On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Martin Borch Jensen and Dr. Francisco LePort from Gordian Biotechnology, who are working on diseases of aging before they even appear. Then, Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, explains why mobility is the new vital sign. And Erica Dhawan, Author of Digital Body Language, tells us how to navigate the misinterpretations of digital communication.

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. David Fajgenbaum, a Professor at Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and President of Every Cure, talks about his efforts to unlock the hidden potential of existing drugs to save his own life, and others. Then, NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce talks about her take on being a science journalist and about her book, “Transient and Strange… Notes on the Science of Life”.

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with MIT Technology Review’s Mat Honan about the 10 breakthrough technologies of the past year, including Generative AI and green steel. Then, Ben Zimmer, CEO of Priovant Therapeutics, discusses their breakthrough drug in phase 3 trials targeting severe autoimmune diseases.

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Columbia business professor Dr. Sandra Matz about psychological targeting and her book, “Mindmasters: The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior”. Then, futurist Alex Pang explains what really works and what does not when it comes to productivity.

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Stanford Professors, Bob Sutton and Huggy Rao, talk about their book, “The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder.” Then, is your personal technology doing more than you bargained for? Duke University Professor Nita Farahany talks about “The Battle for Your Brain … Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology.”

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Journalist and CEO of Global Press, Christi Hegranes, talks about her vision of what it really means to have a global press and her book, “Byline: How Local Journalists Can Improve the Global News Industry and Change the World.”  Then, Alex Pang, a regular contributor for Tech Nation and author of, ”Rest: Why You Get More Work Done, When You Work Less” tells us how a Four-Day Work Week can work, and Dr. Jim Brown, CEO of DURECT, talks about their clinical trials for Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis.

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Science Journalist Ben Goldfarb about his book, “Crossing: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of our Planet.” Then, Dave Pacitti, President of Siemens Healthineers, sets out to solve problems greater than simply supplying the best technology.

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with the Founding Executive Editor at Wired magazine, Kevin Kelly is here with “Excellent Advice for Living … Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier.” Then, Dr Lishan Aklo, CEO of Lucid Diagnostics, tells us about the path from heartburn to oesophagal cancer and about their two-minute diagnostic test, which can detect precancerous cells.

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Andrew Allen, President, CEO, and Co-Founder of Gritstone Bio, about Cancer and Covid, and what next-generation treatments mean today. Then, Futurist Alex Pang describes Continuous Partial Attention,  thanks to the constant presence of our personal technologies.

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Gabriella Kellerman joins me to talk about “TomorrowMind – Thriving at Work with Resilience, Creativity and Connection – Now and in an Uncertain Future”. The cover everything from Rapid Rapport to Psychological Safety in our work environment. Then … what is AI doing in biotech? Dr Vimal Mehta tells us how his company, BioXcel, used AT in drug discovery. One drug has already been approved, and there are more in the pipeline.