On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Warren Berger, author of  “A More Beautiful Question … The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas” now in its tenth anniversary re-release and update. Then, Dr. Peter DeMuth, Chief Scientific Officer at Elicio Therapeutics, tells us about how a treatment can turn into a vaccine and potentially provide long-lasting protection against cancer ..read more

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. Dan Reidenberg (Rye-den-berg), Project Director for Safe Online Standards at the Mental Health Coalition talks about what young people are doing online and how to keep them safe. Then, Dr. Chris Pirie, the Co-Founder and COO of HDTBio tells us what it takes to build a cancer vaccine ..read more

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with With all of these AI chatbots around, how did computers learn to write? Columbia professor Dennis Yi Tenen talks about his book, “Literary Theory for Robots … How Computers Learned to Write”.  Then, regular contributor and futurist, Alex Pang gives us insights on humans and tech, and why we are still using pen and paper. And Tech Nation Health Chief Correspondent, Dr. Daniel Kraft, talks about food as medicine and what today's tech can tell us about our bodies and the food we eat ..read more

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Clinical Psychologist and Author Dr. Ramani Durvasula about how to heal from Narcissists in your life and her book, “It’s Not You … Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People”. Then, regular contributor and author of “Rest: Why You Get More Work Done, When You Work Less.” Dr. Alex Pang, talks about getting employers to buy into a four-day work week - it may be easier than you think ..read more

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Katherine Corcoran, the former Associate Press Bureau Chief for Mexico, who talks about “In the Mouth of the Wolf: A Murder, a Coverup, and the True Cost of Silencing the Press”. She talks about the danger of being a journalist in Mexico and one woman who paid the ultimate price. And following news of one biotech firm trying to bring back the dodo bird, we hear from Joe Hernandez from Blue Water Vaccines. His quest to develop a universal flu vaccine led him face-to-face – so to speak - with the Oxford dodo ..read more

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Dr. David Fajgenbaum, a Professor at the 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 ..read more

On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Doctors Andy Norman and Lee McIntyre from the Mental Immunity Project about strengthening your mind’s immunity to misinformation. Then, regular Tech Nation contributor Dr Alex Pang talks about the difference between sleep and rest – and how that can make a big difference in our lives ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more