TechNation Radio Podcast

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TechNation Radio Podcast episodes

March 23, 2023 Episode 23-12 Neuroscience and Dreaming
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Sidarta Ribeiro, Deputy Director of the Brain Institute at the Unversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil. His book is “The Oracle of Night … The History and Science of Dreams”. Then, a potential new treatment for a side effect of chemotherapy: Hand-Foot Skin Reaction and Hand-Foot Syndrome. Dr. Michael McCullar, the CEO of OnQuality Pharmaceuticals talks about their new drug candidate which has just finished Phase II clinical trials.
59 min
March 16, 2023 Episode 513: Episode 23-11 The EU Plays Tough with Silicon Valley
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Margrethe Vestager, the Executive Vice President of the European Commission for “A Europe Fit for the Digital Age”. Commissioner Vestager describes why the EU imposed fines on such digital giants as Google and Amazon, and the impact on the EU’s digital space since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Then, University of the South Professor David George Haskell talks about sound – from the beginning of time on planet earth to the sounds in our teeming cities. His book is “Sounds Wild and Broken … Sonic Marvels, Evolution’s Creativity and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction”.
59 min
March 16, 2023 Episode 23-11 The EU Plays Tough with Silicon Valley
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Margrethe Vestager, the Executive Vice President of the European Commission for “A Europe Fit for the Digital Age”. Commissioner Vestager describes why the EU imposed fines on such digital giants as Google and Amazon, and the impact on the EU’s digital space since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Then, University of the South Professor David George Haskell talks about sound – from the beginning of time on planet earth to the sounds in our teeming cities. His book is “Sounds Wild and Broken … Sonic Marvels, Evolution’s Creativity and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction”.
59 min
March 09, 2023 Episode 23-10 Experiential Intelligence?
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Soren Kaplan talks about taking a look at your life experience to gain insight and action into your personal and business life. His book is “Experiential Intelligence: Harness the Power of Experience for Personal and Business Breakthroughs.” Then to a place in Alaska where no human has gone, much less conquered. Climber and rescuer, Michael Wejchert talks about “Hidden Mountains … Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong.”
59 min
March 09, 2023 Episode 512: Episode 23-10 Experiential Intelligence?
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Soren Kaplan talks about taking a look at your life experience to gain insight and action into your personal and business life. His book is “Experiential Intelligence: Harness the Power of Experience for Personal and Business Breakthroughs.” Then to a place in Alaska where no human has gone, much less conquered. Climber and rescuer, Michael Wejchert talks about “Hidden Mountains … Survival and Reckoning After a Climb Gone Wrong.”
59 min
March 03, 2023 Episode 511: Episode 23-09 Oh, Yeah – We’re Talkin’ Phosphorus
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dan Egan takes us on a world tour of phosphates – or would that be phosphorus? It’s best to pay attention. His book is “The Devil’s Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance.” Then, Dr. Darren Kelly, the Founder and CEO of Certa Therapeutics in Melbourne, Australia, tells us about his many-decade scientific research which has led to a treatment for Schleroderma, now in advanced clinical trials. The results are worth noting.
59 min
March 03, 2023 Episode 23-09 Oh, Yeah – We’re Talkin’ Phosphorus
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dan Egan takes us on a world tour of phosphates – or would that be phosphorus? It’s best to pay attention. His book is “The Devil’s Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance.” Then, Dr. Darren Kelly, the Founder and CEO of Certa Therapeutics in Melbourne, Australia, tells us about his many-decade scientific research which has led to a treatment for Schleroderma, now in advanced clinical trials. The results are worth noting.
59 min
February 23, 2023 Episode 510: Episode 23-08 FOLLOW-ON INTW - The Science of Aging
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Andrew Steele in a FOLLOW-ON science-focused interview on the latest science behind ageing. His book is “Ageless … The New Science of Getting Older without Getting Old.” And then, an excerpt from Dr. Thomas Rando’s 2020 interview. A co-founder of Fountain Therapeutics, he tells us about their science and their efforts to potentially reverse the ageing process.
59 min
February 23, 2023 Episode 23-08 FOLLOW-ON INTW - The Science of Ageing
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Andrew Steele in a FOLLOW-ON science-focused interview on the latest science behind ageing. His book is “Ageless … The New Science of Getting Older without Getting Old.” And then, an excerpt from Dr. Thomas Rando’s 2020 interview. A co-founder of Fountain Therapeutics, he tells us about their science and their efforts to potentially reverse the ageing process.
59 min
February 15, 2023 Episode 509: Episode 23-07 Psychological Safety at Work??
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.
59 min