Episodes
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Episode 19-40 Lemony Snicket Does Tech Noir
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with the author known best to you as Lemony Snicket, or rather his adult self: Daniel Handler. They talk about his latest adult novel: “Bottle Grove”, and a different take on the San Francisco of today. Then Moira speaks with two different female…
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Episode 19-37 Shrewd Samaritan in a Connected World
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with USF professor and development economist Bruce Wydick about “Shrewd Samaritan - Faith, Economics, and the Road to Loving Our Global Neighbor”. Which poverty intervention programs work, and which don’t? Then the global health challenge of the bacteria…
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Episode 19-36 Your Mind Needs Motion
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with UC San Francisco professor Dr. Louise Aronson talks about a new stage of life: Elderhood, – Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimaging Life. With modern technology, it lasts longer than anyone imagined. Also, Tech Nation Health Chief...
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Episode 19-34 What Motivates the People Driving Biotech
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with the committed people who lead the biotech industry. Physician-entrepreneur Dr. Jeremy Levin chairs BIO, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, and also works on the rare disease Angelman Syndrome at Ovid Therapeutics. Jim Greenwood, the CEO of…
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Episode 19-33 Talking to Robots – Future and Imagined
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Tech Nation’s former biotech correspondent David Ewing Duncan about his new book - “Talking to Robots: Tales from Our Human Robot Future.” Then Dr. Daniel Kraft tells us how robotics are replacing surgeons, and McAfee’s Gary Davis, expands on those...
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Episode 19-32 Making medical breakthroughs faster
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellmann, the CEO of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Dr. Penny Heaton, CEO of The Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute, also called Gates MRI. Then scientist-entrepreneur Dr. Jake Glanville, co-founder and Chief...
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Episode 19-30 PERFORMANCE – improving physically
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Surgeon Dr. Justin Barad, the co-founder and CEO of Osso VR. They help surgeons to learn new medical techniques better. And another MD, Dr. Daniel Chao co-founded Halo Neuroscience to improve any activity requiring repetitive motion – from athletes to...
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Episode 19-29 PAIN – When You Feel It, and When You Can’t
On this week’s Tech Nation Health, Moira speaks with we’re talking about pain. Podiatric surgeon Dr. David Armstrong, a Professor of Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine at USC, and Davide Vigano, CEO of Sensoria, talk about the long term effect of diabetes on the feet, and how to prevent and...
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Episode 19-28 Moving cancer treatments to simple pills
On Tech Nation Health, Ali Fattay, the CEO of Curis, talks about moving cancer treatments from the most common method - infusions - to pills. And chief correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft discusses Circadian Medicine – paying attention to your Circadian rhythm turns out to be important, even in the...
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Episode 19-26 Early detection of Alzheimer’s
On Tech Nation Health,testing for Alzheimer’s Disease long before any outward symptoms appear. Carlo Medici, CEO of Alzeca describes their efforts, and our chief correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, talks about the ability to control technology with voice and how it will significantly impact medicine.
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Episode 19-25 A new way to work on diseases with small populations
On Tech Nation Health, a new model for addressing genetically-driven diseases affecting a small number of patients. Neil Kumar is the CEO of Bridge Bio. And Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft reviews new technologies to determine the health status of our hearts.
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Episode 19-24 A vaccine to treat Alzheimer’s - and potentially prevent it
On Tech Nation Health, work on a vaccine to treat Alzheimer’s – both treatment and preventative. And Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about The Age Wave.
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Episode 19-23 A man and his smartwatch – his life depended on it
On Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft relates a story about a man and his smartwatch – it saved his life.
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Episode 19-22 Technology and Iron – from the Middle Ages to modern France
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Jean-Jacques Augagneur, CEO of Lacanche, and Chef Patrick Boisjot, the Director of Export. It’s a story of technology and iron - from the Middle Ages through the French Revolution and the Industrial Age up until today - a “bespoke” French stove from a...
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Episode 19-21 Why Is There a Climate Debate? (It’s Not Science)
On this week’s Tech Nation, how we came to question climate change. To even question the science. What’s it all about? Nathaniel Rich, journalist and author of “Losing Earth: A Recent History”, explains. Then Tech Nation Chief Correspondent Daniel Kraft talks about the age of the medical selfie.
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Episode 19-20 Tech and the Future of Suburbs and Cities
On this week’s Tech Nation, Peter Calthorpe, co-founder of Urban Footprint, who focuses on sustainable urban growth and planning, and the author of “Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change”.
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Episode 19-19 How tech can help you – and block you – from getting a good night’s sleep
Dr. John Haurum (ha-RUMM) from F-Star in Cambridge, England describes their approach to creating cancer drugs, and Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about sleep – and upsides and downsides of all this technology.
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Episode 19-18 The Snow Leopards Of War Torn Afghanistan
On this week’s Tech Nation, Dr. Alex Dehgan joins Moira to talk about “The Snow Leopard Project … and other Adventures in Warzone Conservation”. And we’ll from Tech Nation regular contributor, Gary Davis, the Chief Consumer Security Evangelist at McAfee – phishing is more than just an...
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Episode 19-17 A new approach to the most common skin disorder: Acne
On Tech Nation Health, fighting life-threatening Sepsis in hospital settings, and an approach to America’s most common skin disease: Acne.
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Episode 19-15 Using Tech for Social Change
On this week’s Tech Nation, Ann Mei Chang, the Executive Director of Lean Impact, before a live audience at the Women in Leadership and Philanthropy Symposium at the University of San Francisco. Her book is “Lean Impact … How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good”. And Jerry Sheehan, the...
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Episode 19-15 Beyond Moonshots? There’s Loonshots!
On this week’s Tech Nation, Science/Tech entrepreneur Safi Bahcall. He’s written “Loonshots … How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that win wars, cure diseases, and transform industries.” And French biotech - Sensorion Pharmaceuticals. Its president and CEO, Nawal Ouzren, tells us about making progress...
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Episode 19-14 Fragile X Syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, and traumatic brain injury
On this week’s Tech Nation Health, neuroscientist Dr. Mark Gurney, CEO of Tetra Discovery Partners, talks treatments for such challenges as Fragile X Syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, and traumatic brain injury.
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Episode 19-13 Cybersecurity and the New Technologies
On this week’s Tech Nation, Mikko Hyppönen, the Chief Research Officer at F-Secure. Cybersecurity in the world today, as well as Hypponen’s Law. Then, the new approach taken with first Post-Partum depression drug. Dr. Jeff Jonas, the CEO of Sage Therapeutics, tells us how it just may work for...
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Episode 19-12 Part II – Chernobyl – Then and Now...
On this week’s Tech Nation, historian and MIT professor Kate Brown talks about “Manual for Survival … A Chernobyl Guide to the Future”. She looks at the long term impact of Chernobyl – on humans, on the environment, on the politics of governments with nuclear capabilities, and even on…
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Episode 19-11 Part I – Chernobyl: Then and Now
On this week’s Tech Nation, part I of a two-part series on Chernobyl: Then and Now. Journalist Adam Higginbotham, author of “Midnight in Chernobyl”, recounts what exactly happened at the time of the accident. Later in the show, Vincent Keunen, the Founder and CEO of Andaman7, describes a new app…
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Episode 19-10 Guy Kawasaki – Lessons from a Life
On this week’s Tech Nation, Guy Kawasaki, the chief evangelist for Canva, and former chief evangelist of Apple, looks back on his life in “Wise Guy … Lessons from a Life”. Then Pat Condo, CEO of NTENT, describes how our world is changing now that we can speak to the tech around us. Helen Torley,...
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Episode 19-09 Research on viruses, cancer, autoimmune diseases, and more
On this week’s Tech Nation Health, Dr. Carl Ware, the Director of the Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla talks about their research involving viruses, cancer and autoimmune diseases.
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Episode 19-08 What about the Humans in Self-Driving Cars?
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks Andrew Poliak, Vice President for Strategy and Innovation at Panasonic Automotive Systems America, about the human experience within self-driving cars, as well as cars of the future. Also, Gary Davis, the Chief Consumer Security Evangelist at McAfee talks...
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Episode 19-07 Predicting Weather – Data, Computers, and All of Us
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with the people who predict the weather - Todd Hutchinson, the Director of Numerical Weather Prediction at The Weather Company, and Cameron Clayton, the General Manager of Watson Media & Weather. And another question – what’s in the food we eat? And where...
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Episode 19-06 The Smart Home comes of age
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with three takes on what would work well in a Smart Home, the projected US trends in consumer technology – what you will likely buy this year, and a tiny chip that can monitor the air that we breathe.
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Episode 19-05 PERFORMANCE – improving physically
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Surgeon Dr. Justin Barad, the co-founder and CEO of Osso VR. They help surgeons to learn new medical techniques better. And another MD, Dr. Daniel Chao co-founded Halo Neuroscience to improve any activity requiring repetitive motion – from athletes to...
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Episode 19-04 PAIN – when you don’t feel it, and when you can’t stop
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with we’re talking about pain. Podiatric surgeon Dr. David Armstrong, a Professor of Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine at USC, and Davide Vigano, CEO of Sensoria, talk about the long term effect of diabetes on the feet, and how to prevent and help…
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Episode 19-03 Circadian Medicine
On this week’s Tech Nation Health, moving cancer treatments from the most common method - infusions - to pills. Ali Fattay, the CEO of Curis, talks about the challenges, and chief correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft tells us about Circadian Medicine – paying attention to your Circadian rhythm turns…
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Episode 19-02 Early detection of Alzheimer’s
On this week’s Tech Nation Health, testing for Alzheimer’s Disease long before any outward symptoms appear. Carlo Medici, CEO of Alzeca describes their efforts, and our chief correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, talks about the ability to control technology with voice and how it will significantly...
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Episode 19-01 “Artificial Intelligence” in healthcare
On this week’s Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft takes us beyond the hype on “artificial intelligence” in healthcare.
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Episode 18-52 Electroceuticals - electricity as medicine.
On this week’s Tech Nation Health, what the World Health Organization calls out as a burning need – healthcare management. Steve Sammut joins us with a solution in Africa. And Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about electroceuticals - electricity as medicine.
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Episode 18-51 The Opioid Crisis
On this week’s Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft brings us up-to-date on the Opioid Crisis with the surprising findings of a new study.
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Episode 18-49 The Microbiome
On this week’s Tech Nation Health, producing your own cells to deliver on the promise of Precision Medicine. Steve Bagshaw, the CEO of FujiFilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, explains what they do. And Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft gives us more insight on the announcement out of China of...
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Episode 18-48 The Microbiome
On this week’s Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about … the microbiome, and how the right surgical intervention can change everything.
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Episode 18-47 The interesting venom of the Australian Brown Snake
On this week’s Tech Nation Health, Dr. Chris Smith from the start-up, Q-Sera in Brisbane, Australia. He tells us how a scientist came face to face with the venomous Australian Brown snake – and it may one day save your life.
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Episode 18-46 Viruses that fight cancer
On Tech Nation Health, it’s the power of viruses – against cancer. Moira speaks with Dr. Harry Gruber, the President for Science and Innovation at Tocagen about their genetically engineered viruses. Their first, glioblastoma, has received breakthrough therapy designation from the FDA. Tocagen is...
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Episode 18-45 Biotech’s breakthroughs and challenges
On Tech Nation Health, a look at the global biotech industry, its accomplishments and its challenges. Jim Greenwood, the President & CEO of BIO, joins us to cover everything from scientific breakthroughs to plentiful jobs for the non-scientists among us.
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Episode 18-44 Breakthrough science and a potential new treatment for epilepsy
On Tech Nation Health, breakthrough science in the treatment of epilepsy. With 65 million people affected worldwide, and many not responsive to the current medicines, Tony Colasin, the Co-Founder and CEO of Bloom Science, talks about the new science Bloom is utilizing to develop new treatments.
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Episode 18-43 The health status of our hearts
On Tech Nation Health, a potential new treatment for Proteus Syndrome, best known to you from the movie, The Elephant Man. It also has potential for treating endometrial cancer. Moira speaks with Dr. Brian Schwartz, the Chief Medical Officer of Arqule.
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Episode 18-42 The health status of our hearts
On Tech Nation Health, Neal Kumar, the CEO of Bridge Bio, talks about a new model for addressing genetically-driven diseases with small patient populations. And Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft reviews new technologies to determine the health status of our hearts.
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Episode 18-41 Valuing a Worker’s Work in the Tech Age
On Tech Nation Health, Tim Shannon from Canaan Partners discusses some terms with potential in the future of medicine: “protein degradation” and “synthetic lethality”. And Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft reviews the latest FDA approvals using AI.
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Episode 18-40 A vaccine to treat Alzheimer’s - and potentially prevent it
On Tech Nation Health, work on a vaccine to treat Alzheimer’s – both treatment and preventative. And Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about The Age Wave.
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Episode 18-39 A man and his smartwatch – his life depended on it
On Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft relates a story about a man and his smartwatch – it saved his life.
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Episode 18-38 Treating medical conditions with a person’s own cells
On Tech Nation Health, treating medical conditions with a person’s own cells. Nina Kjellson (Shell-son), Managing Partner, from Canaan Partners explains the challenges of car-T therapy in treating cancer patients, and Vericel’s Gerard Michel describes their work repairing cartilage in the knee…
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Episode 18-36 Making Breakthrough Medicine Faster and for Everyone
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Sue Desmond-Hellman, the CEO of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Dr. Penny Heaton, CEO of The Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute, also called Gates MRI. Then scientist-entrepreneur Dr. Jake Glanville, co-founder and Chief...
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