# Best of Blue Dot: Exploring the Salish Sea and coast with the SeaDoc Society Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/best-of-blue-dot-exploring-the-salish-sea-and-coast-with-the-seadoc-society Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/best-of-blue-dot-exploring-the-salish-sea-and-coast-with-the-seadoc-society.md Podcast: [Blue Dot](https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518) Published: 2026-05-15T18:43:28+00:00 Episode link: https://www.mynspr.org/show/blue-dot/2026-05-15/best-of-blue-dot-exploring-the-salish-sea-and-coast-with-the-seadoc-society Audio file: https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s42/audio/2026/05/blue-dot-05-15-2026-web.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/blue-dot-396518/episodes/best-of-blue-dot-exploring-the-salish-sea-and-coast-with-the-seadoc-society Duration seconds: 3097 ## Resource Host Dave Schlom is joined once again by Joe Gaydos and Bob Friel from the SeaDoc Society based on Orcas Island in the Pacific Northwest. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/blue-dot-396518/episodes/best-of-blue-dot-exploring-the-salish-sea-and-coast-with-the-seadoc-society/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/blue-dot-396518/best-of-blue-dot-exploring-the-salish-sea-and-coast-with-the-seadoc-society.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.