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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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Blue Dot: The Big One times two? The link between Cascadia and the San Andreas Fault with Chris Goldfinger

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Oregon State marine geologist Chris Goldfinger to take an in-depth look at the West Coast's two most dangerous faults, the San Andreas and Cascadia.

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Blue Dot: The great heat wave of 1936 with author Geoff Williams

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Geoff Williams, author of the new book, The Summer of Death: The Great Heat Wave of 1936 and the Making of Modern America.

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Blue Dot: How animals influence human thought: A conversation with author Michael Bond

Host Dave Schlom is joined by British author Michael Bond, author of the new book, Animate: How Animals Shape the Human Mind. Bond specializes in writing about psychology and human behavior and in this masterful work, he goes back to the very beginnings of humanity's relationship with the animal world.

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Blue Dot: An innovative solution to removing and storing carbon: biochar and bio-oil with Charm Industrial

Host Dave Schlom explores the world of biochar and ways to remove carbon from the landscape with Pyrolysis engineer Joe Polin and policy expert Nora Cohen Brown from Charm Industrial.

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Blue Dot: Hot Creek in peril: a proposed gold mine threatens one of California's natural wonders

Host Dave Schlom examines an environmental issue exploding in eastern California.

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Blue Dot: The "earthquake gate" in Southern California between the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Liliane Burkhard, a geophysicist and planetary scientist at the University of Bern in Switzerland, to discuss a recent study linking earthquakes on two of Southern California's major faults.

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Blue Dot: California 1776: what was it like? With pyrogeographer Don Hankins

To mark the nation's 250th birthday, host Dave Schlom is joined by California State University Chico geography professor Don Hankins to discuss what California would have been like in 1776.

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Best of Blue Dot: The art and science of fly fishing with Hall of Famer Mike Mercer

Host Dave Schlom gets to delve into his favorite pastime, fly fishing, with two of his heroes -- Mike Mercer and Bryan Quick from The Fly Shop in Redding, California.

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Best of Blue Dot: Sky ghosts of the cosmos: Comets

Host Dave Schlom is joined by two scientists from the SETI Institute in Mt. View, California, to talk about one of hisfavorite celestial phenomena -- comets.

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Blue Dot: Animal intelligence with Lori Marino

Host Dave Schlom is joined by neuroscientist and animal intelligence advocate Dr. Lori Marino, who was recently named the 2026 winner of the Frank Drake Award by the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California.

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