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.
Latest episodes of the podcast Blue Dot
- Blue Dot: Bill Nelson: Congressman, astronaut and NASA Director
- Blue Dot: Permaculture; A Permanent Culture for People and all the inhabitants of the Planet
- Blue Dot: The art and science of fly fishing with Hall of Famer Mike Mercer
- Blue Dot: The Roosevelt brothers quest to find the Giant Panda: a conversation with author Nathalia Holt
- Best of Blue Dot: Protecting invertebrate pollinators and endangered species with the Xerces Society
- Blue Dot: Going nuclear? A conversation about atomic power with British scientist and author Tim Gregory
- Blue Dot: On the frontiers of philosophy and physics: a conversation with Caltech's Chip Sebens
- Best of Blue Dot: Ocean science at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Best of Blue Dot: The challenge of California's growing wolf population
- Blue Dot: Climate change through Earth history: UC Davis paleoclimatologist Isabel Montañez
- Best of Blue Dot: New Sáttítla Highlands National Monument overview with Sam Davidson and Brandy McDaniels
- Blue Dot: Exploring California's Native Trees with Matt Ritter and Michael Kauffmann
- Best of Blue Dot: Microplastics in the marine environment
- Blue Dot: Celebrating Jaws at 50 with the "Lost Shark Guy" David Ebert
- Blue Dot: The golden state's volcanic legacy: The USGS California Volcano Observatory
- Blue Dot: Celebrating three years of astronomy with the James Webb Space Telescope
- Blue Dot: Restoring an ancient and important salmon habitat: Big Chico Creek in Northern California
- Blue Dot: The challenge of California's growing wolf population
- Best of Blue Dot: Fire and ice: a look at the Cascade volcanoes
- Blue Dot: Protecting invertebrate pollinators and endangered species with the Xerces Society