TechNation Radio Podcast
TechNation Radio hosted by Dr Moira Gunn
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 105
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Episode 641: Episode 25-35 Some People Are Just Anointed !!!
On this week’s Tech Nation, every UC Berkeley Business and Entrepreneurship Professor, Dr. Toby Stuart, has studied the "Anointed" – those people who seem to get all the "good stuff". You'll learn ho…
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Thu 04 Sep 2025
Episode 640: Episode 25-34 Lawyers run the US, but Engineers run China
On this week’s Tech Nation, Dan Wang from Stanford University’s Hoover History Lab sees the similarities between China and the US in his book: “Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future”, and f…
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Thu 28 Aug 2025
Episode 639: Episode 25-33 To Die With Such Men
On this week’s Tech Nation, Frontline Stories from Ukraine’s International Legion with Military Historian Dr. Shannon Monaghan, for Type I diabetics, the New England Journal of Medicine publishes ear…
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Thu 21 Aug 2025
Episode 639: Episode 25-33 To Die With Such Men
On this week’s Tech Nation, Frontline Stories from Ukraine’s International Legion with Military Historian Dr. Shannon Monaghan, for Type I diabetics, the New England Journal of Medicine publishes ear…
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Thu 21 Aug 2025
Episode 638: Episode 25-32 Remembering Jim Lovell
On this week’s Tech Nation, in honour of his recent passing, we revisit Tech Nation's 1994 interview with Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell. Lovell recounts the intense decisions made aboard Apollo 13 a…
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Thu 14 Aug 2025
Episode 637: Episode 25-31 Ping and Precision
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Andrew Brodsky, Professor and Author of, “Ping: The Secrets of Successful Virtual Communication”, breaks down the science of virtual communication. …
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Thu 07 Aug 2025
Episode 636: Episode 25-30 Super Agers
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Eric Topol, professor and executive vice president at Scripps Research, about his book, “Super Agers … An Evidence‑Based Approach to Longevity.” Then…
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Wed 30 Jul 2025
Episode 635: Episode 25-29 Unlearning Silence
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Author Elaine Lin Hering, who joins me to talk about her book, “Unlearning Silence … How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully.” Then, …
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Fri 25 Jul 2025
Episode 634: Episode 25-28 Stories are Weapons
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Science journalist and author Annalee Newitz, joins me to talk about her book, “Stories are Weapons … Psychological Warfare and the American Mind”. Then,…
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Thu 17 Jul 2025
Episode 633: Episode 25-27 Climate Change’s Impact on Sports
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Sports ecology professor and author, Dr. Madeleine Orr, about her book, “Warming Up… How Climate Change is Changing Sport”. Then, Tech Nation Health Chie…
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Thu 10 Jul 2025
Episode 632: Episode 25-26 Total Garbage
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Pulitzer-Prize winning author, Ed Humes, talks about his book, “Total Garbage… How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World.” Then, Dr. Steve Quake, Head …
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Thu 03 Jul 2025
Episode 631: Episode 25-25 The Neuroscience of Revenge
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with James Kimmel, Jr., founder of the Yale Collaborative for Motive Control Studies and author of, "The Science of Revenge: Understanding the World's Deadlie…
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Wed 25 Jun 2025
Episode 630: Episode 25-24 A Biotech Breakthrough in Antivenom
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Biotech Entrepreneur, Dr. Jake Glanville, Founder, Chair and CEO of Centivax, gives us the insider’s view of the first real breakthrough in snake antiven…
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Thu 19 Jun 2025
Episode 629: Episode 25-23 One Ancient Language, New Medical Frontiers
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist Laura Spinney about her new book, “Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global”, which explores the roots of modern language. Then, Tech Natio…
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Wed 11 Jun 2025
Episode 628: Episode 25-22 A More Beautiful Question
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Warren Berger, author of “A More Beautiful Question … The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas”, now in its tenth anniversary re-release and upd…
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Wed 04 Jun 2025
Episode 627: Episode 25-21 Playing with Reality
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Neuroscientists and Author, Dr. Kelly Clancy joins me to talk about the role that games have played in human development. Her book is “Playing with Reali…
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Wed 28 May 2025
Episode 626: Episode 25-20 Building Immunity to Misinformation
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Doctor’s Andy Norman and Lee McIntyre from the Mental Immunity Project about strengthening your mind’s immunity to misinformation. Then, regular Tech Nat…
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Wed 21 May 2025
Episode 625: Episode 25-19 Identity and AI
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist Vauhini Vara about her book, “Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age”, which examines how the internet and AI influence who we are.Then, lingui…
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Wed 14 May 2025
Episode 624: Episode 25-18 Living with Pain
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Henry Abbott, former ESPN journalist and author of "Ballistic: The New Science of Injury-Free Athletic Performance". Then, Dr. Lorin Johnson, CSO of Glyc…
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Wed 07 May 2025
Episode 623: Episode 25-17 A Leap Forward in Neuroscience
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Cory Nicholas, Co-Founder and CEO of Neurona Therapeutics, about a breakthrough in neuroscience that leads to a new therapy showing lasting success i…
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Fri 02 May 2025
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