Blue Dot – KSPB–Pebble Beach

Show Info

Hosted by: Dave Schlom

Produced by: Matt Fidler

Genres: News & Info , Talk Show

Show Times

Timezone: PST [UTC-8]

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9:00 am - 10:00 am

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About the Show

Blue Dot takes you to curiosities across our universe. Featuring interviews with leading scientists, authors, filmmakers and journalists from around the world, Blue Dot examines our home from a planetary perspective. Whether it’s a discussion about our life-giving oceans, the imperiled climate systems, the depths of space, or how a rock guitar works, Blue Dot is an adventure of discovery.

Hosted by Dave Schlom, and co-produced by North State Public Radio, Blue Dot digs deep into conversations about earth and space. For the past 12 years, Schlom has adorned the airwaves with his warm, relaxed style. His extensive scientific and journalistic background and his gift for engaging natural and thought-inducing conversations make Blue Dot a program you don’t want to miss.

Original Theme Music by Matt Shilts, Engineer and Producer Matt Fidler, Associate Producer Ellie Johnson.

Posts

Team

Blue Dot: Liftoff! What it takes to launch NASA's Artemis Moon rocket. (7/15/2023)

After the successful launch of the Artemis I test mission to the Moon, NASA is gearing up for Artemis II, the first crewed mission to leave Earth orbit since 1972 with launch scheduled for November 2024. In this episode Dave Schlom visits with managers from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to find out what […] […]

Blue Dot: Remembering America's space station: Skylab @50 Pt. 2 (6/24/2023)

Host Dave Schlom concludes our two part look back at the first and only exclusively American space station, Skylab, which was crewed by three teams of astronauts in 1973. In this episode, we hear from David Hitt, author of the seminal book Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story which he co wrote with Skylab astronauts Owen […] […]

Blue Dot: Remembering America's space station: Skylab@50 (6/17/2023)

Blue Dot host Dave Schlom is joined by space journalist Emily Carney and Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart in part one of our look back at the only all American space station — Skylab. Launched in May 1973, the station was made from the third stage of the Saturn V moon rocket. Unfortunately, the station was […] […]

Blue Dot: Stream restoration on the Klamath River and Big Chico Creek with California Trout (4/1/2023)

Host Dave Schlom visits with an array of guests that are involved in major watershed restoration projects being conducted by the conservation organization, California Trout. We find out about the science behind restoration with Andrew Rypel, Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis then dive into the world’s largest restoration project, the […] […]

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Host

Dave Schlom

Dave Schlom is the longtime host and creator of Blue Dot. From surfing to Voyager in interstellar space, rock guitar to orcas in our imperiled oceans, the topics on Blue Dot are as varied as the host’s interests and connections — which are pretty limitless! An internationally respected space history journalist, Dave is also deeply […] […]

Producer

Matt Fidler

Matt Fidler is a producer and sound designer with over 15 years’ experience producing nationally distributed public radio programs. He has worked for shows such as Freakonomics Radio, Selected Shorts, Studio 360, The New Yorker Radio Hour and The Takeaway. In 2017, Matt launched the language podcast Very Bad Words, hitting the #28 spot in […] […]