TechNation Radio Podcast

About TechNation Radio Podcast

TechNation Radio hosted by Dr Moira Gunn

Publisher

Tech Nation

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 May 2014

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

4 of 697 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Episode 697: Episode 26-40 AI-Powered Biology?

   On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr Shana Kelley, President of Bioengineering and Head of Biohub Chicago, about AI-Powered Biology - what is it? And what could it mean for the future of research? Then, Dr Harry Selker and Dr Atul Deshpande of Immediate Therapeutics tell us how they’ve come up with a speedy intervention for heart attacks. And, what exactly differentiates the NIH, the FDA, and the CDC? We take a closer look at that, and what they have in common.

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   29 Sept 2026

   Episode 696: Episode 26-39 Parenting in the Age of AI

   On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Pediatric surgeon Dr. Dana Suskind about her book, “Human Raised: Nurturing Connection, Curiosity & Lifelong Learning in the Age of AI”, and navigating the unique challenge AI presents for parents. Then, FUJIFILM Biotechnologies Chairman Toshi Iida joins to share how the company has gone way beyond film into the biotech landscape. And, do you ever feel like a virtual meeting isn’t going quite how you expected? Dr. Andrew Brodsky breaks down the science behind virtual communication.

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   24 Sept 2026

   Episode 695: Episode 26-38 Huge Numbers

   On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Richard Elwes about his book, “Huge Numbers: A Story of Counting Ambitiously, from 4 ½ to Fish 7”. They discuss what really makes a number “huge,” and how the way we count numbers is intertwined with the way we make sense of the world around us. Then, Founder, President, & CEO Lew Bender shares how Intensity Therapeutics is working to change how chemotherapy is administered to patients, with the hopes of reducing the toll it takes on the body.

Inside a recent episode

Episode 510: Episode 23-08 FOLLOW-ON INTW - The Science of Aging

Published 23 Feb 2023 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So we think it would be a solution to this incredible optimizing process. But when your DNA replicates, your cells are dividing. Your DNA is actually not able to be replicated all the ways of the end. So what happens is that your enzymes will be duplicating and duplicating and duplicating, but at the very last piece of DNA, it can't quite make it to the end of the string. And so you lose a little bit of DNA every time your cells divide. Now, that could be a problem, because your DNA is this instruction manual. It contains all these important genes that tell your cells how to behave. But what happens is, evolution's gone, okay, what I'll do is create this thousands and thousands of letters, which are basically irrelevant. […]

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