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    <description><![CDATA[Blue Dot's host Dave Schlom is joined by Canadian conservation biologist and marine bird expert Louise K. Blight to talk about her new book, Where The Earth Meets The Sky: A Story of Penguins, People, and Place in Antarctica.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom is joined by California Institute of Technology professor Sarah Reisman for an in-depth conversation about teaching one of the most difficult subjects taught on any college campus: organic chemistry.]]></description>
    
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    <link>https://www.mynspr.org/show/blue-dot/2026-03-13/blue-dot-excellence-in-science-teaching-caltechs-feynman-award-winning-sarah-reisman</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom is joined by nature and wildlife photographer Tom Murphy for an in-depth conversation about his life and career.]]></description>
    
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom is joined by nature and wildlife photographer Tom Murphy for…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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    <title>Best of Blue Dot: The anatomy of a disaster-- inside the Titan submersible implosion</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Gordon Telepun joins host Dave Schlom to discuss the Titan submersible implosion that killed five people, including Ocean Gate CEO and pilot Stockton Rush, in 2023.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:09:32 -0800</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.mynspr.org/show/blue-dot/2026-02-20/best-of-blue-dot-the-anatomy-of-a-disaster-inside-the-titan-submersible-implosion</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom is joined once again by Joe Gaydos and Bob Friel from the SeaDoc Society based on Orcas Island in the Pacific Northwest.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:20:54 -0800</pubDate>
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom is joined once again by Joe Gaydos and Bob Friel from the…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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    <description><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom is joined by two scientists from the SETI Institute in Mt. View, California, to talk about one of hisfavorite celestial phenomena -- comets.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:51:09 -0800</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.mynspr.org/show/blue-dot/2026-02-06/blue-dot-sky-ghosts-of-the-cosmos-comets</link>
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom is joined by two scientists from the SETI Institute in Mt.…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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    <title>Blue Dot: Good Fire as a tool for landscape and human healing</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom is joined by two program managers from California State University's Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve to discuss the concept of "good fire."]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:11:29 -0800</pubDate>
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    <title>Blue Dot: California&#x27;s imperiled Delta region</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Blue Dot takes a deep look at issues surrounding one of the world's most diverse waterways, the California Delta.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:15:45 -0800</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.mynspr.org/show/blue-dot/2026-01-23/blue-dot-californias-imperiled-delta-region</link>
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    <title>Best of Blue Dot: Understanding the earthquake and tsunami hazards of California&#x27;s North Coast with Lori Dengler</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Geology Professor Emeritus Lori Dengler joins host Dave Schlom from Cal Poly Humboldt for an in-depth look at the tectonic forces that have shaped California's North Coast.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:46:00 -0800</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.mynspr.org/show/blue-dot/2026-01-11/best-of-blue-dot-understanding-the-earthquake-and-tsunami-hazards-of-californias-north-coast-with-lori-dengler</link>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Geology Professor Emeritus Lori Dengler joins host Dave Schlom from Cal Poly Humboldt for an in-depth look at the tectonic forces that have shaped California's North Coast.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Geology Professor Emeritus Lori Dengler joins host Dave Schlom from Cal Poly…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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    <description><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom is joined by two guests from the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, for a fun and thought-provoking program. Simon Steel, Deputy Director of the Carl Sagan Center for Research, joins us for an inside look at the Institute's role as a science advisor for the Disney/Pixar film Elio.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
    
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom is joined by some very special guests to celebrate the life of…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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