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SHOWS CURRENTLY AIRING ...

Show Originating on
June 30, 2009

DR. MARCO IACABONI
Professor, UCLA
Author, Mirroring People: The New Science of How We Connect with Others



Moira speaks with UCLAs DR. MARCO IACABONI about how we Mirror People its how we empathize with others.







PAUL GOLDSTEIN

Lillick Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Author, A Patent Lie



Moira speaks with Stanford professor PAUL GOLDSTEIN, who fills us in on his latest legal thriller


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... and on BioTech Nation:





DR. COLIN GARNER

CEO, Xceleron

... a new technology reducing the need for animal testing ...


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Show Originating on
June 23, 2009

Then on BioTech Nation, DLA Pipers Bruce Jenett likens biotechnology to a simple, everyday light switch, and on BioIssue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan zeroes in on cucumbers.

JAMES LOVELOCK
Scientist and Creator of the Gaia Theory
Author, The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning



Moira speaks with scientist JAMES LOVELOCK, the creator of the Gaia Theory. Once controversial, its reached mainstream acceptance, and he has more predictions for us now.


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... and on BioTech Nation:



BRUCE JENETT

Co-Chair, Global Life Sciences Sector, DLA Piper

... a definition of biotechnology that anyone can understand...



& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... celebrates the decoding of the DNA of cucumbers


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Show Originating on
June 16, 2009

DR. LARRY DOSSEY
Author, The Power of Premonitions



Moira speaks with DR. LARRY DOSSEY about the science documenting premonitions.


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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. MIKE FISHER
Bio-Nano Consulting
and
PROFESSOR TONY CASS
Professor of Chemical Biology
Imperial College, London

... nanotechnology its reality and its potential ...


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Show Originating on
June 9, 2009

DARA OROURKE
Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

UC, Berkeley
Founder, goodguide.com


Moira speaks with UC Berkeley professor DARA OROURKE. He tells us what it takes to understand the impact of everything we use which means tracking the global supply chain.


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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. JAY KEASLING
Professor, Chemical Engineering and BioEngineering
UC Berkeley
1st recipient of the Biotech Humanitarian Award

... the growing worldwide challenge of malaria and a completely new approach which may make it manageable ...


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Show Originating on
June 2, 2009

Live from the International Biotechnology Conference: BIO 2009

JIM GREENWOOD
President, Biotechnology Industry Organization

DR. STEVE SHERWIN
Oncologist & CEO, Cell Genesys
Incoming Chair of the Biotechnology Industry Organization

and ... DAVID EWING DUNCAN with BioIssue of the Week

A special hour from the international biotechnology conference, featuring a special BioIssue of the Week, where David and Moira look at the top stories and the state of biotech


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Show Originating on
May 26, 2009

DANIEL GOLEMAN
Author, Ecological Intelligence How Knowing the Hidden Impact of What We Buy Can Change Everything



Moira speaks with DANIEL GOLEMAN, best known as the author of Emotional Intelligence. Hes interested in a new topic: He calls it Ecological Intelligence.


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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. TONY COLES
President & CEO, Onyx Pharmaceuticals,

... betting the company on a single drug

This is part of a series organized by BayBIO, the Northern California Life Sciences Organization, spotlighting the free online Impact 2009 Report about all the biotech companies in California ...


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Show Originating on
May 19, 2009

DAVID HELVARG
Author, Rescue Warriors: The US Coast Guard, Americas Forgotten Heroes



Moira speaks with David Helvarg about the story of the Coast Guard - from saving fishermen in the icy waters off Alaska to rescuing thousands in the wake of Katrina


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... and on BioTech Nation:


JJ BIENAIME
President & CEO, BioMarin Pharmaceuticals,

... biotech takes on orphan diseases

This is part of a series organized by BayBIO, the Northern California Life Sciences Organization, spotlighting the free online Impact 2009 Report about all the biotech companies in California ...


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Show Originating on
May 12, 2009

GEOFF NUNBERG
Linguist & Fresh Air Commentator
Author, The Years of Talking Dangerously



Moira speaks with Fresh Air commentator GEOFF NUNBERG about the impact of words in a dynamic, changing world.


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... and on BioTech Nation:


PAUL HASTINGS
President & CEO, Oncomed,

... cancer stem cells

This is part of a series organized by BayBIO, the Northern California Life Sciences Organization, spotlighting the free online Impact 2009 Report about all the biotech companies in California ...


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Show Originating on
May 5, 2009

DR RORY COOPER
OS OSBORN

Co-Directors, Quality of Life Technology Center
Moira speaks with Rory and Os about quality of life technology sometimes for those of us who are physically challenged, and at other times, for all of us.


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... and on BioTech Nation:

MATT GARDNER
President & CEO, BayBIO, the Northern California Life SciencesOrganization

... the new free online Impact 2009 Report about all the biotech companies in California and everything they are working on...


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Show Originating on
April 28, 2009

DR DAVID KESSLER
UCSF Professor & Former Commissioner, FDA
Author, The End of Overeating Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite



Moira speaks with former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner DAVID KESSLER about whats been invisibly added to the American supply, leaving some of us obese, and many of us, unexpectedly overweight. He tells us the science behind what happens to our brains when we eat food laden with salt, fat and sugar.


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Show Originating on
April 21, 2009

JUDITH ORLOFF
UCLA psychiatrist,
Author, Emotional Freedom



Moira speaks with UCLA psychiatrist DR. JUDITH ORLOFF about the psychology and biology of our emotions.


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... and on BioTech Nation:


JIM HENGST
President & CEO, ZeptoMetrix

... How research scientists acquire such materials as HIV and SARS

JACK ARMSTRONG
CEO, Genaera Corporation

... Developing better diabetes drugs

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... the Rolling Stone 100 scientists make the list


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Show Originating on
April 14, 2009

The Big Ideas Panel
from the National Academy of Engineering's
Summit on Grand Challenges at Duke University


The panelists ...

Dr. Leah Jamieson, Dean of Engineering, Purdue University

Dr. Tom Byers, Professor of Engineering, Stanford University

Dr. Ilesanmi ("Ade") Adesida, Dean of Engineering, University of Illinois

Dr. Rick Miller, President and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Dr. Louis Martin-Vega, Dean of Engineering, North Carolina State University


Moira speaks with a panel of nationally-recognized engineering deans and professors, eliciting Big Ideas to meet the National Academy of Engineering's Grand Challenges.


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... and on BioTech Nation:


CRAIG WHEELER
CEO, Momenta Pharmaceuticals

... Biologics and the new Biosimilars Bill in Congress

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... the problematic future of science journalists?


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Show Originating on
April 7, 2009

ALAN BOSS
Research Scientist
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Author, The Crowded Universe: The Search for Living Planets



Moira speaks with DR. ALAN BOSS about NASAs Kepler Mission and the life-supporting planets it expects to discover.


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... and on BioTech Nation:



& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... a Personalized Medicine Project




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Show Originating on
March 31, 2009

ED HUMES
Pulitzer Prizer & Author,
Author, Eco Barons: The Dreamers, Schemers, and Millionaires Who Are Saving Our Planet



Moira speaks with ED HUMES about the new Eco-Barons who are trying to save the planet


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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. JOE DIRISI
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Howard Hughes Medical Investigator
UCSF, the University of California at San Francisco

... the Virus chip how it works for man and animals and even for any viruses, no matter what the source




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Show Originating on
March 25, 2009

SCOTT THOMPSON
President, PayPal
Moira speaks with SCOTT THOMPSON, the President of PayPal. He tells us what it takes to make PayPal global ...


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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. JOE MILETICH
Senior Vice President, R&D, Amgen

... how new DNA technologies are changing on-going scientific studies


CARLOS RIVA
CEO, Verenium Corporation

... ethanol moves from small farms to full commercialization

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... the future of man-machine melding


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Show Originating on
March 18, 2009

ALVA NOE
Professor of Philosophy
Institute of Cognitive and Brain Sciences
UC Berkeley
Author, Out of Our Heads Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness



Moira speaks with UC Berkeley professor ALVA NOE - we are not our brains ...


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... and on BioTech Nation:

DAVID EWING DUNCAN
Chief Correspondent, BioTech Nation
Author, Experimental Man: What One Mans Body Reveals about His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World



Moira speaks with David about his odyssey into every test available...



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Show Originating on
March 11, 2009

DR. KEN DYCHTWALD
Psychologist & Gerontologist
Author, With Purpose Going from Success to Significance in Work and Life



Moira speaks with psychologist DR. KEN DYCHTWALD about re-writing the script for aging, especially in these economic times.


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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. CLIFF REID
Chairman, President & CEO, Complete Genomics

... DNA data and Large Scale Genome Studies


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Show Originating on
March 2, 2009

MARIO LIVIO
Senior Astrophysicist, Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute
Author, Is God a Mathematician?



Moira speaks with Astrophysicist MARIO LIVIO, who asks and answers the question: Is God a Mathematician?


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... and on BioTech Nation:


JOHN HOLADAY
CEO, QRX Pharma, Sydney, Australia

... creating new applications for old blockbuster drugs

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... the windfall for science in the new economic stimulus package


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Show Originating on
February 24, 2009

PHIL ZIMMERMANN
Inventor, PGP Pretty Good Privacy
Fellow, Stanford Law Schools Center for Internet and Society
Creator, The Zfone Project


Moira speaks with PHIL ZIMMERMANN, the creator of PGP Pretty Good Privacy, the most-widely used email encryption software in the world. In his latest effort, the Zfone Project, Phil enables any two individuals to carry our a secure telephone call over the Internet. The software is available for download at The Zfone Project


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... and on BioTech Nation:


ROHIT SHUKLA
CEO, The LARTA Institute

... how some governments are helping struggling biotech start-ups

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... why some science stories get covered, while others do not


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Show Originating on
February 17, 2009

SUSAN ROANE
Author, Face to Face --- How to Reclaim the Personal Touch in a Digital World



Moira speaks with Susan Roane about remembering we're human while we use our technogadgets


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... and on BioTech Nation:



& on a Special Edition of "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... On the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of his seminal scientific work: On the Origin of Species, David brings a surprise guest

Show Originating on
February 10, 2009

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
Director, The Hayden Planetarium
Author, The Pluto Files



Moira speaks with Hayden Planetarium Director, NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON. He was the guy that took all the flack for downgrading Pluto from a planet to a dwarf.


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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. ANDREW HOPKINS
Professor of Translational Biology and Medicinal Informatics
University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland

... a new approach to treating neglected tropical diseases

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... a surprise FDA approval to test a biotech vaccine


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Show Originating on
February 3, 2009

LARRY LESSIG
Professor, Stanford Law School
Founder, Center for Internet and Society
Author, REMIX: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy



Moira speaks with Stanford Law professor LARRY LESSIG about trying to make our old laws work with the new technology of the Internet.


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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. ALAN SOLINGER
VP for Clinical Immunology, Xoma Corporation

... a new approach to treating Type II diabetes

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... whats budgeted for science in the new economic stimulus package


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Show Originating on
January 27, 2009

KEN BRILL
Executive Director, Uptime Institute

Moira speaks with KEN BRILL about a paradox of modern life we traded in our big gas-guzzling automobiles, but surfin the Internet has a surprise energy downside ...


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... and on BioTech Nation:


DAVID YOUNG
General Manager, FermiScan

... breast cancer detection from a snip of your hair

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... Discount DNA???


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Show Originating on
January 20, 2009

ZACHARY SHORE
Author, Blunder: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions



Moira speaks with ZACHARY SHORE about blunders looking back through history and gleaning insights on life in the present. The techno-snafus start with no other than Thomas Alva Edison.


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... and on BioTech Nation:


JIM GREENWOOD
President, BIO the Biotechnology Industry Organization

... the state of biotech today and what we can expect from the new Obama administration


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Show Originating on
January 13, 2009

DARREL RHEA
CEO, Cheskin Added Value


Moira speaks with DARREL RHEA, the CEO of Cheskin Added Value. He tells us that even in an economic meltdown, we need to study the marketplace.


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... and on BioTech Nation:


DON ELMER
CEO, Koronis Pharmaceuticals

... a new approach to fighting HIV

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David rings in the New Year with his "state of biotech"


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Show Originating on
January 6, 2009

VAN JONES
Author, The Green Collar Economy



Moira speaks with VAN JONES about what it takes to build a green collar economy. Remember that 10 pounds each of us Americans put on over the last decade? Well, hes computed what its costing us in terms of gas in our cars and fuel in our jets ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


Dr. Carolee Barlow
CEO, Braincells Inc.

... a new discovery about anti-depressants
Dr. Paul Rubin
CEO, Resolvyx

... the science of fish oil

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David rings in the New Year with his "state of biotech"


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Show Originating on
December 30, 2008

DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS
2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient
Founder, Grameen Bank
Author, Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism



In this archive edition, Moira speaks with 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS. Theyll talk about his vision for utilizing technology to alleviate poverty and literally change the world....






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... and on BioTech Nation:


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... a cautionary new report from the FDA: The FDA - Science and Mission at Risk


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Show Originating on
December 23, 2008

DR FRITJOF CAPRA

Author, The Science of Leonardo ... Inside the Mind of the Great Genius of the Renaissance



In this archive edition, Moira speaks with UC Berkeley professor FRITJOF CAPRA about the extraordinary science of Leonardo da Vinci ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. BEN COCKS
Research Director for Animal Genetics and Genomics
The Victorian Government in Australia

... its all about biotech and wallabees

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... news which may take the controversy out of stem cell research.


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Show Originating on
December 16, 2008

BOB DROGIN
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
Los Angeles Times

Author, Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man who caused a War



In this archive edition, Moira speaks with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist BOB DROGIN about the person and the sham perpetrated by the source, presciently code-named "Curveball.". The result? The idea that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR J. CRAIG VENTER
Genetic Scientist


Author, A Life Decoded



David Ewing Duncan and Moira team-interview J. Craig Venter, the man who changed the race to decode the human genome.

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Show Originating on
December 9, 2008

JESSE SCHELL
Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

Entertainment Technology Center
Founder, Schell Games

Author, The Art of Game Design



Moira speaks with JESSE SCHELL, the Carnegie Mellon professor who teaches video game design in his graduate program. ...






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MARIA GIUDICE
CEO and Founder, Hot Studio

Moira speaks with MARIA GIUDICE, the CEO and Founder of Hot Studio, about the new designs emerging on the World Wide Web. ...


... and on BioTech Nation:


JOE PANETTA
President & CEO, BIOCOM
The Southern California Life Sciences Association

... attracting venture capital to new regions
RANDY WOODS
President & CEO, Sequel Pharmaceuticals

... the serial biotech entrepreneur


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Show Originating on
December 2, 2008

DR. HERB NEEDLEMAN
Researcher, Pediatrician, Child Psychiatrist and Professor

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Moira speaks with DR. HERB NEEDLEMAN, the pediatrician who witnessed lead poisoning in children in the poorest families in Pittsburgh and decided to do something about it. ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


WAYNE PISANO
President & CEO, Sanofi Pasteur

... the worlds largest producer of flu vaccines

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... two studies around statins -- possibly in conflict


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Show Originating on
November 25, 2008

JUDY ESTRIN
CEO, JLabs

Author, Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy



Moira speaks with Disney Board member JUDY ESTRIN about Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy. ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


BOB WALSH
President, LS9

... Bio-Diesel from many crops

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... blood tests which are better, faster and cheaper


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Show Originating on
November 18, 2008

MICHAEL CRICHTON
The Late Novelist of such books as "Jurassic Park" and "The A,dromeda Strain", and Creator of the Television Series, "ER"

Author, Prey



Moira speaks with the late Michael Crichton in a 2003 interview about what its like to include science in your novel and the critics dont believe you. ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. GREG MITCHELL
Research Biologist
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD

... why algae is the new favorite source for bio-fuel

DR. BILL TURNELL
Chief Scientific Officer, MediVas

... a new approach to chemotherapy

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... a woman with acute myelogenous leukemia - she donated her cells to science, and became a cancer study all by herself


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November 11, 2008

RUSSELL SHORTO
UCLA neuroscientist

Author, Descartes Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason



Moira speaks with RUSSELL SHORTO about the curious part played by philosopher/mathematician Rene Descartes ... and subsequently, his bones. ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. SCOTT JENKINS
Area Vice President for Solutions
Dell Healthcare Life Sciences

... automating those old laboratory notebooks

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... talks about a bailout - this time for science and tech


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November 4, 2008

DR. GARY SMALL
UCLA neuroscientist

Author, iBrain Surviving the Technological Alternation of the Modern Mind



Moira speaks with UCLA neuroscientist DR. GARY SMALL about his latest scientific study: Your Brain on Google. ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. LYLE ARMSTRONG
Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Stem Cell Biology
Newcastle University

... using stem cells from cows, when human stem cells just arent available

& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... what we absorb each time we fly an airplane


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October 28, 2008

KEITH DEVLIN
Weekend Editions Math Guy

Author, The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth Century Letter that made the World Modern



Moira speaks with KEITH DEVLIN. He tells us about an exchange of letters between two mathematicians in the 17th century which started what we know today about insurance rates, weather prediction and even presidential polls. ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. Joe DiRisi
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Howard Hughes Medical Investigator
UCSF, the University of California at San Francisco
Heinz Award Winner, 2008


... the Virus Chip


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... fills us in on how biotech fared in through this economic meltdown


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October 21, 2008

DR ROBERT LAUGHLIN
Nobel Laureate in Physics
Director of the Office of History and Museum
Stanford Professor

Author, The Crime of Reason ... and the Closing of the Scientific Mind



Moira speaks with Nobel Laureate ROBERT LAUGHLIN about the value of the information were getting for free on the Internet, and for scientists, what plain and simple is not out there for any price. ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR PATRICK GRUBER
CEO, Gevo


... the inventor of plastic from corn, brings us biofuel


DR BILL GERWICK
Professor of Oceanography and Pharmaceutical Science
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
And his graduate student CAMERON COATES


... producing fuel from algae



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October 14, 2008

DR ROBERT MARTENSEN
Physician, Historian and Bioethicist
Director of the Office of History and Museum
National Institutes of Health

Author, A Life Worth Living: A Doctors Reflections on Illness in a High-Tech Era



Moira speaks with DR ROBERT MARTENSEN about the good and bad of technology in healthcare in general and as we approach the end of life. ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


TJERK DE RUITER
CEO, Genecor


... a trade-up kit for Iowa farmers to cellulosic ethanol


THOMAS VIDEBAEK
Executive Vice President of the Business Unit in BioBusiness
Novozymes


... a surprising cellulosic ethanol plant in China



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October 7, 2008

STEPHEN BAKER
Senior Journalist, Business Week

Author, The Numerati



Moira speaks with journalist STEPHEN BAKER after his discovery of the people who delve through all this digital information, what they do with it and how it impacts our lives ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


LORI ANDREWS
Director, Institute for Science, Law and Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology
Author of the novel, Immunity



... DNA in the courtroom





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September 30, 2008

DR. FRANK WILCZEK
Nobel Laureate, Physics
Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics, MIT
Author, The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of Forces



Moira speaks with Nobel Laureate FRANK WILCZEK about the science coming out of the new Large Halon Collider in Switzerland - these scientists are taking dead aim at his more recent theories ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. CHRISTIAN WEYER
VP for Clinical Research
Amlyn Pharmaceuticals


... Diabetes treatment and weight loss in the same pharmaceuticals


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... ... a little bit of DNA can go a long way

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September 23, 2008

TIM SANDERS
Author, Saving the World at Work: What Companies and Individuals Can Do to Go Beyond making a Profit to Making a Difference



Moira speaks with TIM SANDERS about how you can combine doing good with working and technology is no exception ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


MARI BAKER
President & CEO,
Navigenics


... checking your DNA over your lifetime


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Show Originating on
September 16, 2008

BRIAN GREENE
Astrophysicist & Mathematician
Author, Icarus at the Edge of Time



Moira speaks with Astrophysicist BRIAN GREENE about the idea that we can learn complex science ... and not even know it ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


A special on Multiple Sclerosis ...

DR. DEBORAH EPPSTEIN
CEO,
Q Therapeutics


... replacing protective cells



KEVIN GIESE
President & CEO,
BIOMS Medical


... on a Canadian therapy soon reaching the market


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... ... do we want our drugs fast? Or safe?

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September 9, 2008

JEFF HOWE
Editor, WIRED Magazine
Author, Crowdsourcing



Moira speaks with WIRED editor JEFF HOWE about crowdsourcing the idea that you can put your needs out on the Internet, and others will respond ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. PATRICK CASEY
Faculty, Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland
Founder and Clinician Scientist
Therapy Cell Limited


... growing new tendons from your own cells


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... ... the lack-of-commitment genes -- in men (go figure)

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September 2, 2008

GREG BEAR
Hugo and Nebula Award Winner
Author, The City at the End of Time



Moira speaks with GREG BEAR about how human civilization might play out in the distant future ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


BRENT ERICKSON
Executive Vice President for Industrial and Environment Technology
Biotechnology Industry Organization


... biotechnology and the farm bill


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... ... the status of four drugs all aimed at Alzheimer's

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August 26, 2008

MICHAEL MEYER
Journalist & Author, The Last Days of Old Beijing



Moira speaks with MICHAEL MEYER about the impact of the Olympics on the old parts of the City of Beijing ...






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KRIS KIMMEL
Founder, The idea Festival


Moira speaks with Kris Kimmel about the Idea Festival taking place September 24-27, 2008 in Louisville, Kentucky. ...



... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. ALAN SACHS
VP for RNA Therapeutics,
Merck Pharmaceuticals


... no, not DNA! ... he's working on RNA !!!


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... ... Can we tell the age of those tiny Chinese gymnasts?

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August 19, 2008

PETE BLACKSHAW
Author, Satisfied Customers Tell Three Friends, Angry Customers Tell 3,000



Moira speaks PETE BLACKSHAW about how effective complaining on the Internet can be ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. DAVID LACEY
Senior Vice President for Research, Amgen


... biotechnology targets bone loss


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... all about Anton...

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August 12, 2008

PAUL EHRLICH
Bing Professor of Population Studies, Stanford University
Author, The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment



Moira speaks with PAUL EHRLICH, famous for his book The Population Bomb published some 40 years ago. Now he looks at evolution and the environment. ...






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IAN BODDY
General Manager, Commercial, AgResearch Limited
Hamilton, New Zealand


... biotechnology to lessen the impact of cattle on the environment


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... how big Pharma may be going on a shopping spree, looking to buy up biotech companies ...

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August 5, 2008

JIM O'TOOLE
Professor of Business Ethics, University of Denver
Author, Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor



Moira speaks with business ethics professor JIM O'TOOLE about organizational transparency - it may be the only option in the age of the Internet ...






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... and on BioTech Nation:


DR. CAROL NACY
CEO, Sequella


... ... why tuberculosis is on the rise in the US and an new early diagnostic for it


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David's annual BIO wrap-up, including how Arnold Schwarzenegger and his father-in-law Sargent Shriver, the founder of the Peace Corps, figure into biotech ...

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July 29, 2008

ORI & ROM BRAFMAN
Author, Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior



Moira speaks with Brothers ORI & ROM BRAFMAN about why we make irrational decisions ...

 

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... and on BioTech Nation:

DR. ALAN LEWIS
President & CEO, Novocell

... another new approach to treating diabetes




"The BioIssue of the Week"

with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David somehow relates the steam engine to biotech ...

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July 22, 2008

DR. PAUL SWAIN
Professor, Imperial College, London
Inventor, the tiny pill with a camera inside

Moira speaks with the fellow who invented that tiny little capsule with the camera in it, which would swallow and it takes pictures all the way. That would be Imperial College professor DR. PAUL SWAIN, the person who swallowed the very first one. ...



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... and on BioTech Nation:

DR. JOSH BOGER
President & CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

... Hepatitis C. He's cautious, but he talking 'cure'




"The BioIssue of the Week"

with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David's testimony in Washington on direct-to-consumer DNA testing ...

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July 15, 2008

DR. MARCO IACABONI
Professor, UCLA
Author, Mirroring People: The New Science of How We Connect with Others



Moira speaks with UCLA's DR. MARCO IACABONI about how we Mirror people thats how we empathize with others. ...

 



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PAUL GOLDSTEIN
Lillick Professor of Law
Stanford Law School
Author, A Patent Lie



Moira speaks with Stanford professor PAUL GOLDSTEIN fills us in on his latest legal thriller A Patent Lie ...

 




... and on BioTech Nation:

DR. COLIN GARNER
CEO, Xceleron

... on a new technology which could reduce the need for animal testing



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July 8, 2008

WILLIAM GIBSON
Award-winning science fiction author
Author, Spook Country



Moira speaks with Popular writer WILLIAM GIBSON, perhaps best known for coining the word cyberspace. He takes us on a GPS-based tour of cyber-art around the world ...

 



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DR. LEE GOLDSTEIN
Boston University School of Medicine

... on an inadvertent discovery that just may lead to the worlds first Alzheimer diagnostic



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July 1, 2008

CARL ZIMMER
Author, Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life



Moira speaks with award-winning science writer CARL ZIMMER. Whats the E in E. coli? Youll know soon. ...

 



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... and on BioTech Nation:


BIO president Jim Greenwood
and BIO chair Josh Boger

... Our annual BIO conference wrap-up

Dr. Paul Tan
CEO, Living Cell Technologies

... on feral pigs left some 200 years ago by whalers on subantarctic islands ... and now useful in treating diabetes



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June 24, 2008

SANDRA BLAKESLEE
New York Times contributor
Author, The Body Has a Mind of Its Own



Moira speaks with SANDRA BLAKESLEE about how neuroscience is revealing how our brains map out everything from phantom limbs to anorexia to even virtual reality ...

 



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HENRY PETROSKI
Professor, Civil Engineering and History
Duke University
Author, The Toothpick



Moira speaks with HENRY PETROSKI about that simple and almost invisible technology the toothpick ...

 




... and on BioTech Nation:


"The BioIssue of the Week"

with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David tells us news about fear and anxiety in our brains ...

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June 17, 2008

MARYANNE WOLF
Director, Reading and Language Research Center
Tufts University
Author, Proust and the Squid



Moira speaks with MARYANNE WOLF on how human brains have adapted since we invented writing and along with it reading ...

 



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DR. NORMA NOWAK
Director of Science and Technology
The New York State Center of Excellence
in BioInformatics and Life Sciences

... On some interesting new discoveries which could some day replace amniocentesis

"The BioIssue of the Week"

with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David tells us what's in the news ...

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June 10, 2008

LEONARD MALTIN
Movie Critic and Historian
Author, Leonard Maltin's 2008 Movie Guide



Moira speaks with movie critic and historian LEONARD MALTIN. They talk about technology, both in making movies and affecting the content therein ...

 



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DR. ANTHONY SMITHYMAN
Managing Director, Special Phage Services

... On the resurgence of interest in phages



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June 3, 2008

RICK SMOLAN
Photographer and Editor
Author, America at Home: A Close-Up Look at How We Live



Moira speaks with RICK SMOLAN. He'll tell us how hundreds of photographers spread out across America and recorded how we actually live. Hell also give us the best tip ever about digital cameras ...

 



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Peter Lee
University of Auckland

... On how computers and biology worked together to give King Kong a personality

"The BioIssue of the Week"

with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David tells us all about Tells us about the neurotech industry thats right technology for our brains ...

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May 27, 2008

STUART KAUFFMAN
MacArthur Fellow
Author, Reinventing the Sacred: A New View of Science, Reason, and Religion



Moira speaks with MacArthur Fellow STUART KAUFFMAN. He takes a New View of Science, Reason, and Religion ...

 



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... and on BioTech Nation:

"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David tells us all about the funding of the Food and Drug Administration. Do it need more funding? Or not? You make the call ...

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May 20, 2008

GERD LEONHARD
Music & Media Futurist
Author, Music 2.0



Moira speaks with Music Futurist GERD LEONHARD. He shares a new view of what music is all about that means changes for both the big music companies and the consumer ...

 



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CHARLES BARBER
Lecturer, Yale School of Medicine
Author, Comfortably Numb How Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation

... Moira speaks with CHARLES BARBER about the rise of prescription medication for depression and the similar rise in television advertising.


"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David tells us all about GINA not the girl, but rather the act of Congress. ...

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May 13, 2008

STEVE CONE
Silicon Valley entrepreneur
Author, Powerlines Words that sell brands, grip fans, and Sometimes Change History



Moira speaks with Marketing exec STEVE CONE, who takes on everything from those Mac-PC commercials to todays Presidential candidates ...

 



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DR. ELAINE JOHNSON
Director, Bio-Link

... Moira speaks with DR. ELAINE JOHNSON about the easiest way to a biotech career. Dr. Johnson talk about the National Science Foundation-funded Bio-Link and - whether you've got a PhD or are no degree at all - the educational resources available at your local community college.




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May 6, 2008

TOM HAYES
Silicon Valley entrepreneur
Author, Jump Point: How Network Culture is Revolutionizing Business



Moira speaks with TOM HAYES. A Silicon Valley veteran, he takes us beyond Web 2.0 all the way to Web 3.0 ...

 



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DR IAN WILMUT
Leader of the team that cloned Dolly the sheep

... David Ewing Duncan and Moira speak with IAN WILMUT. Well fondly recall Dolly the first cloned sheep as well as Frosty, the first calf born from a frozen embryo. And well find out why its so darn hard to clone humans even if we wanted to.




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April 29, 2008

DR GREG STOCK
President and CEO, Signum Biosciences

DR JENNIE HUNTER-CEVERA
President, UMBI, the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute

DR. EMANUAL PETRICOIN
Vice President and Chief Science Officer, Theranostics Health

DR. LANCE LIOTTA
Co-Founder and Vice President for R&D, Theranostics Health

Moira and David Ewing Duncan host a panel of experts from the BIO IT 7th Annual Conference on the state of Healthcare and Medical Technology 2028. The subject? Changing Biotech. Not only how it is changing now, but also what would these experts do to change biotech today, to make the world a better place.

 



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April 22, 2008

Dr. Michio Kaku
Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics
City University of New York
Author, Physics of the Impossible ... A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel



Moira speaks with DR. MICHIO KAKU about the science behind everything you ever watched on Star Trek ... or lack thereof ...

 



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DR LYN BEAZLEY
Chief Scientist, Western Australia

... on how Australia is so very different from any other continent, and why biotech is interested


"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David links the contributions of Arthur C. Clarke and biotech ...


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April 15, 2008

MARY ROACH
Journalist and Author, Bonk: the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex



Moira speaks with MARY ROACH, who has followed her popular books "Stiff" and "Spook" with Bonk: the Curious Coupling of Science and Sex....

 



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DR. HERB HAUPTMANN
1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

... How a mathematician could win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry



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April 8, 2008

WAGNER JAMES AU
3D Virtual Journalist and Author, The Making of Second Life



Moira speaks with WAGNER JAMES AU, who embedded himself as a journalist on the virtual 3-D world, Second Life ...

 



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DR. DAVID SPENCER
Senior Vice President for R&D, Biolex Therapeutics

... about a new approach to Hepatitis C


"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David looks at the proposed Neurotechnology Initiative in Congress ...
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April 1, 2008

STEVEN LEVY
Technology Editor Newsweek
Editor, The Best of Technology Writing 2007



Moira speaks with Newsweek Technology Editor STEVEN LEVY about the best technology writing of 2007, and how to submit your own for 2008

 



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SCOTT SIGLER
Author, Infected



Moira speaks with SCOTT SIGLER talks about his bioterror thriller "Infected". While it's based on the premise of a biological weapon on the loose, he's actually a modern day Charles Dickens

 

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DR JIM HENGST
President, ZeptoMetrix

... about how scientists get everything from anthrax to HIV to SARS for their research



"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David looks at treatments grown from our own DNA ...

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March 25, 2008

FRED KRUPP, President
MIRIAM HORN, Senior Staff
The Environmental Defense Fund
Co-Authors, Earth: The Sequel ... The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming



Moira speaks with EDF's FRED KRUPP and MIRIAM HORN. They’ve scoured the globe for new alternative energy technologies and the reality of their economics.

 



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DR. DEVRA DAVIS

Director, Center for Environmental Oncology, The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
and Prevent Cancer Now
Author, The Secret History of the War on Cancer




Moira speaks with DR. DEVRA DAVIS about the environment, cancer and a future plan for success




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March 18, 2008

CLAY SHIRKY
Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU
Author, Here Comes Everybody ... The Power of Organizing Without Organizations



Moira speaks with CLAY SHIRKY about the relationship between social networks and technical networks. Now with texting, and digital photos and cell phones, everything from politics to socializing will never be the same

 

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KAREN BOEZI
Co-Founder & Partner , Thomas, McNerny & Partners

...on Venture Capital and neurotech



"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David talks about next-generation DNA technology ...

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March 11, 2008

LONNY SHAVELSON
Author, Under the Dragon: California's New Culture



JAMES LEBRECHT
President, Berkeley Sound Artists

Moira speaks with LONNY SHAVELSON and JAMES LEBRECHT about California’s New Culture - the melding and emergence of the ethnic experience. It is both a book and a photo/sound exhibition at the Oakland Museum, in Oakland, California through April 6, 2008.

 

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DR. LALIT CHORDIA
Founder & President , Thar Technologies

... it's organiz biodiesel. We’ll make biodiesel and eat the byproducts ... or at least talk about doing it.



"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David talks about celebrate the anniversary of PCR – Polymerase Chain Reaction, the basis for our DNA technology ...

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March 4, 2008

TERRY COLLINS
Lord Professor of Green Oxidation Chemistry
Carnegie-Mellon University


Moira speaks with Carnegie-Mellon's TERRY COLLINS about an innovative technique for taking minute traces of material out of our drinking water - the reason? Removing those nasty endocrine disruptors

 

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LUIS VON AHN
Professor of Computer Science
Carnegie-Mellon University


Moira speaks with Carnegie-Mellon Computer Scientist LUIS VON AHN about Captcha's, those squiggly images you are presented with on the Internet and asked to decode the letters


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DAVE MARTIN
{resident & CEO , AVID BIOTICS

... a new approach to fighting virulent staph infections





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February 26, 2008

JIM FOWLER
Co-Founder & CEO, Jigsaw


Moira speaks with Jigsaw's JIM FOWLER. Their members have built an online global directory with millions of business contacts ... all on a volunteer basis

 

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DAN WELCH
President & COO, Intermune

... from lung diseases to osteoporosis to Hepatitus C and beyond

Intermune is one of over a thousand San Francisco Bay Area biotech companies working in human health. Download a copy of the BayBIO Impact repot 2008 or ask for one to be sent free of charge on the web at BayBIO.org


"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David reports on DNA and the Chickenasaurus ...

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February 19, 2008

CHARLES HANDY
Management Theory Pioneer
Author, Myself and Other More Important Matters



Moira speaks with CHARLES HANDY, long known for his management insights. They’ll talk about what motivates people in business in the modern tech world

 



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ROBERT BLUM
President & COO, Cytokinetics

... about their eye on the patent clock and other biotech entrepeurial concerns

Cytokinetics is one of over a thousand San Francisco Bay Area biotech companies working in human health. Download a copy of the BayBIO Impact repot 2008 or ask for one to be sent free of charge on the web at BayBIO.org


"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David tells us about a new effort to collect lots of human DNA ...

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February 12, 2008

SIR EDMUND HILLARY
Mountaineer
With Tensing Norgay, first to climb Everest


Moira speaks with SIR EDMUND HILLARY. Honoring his recent passing, this 1993 Tech Nation interview talks about his climb and the technology of mountaineering.

 

 

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KIM POPOVITS
President & COO, Genomic Health

... about a DNA-based breast cancer diagnostic

Genomic Health is one of over a thousand San Francisco Bay Area biotech companies working in human health. Download a copy of the BayBIO Impact repot 2008 or ask for one to be sent free of charge on the web at BayBIO.org


"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David tells us about mercury in fish ...

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February 5, 2008

DR. NEIL SHUBIN
Evolutionary Anatomist
Author, Your Inner Fish ... A Journey into the 3.5 Billion Year History of the Human Body



Moira speaks with DR NEIL SHUBIN about a strange critter that is 365 million years old ... give or take 10 million years

 



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MATT GARDNER
President & CEO, BayBIO

... about the 2008 update to their Annual Biotech Report.
Download a copy or ask for one to be sent free of charge on the web at BayBIO.org


"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David tells us about neuroeconomics ...

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January 29, 2008

DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS
2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient
Founder, Grameen Bank
Author, Creating a World Without Poverty



Moira speaks with 2006 Nobel Peace Prize recipient DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS. They talk about his vision for utilizing information technology to alleviate poverty and literally change the world

 



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"The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David tells us about a cautionary new report from the FDA: "The FDA - Science and Mission at Risk" ...

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January 22, 2008

STEVEN PINKER
Professor, Harvard University
Author, The Stuff of Thought



Moira speaks with Harvard professor STEVEN PINKER. He tells us how words relate to thinking - and also, how they don’t

 



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DR. PERE-JOAN CARDONA
Scientific Director, Archivel Farma

... about a new treatment for tuberculosis - important as over 2 and a half billion people are infected


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David tells us about the JP Morgan conference - a biotech beauty contest, where the best looking deals get funded ...

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January 15, 2008

JOHN KAO
Former Professor, Harvard Business School
Author, Innovation Nation ... How America is Losing Its Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do To Get It Back



Moira speaks with former Harvard Business School professor JOHN KAO believes we’re losing our innovative edge

 



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DON DEBATHIZY
President & CEO, Targacept

... on how we can design molecules which can directly affect our brains


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David tells us about the technological breakthroughs which have arisen from treating battlefield injuries ...

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January 8, 2008

FRITJOF CAPRA
Author, The Science of Leonardo ... Inside the Mind of the Great Genius of the Renaissance



Moira speaks with Fritjof Capra about the amazing Leonardo da Vinci and his science - he was centuries ahead of his time.

 



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DR. BEN COCKS
Research Director for Animal Genetics and Genomics
The Victorian Government in Australia

... on biotech and ... wallabees


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David tells us about news which may take the controversy out of stem cell research ...

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January 1, 2008

PETER NAVARRO
Professor, UC Irvine School of Business
Author, The Coming China Wars … Where They Will Be Fought & How They Can Be Won



In this final entry in our Winter Archive Series, Moira continues with the second part of a two-part interview with UC Business School Professor PETER NAVARRO about the surprising blood scandal which spread HIV and the culture of counterfeit

 



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Moira and David Ewing Duncan team-interview:

DR. KARI STEFANSSON
President & CEO, deCODE Genetics

... About the relationship between your genes and your environment

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December 25, 2007

PETER NAVARRO
Professor, UC Irvine School of Business
Author, The Coming China Wars … Where They Will Be Fought & How They Can Be Won



In this second entry in our Winter Archive Series, Moira speaks with UC Business School Professor PETER NAVARRO about China’s surprising infrastructure, its changing social profile and its internal economics.

 



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Moira and David Ewing Duncan team-interview:

DR. JOSHUA BOGER
President & CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

... How Vertex re-engineered their HIV/AIDS drug into a drug for Hepatitis C in a move called rational drug design.

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December 18, 2007

CHRIS JONES
Journalist and Author, Too Far From Home ... A Story of Life and Death in Space



In our Winter Archive Series, Moira speaks with CHRIS JONES, a journalist who writes about the unusual return of the stranded American astronauts after the Columbia disaster.

 



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DAVID VAN AVERMAETE
CEO, Veralight

... on potential cures for cancer harvested from the oceans


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... Tiny robots emulating evolution ...

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December 11, 2007

IAN AYRES
Yale Professor and Author, Super Crunchers



Moira speaks with Yale professor IAN AYRES. He tells us who is looking at what numbers and making decisions which affect us

 



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DR. ANA BENAVIDES
PharmaMar, Madrid, Spain

... on potential cures for cancer harvested from the oceans


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... the latest crop of firms decoding your DNA on the Internet ...

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December 4, 2007

MICHAEL KRASNY
Host, KQED's Forum
Author, Off Mike: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life



Moira speaks with MICHAEL KRASNY, the host of the award-winning Forum program at KQED in San Francisco. They talk about the essential need to cover science and technology in all programming

 



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FRED DECHOW
President & CEO, Mediquest

... on Raynaud’s Syndrome, which afflicts 3-to-5% of Americans, and 90% of those affected are women


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David tells us about a healthy substitute to gain the benefits of red wine ...

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November 27, 2007

BOB DROGIN
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Los Angeles Times
Author, Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man who caused a War



Moira speaks with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist BOB DROGIN about the person and the sham perpetrated by the source, presciently code-named "Curveball." The result? The idea that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction

 



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DR CRAIG VENTER
Genetic Scientist & Author, A Life Decoded











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November 20, 2007

VIJAY VAITHEESWARAN
Energy and Transportation Correspondent, The Economist
Author, Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future



Moira speaks with journalist VIJAY VAITHEESWARAN. who covers energy and transportation for the Economist. They talk about the Prius... and beyond

 



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STEVE BURRILL
President & CEO
Burrill & Company

... on funding in biotech and the rise of medical tourism


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November 13, 2007

SANDRA BLAKESLEE
Journalist and New York Times contributor
Author, The Body Has a Mind of Its Own



Moira speaks with SANDRA BLAKESLEE about how neuroscience is revealing how our brains map out everything from phantom limbs to anorexia to even virtual reality.

 



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HENRY PETROSKI
Professor, Civil Engineering and History
Duke University
Author, The Toothpick



Moira speaks with HENRY PETROSKI about that simple and almost invisible technology - the toothpick.


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& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David talks about fear and anxiety in our brains ... .

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November 6, 2007

IRA FLATOW
Host, NPR's Science Friday
Author, Present at the Future



Moira speaks with NPR's Science Friday host, IRA FLATOW. He takes us inside the studio, and while it seems so simple, you will be surprised to learn how many people it takes to put science live on the radio.

 



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DR. HELENA VIEIRA
President & CEO
BioAlva of Lisbon, Portugal

... on speeding up the drug discovery process


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David talks about lapdancing – yep, it’s science! ... .

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October 30, 2007

DAVID BODANIS
Author, Passionate Minds



Moira speaks with David Bodanis about his book - Passionate Minds: The Great Love Affair of the Enlightenment, Featuring the Scientist Emilie du Chatelet, the Poet Voltaire, Sword Fights, Book Burnings, Assorted Kings, seditious verse, and the birth of the modern world

 



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GEOFF CORBETT
Senior Product Development Manager
ZyGEM of Hamilton, New Zealand

... on extreme microorganisms, such as those found in the white-hot volcanoes of Antarctica


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... David tells us how to get our own DNA tests ... .

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October 23, 2007

DR. MARYANNE WOLF
Director, Reading and Language Research Center
Tufts University
Author, Proust and the Squid



Moira speaks with MARYANNE WOLF on how human brains have adapted since we invented writing and along with it reading

 



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DR. NORMA NOWAK
Director of Science and Technology
The New York State Center of Excellence
in BioInformatics and Life Sciences

... on a host of scientific breakthroughs


& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... the British Big Brother is watching you -- which includes your DNA ... .

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October 16, 2007

JEFFREY TOOBIN
Author, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court



Moira speaks with JEFFREY TOOBIN about the Supreme Court Justices and how tech-savvy they are or aren't, as the case might be.

 



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JIM GREENWOOD
President & CEO, BIO - the Biotechnology Industry Organization

... on the Partnering for Global Health Forum



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October 9, 2007

STEVE WOZNIAK
Co-Founder, Apple

MARK HODOSH
Senior Director, Archon X-Prize in Genomics

Moira speaks with STEVE WOZNIAK and MARD HODOSH about Archon X-Prize in Genomics - 100 complete genomes in 10 days - and the difference it will make.

 

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DR EDWIN QUATTLEBAUM
President & CEO, Metamorphix

... on the decoding your dog's DNA

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DR JIM HENGST
President & CEO, ZeptoMetrix

... on creating, handling and shipping SARS, HIV and other dangerous materials used in laboratory testing



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October 2, 2007

LEONARD MALTIN
Film Historian & CriticAuthor, Leonard Maltin's 2008 Movie Guide



Moira speaks with movie critic and historian LEONARD MALTIN about technology, both in making movies and affecting the content therein

 

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DR ANTHONY SMITHYMAN
Managing Director, Special Phage Services

... on the resurgence of interest in “phages”


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September 25, 2007

VINCE POSCENTE
Author, The Age of Speed: Learning to Thrive in a More-Faster-Now World



Moira speaks with VINCE POSCENTE about speed in our lives today.

 

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DR GERARD DAVIS
CEO, Catapult Genetics

... on the use of genetics in the cattle industry

DR PAUL FISHER
Chair, Microbiology LaTrobe University
Melbourne, Australia

... on progress with mitochondrial diseases



& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... the 15th anniversary of Viagra ...

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September 18, 2007

KEVIN MANEY
Former USA Today columnist &
Contributing Editor, Conde Naste Portfolio Magazine


Moira speaks with former USA Today Technology columnist Kevin Maney. We’ll look at his new gig with Conde Naste Portfolio, at music collaboration over the Internet, and at the trade offs we unconsciously make when it comes to choosing technology.

 

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DR CLIVE JAMES
Chair, Board of Directors of ISAAA (International Service for the Acquisition of AgriBiotech Applications)

... on biotech agriculture worldwide, and how to honor the diversity of opinion surrounding these crops



& on "The BioIssue of the Week"
with science journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN

... all scientific studies are not equal ...

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September 11, 2007

DR. JOSH SPANOGLE
Author, Flawless