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: John Steinbeck, Ed Ricketts and the epic story of the Western Flyer
Oct 16, 2026
Blue Dot: Can the human body survive the long trip to Mars?
Oct 09, 2026
Best of Blue Dot: California's wild and scenic Eel River and California Fly Fisher magazine
Oct 02, 2026
Blue Dot: Dark skies for ecosystem and human health with The Nature Conservancy
Sep 25, 2026
Best of Blue Dot: The International Geophysical Year 1957-58 with Mark O'Connell
Sep 18, 2026
Best of Blue Dot: Understanding the basic science of spaceflight with Trisha Muro
Sep 11, 2026
Blue Dot: A new look at Freud and neuroscience with Dr. Mark Solms
Sep 04, 2026
Blue Dot: All things El Niño with NASA's Josh Willis
Aug 28, 2026
Best of Blue Dot: All that glitters: a conversation with Dominic Frisby author of The Secret History of Gold
Aug 21, 2026
Blue Dot: The Big One times two? The link between Cascadia and the San Andreas Fault with Chris Goldfinger
Aug 14, 2026
Blue Dot: The great heat wave of 1936 with author Geoff Williams
Aug 07, 2026
Blue Dot: How animals influence human thought: A conversation with author Michael Bond
Jul 31, 2026
Blue Dot: An innovative solution to removing and storing carbon: biochar and bio-oil with Charm Industrial
Jul 24, 2026
Blue Dot: Hot Creek in peril: a proposed gold mine threatens one of California's natural wonders
Jul 17, 2026
Blue Dot: The "earthquake gate" in Southern California between the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults
Jul 10, 2026
Blue Dot: California 1776: what was it like? With pyrogeographer Don Hankins
Jul 03, 2026
Best of Blue Dot: The art and science of fly fishing with Hall of Famer Mike Mercer
Jun 26, 2026
Best of Blue Dot: Sky ghosts of the cosmos: Comets
Jun 19, 2026
Blue Dot: Animal intelligence with Lori Marino
Jun 12, 2026
Best of Blue Dot: Wildlife photography with Yellowstone's Tom Murphy
Jun 05, 2026