TechNation Radio Podcast

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TechNation Radio Podcast episodes

April 06, 2022 Episode 22-15 Can Employees Be Happy ???
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Wall Street Journal investigative journalists, Kirsten Grind and Katherine Sayre. Their book is “Happy at Any Cost … The Revolutionary Vision and Fatal Quest of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh”. Then neuroscience tells us - it’s all about the messenger and not the message. Stephen Martin and Joseph Marks talk about their 2019 book, “Messengers: Who We Listen To, Who We Don’t, and Why”.
59 min
March 31, 2022 Episode 22-14 Social Media and Weaponized Shame ???
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Dr. Cathy O’Neil about “The Shame Machine … Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation”. They talk about how encouraging shame figures into the algorithms of social media. Then Dr. Daniel Bloomfield, the Chief Medical Officer of Anthos Therapeutics, describes the current challenge of preventing bleeding while avoiding the specter of clotting. Anthos may have a solution.
59 min
March 31, 2022 Episode 463: Episode 22-14 Social Media and Weaponized Shame ???
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Dr. Cathy O’Neil about “The Shame Machine … Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation”. They talk about how encouraging shame figures into the algorithms of social media. Then Dr. Daniel Bloomfield, the Chief Medical Officer of Anthos Therapeutics, describes the current challenge of preventing bleeding while avoiding the specter of clotting. Anthos may have a solution.
59 min
March 25, 2022 Episode 22-13 Can Every Medicine Be a Pill???
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Dr. Stewart Campbell, CEO of Axial Therapeutics, about their groundbreaking work in Autism–related irritability in teenagers, in Parkinson’s, and in complementing the latest cancer treatments. Then Dr. Ray Stevens, CEO of ShouTi Pharma, talks about their approach in
turning IV drugs into pills. Current projects include Diabetes and obesity, and two Pulmonary and Cardiovascular disorders. And these are just their first candidates …
59 min
March 25, 2022 Episode 462: Episode 22-13 Can Every Medicine Be a Pill???
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Dr. Stewart Campbell, CEO of Axial Therapeutics, about their groundbreaking work in Autism–related irritability in teenagers, in Parkinson’s, and in complementing the latest cancer treatments. Then Dr. Ray Stevens, CEO of ShouTi Pharma, talks about their approach in
turning IV drugs into pills. Current projects include Diabetes and obesity, and two Pulmonary and Cardiovascular disorders. And these are just their first candidates …
59 min
March 17, 2022 Episode 22-12 Flat Earthers? Still?
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Daily Beast journalist Kelly Weill are extremism, disinformation and the Internet. They talk about “Off the Edge … Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything”. Then Moira speaks with Dr. Dale Christiansen from TFF Pharmaceuticals, and Dr. Deborah Levine, Medical Director of Lung Transplantation and Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Center at UT Health San Antonio. It may be possible to inhale most of our present-day drugs, which has many benefits.
59 min
March 17, 2022 Episode 461: Episode 22-12 Flat Earthers? Still?
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Daily Beast journalist Kelly Weill are extremism, disinformation and the Internet. They talk about “Off the Edge … Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything”. Then Moira speaks with Dr. Dale Christiansen from TFF Pharmaceuticals, and Dr. Deborah Levine, Medical Director of Lung Transplantation and Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Center at UT Health San Antonio. It may be possible to inhale most of our present-day drugs, which has many benefits.
59 min
March 11, 2022 Episode 460: Episode 22-11 The Chinese Language....Digitized?
On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Yale Professor Jing Tsu about ìKingdom of Characters Ö the language revolution that made China modern.î Communicating Chinese using digital technology is not so easy, from the telegraph, the typewriter, computers and smartphones. All were built with alphabetic letters in mind. Then, diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases like early Alzheimers, Parkinsons and more, with a simple-to-use but scientifically advanced retinal scan.
Eliav Shaked, the Co-Founder and CEO of the Toronto-based firm, Retispec, explains how their software does it.
59 min
March 11, 2022 Episode 22-11 The Chinese Language....Digitized?
On this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Yale Professor Jing Tsu about ìKingdom of Characters Ö the language revolution that made China modern.î Communicating Chinese using digital technology is not so easy, from the telegraph, the typewriter, computers and smartphones. All were built with alphabetic letters in mind. Then, diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases like early Alzheimers, Parkinsons and more, with a simple-to-use but scientifically advanced retinal scan.
Eliav Shaked, the Co-Founder and CEO of the Toronto-based firm, Retispec, explains how their software does it.
59 min
March 02, 2022 Episode 21-10 Your Mind Needs Motion
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Stanford emerita psychology professor Barbara Tversky. She talks about “Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought”, how the mind can override perception, how feeling comes before logic, and how we organize things in our world the way we organize our minds.
59 min