Blue Dot Podcast
1) Best of Blue Dot: California's landscapes: human and natural history with artist and author Obi Kaufmann
Artist and writer Obi Kaufmann joins host Dave Schlom to discuss his documentation of California's wild and scenic places.
2) Best of Blue Dot: Bill Nelson: Congressman, astronaut and NASA Director
Bill Nelson joins host Dave Schlom for a special conversation about his life in public service at NASA. Nelson served representing the people of his home state of Florida for 30 years, first in the Ho...Show More
3) Blue Dot: Reimagining Ag: the California State University Chico Center for Regenerative Agriculture
Blue Dot goes down on the farm by visiting with folks from California State University, Chico's Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems (CRARS).
4) Blue Dot: California's landscapes: human and natural history with artist and author Obi Kaufmann
Artist and writer Obi Kaufmann joins host Dave Schlom to discuss his documentation of California's wild and scenic places.
5) Best of Blue Dot: Exploring California's Native Trees with Matt Ritter and Michael Kauffmann
Host Dave Schlom is joined by Backcountry Press Publisher Michael Kauffmann along with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo botany professor Matt Ritter. Both combined to author the superb new book, California Tr...Show More
6) Blue Dot: New MacArthur Fellow Kareem El-Badry from Caltech on black holes, binary and hypervelocity stars
Host Dave Schlom visits with brand new MacArthur Fellowship award winner Kareem El-Badry, an astrophysicist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
7) Best of Blue Dot: Celebrating three years of astronomy with the James Webb Space Telescope
Blue Dot marks three years of operation of the magnificent James Webb Space Telescope. NASA Webb Project Manager Mike Davis joins host Dave Schlom for an overview of the telescope's operation and uniq...Show More
8) Blue Dot: Understanding the earthquake and tsunami hazards of California's North Coast with Lori Dengler
Geology Professor Emeritus Lori Dengler joins host Dave Schlom from Cal Poly Humboldt for an in-depth look at the tectonic forces that have shaped California's North Coast.
9) Blue Dot: The anatomy of a disaster: inside the Titan submersible implosion
Gordon Telepun joins host Dave Schlom to discuss the Titan submersible implosion that killed five people, including Ocean Gate CEO and pilot Stockton Rush, in 2023.
10) Blue Dot: SETI Institute: it's role in the Disney/Pixar animated film Elio and The Fermi Paradox
Host Dave Schlom is joined by two guests from the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, for a fun and thought-provoking program. Simon Steel, Deputy Director of the Carl Sagan Center for Resear...Show More