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Blue Dot

Blue Dot

Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler · NSPR

48 episodesEN

Show overview

Blue Dot launched in 2025 and has put out 48 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 40 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 52 min and 52 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Science show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 42 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 42 episodes published. Published by NSPR.

Episodes
48
Running
2025–2026 · 1y
Median length
52 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

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.

Latest Episodes

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Blue Dot: Inside one of California's crown jewels: the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Oct 23, 202652 min

Blue Dot: John Steinbeck, Ed Ricketts and the epic story of the Western Flyer

Oct 16, 202652 min

Blue Dot: Can the human body survive the long trip to Mars?

Oct 9, 202652 min

Best of Blue Dot: California's wild and scenic Eel River and California Fly Fisher magazine

Oct 2, 202651 min

Blue Dot: Dark skies for ecosystem and human health with The Nature Conservancy

Sep 25, 202652 min

Best of Blue Dot: The International Geophysical Year 1957-58 with Mark O'Connell

Sep 18, 202651 min

Best of Blue Dot: Understanding the basic science of spaceflight with Trisha Muro

Sep 11, 202657 min

Blue Dot: A new look at Freud and neuroscience with Dr. Mark Solms

Sep 4, 202652 min

Blue Dot: All things El Niño with NASA's Josh Willis

Aug 28, 202652 min

Best of Blue Dot: All that glitters: a conversation with Dominic Frisby author of The Secret History of Gold

Aug 21, 202651 min

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

Aug 14, 202652 min

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

Aug 7, 202652 min

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

Jul 31, 202651 min

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

Jul 24, 202652 min

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

Jul 17, 202652 min

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

Jul 10, 202649 min

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

Jul 3, 202651 min

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

Jun 26, 202654 min

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

Jun 19, 202651 min

Blue Dot: Animal intelligence with Lori Marino

Jun 12, 202651 min