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Blue Dot

Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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.

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51:38

Best of Blue Dot: The story of America's first women...

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2024/04/05

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.

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51:37

Blue Dot: State of the Drake Equation in 2024: The...

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2024/03/29

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.

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51:37

Blue Dot: State of the Drake Equation in 2024: The...

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2024/03/22

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.

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51:37

Best of Blue Dot: Preparing for the next Great...

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2024/03/15

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.

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51:37

Blue Dot: Riparian restoration with River Partners

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2024/03/08

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.

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51:37

Blue Dot: Exploring the ancient world of the...

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2024/03/01

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.

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51:36

Best of Blue Dot: Drs. Hall joins forces to talk...

Blue Dot ·

2024/02/23

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.

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51:38

Blue Dot: Education and research at the UC Natural...

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2024/02/16

Host Dave Schlom looks at some interesting ways the University of California's Natural Reserves System is used for education and scientific research.

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51:37

Best of Blue Dot: California Against the Sea: a...

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2024/02/09

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.

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51:37

Blue Dot: Whale-SETI: a communications interaction...

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2024/02/02

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.

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51:37

Blue Dot: Monitoring surface water from space:...

Blue Dot ·

2024/01/26

Two scientists join host Dave Schlom to discuss the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission which launched in December of 2022.

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51:37

Blue Dot: Meteor Showers 101 with Peter Jenniskens

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2024/01/19

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.

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51:36

Blue Dot: A Range of Biodiversity: the Klamath...

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2024/01/12

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.

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51:37

Blue Dot: A Range of Biodiversity: the Klamath...

Blue Dot ·

2024/01/05

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.

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51:38

Blue Dot: Reflections on a life of service in the...

Blue Dot ·

2023/12/29

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.

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51:37

Best of Blue Dot: Icebergs as a resource: how...

Blue Dot ·

2023/12/22

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.

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51:38

Blue Dot: The story of America's first women...

Blue Dot ·

2023/12/15

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.

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51:37

Blue Dot: California's complex weather and climate

Blue Dot ·

2023/12/08

Host Dave Schlom delves into the topic of California's amazingly diverse climate and weather with the authors of the new book, Fire and Rain: California's Changing Weather and Climate, Stephen LaDochy (Cal State LA) and meteorologist Michael Witiw.

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51:37

Blue Dot: Watershed Restoration with CalTrout: a...

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2023/12/01

Host Dave Schlom is joined by the Executive Director of California Trout, Curtis Knight, to talk about the conservation organization and its regional restoration projects across the state.

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51:38

Blue Dot: Pascal Lee and the Carl Sagan Prize

Blue Dot ·

2023/11/17

Host Dave Schlom and Pascal Lee team up once again, this time to discuss Lee winning the Carl Sagan Prize from Wonderfest in the San Francisco Bay Area for his scientific research and gift for science communication.

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