On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Computer scientist and musician, JARON LANIER, about the
technological aspects of ìWho Owns the Future?
Then on BioTech Nation, we talk about Duschene
Muscular Dystrophe, and an approach which may offer real hope.

On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Harvard Medical School Genetics professor GEORGE CHURCH about how
Synthetic Biology may reinvent every living thing.
Then on BioTech Nation, what we can learn if we look at everyoneís
medical records ñ all together.

On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Harvard psychology professor professor Steven Pinker. He tells us about the better angles of our nature. Why violence has declined.
Then on BioTech Nation, how we are fighting Dengue fever and how nano technology is being used in treating lung cancer.

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Journalist ANNALEE NEWITZ who looks at the past, present and possible
future of mass extinctions.
Then on BioTech Nation we talk about stroke and the current standard
of care, something new on the horizon, and how it works.

We talk to NY Times magazine's Jon Gertner. He's written "The Idea Factory"- Bell Labs and the grand age of American innovation.
On BioTech Nation we talk about developing bio technology in the interest of global health as well as bio tech patent challenges.

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Whartonis JONAH BERGER. He talks about Contagious - Why Things Catch
On.
Then on BioTech Nation- it's medical diagnostics and devices -
looking inside our bodies and working with therapeutics.

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
SALMAN KHAN, the founder of Khan Academy, creator of a thousand
YouTube videos - all on calculus.
Then on BioTech Nation, it's DR. GARY RUVKUN , Harvard
Professor of Genetics who was awarded the 2012 Janssen
Award for Biomedical Research.

In this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Phil Lapsley about the teenagers who hacked the phone company
including Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
Then on BioTech Nation, John Crowley, the Dad who sought solutions
for his childrenís Pompe disease in the film
Extraordinary Measures and on BioIssue of the Week: people are
putting their own health data together - on the Internet - to see
what works and what doesn't.

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
John Geoghegan , whom you may know from his PBS
documentary Japanese Supersub, Japanese surprise underwater aircraft
carrier.
Then on BioTech Nation, biotech uses your own tissues to repair
everything from chronic wounds to sports injuries to heart attack
and stroke, and on BioIssue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan tells us
about the latest in the saga of the immortal cells of Henrietta
Lacks.

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
Psychiatrist PHIL STUTZ and Psychotherapist BARRY MICHELS about
several simple
tools proven effective in dealing with the challenges of everyday
life.
Then on BioTech Nation, Engineering new vaccines by typing DNA
sequences into a
computer.