# Blue Dot

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Author: Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler (nsprnews@gmail.com)
Episodes: 20

## Resource

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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## Episodes
- [Best of Blue Dot: Exploring the Salish Sea and coast with the SeaDoc Society](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/best-of-blue-dot-exploring-the-salish-sea-and-coast-with-the-seadoc-society) — 2026-05-15T18:43:28+00:00
- [Blue Dot: Studying penguins for a season in Antarctica with Louise K. Blight](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/blue-dot-studying-penguins-for-a-season-in-antarctica-with-louise-k-blight) — 2026-05-08T17:14:45+00:00
- [Blue Dot: Rivers from space and on the ground: the US/French SWOT mission and restoration of Battle Creek](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/blue-dot-rivers-from-space-and-on-the-ground-the-us-french-swot-mission-and-restoration-of-battle-creek) — 2026-05-01T17:17:22+00:00
- [Blue Dot: Bird conservation success stories with Scott Weidensaul](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/blue-dot-bird-conservation-success-stories-with-scott-weidensaul) — 2026-04-24T16:02:54+00:00
- [Blue Dot: California's wild and scenic Eel River and California Fly Fisher magazine](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/blue-dot-california-s-wild-and-scenic-eel-river-and-california-fly-fisher-magazine) — 2026-04-17T17:30:35+00:00
- [Blue Dot: The science behind NASA's historic return to the Moon with Artemis 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/blue-dot-the-science-behind-nasa-s-historic-return-to-the-moon-with-artemis-2) — 2026-04-10T17:25:49+00:00
- [Best of Blue Dot: On the frontiers of philosophy and physics: a conversation with Caltech's Chip Sebens](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/best-of-blue-dot-on-the-frontiers-of-philosophy-and-physics-a-conversation-with-caltech-s-chip-sebens) — 2026-04-03T17:40:39+00:00
- [Best of Blue Dot: Reimagining Ag: the California State University Chico Center for Regenerative Agriculture](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/best-of-blue-dot-reimagining-ag-the-california-state-university-chico-center-for-regenerative-agriculture) — 2026-03-27T17:35:56+00:00
- [Best of Blue Dot: California's imperiled Delta region](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/best-of-blue-dot-california-s-imperiled-delta-region) — 2026-03-20T16:48:29+00:00
- [Blue Dot: Excellence in science teaching: Caltech's Feynman award-winning Sarah Reisman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/blue-dot-excellence-in-science-teaching-caltech-s-feynman-award-winning-sarah-reisman) — 2026-03-13T17:02:08+00:00
- [Blue Dot: Wildlife photography with Yellowstone's Tom Murphy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/blue-dot-wildlife-photography-with-yellowstone-s-tom-murphy) — 2026-03-06T18:32:48+00:00
- [Best of Blue Dot: The anatomy of a disaster-- inside the Titan submersible implosion](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/best-of-blue-dot-the-anatomy-of-a-disaster-inside-the-titan-submersible-implosion) — 2026-02-20T18:09:32+00:00
- [Blue Dot: Exploring the Salish Sea and coast with the SeaDoc Society](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/blue-dot-exploring-the-salish-sea-and-coast-with-the-seadoc-society) — 2026-02-13T18:20:54+00:00
- [Blue Dot: Sky ghosts of the cosmos: Comets](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/blue-dot-sky-ghosts-of-the-cosmos-comets) — 2026-02-06T17:51:09+00:00
- [Blue Dot: Good Fire as a tool for landscape and human healing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/blue-dot-good-fire-as-a-tool-for-landscape-and-human-healing) — 2026-01-30T18:11:29+00:00
- [Blue Dot: California's imperiled Delta region](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/blue-dot-california-s-imperiled-delta-region) — 2026-01-23T18:15:45+00:00
- [Best of Blue Dot: Understanding the earthquake and tsunami hazards of California's North Coast with Lori Dengler](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/best-of-blue-dot-understanding-the-earthquake-and-tsunami-hazards-of-california-s-north-coast-with-lori-dengler) — 2026-01-16T18:46:00+00:00
- [Blue Dot: The undertold story of Project Gemini with Jeffrey Kluger](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/blue-dot-the-undertold-story-of-project-gemini-with-jeffrey-kluger) — 2026-01-16T18:00:12+00:00
- [Blue Dot: Britain's standing stones and prehistoric sites: a conversation with author Fiona Robertson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/blue-dot-britain-s-standing-stones-and-prehistoric-sites-a-conversation-with-author-fiona-robertson) — 2026-01-02T18:11:28+00:00
- [Best of Blue Dot: SETI Institute: it's role in the Disney/Pixar animated film Elio and The Fermi Paradox](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/best-of-blue-dot-seti-institute-it-s-role-in-the-disney-pixar-animated-film-elio-and-the-fermi-paradox) — 2025-12-27T18:27:33+00:00

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