Blue Dot

Series produced by North State Public Radio

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Conversations exploring where science and pop culture collide. Hosted by Dave Schlom with audio production by Matt Fidler.

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.


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Dave talks to two NASA climate scientists on the topic of global sea level rise. First, longtime friend of Blue Dot Josh Willis joins us to talk ab...

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  • Added: Sep 03, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave talks to legendary NBC anchor and correspondent Jim Hartz. While perhaps best known for co-hosting the Today Show for two years from 1974-1976...

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  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave talks to one of his favorite people on the planet, Ann Druyan. As the wife of the late Carl Sagan, Ann has worked tirelessly since his passing...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Caption: Tyler Nordgren
Dave talks to longtime friend and fellow astronomer and artist Tyler Nordgren. In 2017 Tyler invited Dave to join his viewing of the Great American...

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  • Added: Sep 10, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Caption: Fires at Stebbins Cold Canyon Entry, Near Quail Ridge
The west's epic wildfire season shows now signs of letting up as one Red Flag Warning follows another and millions of acres burn. Dave talks to thr...

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  • Added: Oct 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Caption: Griffith Observatory overlooking Los Angeles
Dave takes a virtual field trip to one of his childhood haunts -- the Griffith Observatory perched above the Los Angeles Basin in Griffith Park. Ou...

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave talks to the founder and CEO of Generation Genius, Jeff Vinokur. "Dr. Jeff" aka "The Dancing Scientist" has been wowing audiences for the past...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave is joined by climate and weather expert Daniel Swain from UCLA's School of the Environment and Sustainability. His weather blog, Weather West ...

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  • Added: Nov 05, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave visits with fellow science communicator Amy Quinton. Amy and co-host Kat Kerlin are the creators of Unfold a science podcast featuring researc...

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  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Caption: Clive R Neal
Dave is joined by planetary geologist Clive Neal from the University of Notre Dame for a spirited conversation on the past, present and future expl...

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  • Added: Nov 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave once again delves into the Apollo Program 50 years ago with this in depth look at the iconic space suits that Neil Armstrong and his 11 fellow...

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  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Blue Oyster Cult guitarist, vocalist and co-producer Richie Castellano makes his second appearance on our show to talk about rock guitar effects an...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Blue Dot celebrates Christmas with a repeat of the the look at the very first mission to the Moon -- Apollo 8 - which overlapped Christmas Day. Con...

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave visits with two dear friends, both Poets Laureate of Texas: karla k. morton and Alan Birkelbach. When we last visited with the pair of traveli...

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  • Added: Jan 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave visits with one of the world's leading climate scientists, Dr. Michael Mann. The professor of atmospheric sciences at Penn State's just publis...

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  • Added: Jan 14, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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In the latest of Blue Dot's Apollo@50 series we look back at the third successful lunar landing mission, Apollo 14, which took place during early F...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave talks to wildlife veterinarian Joe Gaydos from the Sea Doc Society (a research center on Orcas Island in the Salish Sea off the Washington Coa...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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We continue our Apollo@50 special with part two of our look back at Apollo 14. In this episode we focus on the Commander and America's first astron...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Life long amateur astronomer Dave Schlom is joined by professional astronomer Emily Levesque to talk about her recently published book: The Last St...

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  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Dave investigates two very different but interrelated topics: the deep freeze that sent the power grid in Texas into near collapse and how our citi...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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