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Dr Moira Gunn

TechNation Radio hosted by Dr Moira Gunn

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Episode 25-35 Some People Are Just Anointed !!!

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2025/09/04

On this week’s Tech Nation, every UC Berkeley Business and Entrepreneurship Professor, Dr. Toby Stuart, has studied the "Anointed" – those people who seem to get all the "good stuff". You'll learn how to recognise it. His book is “Anointed … The Extraordinary Effects of Social Status in a Winner-Take-Most World

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Episode 25-34 Lawyers run the US, but Engineers run...

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2025/08/28

On this week’s Tech Nation, Dan Wang from Stanford University’s Hoover History Lab sees the similarities between China and the US in his book: “Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future”, and finally, the development of a simple wearable to gauge your true hydration levels. Brisbane, Australia's Dr. Mark Kendall from WearOptimo tells us how it works

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Episode 25-33 To Die With Such Men

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2025/08/21

On this week’s Tech Nation, Frontline Stories from Ukraine’s International Legion with Military Historian Dr. Shannon Monaghan, for Type I diabetics, the New England Journal of Medicine publishes early success with Sana Biotechnology's engineered insulin-producing cells without immunosuppressant drugs, and Daniel Kraft reports in on the BioTech Nation session from NextMed Health 2025.

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Episode 25-32 Remembering Jim Lovell

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2025/08/14

On this week’s Tech Nation, in honour of his recent passing, we revisit Tech Nation's 1994 interview with Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell. Lovell recounts the intense decisions made aboard Apollo 13 after the explosion, the resourcefulness of the crew and ground control, and what it took to return safely to Earth.

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Episode 25-31 Ping and Precision

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2025/08/07

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Andrew Brodsky, Professor and Author of, “Ping: The Secrets of Successful Virtual Communication”, breaks down the science of virtual communication. Then, Dr. Neil Kassell introduces focused ultrasound, an FDA-approved treatment already changing lives and currently in clinical trials for dozens of other conditions.

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Episode 25-30 Super Agers

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2025/07/30

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Eric Topol, professor and executive vice president at Scripps Research, about his book, “Super Agers … An Evidence‑Based Approach to Longevity.” Then, Dr. Raza Bokhari, the CEO of Medicus Pharma, discusses an innovative treatment that could replace Mohs surgery for nonmelanoma skin cancer.

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Episode 25-29 Unlearning Silence

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2025/07/25

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Author Elaine Lin Hering, who joins me to talk about her book, “Unlearning Silence … How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully.” Then, Dr. Neil Kumar, Founder and CEO of BridgeBio Pharma, explains why we can expect genetic diseases to be solvable in our lifetime.

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Episode 25-28 Stories are Weapons

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2025/07/25

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Science journalist and author Annalee Newitz, joins me to talk about her book, “Stories are Weapons … Psychological Warfare and the American Mind”. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about the latest in Wearables, what they are doing now that they weren’t doing before.

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Episode 25-28 Stories are Weapons

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2025/07/17

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Episode 25-27 Climate Change’s Impact on Sports

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2025/07/10

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Sports ecology professor and author, Dr. Madeleine Orr, about her book, “Warming Up… How Climate Change is Changing Sport”. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, talks about the Medical Innovation Gap, which is the time from innovation until we actually can use it in everyday practice. And, Dr. John Scarlett, the President and CEO of Geron, tells us about their breakthrough drug candidate, which offers hope for treating bone

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Episode 25-26 Total Garbage

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2025/07/03

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Pulitzer-Prize winning author, Ed Humes, talks about his book, “Total Garbage… How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our World.” Then, Dr. Steve Quake, Head of Science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, tells us about their ambitious goal to address all human diseases within the next century.

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Episode 25-25 The Neuroscience of Revenge

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2025/06/25

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with James Kimmel, Jr., founder of the Yale Collaborative for Motive Control Studies and author of, "The Science of Revenge: Understanding the World's Deadliest Addiction and How to Overcome It", about how revenge affects the brain and how science is uncovering ways to overcome the cycle of grievance.

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Episode 25-24 A Biotech Breakthrough in Antivenom

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2025/06/19

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Biotech Entrepreneur, Dr. Jake Glanville, Founder, Chair and CEO of Centivax, gives us the insider’s view of the first real breakthrough in snake antivenom in 125 years, all thanks to a man who's been bitten by over 200 venomous snakes. Then, Robert Blum, CEO of CytoKinetics, shares the latest in hear failure treatment and what it could mean for extending quality of life.

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Episode 25-23 One Ancient Language, New Medical...

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2025/06/11

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist Laura Spinney about her new book, “Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global”, which explores the roots of modern language. Then, Tech Nation Chief Health Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, shares highlights from NextMed Health 2025, including major advances in medicine and technology. Finally, Biostem Technologies CEO Jason Matuszewski explains a natural solution for wounds that just will not heal.

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Episode 25-22 A More Beautiful Question

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2025/06/05

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Warren Berger, author of “A More Beautiful Question … The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas”, now in its tenth anniversary re-release and update. Then, Dr. Peter DeMuth, Chief Scientific Officer at Elicio Therapeutics, tells us about how a treatment can turn into a vaccine and potentially provide long-lasting protection against cancer.

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Episode 25-21 Playing with Reality

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2025/05/28

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Neuroscientists and Author, Dr. Kelly Clancy joins me to talk about the role that games have played in human development. Her book is “Playing with Reality … How Games Have Shaped Our World.” Then, Dr. Marianne De Backer, CEO of Vir Biotechnology, explains how serious it can be when a person carries both Hepatitis B and Hepatitis D, and what Vir is doing about it.

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Episode 25-20 Building Immunity to Misinformation

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2025/05/21

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Doctor’s Andy Norman and Lee McIntyre from the Mental Immunity Project about strengthening your mind’s immunity to misinformation. Then, regular Tech Nation contributor, Dr. Alex Pang, talks about the difference between sleep and rest – and how that can make a big difference in our lives.

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Episode 25-19 Identity and AI

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2025/05/14

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist Vauhini Vara about her book, “Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age”, which examines how the internet and AI influence who we are.Then, linguist Dr. Emily Bender and ethical AI researcher Dr. Alex Hanna discuss their book, “The AI Con … How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want”.

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Episode 25-18 Living with Pain

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2025/05/07

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Henry Abbott, former ESPN journalist and author of "Ballistic: The New Science of Injury-Free Athletic Performance". Then, Dr. Lorin Johnson, CSO of Glycyx Therapeutics, explains why opioids prescribed for cancer pain may be limiting the effectiveness of immunotherapy, and how their upcoming clinical trials hope to fix it.

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Episode 25-17 A Leap Forward in Neuroscience

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2025/05/02

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Cory Nicholas, Co-Founder and CEO of Neurona Therapeutics, about a breakthrough in neuroscience that leads to a new therapy showing lasting success in epilepsy. There's potential for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, PTSD, and more.

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