Blue Dot: One of America’s greatest science journalists: a conversation with Deborah Blum
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Host Dave Schlom is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Deborah Blum to talk about her extraordinary career in journalism.
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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.
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Blue Dot: One of America’s greatest science journalists: a conversation with Deborah Blum
52 min
Host Dave Schlom is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Deborah Blum to talk about her extraordinary career in journalism.
Blue Dot: In the Company of Pandas with National Zoo Director Dr. Brandie Smith
52 min
Host Dave Schlom takes a deep dive into the realm of Giant Pandas with Smithsonian National Zoo Director Dr. Brandie Smith. Smith is the author of the new book, In the Company of Pandas, which chronicles her decades of work in zoos in general and with the Giant Pandas in particular.
Blue Dot: Move over Hubble and Webb! The new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
52 min
Host Dave Schlom is joined by two scientists deeply involved in NASA's latest orbiting observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
Blue Dot: Inside one of California's crown jewels: the Monterey Bay Aquarium
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In this very blue episode of Blue Dot, we feature one of the world's most innovative and visited public aquariums, the Monterey Bay Aquarium on world famous Cannery Row.
Blue Dot: John Steinbeck, Ed Ricketts and the epic story of the Western Flyer
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Host Dave Schlom is joined by two special guests to tell the story of the now-fully restored Western Flyer.
Blue Dot: Can the human body survive the long trip to Mars?
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Host Dave Schlom is joined by Mark Shelhamer, former Chief Scientist of the Human Research Program at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and current director of the Johns Hopkins Human Spaceflight Laboratory in Maryland.
Best of Blue Dot: California's wild and scenic Eel River and California Fly Fisher magazine
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Host Dave Schlom is joined by Charles Schneider, a Connectivity Program Manager for California Trout, to discuss the human and natural history of California's third-largest watershed, the Eel River.
Blue Dot: Dark skies for ecosystem and human health with The Nature Conservancy
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Host Dave Schlom is joined by two representatives from The Nature Conservancy in California to discuss the importance of dark skies as a natural resource.
Best of Blue Dot: The International Geophysical Year 1957-58 with Mark O'Connell
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Host Dave Schlom is joined by Mark O'Connell, whose screenwriting credits include Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, to talk about his non-fiction book, The Year Science Changed Everything: 1957's International Geophysical Year and the Future of Our Planet.
Best of Blue Dot: Understanding the basic science of spaceflight with Trisha Muro
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Host Dave Schlom is joined by science educator and author Trisha Muro to discuss her book, It's (Just) Rocket Science: Exploring Physics Through Spaceflight Missions.
Blue Dot: A new look at Freud and neuroscience with Dr. Mark Solms
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Host Dave Schlom is joined by world renowned neuropsychologist and psychoanalyst Mark Solms. Dr. Solms is the author of the new book, The Only Cure: Freud and the Science of Mental Healing.
Blue Dot: All things El Niño with NASA's Josh Willis
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Host Dave Schlom is joined by a longtime friend of Blue Dot, Josh Willis from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. Josh is an oceanographer who uses NASA's armada of Earth monitoring satellites to study ocean heights, temperatures and currents.
Best of Blue Dot: All that glitters: a conversation with Dominic Frisby author of The Secret History of Gold
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Host Dave Schlom is joined by British humorist and financial writer Dominic Frisby.
Blue Dot: The Big One times two? The link between Cascadia and the San Andreas Fault with Chris Goldfinger
52 min
Host Dave Schlom is joined by Oregon State marine geologist Chris Goldfinger to take an in-depth look at the West Coast's two most dangerous faults, the San Andreas and Cascadia.
Blue Dot: The great heat wave of 1936 with author Geoff Williams
52 min
Host Dave Schlom is joined by Geoff Williams, author of the new book, The Summer of Death: The Great Heat Wave of 1936 and the Making of Modern America.
Blue Dot: How animals influence human thought: A conversation with author Michael Bond
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Host Dave Schlom is joined by British author Michael Bond, author of the new book, Animate: How Animals Shape the Human Mind. Bond specializes in writing about psychology and human behavior and in this masterful work, he goes back to the very beginnings of humanity's relationship with the animal world.
Blue Dot: An innovative solution to removing and storing carbon: biochar and bio-oil with Charm Industrial
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Host Dave Schlom explores the world of biochar and ways to remove carbon from the landscape with Pyrolysis engineer Joe Polin and policy expert Nora Cohen Brown from Charm Industrial.
Blue Dot: Hot Creek in peril: a proposed gold mine threatens one of California's natural wonders
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Host Dave Schlom examines an environmental issue exploding in eastern California.
Blue Dot: The "earthquake gate" in Southern California between the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults
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Host Dave Schlom is joined by Liliane Burkhard, a geophysicist and planetary scientist at the University of Bern in Switzerland, to discuss a recent study linking earthquakes on two of Southern California's major faults.
Blue Dot: California 1776: what was it like? With pyrogeographer Don Hankins
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To mark the nation's 250th birthday, host Dave Schlom is joined by California State University Chico geography professor Don Hankins to discuss what California would have been like in 1776.
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