TechNation Radio Podcast

On this week’s Tech Nation, David Ludvigson, President & CEO of Nanomix, talks about making their 15-minute, handheld testing device COVID-19 ready. Then Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft sees the rise of the Maker Movement, especially now with so many people sheltering in place. And Helen Torley, President & CEO of Halozyme Therapeutics, talks about their efforts to move the time it takes IV drugs from hours down to minutes – current testing is in breast cancer in women and multiple myeloma.

On this week’s Tech Nation, how the tech giants are different from the global corporations of yesterday. BuzzFeed journalist Alex Kantrowitz (Kan-trow-witz) talks about “Always Day One … How the Tech Titans Plan to Stay on Top Forever.” And Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about his current work with the World Health Organization, heading up a team to develop a global app in these times of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On this week’s Tech Nation, are you working from home? Or really committing yourself to that novel you always wanted to write or your memoirs? In a follow-up to his earlier books – “The Distraction Addiction” and “Rest” - Alex Pang joins Moira to talk about “Shorter: Work Better, Smarter, and Less – Here’s How”.

On this week’s Tech Nation, in these times of global crisis, how do changes in international cargo and trade work? Moira speaks with Keith Rockwell, the Director of the Information and External Relations Division at the World Trade Organization in Geneva. And Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft updates us on the loosening of HIPAA rules in these days of COVID-19.

On this week’s Tech Nation, it’s about one team’s dedicated effort to find an impactful and time-sensitive cure to fighting the coronavirus. Gates Foundation award winner Jacob Glanville, the CEO & President of Distributed Bio, joins me talks about their work to engineer unique and targeted antibodies and other work to create a universal flu vaccine – could it all be converted to fight the coronavirus and Covid-19? There’s a lot more to the story that Distributed Bio’s pigs in Guatemala, which you may have seen in the NetFlix documentary “Pandemic”.

On this week’s Tech Nation, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, the CEO of the Center for Youth Wellness in San Francisco, with her new book “The Deepest Well … Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity”. Then on Tech Nation Health, Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about … the microbiome, and how the right surgical intervention can change everything.

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Wired magazine’s Editor-at-Large, Steven Levy. You may know him from Hackers or Crypto. He’s here today with Facebook - The Inside Story. Then on BioTech Nation, Sandy McCrae, the CEO of Sangamo Therapeutics talks about Zinc Fingers. Sangamo is working on numerous projects to introduce DNA into patient’s bodies where the DNA may be missing or simply doesn’t work as needed. The challenge? It would permanently change to your DNA. Are you ready for it?

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Jim McKelvey, Co-Founder and CEO of Square – that little gadget that plugs into a smartphone and any vendor can take your credit card. He’s written “The Innovation Stack … Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time”. Then on BioTech Nation, Chris Nave, the Managing Director of Brandon Capital in Melbourne, Australia. He’s tell us what’s up with Australia with respect to global biotech.

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”.