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Blue Dot: The amazing undersea world of sharks with Dave Ebert, aka "The Lost Shark Guy"

Host Dave Schlom visits with one of the world's foremost experts on sharks, Dr. David Ebert. Dave is the Director of the Pacific Shark Research Center at San Jose State University's Moss Landing Marine Laboratories.

He is known as "The Lost Shark Guy for his efforts to find little and previously unknown shark species around the world. He's also a regular on the Discovery Channel's Shark Week series "Alien Sharks."

His passion for shark science and conservation is compelling, and he is an engaging advocate for these ancient, mysterious, and fascinating oceanic predators.

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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 fascinated by all aspects of the grand workings of nature’s awesome machinery on scales ranging from galactic to subatomic. And topics take in all aspects of the arts and sciences.
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 the iTunes podcast charts.