tell.”


And you may vote, as well!

        Biotechnology will SAVE us:
               EMAIL: saveus@technation.com
        Biotechnology will HURT us:
               EMAIL: hurtus@technation.com
        TOO EARLY to tell:
               EMAIL: tooearly@technation.com
 

Show Originating on
March 21, 2006
(program 06-T19-000012)

STUART GANNES
Director, Reuter's Digital Vision Program
Stanford University
... and Digital Vision Fellows - Michael Chertok, Saori Fotenos, Avni Jamdar, David Lehr, Robert Maranga, Atif Mumtaz and Erik Sundelof

STUART GANNES, the Director of the Reuters Digital Vision Program, as well as this year’s Digital Vision Fellows tell us about global projects with a humanitarian bent – from citizen journalism on simple cellphones, to telemedicine for developing nations, and multimedia for the street kids of Rio.

TO APPLY to next year's Digital Vision program ...



... and on BioTech Nation:

LISA CONTE
CEO, Napo Pharmaceuticals

Napo Pharmaceuticals’ CEO LISA CONTE tells us about their approach to a worldwide health problem few want to talk about, yet it affects everyone from children living with bad water to the common Western condition of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. She also discusses Napo's efforts to compensate indigenous peoples for their intellectual contribution of naturally-occurring remedies.


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Show Originating on
March 14, 2006
(program 06-T19-000011)

DR. CAROL DWECK
The Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology
Stanford University
Journalist & Author, “Mindset …
The New Psychology of Success”



Stanford Psychology professor and recognized world leader in the study of personality, DR. CAROL DWECK, tells us about which mindset brings success and which mindset brings frustration, if not outright failure.





... and on BioTech Nation:

JOSHUA SPANOGLE
Stanford Medical School student and Author, “Isolation Ward”



JOSHUA SPANOGLE tells us about his new thriller Isolation Ward. It’s possibly the first fully-formed biotech thriller - from the fudging of scientific data, to xenotransplantation, to bioethics and the lure of the big money in biotech.





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Show Originating on
March 7, 2006
(program 06-T19-000010)

BERNARD-HENRI LEVY
Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Journalist & Author, “American Vertigo …
Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville”





French author BERNARD-HENRI LEVY gives us a different perspective about America and Americans, as he re-traces the steps - and quest - of Alexis de Tocqueville.






... and on BioTech Nation:

A two-part segment on NANOTECHNOLOGY ...

First Interview:

LYNN FOSTER
Emerging Technologies Director, Greenberg Traurig
and LARRY BOCK
Founder and Executive Chairman, Nanosys

Contributors, “Nanotechnology ... Science, Innovation, and Opportunity”





LYNN FOSTER and LARRY BOCK draw out the overall landscape of nanotechnology





Second Interview:

SHYAM VENKATESH
Director, Technology Partnering
Bay Area Economics
at NASA Ames Technology Partnerships Division

SHYAM VENKATESH will tell us what NASA is thinking of doing with nanotubes ...


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Show Originating on
February 28, 2006
(program 06-T19-00009)

MARTINEZ HEWLETT
Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona
Author, “Evolution from Creation to New Creation
… Conflict, Conversation, and Convergence”




MARTINEZ HEWLETT looks at the relation between science and theology.






DANIEL DENNETT
Professor of Philosophy, Tufts University
Author, “Breaking the Spell …
Religion as a Natural Phenomenon”




Moira will also speak with Philosophy Professor DANIEL DENNETT. He looks at the emergence of religion throughout natural history, and he asks us to bring in science to study it.




... and on BioTech Nation:


BioTech Nation returns next week with a look at NANOTECHNOLOGY.


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Show Originating on
February 21, 2006
(program 06-T19-00008)

NIC DUNLOP
Photojournalist & Author, “The Lost Executioner … A Story of the Khmer Rouge”



Photojournalist NIC DUNLOP. He sought out and came face-to-face with the head of the Khmer Rouge secret police. We’ll hear how it happened.





TIMOTHY ZAHN
Science Fiction Writer & Author, “Star Wars … Outbound Flight”




Moira will also speak with TIMOTHY ZAHN. He'll tell us what it mean to write "official" Star Wars novels, and what it’s like to see the occasional inclusion of his work in a Star Wars movie.



... and on BioTech Nation:

DR. RICKARD OSTE
Professor of Food Chemistry
Lund University, Sweden
Inventor, "Oatly" Oat Milk


In this BioTech Nation segment, DR. RICKARD OSTE will tell us how to turn oats into oat milk. You just don’t add water – that would be gruel. Nope, you’ve got to know your food chemistry.

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Show Originating on
February 14, 2006
(program 06-T19-00007)

ROSS KING
Author, “The Judgment of Paris”



Moira speaks with ROSS KING, the author of such bestselling books as “Brunelleschi’s Dome” and “Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling.” They’ll look at the emergence of photography and its impact on art.







... and on BioTech Nation:

DR. GURINDER SHAHI
Director, Global BioBusiness Initiative
USC's Marshall School of Business


In this BioTech Nation segment, DR. GURINDER SHAHI, the Director of the Global BioBusiness Initiativetells us about USC's on-line biotech courses and special executive sessions - making a switch to a career in biotech a possibility for just about everyone.

FOR MORE INFO,
ON USC'S ON-LINE & EXECUTIVE BIOTECH COURSES,
EMAIL: gurinder.shahi@marshall.usc.edu


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Show Originating on
February 7, 2006
(program 06-T19-00006)

BREWSTER KAHLE
Founder and Digital Librarian
The Internet Archive

Moira speaks with BREWSTER KAHLE, the founder of the Internet Archive. They’re not just archiving web pages – there’s now books, movies, and 3,000 Grateful Dead concerts.


JOHN TAYMAN
Author, “The Colony”




Moira will also speak with JOHN TAYMAN. He tells us about Molokai and its famous leper colony.






... and on BioTech Nation:

CHRISTOPHER THOMAS SCOTT
Director, Stanford Program in Stem Cells and Society
Author, “Stem Cell Now : From the Experiment That Shook the World to the New Politics of Life”



In this BioTech Nation segment, CHRISTOPHER THOMAS SCOTT, the Director of the Stanford Program in Stem Cells and Society, will tell us how the major organized religions of the world each view embryonic stem cell research.






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Show Originating on
January 31, 2006
(program 06-T19-00005)

CLIFFORD NASS
Professor of Communications,
Stanford University
Author, “Wired for Speech”



Moira speaks with Stanford Professor CLIFF NASS. He’ll tell us some news about how our ears work … which relates to those computerized voices becoming more and more prevalent.






LEANDER KAHNEY
Columnist & Blogger, "The Cult of Mac"
Author, “The Cult of iPod”




Moira will also speak with LEANDER KAHNEY. He'll take us into The Cult of iPod … and how it’s changing the face of America.





... and on BioTech Nation:

CHRISTOPHER THOMAS SCOTT
Director, Stanford Program in Stem Cells and Society
Author, “Stem Cell Now : From the Experiment That Shook the World to the New Politics of Life”



In this BioTech Nation segment, CHRISTOPHER THOMAS SCOTT, the Director of the Stanford Program in Stem Cells and Society, will weigh in on the South Korean stem cell research.






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Show Originating on
January 24, 2006
(program 06-T19-00003)

GILI DRORI
Lecturer, Stanford University
International Relations and International Policy Studies
Author, “Global E-Litism … Digital Technology, Social Inequality, and Transnationality”


Moira speaks with Stanford University's GILI DRORI, the author of “Global E-Litism.” They’ll talk about the global Digital Divide.








... and on BioTech Nation:

DR. DAVID MAGNUS
Director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics

In this BioTech Nation segment, DAVID MAGNUS, the Director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, discusses the ethical concerns surrounding women who donate eggs for stem cell research, the challenges of scientific research for children, organ transplants in the age of the Internet and the technical issues driving end-of-life decisions.

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Show Originating on
January 17, 2006
(program 06-T19-00003)

JOAN WALSH
Editor-in-Chief, Salon Magazine

Moira speaks with JOAN WALSH, the Editor-in-Chief of Salon Magazine, one of the first on-line zines to make a national impact. They’ll look back at ten years on the web and look forward to the future of on-line journalism.


TIFFANY SHLAIN
Founder, The Webby Awards

Moira will also speak with TIFFANY SHLAIN, the founder of The Webby Awards. She’ll lay out their current selection for the top ten momentous points in Web history, and they’ll look at the new Web trends in 2006.


... and on BioTech Nation:

DR. KARI STEFANSSON
CEO, deCODE Genetics

In this BioTech Nation segment, deCODE Genetics’ CEO DR. KARI STEFANSSON tells us about a new discovery, linking a single gene variant to a significantly increased risk for Type II diabetes.

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Show Originating on
January 10, 2006
(program 06-T19-00002)

KIM STANLEY ROBINSON
Author, The Mars Trilogy &
“Fifty Degrees Below”



Moira speaks with KIM STANLEY ROBINSON the author of the Mars Trilogy. In his latest book, “Fiftey Degrees Below” he surmises what it would be like if the Gulf Stream stopped flowing.





SCOTT RITTER
Former UN weapons inspector in Iraq
Author, “Iraq Confidential”



Moira also speaks with SCOTT RITTER, a former UN weapons inspector in Iraq, tells us how do you look for a weapon of mass destruction.





... and on BioTech Nation:

DR. PRATHIMA ARCHARYA
Formulation Scientist, Diosynth Biotechnology

In this BioTech Nation segment, DR. PRATHIMA ARCHARYA tells us how they turn a promising molecule into a robust drug.

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Show Originating on
January 3, 2006
(program 06-T19-00001)

In this final entry in the Tech Nation Winter Archive Series, featuring popular Tech Nation interviews:

DR. PETER WHYBROW
Director, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
UCLA
Author, “American Mania”



Moira 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.





MICHAEL SHERMER
Columnist, Scientific American
Author, “Science Friction”



Moira also speaks with MICHAEL SHERMER. He'll teach us about being skeptical. Known to most people through his Skeptics column in Scientific American, they’ll discuss the “Baloney Detection Kit.”





... and on BioTech Nation:

DR. PATRICK LINCOLN
Director, Computer Science Laboratory
SRI International

In this 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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