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 622: Episode 25-16 Sea Stars and the Secrets of Life
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Marine biologist Dr. Drew Harvell about her new book, "The Ocean’s Menagerie: How Earth’s Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life." Then, Sameer Sa…
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Thu 24 Apr 2025
Episode 621: Episode 25-15 The Neuroscience of Choice
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Emily Falk, Professor of Communications, Psychology, and Marketing at the University of Pennsylvania, about her new book, "What We Value... The Neuro…
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Wed 16 Apr 2025
Episode 620: Episode 25-14 Inside Nvidia & Jensen Huang
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist Stephen Witt discusses his new book, "The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip", spotlighting Nvidia…
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Fri 11 Apr 2025
Episode 619: Episode 25-13 Who Needs a Horse?
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Colorado Mesa University Professor, Timothy Winegard, about his book, “The Horse … A Galloping History of Humanity” and the dramatic impact horses have h…
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Fri 04 Apr 2025
Episode 618: Episode 25-12 Big Tech's AI Grab
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Rivlin about his new book, “AI Valley: Microsoft, Google, and the Trillion-Dollar Race to Cash In on Artificial In…
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Thu 27 Mar 2025
Episode 617: Episode 25-11 The Hidden Power of Carbon
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Author and environmental thought leader, Paul Hawken discusses his latest book, "Carbon: The Book of Life", about the invisible forces shaping our planet…
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Wed 19 Mar 2025
Episode 616: Episode 25-10 How AI Learned to Talk
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr Christopher Summerfield, Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Oxford and author of "These Strange New Minds … How AI Learned to Talk an…
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Thu 13 Mar 2025
Episode 615: Episode 25-09 A Journey Through Anxiety.
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Alexandra Shaker, Clinical Psychologist and author of "The Narrowing … A Journey Through Anxiety and the Body," exploring what anxiety really is and …
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Thu 06 Mar 2025
Episode 614: Episode 25-08 Rethinking Disability
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Ashley Shew, Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech and author of "Against Technoableism... Rethinking Who Needs Improvement"…
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Wed 26 Feb 2025
Episode 613: Episode 25-07 Climate Change and Our Brain
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Environmental journalist and Rhodes scholar Clayton Page Aldern about his book, “The Weight of Nature … How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains”. Then,…
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Wed 19 Feb 2025
Episode 612: Episode 25-06 A Woman of No Importance
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Sonia Purnell about her book, “A Woman of No Importance,” and the story of Virginia Hall, an American spy who operated in Nazi-occupied France during Wor…
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Thu 13 Feb 2025
Episode 611: Episode 25-05 Ends of the Earth
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Neil Shubin, University of Chicago professor and author of, “Ends of the Earth” about exploring the Arctic and Antarctic in search of life, the cosmo…
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Thu 06 Feb 2025
Episode 610: Episode 25-04 Reprogramming the Future
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Martin Borch Jensen and Dr. Francisco LePort from Gordian Biotechnology, who are working on diseases of aging before they even appear. Then, Tech Nat…
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Sat 01 Feb 2025
Episode 609: Episode 25-03 One Drug, Many Diseases
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. David Fajgenbaum, a Professor at Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and President of Every Cure, talks about his efforts to unlock the hidden potential…
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Thu 23 Jan 2025
Episode 608: Episode 25-02 The 10 Breakthrough Technologies of the Past Year
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with MIT Technology Review’s Mat Honan about the 10 breakthrough technologies of the past year, including Generative AI and green steel. Then, Ben Zimmer, CEO…
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Thu 16 Jan 2025
Episode 607: Episode 25-01 The Science of Psychological Targeting
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Columbia business professor Dr. Sandra Matz about psychological targeting and her book, “Mindmasters: The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing …
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Wed 08 Jan 2025
Episode 606: Episode 24-52 Friction, Good and Bad???
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford Professors, Bob Sutton and Huggy Rao, talk about their book, “The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong…
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Fri 03 Jan 2025
Episode 605: Episode 24-51 Is There Truly a Global Press???
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist and CEO of Global Press, Christi Hegranes, talks about her vision of what it really means to have a global press and her book, “Byline: How Lo…
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Fri 27 Dec 2024
Episode 604: Episode 24-50 Roads, Roads, and Even More Roads???
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks withScience Journalist Ben Goldfarb about his book, “Crossing: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of our Planet.” Then, Dave Pacitti, President of Siemens…
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Thu 19 Dec 2024
Episode 603: Episode 24-49 Excellent Advice for Living
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with the Founding Executive Editor at Wired magazine, Kevin Kelly is here with “Excellent Advice for Living … Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier.” Then, Dr Lisha…
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Wed 11 Dec 2024
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