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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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All Episodes

51:36

Best of Blue Dot: Microplastics in the...

Blue Dot ·

2025/06/27

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Zeke Spooner, a Ph.D student at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, to discuss microplastics.

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51:36

Blue Dot: Celebrating Jaws at 50 with the "Lost Shark...

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2025/06/20

Host Dave Schlom is joined by David Ebert, Director of San Jose State University's Pacific Shark Research Center to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the movie Jaws.

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51:37

Blue Dot: The golden state's volcanic legacy: The...

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2025/06/13

Host Dave Schlom discusses one of his favorite topics, California's volcanoes, with two United States Geological Survey staff members from the USGS California Volcano Observatory based at Moffett Field in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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51:38

Blue Dot: Celebrating three years of astronomy with...

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2025/06/06

Blue Dot marks three years of operation of the magnificent James Webb Space Telescope. NASA Webb Project Manager Mike Davis joins host Dave Schlom for an overview of the telescope's operation and unique capabilities that have surpassed the expectations of the astronomical community.

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51:37

Blue Dot: Restoring an ancient and important salmon...

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2025/05/30

Host Dave Schlom and Producer Matt Fidler go out in the field and in the studio to learn about the story of a major restoration on Big Chico Creek in Chico, California's historic and precious Bidwell Park.

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51:31

Blue Dot: The challenge of California's growing wolf...

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2025/05/23

Host Dave Schlom is joined by two University of California at Davis researchers and the state's gray wolf coordinator to learn more about how California's steadily growing wolf population is affecting cattle ranchers and communities in rural Northern California.

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51:38

Best of Blue Dot: Fire and ice: a look at the Cascade...

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2025/05/16

Host Dave Schlom is joined by scientists from the United States Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, for an overview of the iconic cones sheathed in snow and ice and the geologic hazards they represent.

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51:37

Blue Dot: Protecting invertebrate pollinators and...

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2025/05/09

Executive Director Scott Black joins host Dave Schlom for a brief history and overview of the Xerces Society.

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51:38

Best of Blue Dot: Elephants In The Hourglass: a...

Blue Dot ·

2025/05/02

Host Dave Schlom visits with Kim Frank, author of the book, "Elephants in the Hourglass."

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51:37

Blue Dot: TV Meteorologist, surfer and all around...

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2025/04/25

Host Dave Schlom visits with recently retired TV meteorologist Bill Martin. Bill grew up in Paradise, Calif., and went on to a legendary, Emmy winning career as a television meteorologist on KTVU Channel 2 in Oakland, Calif.

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51:36

Best of Blue Dot: The story of eggs and life on...

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2025/04/18

Host Dave Schlom visits with UK-based author Jules Howard to discuss his book, Infinite Life: The Revolutionary Story of Eggs, Evolution, and Life on Earth.

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51:37

Blue Dot: Clay and humanity—in conversation with...

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2025/04/11

British journalist Jennifer Lucy Allan joins Blue Dot host Dave Schlom to discuss her new book, Clay: A Human History.

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51:39

Best of Blue Dot: The fascinating lives (really!) of...

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2025/04/04

Host Dave Schlom visits with nature and wildlife writer Sy Montgomery, whose Soul of An Octopus was a National Book Award finalist, about her latest work, What The Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird.

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51:37

Blue Dot: Ocean science at UC San Diego's Scripps...

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2025/03/28

Host Dave Schlom is joined by guests from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of San Diego to profile the ocean science being done at one of the world's most important and historic places to study our blue planet.

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51:37

Blue Dot: New Sáttítla Highlands National Monument...

Blue Dot ·

2025/03/21

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Sam Davidson from Trout Unlimited and Brandy McDaniels from the Pit River Nation for an in-depth look at the newly designated Sáttítla Highlands National Monument.

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51:37

Blue Dot: The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

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2025/03/14

Blue Dot continues its series of profiles for the United States Geological Survey's volcano observatories with a visit to the granddaddy of them all -- the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) on the big island of Hawaii.

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51:37

Blue Dot: Looking for life in alien oceans with Dr....

Blue Dot ·

2025/03/07

Host Dave Schlom is joined by NASA planetary scientist Kevin Hand for a fascinating, in-depth (pun perhaps intended) look at the search for life in the oceans of alien worlds like Jupiter's moon Europa and the Saturnian satellite Enceladus.

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51:36

Blue Dot: Microplastics in the marine environment

Blue Dot ·

2025/02/28

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Zeke Spooner, a Ph.D student at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, to discuss microplastics.

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51:36

Blue Dot: Mussels and a scientific detective story at...

Blue Dot ·

2025/02/21

Host Dave Schlom is joined by two researchers who have connections to UC Davis's Bodega Marine Laboratory on the Northern California coast.

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51:37

Blue Dot: The social cost of carbon and storing...

Blue Dot ·

2025/02/07

Host Dave Schlom visits with two UC Davis professors to discuss one of the most important yet problematic elements on the Periodic Table: Carbon.

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