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Episode 51: 12/31/2013 Tech Nation: The Riddle of the Labyrinth Jul 03, 2014

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On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
New York Times journalist Margalit Fox about The
Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code.
Then on BioTech Nation Britain's National Health Service makes a
commitment to using a patientís whole genome in their healthcare.

Episode 49: 12/24/2013 Tech Nation: Self-publishing in the age of social media Jul 03, 2014

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On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
GUY KAWASAKI about how authors today must also be Publishers and
Entrepreneurs.
Then on BioTech Nation, we talk about things we eat all the time
that aren't organic. PETER WONG from TruTag Technologies tells us
how they can be used to foil pharmaceutical counterfeiting.

Episode 46: Tech Nation- 17-12-2013 NFL- The League of Denial Jul 03, 2014

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We speak to Mark Fainaru-Wada, author of "League of Denial"- The NFL, Concussions and the battle for truth.
On BioTech Nation Duchenne muscular dystrophy and DED taks the science of "beam me up Scotty" with our own DNA.

Episode 45: 12/10/2013 Tech Nation: Steve Jobs Jul 03, 2014

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On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
WALTER ISAACSON, with his biography of Steve Jobs, and on BioTech Nation, new approaches to cancer, placing human DNA in fruitflies to study Alzheimer's and Parkinsons, and on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, a salute to a recently-passed Nobel Laureate.

Episode 44: 12/3/2013 Tech Nation: The Genius of Leonardo da Vinci Jul 03, 2014

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On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
FRITJOF CAPRA. He spent 10 years studying the original notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci and yes, there's genius there.
Then on BioTech Nation, we talk about a new view of addiction and new developments for all addictions.

Episode 43: 11/26/2013 Tech Nation: Nobel Prizes Explained Jul 03, 2014

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n this weekís Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
A panel of professors from the University of San Francisco, it's "Nobel Prizes Explained."

Episode 43: 11/12/2013 Tech Nation: We're Smarter That We Think Jul 03, 2014

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On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
CLIVE THOMPSON about Smarter That You Think: How Technology is
Changing Our Minds for the Better.
And on BioTech Nation, the new vaccines and how we get them to
everyone young, old, rich and poor, and on BioIssue of the Week
with David Ewing Duncan, the top innovations of 2013 from the
Cleveland Clinic.

Episode 42: 11/04/2013 Tech Nation: Po Bronson Top Dog in the science of winning and losing Jul 03, 2014

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On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
PO BRONSON about his book Top Dog- The Science of Winning and Losing.
Then on BioTech Nation, something for the 27 million Americans who suffer from osteoarthritis and on BioIssue of the Week, David Ewing Duncan see new bioethical challenges for professional sports.

Episode 42: 10/29/2013 Tech Nation: Social Media: The First 2,000 Years Jul 03, 2014

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On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
The Economist's Digital Editor, TOM STANDAGE, about the centuries-
old tradition of Social Media.
Then on BioTech Nation, on BioIssue of the Week with David Ewing Duncan, it's all about "rare science."

Episode 42: 10/22/2013 Tech Nation: Love and Math Jul 03, 2014

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On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with
UC Berkeley professor EDWARD FRENKEL about sneaking into math
classes at Moscow University and how mathematics is everywhere in
our lives.
Then on BioTech Nation, DR. DAVID MARTIN from AvidBiotics talks about the CDC's new report on antibiotic resistance.

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