Blue Dot

By 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.

Episode Date
Blue Dot: Rivers from space and on the ground: the US/French SWOT mission and restoration of Battle Creek
May 01, 2026
Blue Dot: Bird conservation success stories with Scott Weidensaul
Apr 24, 2026
Blue Dot: California's wild and scenic Eel River and California Fly Fisher magazine
Apr 17, 2026
Blue Dot: The science behind NASA's historic return to the Moon with Artemis 2
Apr 10, 2026
Best of Blue Dot: On the frontiers of philosophy and physics: a conversation with Caltech's Chip Sebens
Apr 03, 2026
Best of Blue Dot: Reimagining Ag: the California State University Chico Center for Regenerative Agriculture
Mar 27, 2026
Best of Blue Dot: California's imperiled Delta region
Mar 20, 2026
Blue Dot: Excellence in science teaching: Caltech's Feynman award-winning Sarah Reisman
Mar 13, 2026
Blue Dot: Wildlife photography with Yellowstone's Tom Murphy
Mar 06, 2026
Best of Blue Dot: The anatomy of a disaster-- inside the Titan submersible implosion
Feb 20, 2026
Blue Dot: Exploring the Salish Sea and coast with the SeaDoc Society
Feb 13, 2026
Blue Dot: Sky ghosts of the cosmos: Comets
Feb 06, 2026
Blue Dot: Good Fire as a tool for landscape and human healing
Jan 30, 2026
Blue Dot: California's imperiled Delta region
Jan 23, 2026
Best of Blue Dot: Understanding the earthquake and tsunami hazards of California's North Coast with Lori Dengler
Jan 16, 2026
Blue Dot: The undertold story of Project Gemini with Jeffrey Kluger
Jan 16, 2026
Blue Dot: Britain's standing stones and prehistoric sites: a conversation with author Fiona Robertson
Jan 02, 2026
Best of Blue Dot: SETI Institute: it's role in the Disney/Pixar animated film Elio and The Fermi Paradox
Dec 27, 2025
Blue Dot: Tribute to an American hero: NASA astronaut Jim Lovell
Dec 19, 2025
Best of Blue Dot: California's landscapes: human and natural history with artist and author Obi Kaufmann
Dec 05, 2025