Episodes

  • Blue Dot: Tribute to an American hero: NASA astronaut Jim Lovell

    Blue Dot: Tribute to an American hero: NASA astronaut Jim Lovell
    Dec 19 2025
    Host Dave Schlom is joined by some very special guests to celebrate the life of one of NASA's greatest astronauts, James A. Lovell Jr.
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    52 mins
  • Best of Blue Dot: California's landscapes: human and natural history with artist and author Obi Kaufmann

    Best of Blue Dot: California's landscapes: human and natural history with artist and author Obi Kaufmann
    Dec 5 2025
    Artist and writer Obi Kaufmann joins host Dave Schlom to discuss his documentation of California's wild and scenic places.
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    52 mins
  • Best of Blue Dot: Bill Nelson: Congressman, astronaut and NASA Director

    Best of Blue Dot: Bill Nelson: Congressman, astronaut and NASA Director
    Nov 28 2025
    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 House of Representatives and then the Senate.
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    52 mins
  • Blue Dot: Reimagining Ag: the California State University Chico Center for Regenerative Agriculture

    Blue Dot: Reimagining Ag: the California State University Chico Center for Regenerative Agriculture
    Nov 21 2025
    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).
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    52 mins
  • Blue Dot: California's landscapes: human and natural history with artist and author Obi Kaufmann

    Blue Dot: California's landscapes: human and natural history with artist and author Obi Kaufmann
    Nov 14 2025
    Artist and writer Obi Kaufmann joins host Dave Schlom to discuss his documentation of California's wild and scenic places.
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    52 mins
  • Best of Blue Dot: Exploring California's Native Trees with Matt Ritter and Michael Kauffmann

    Best of Blue Dot: Exploring California's Native Trees with Matt Ritter and Michael Kauffmann
    Nov 7 2025
    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 Trees: A Field Guide to the Native Species.
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    52 mins
  • Blue Dot: New MacArthur Fellow Kareem El-Badry from Caltech on black holes, binary and hypervelocity stars

    Blue Dot: New MacArthur Fellow Kareem El-Badry from Caltech on black holes, binary and hypervelocity stars
    Oct 31 2025
    Host Dave Schlom visits with brand new MacArthur Fellowship award winner Kareem El-Badry, an astrophysicist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
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    52 mins
  • Best of Blue Dot: Celebrating three years of astronomy with the James Webb Space Telescope

    Best of Blue Dot: Celebrating three years of astronomy with the James Webb Space Telescope
    Oct 24 2025
    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 unique capabilities that have surpassed the expectations of the astronomical community.
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    52 mins