20 episodes

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.

Blue Dot Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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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.

    Blue Dot: The process of subduction with geophysicist Magali Billen, UC Davis

    Blue Dot: The process of subduction with geophysicist Magali Billen, UC Davis

    Host Dave Schlom visits with UC Davis Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences geophysics professor Magali Billen to talk about one of Earth's most dynamic and complex processes, subduction.

    • 51 min
    Best of Blue Dot: Whale-SETI: a communications interaction with Twain the Humpback Whale

    Best of 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.

    • 51 min
    Blue Dot: Eagles 101: the lives of eagles and the eagle cam phenomenon!

    Blue Dot: Eagles 101: the lives of eagles and the eagle cam phenomenon!

    Bald and golden eagles are some of the most magnificent birds in North America. Host Dave Schlom is joined by Michelle Hawkins, Director of The California Raptor Center at UC Davis, for an in-depth look at eagles, from their amazing conservation success story to the threats they still face from humans.

    • 51 min
    Blue Dot: Musings on the Moon with author Christopher Cokinos

    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.

    • 51 min
    Best of Blue Dot: Here Begins The Dark Sea: a conversation with author Meredith F. Small on the Fra Mauro map

    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.

    • 51 min
    Blue Dot: The amazing undersea world of sharks with Dave Ebert, aka "The Lost Shark Guy"

    Blue Dot: The amazing undersea world of sharks with Dave Ebert, aka "The Lost Shark Guy"

    Host Dave Schlom visits with one of the world's foremost experts on sharks, Dr. David Ebert.

    • 51 min

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