On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Terry Jones, a co-creator of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and Douglas Adams, the author of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. With the recent passing of Terry Jones, we are re-airing our 1997 interview. Then on BioTech Nation, focus on conditions of the kidney. "Vinny Jindal, the Head of Strategy at Reata Pharmaceuticals, talks about Bardoxolone for chronic kidney disease caused by Alport Sydrome. They just had positive Phase 3 data which they will use to file with the FDA. Then Dr. Darren Kelly, the Founder and CEO of Certa Therapeutics, talks about the seriousness of organ fibrosis, the cause of mortality in some 50% of human lives. Certa is working first on stopping fibrosis in the kidney.

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”.

On this week’s Tech Nation, the 1998 Tech Nation interview with the late Jim Lehrer, longtime news anchor of the PBS Newshour, about “The tensest, most anxiety ridden experience” he “ever had interviewing anybody about anything”. Then on BioTech Nation, the need for early detection of cancer. Cancer UK’s Dr. Wendy Alderton and Dr. Mike Fisher from Oncimmune talks about the current state of cancer diagnostics, and Dr. Arthur Sands, CEO of Nurix Therapeutics, discusses their new approach to treating cancer.

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.

Today on TechNation Moira speaks to William Gibson speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk.

On this week’s Tech Nation, University of Pennsylvania professors Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth with their book, “The Ethical Algorithm … the science of socially aware algorithm design.” Then regular contributor Gary Davis reports in on the state of Corporate Security breaches, and Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about IPS Cells – having our own cells treat our bodies.

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 innocent-looking email in your inbox.

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 in severe vertigo, sudden hearing loss, and hearing loss in children following treatment for cancer. Also, Daniel de Boer, the CEO of ProQR Therapeutics, talks about their approach to treat genetic diseases, including as childhood blindness. We’ll learn how it works, and why it’s safe.

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Mariana Mazzucato, (Mat-zu-cat-toe) a professor of the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London. Her book is “The Value of Everything … Making and Taking in the Global Economy”. Then 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.

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 international humanitarian organizations.