Blue Dot
Fridays at 10 a.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.
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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Host Dave Schlom revisits a chat with Northwestern University neuroscientist Nina Kraus about her work on the science of sound and its importance to our brains. -
Host Dave is joined by special guest co-host Dr. Kendall Hall (Professor of Physics CSU Chico) to visit with James Webb Space Telescope science team member Dr. Charles Beichman, the Executive Director of NASA's Exoplanet Science Institute at CalTech in Pasadena.
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Host Dave Schlom is joined by award-winning investigative journalist Katie Worth (PBS Frontline) to talk about her in-depth look at this issue in her new book Miseducation: How Climate Change is Taught in America.
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Host Dave Schlom talks to geologist and author John Dvorak about his book: How The Mountains Formed: A New Geological History of North America.
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This holiday, Blue Dot takes a look back at the 50th anniversary of the Apollo program with a look at the very first mission to the Moon -- Apollo 8.
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Host Dave Schlom gets to visit with three people from one of his favorite businesses on the planet: Sierra Nevada Brewing Company.
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Host Dave Schlom takes a trip down memory lane and visits his alma mater, CSU Chico, to check out the new science building.
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Host Dave Schlom checks in on the Mars rovers, first with Perseverance systems engineer and planetary scientist Vivian Sun as they discuss the rover's operations in Jezero Crater searching for signs of ancient life.
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In this very special episode, Dave talks to the daughter of the man he likes to call "the patron saint of Blue Dot," Carl Sagan.
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Host Dave Schlom talks to two scientists studying the solar system but in very different ways.
