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November 17, 2021 Episode 21-47 The Future of Cities ??
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Harvard economics professors Edward Glaeser and David Cutler about “Survival of the City … Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation.” Then Dr. Alex Pang’s advice about our work life from his 2016 book, “Rest … Why You Get More Done When You Work Less” is even more relevant now. And Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr Daniel Kraft talks to us about something unprecedented … our teeth!
59 min
November 09, 2021 Episode 443: Episode 21-46 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
November 09, 2021 Episode 21-46 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
November 03, 2021 Episode 442: Episode 21-45 Searching for Drugs in Plants
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Emory Professor Dr. Cassandra Quave talks about “The Plant Hunter: A Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines”. And David McNally, President and CEO of Titan Medical. Advances in Robot-assisted surgery – from a long scar to several tiny incisions, and now, perhaps, just one.
59 min
November 03, 2021 Episode 21-45 Searching for Drugs in Plants
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Emory Professor Dr. Cassandra Quave talks about “The Plant Hunter: A Scientist’s Quest for Nature’s Next Medicines”. And David McNally, President and CEO of Titan Medical. Advances in Robot-assisted surgery – from a long scar to several tiny incisions, and now, perhaps, just one.
59 min
October 27, 2021 Episode 21-44 Elizabeth Holmes – Theranos – 2005
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk about his perpetually best-selling book: “The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma.” We’ll also hear Dr. Gunn’s 2005 interview with Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and CEO of the now-defunct Theranos, who is currently standing trial for fraud.
59 min
October 27, 2021 Episode 441: Episode 21-44 Elizabeth Holmes – Theranos – 2005

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk about his perpetually best-selling book: “The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma.” We’ll also hear Dr. Gunn’s 2005 interview with Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and CEO of the now-defunct Theranos, who is currently standing trial for fraud.
59 min
October 20, 2021 Episode 440: Episode 21-43 The Decisions We Make
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Columbia University professor Eric Johnson about “The Elements of Choice: Why the Way We Decide Matters”. Then insight into rare genetic diseases with Dr. Dietrich Stephan, CEO of NeuBase Therapeutics. He talks us through rare genetic diseases, as well as NeuBase’s approach. And Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about the challenges of Telehealth.
59 min
October 20, 2021 Episode 21-43 The Decisions We Make
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Columbia University professor Eric Johnson about “The Elements of Choice: Why the Way We Decide Matters”. Then insight into rare genetic diseases with Dr. Dietrich Stephan, CEO of NeuBase Therapeutics. He talks us through rare genetic diseases, as well as NeuBase’s approach. And Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about the challenges of Telehealth.
59 min
October 13, 2021 Episode 439: Episode 21-42 Global Economic Shutdown
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with

Adam Tooze, a Columbia professor of history who is also an economist. His book is “Shutdown … How Covid Shook the World’s Economy.” Then Dr. Erica Smith from the Belgium company, Tools4Patient. How you identify when participants in drug trials report a positive response, even when they receive nothing. And Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent Dr. Daniel Kraft talks about how to create what he calls a “check engine light” for your body.
59 min