Tech Nation: July - September 2005
Show Originating on
September 27, 2005
(program 05-T19-00039)
ANN WINBLAD
Co-Founding Partner, Hummer-Winblad Venture Partners
Co-Chair, SD Forum
and
LAURA MERLING,
CEO, SD Forum
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with software venture capitalist ANN WINBLAD and SD Forum CEO, LAURA MERLING, about the global reality of both funding new software and then building it. Is it surprising? All roads lead to Silicon Valley.
PETER BOATWRIGHT
Professor, Tepper School of Business
Carnegie Mellon University
Author, “The Design of Things to Come
… How Ordinary People Create Extraordinary Products” 
Moira also speaks with Carnegie-Mellon’s PETER BOATWRIGHT about innovation and what it takes to create the total landscape of success.
... and on BioTech Nation: DR. DAVID GEE
Commercial Director,
MNL Pharma, Ltd.
In this
BioTech Nation segment, DR. DAVID GEE explains how the simple structures called “imino sugars” may prove valuable in the fight against everything from diabetes to cancer.
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Show Originating on
September 20, 2005
(program 05-T19-00038)
GRAHAM HAWKES
Ocean Engineer and Explorer
Record-Holder, Solo Ocean Dive
President,
Hawkes Ocean Technologies
with its Underwater Flight School
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Ocean engineer and explorer, GRAHAM HAWKES. They’ll talk about his quest to drive a submersible to the very bottom of the ocean – some seven miles down, as well as the very different experience of his Underwater Flight School.
BRAD MATSEN
National Geographic Producer
Author, “Descent … The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss” 
Moira also speaks with National Geographic producer BRAD MATSEN. He'll tell us about the undersea adventure of an earlier time, documented in his book: “Descent … The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss.”
... and on BioTech Nation: AMIT SACHDEV
Executive Vice President for Health,
BIO - the Biotechnology Industry Association
Show Originating on
Septembr 13, 2005
(program 05-T19-00037)
JOHN WARFIELD SIMPSON
Professor of Landscape Architecture and Natural Resources
Ohio State University
Author,
"Dam! …
Water, Power, Politics, and Preservation
in Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite National Park”" 
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with JOHN WARFIELD SIMPSON, as he relates the technical – and political – tale which enabled the tiny city of San Francisco to dam an entire mountain valley some 200 miles away, a sister valley to the famous Yosemite – all in the name of progress.
JAMES POWELL
Executive Director
National Physical Science Consortium
Author, "Grand Canyon … Solving Earth’s Grandest Puzzle" 
Moira also speaks with JAMES POWELL, who talks about the controversy around the beginnings of the Grand Canyon, and the present and future of its now-aging Glen Canyon dam.
... and on BioTech Nation: ANDERS ZACHRISSON
Senior Vice President, BioGaia
In this
BioTech Nation segment, ANDERS ZACHRISSON from BioGaia will talk about the scientific studies looking at probiotics, which are increasing in popularity today from Scandinavia to Asia.
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Show Originating on
Septembr 6, 2005
(program 05-T19-00036)
ANDREW FRAKNOI
Chairman,
Astronomy Program, Foothill College
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with ANDREW FRAKNOI, the chair of Astronomy at Foothill College, discussing why we’re finding all those new planets, and the big fight about what’s a planet and what isn’t.
DR. DANIEL LIEBOWITZ
Author, "The Last Expedition:
Mad Journey through the Congo" 
Moira also speaks with DR. DANIEL LIEBOWITZ, who talks about Henry Stanley, famous for his line “Dr. Livingston, I presume.” He relates the story of Stanley’s last and questionable expedition to Africa, what he calls Stanley's Mad Journey through the Congo.
... and on BioTech Nation: ANDERS ZACHRISSON
Senior Vice President, BioGaia
In this
BioTech Nation segment, ANDERS ZACHRISSON from BioGaia will talk about “pro-biotics,” the flip side to antibiotics.
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Show Originating on
August 30, 2005
(program 05-T19-00035)
DOUG KAYE
Founder,
IT Conversations
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with DOUG KAYE all about podcasting. He joins Moira to talk about this emerging phenomenon, as well as IT Conversations – the podcasting home of Tech Nation.
DANIEL IMHOFF
Executive Director, Watershed Media
Author, "Paper or Plastic:
Searching for Solutions to an Overpackaged World" 
Moira also speaks with DANIEL IMHOFF, the Executive Director of Watershed Media, and author of the book: “Paper or plastic: Searching for Solutions to an Overpackaged World.” You’ll think twice the next time you pick up a blister pack of pills.
... and on BioTech Nation: DR. DAVID SRETAVAN
Professor, Departments of Opthamology & Physiology and Program in Neuroscience at UCSF
In this
BioTech Nation segment, DR. DAVID SRETAVAN returns to tell us about the knife that cuts nerve endings one-fiftieth the width of a human hair.
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Show Originating on
August 23, 2005
(program 05-T19-00034)
LESLIE BERLIN
Silicon Valley Archivist, Stanford University
Author,
"“The Man Behind the Microchip"
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with LESLIE BERLIN about the life of Robert Noyce, the man who co-invented the integrated circuit, the essential technology behind every little chip in your life today.
ROBERT SHELTON
Managing Director for Innovation, Navigant Consulting
Co-Author with Tony Davila and Marc Epstein of
"Making Innovation Work ... How to Manage It, Measure It and Profit from It" 
Moira also speaks with ROBERT SHELTON. While anyone can readily spot a breakthrough product and know that innovation has occurred, what can be puzzling is how it happens.
... and on BioTech Nation: DR. DAVID SRETAVAN
Professor, Departments of Opthamology & Physiology and Program in Neuroscience at UCSF
In this
BioTech Nation segment, Moira speaks with DR. DAVID SRETAVAN. He'll tell us how we might actually fuse severed nerve endings back together, nerve endings one-fiftieth the width of a human hair.
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Show Originating on
August 16, 2005
(program 05-T19-00033)
MARK COTTA VAZ
Journalist & Author,
"Living Dangerously … The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper, Creator of King Kong"
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with MARK COTTA VAZ as he relates the daring exploits of Merian C. Cooper, the World War I flying ace, who went on the create "King Kong," the 1933 movie which was so far ahead of its time.
DANIEL CHARLES
Former NPR technology reporter
Author, "Master Mind: The Rise and Fall of Fritz Haber, the Nobel Laureate Who Launched the Age of Chemical Warfare" 
Moira also speaks with former NPR tech reporter DANIEL CHARLES about a German scientist, who changed the course of World War I. That would be Fritz Haber, who won a Nobel Prize for technology which launched both modern agriculture and chemical warfare.
... and on BioTech Nation: DR. HILARY KOPROWSKI
Professor, Thomas Jefferson University
Creator of the live polio and rabies vaccines
Board Member Emeritus, Settlement Music School
In this
BioTech Nation segment, Moira speaks with DR. HILARY KOPROWSKI, a Professor at Thomas Jefferson University. You may not know his name, but half a century ago, he created the live polio vaccine - in all likelihood, it's been in your blood since you were a child.
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Show Originating on
August 9, 2005
(program 05-T19-00032)
JERRY WEISSMAN
Media & Presentation Coach
Author,
"In the Line of Fire … How to Handle Tough Questions … When It Counts"
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
JERRY WEISSMAN about answering tough questions. In these high-tech days, when everything is permanently on the record, this former producer for Mike Wallace tells us what does and doesn't work.
DENNIS BAKKE
Co-Founder & former CEO, AES
Author, "Joy at Work … A Revolutionary Approach to Fun on the Job" 
Moira also speaks with DENNIS BAKKE, the co-Founder and former CEO of energy producer AES. With 40,000 employees and $8 billion in revenue, he believes everyone can still have fun at work.
... and on BioTech Nation: DR. DARWIN PROCKOP
Director, Center for Gene Therapy
Tulane Health Sciences Center
In this
BioTech Nation segment, Tulane's DR. DARWIN PROCKOP will tell us why he's been working with adult stem cells for over a decade, and the mystery of how they work.
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Show Originating on
August 2, 2005
(program 05-T19-00031)
LISA SEE
Journalist & Culturalist
Author,
"Snow Flower and the Secret Fan"
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
LISA SEE about a language, known only to women in a remote Chinese province and kept secret for 1,000 years. We'll find out how she went in search of this language, and how it and the ancient practice of binding women's feet figure into her latest novel: "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan."
... and on BioTech Nation: DR. ALAN ZELICOFF & MICHAEL BELLOMO
Co-Authors, "Microbe … Are We Ready for the Next Plague?"
In this
BioTech Nation segment, DR. ALAN ZELICOFF & MICHAEL BELLOMO discuss a new public health data base, designed to fight outbreaks such as SARS, as well as defend against bioterrorism.
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Show Originating on
July 26, 2005
(program 05-T19-00030)
JOHN VAILLANT
Journalist & Author,
"The Golden Spruce:
A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed"
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks
JOHN VAILLANT, a freelance writer and serial adventurer. He relates the tale of a single genetic exception: The Golden Spruce, and its encounter with man and technology.
SUSAN CASEY
Development Editor, Time, Inc.
Author, "Devil's Teeth
… A True Story of Obsession and Survival among America's Great White Sharks" 
Moira also speaks with Time editor SUSAN CASEY about the Farallones, the islands barely visible from San Francisco, and the surprising science they're now telling us about the great white shark.
... and on BioTech Nation: JOHN LUPTON
CEO, MedCare Systems Pty. Ltd.
In this
BioTech Nation segment, we'll hear from JOHN LUPTON, the CEO of MedCare Systems, who tells us about technology intended to keep us healthier and out of the hospital.
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Show Originating on
July 19, 2005
(program 05-T19-00029)
JOHN THACKARA
Director, Doors of Perception
Author,
"In the Bubble … Designing in a Complex World" 
On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks
with JOHN THACKARA about designing in a complex world. He's the Director of Doors of Perception, a design futures network based in Amsterdam and Bangalore. He says, "If we can design our way into difficulty, we can design our way out."
DAVID PLOTZ
Deputy Editor, Slate
Author, "The Genius Factory
… The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank" 
Moira also speaks with DAVID PLOTZ, the deputy editor of Slate. He'll tell us how he uncovered "The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank." It's a cautionary tale for our brave new world.
... and on BioTech Nation: JOSEPH FUSELIER
Instructor, Tulane Health Sciences Center
Co-Founder, Synscia
In this
BioTech Nation segment, we'll hear from JOSEPH FUSELIER, who connects the dots on how DNA relates to proteins … snd why that's an important comcept to grasp.
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Show Originating on
July 12, 2005
(program 05-T19-00028)
JOE TRIPPI
Campaign Manager, Howard Dean for President
Author,
"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
… Democracy, The Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything" 
On this week's Tech Nation, the last in our three-part Summer Archive series, Moira speaks with JOE TRIPPI, Howard Dean's campaign manager. He'll tell us what was different about this Presidential campaign, one that made Internet history. From blogs to meet-ups to astonishing campaign contributions, the Internet enabled Howard Dean to come out of nowhere.
... and on BioTech Nation: DR. GURINDER SHAHI
Chair and CEO, BioEnterprise Asia
In this
BioTech Nation segment, we'll hear from DR. GURINDER SHAHI, the CEO of Singapore's BioEnterprise Asia. We'll talk about his current interest: Asia's cultural readiness for biotech.
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Show Originating on
July 5, 2005
(program 05-T19-00027)
LEANDER KAHNEY
Wired News Columnist
Author,
"The Cult of Mac" 
On this week's Tech Nation, the second in our three-part Summer Archive series, Moira speaks with LEANDER KAHNEY, who writes the Wired News Column: Cult of Mac. They'll talk about everything Apple - and just how devoted their followers are.
WILLIAM VOLLMANN
Philosopher and Author, "Rising Up and Rising Down
… Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means" 
Moira also speaks with WILLIAM VOLLMANN, the author of no less than seven works, all on the subject of violence. They'll discuss his moral calculus.
... and on BioTech Nation: PROFESSOR EVGENIE SEVERIN
Head, Biochemistry Department, Moscow Medical Academy
In this
BioTech Nation segment, we'll hear from Russian scientist EVGENIE SEVERIN, who heads the Biochemistry Department at the Moscow Medical Academy. They'll talk about how science has evolved in Russia since the break-up of the Soviet Union.
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