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Blue Dot, named after Carl Sagan's famous speech about our place in the universe, features interviews with guests from all over the regional, national and worldwide scientific communities. Host Dave Schlom leads discussions about the issues science is helping us address with experts who shed light on climate change, space exploration, astronomy, technology and much more. Dave asks us to remember: from deep space, we all live on a pale, blue dot.
- 422 - Blue Dot: Musings on the Moon with author Christopher Cokinos
Host Dave Schlom finds a kindred spirit with Christopher Cokinos, author of the new book, Still as Bright: An Illuminating History of the Moon from Antiquity to Tomorrow.
Fri, 03 May 2024 - 421 - Best of Blue Dot: Here Begins The Dark Sea: a conversation with author Meredith F. Small on the Fra Mauro map
Host Dave Schlom visits with best-selling author and award-winning anthropologist Meredith F. Small to talk about her new book, Here Begins The Dark Sea: Venice, a Medieval Monk and the Creation of the Most Accurate Map of The World.
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 - 420 - Blue Dot: The amazing undersea world of sharks with Dave Ebert, aka "The Lost Shark Guy"Fri, 19 Apr 2024
- 419 - Blue Dot: Nature's soaring scavengers: the Vulture Family
Host Dave Schlom investigates the world of vultures and condors with the Director of the UC Davis California Raptor Center, Michelle Hawkins.
Fri, 12 Apr 2024 - 418 - Best of Blue Dot: The story of America's first women astronauts with Loren Grush
Host Dave Schlom is joined by Bloomberg News science reporter Loren Grush to talk about her new book, The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts.
Fri, 05 Apr 2024 - 417 - Blue Dot: State of the Drake Equation in 2024: The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (Part Two)
In the conclusion of Blue Dot's two part look at the state of the Drake Equation in 2024, Host Dave Schlom is once again joined by special co host Bill Diamond, President and CEO of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California.
Fri, 29 Mar 2024 - 416 - Blue Dot: State of the Drake Equation in 2024: The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (Part One)
Host Dave Schlom is joined by special co-host Bill Diamond, President and CEO of the SETI Institute, for an in-depth look at the state of the famous Drake Equation.
Fri, 22 Mar 2024 - 415 - Best of Blue Dot: Preparing for the next Great American Eclipse: a visit with Rick Fienberg
Host Dave Schlom is joined by Sky and Telescope magazine senior contributing editor Rick Fienberg to preview the big celestial event coming up soon, the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 414 - Blue Dot: Riparian restoration with River Partners
Host Dave Schlom visits with guests from River Partners, a conservation organization born of a vision of farmers with conservation interests who sought more of a cooperative rather than confrontational approach to watershed restoration projects.
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 - 413 - Blue Dot: Exploring the ancient world of the Neanderthals with Ludovic Slimak
Host Dave Schlom visits with French archaeologist and paleoanthropologist Ludovic Slimak about his multi-decadal research into Neanderthals. Author of the new book, The Naked Neanderthal: a New Understanding of The Human Creature (Pegasus Books), Slimak is one of the world's foremost experts on these enigmatic and often misrepresented beings that disappeared from Earth about 40,000 years ago.
Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 412 - Best of Blue Dot: Drs. Hall joins forces to talk about "Science and Nonsense"
CSU Chico Professor of Physics Kendall Hall joins Host Dave Schlom once again as a special co-host. They talk to her father, Raymond, who is also a physics professor.
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 - 411 - Blue Dot: Education and research at the UC Natural Reserves System and National Parks
Host Dave Schlom looks at some interesting ways the University of California's Natural Reserves System is used for education and scientific research.
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 - 410 - Best of Blue Dot: California Against the Sea: a conversation with Rosanna Xia
Host Dave Schlom is joined by Rosanna Xia, environmental journalist for the Los Angeles Times to discuss her book, California Against The Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline.
Fri, 09 Feb 2024 - 409 - Blue Dot: Whale-SETI: a communications interaction with Twain the Humpback Whale
In this very special episode, Host Dave Schlom visits with three researchers who were part of an incredible series of experimental communications with a humpback whale off the coast of Alaska.
Fri, 02 Feb 2024 - 408 - Blue Dot: Monitoring surface water from space: Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission
Two scientists join host Dave Schlom to discuss the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission which launched in December of 2022.
Fri, 26 Jan 2024 - 407 - Blue Dot: Meteor Showers 101 with Peter Jenniskens
SETI Institute meteor astronomer Peter Jenniskens joins host Dave Schlom to take a deep dive into the science of meteors and meteor showers. Dr. Jenniskens is the author of the authoritative Atlas of Earth's Meteor Showers, a comprehensive and professional-level compilation of all we currently know about meteor showers and the comets they originate from.
Fri, 19 Jan 2024 - 406 - Blue Dot: A Range of Biodiversity: the Klamath Mountains Pt. 2
Host Dave Schlom and Michael examine the incredible forests of the Klamaths with two Cal Poly Humboldt professors who are deeply involved in studying them, Lucy Kerhoulas and Rosemary Sherriff.
Fri, 12 Jan 2024 - 405 - Blue Dot: A Range of Biodiversity: the Klamath Mountains Pt. 1
In the first of a special two-part series, Host Dave Schlom is joined by Michael Kauffmann, co-editor and publisher of The Klamath Mountains: A Natural History.
Fri, 05 Jan 2024 - 404 - Blue Dot: Reflections on a life of service in the National Parks: a conversation with Jim Richardson
Host Dave Schlom sits down with one of his favorite people, Lassen Volcanic National Park Superintendent Jim Richardson, on the eve of his retirement from the National Park Service.
Fri, 29 Dec 2023 - 403 - Best of Blue Dot: Icebergs as a resource: how floating mountains of ice can be harvested for freshwater
Blue Dot delves into the world of iceberg science and the latest ideas on using them as sources of freshwater for the future as Host Dave Schlom interviews Ohio State University Professor Matthew Birkhold, author of Chasing Icebergs: How Frozen Freshwater Can Save The Planet.
Fri, 22 Dec 2023
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