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    <description><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom explores the world of biochar and ways to remove carbon from the landscape with Pyrolysis engineer Joe Polin and policy expert Nora Cohen Brown from Charm Industrial.]]></description>
    
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom explores the world of biochar and ways to remove carbon from…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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    <description><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom examines an environmental issue exploding in eastern California.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom is joined by Liliane Burkhard, a geophysicist and planetary scientist at the University of Bern in Switzerland, to discuss a recent study linking earthquakes on two of Southern California's major faults.]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[To mark the nation's 250th birthday, host Dave Schlom is joined by California State University Chico geography professor Don Hankins to discuss what California would have been like in 1776.]]></description>
    
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[To mark the nation's 250th birthday, host Dave Schlom is joined by California…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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    <description><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom gets to delve into his favorite pastime, fly fishing, with two of his heroes -- Mike Mercer and Bryan Quick from The Fly Shop in Redding, California.]]></description>
    
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom gets to delve into his favorite pastime, fly fishing, with two…]]></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, 19 Jun 2026 09:53:00 -0700</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom is joined by neuroscientist and animal intelligence advocate Dr. Lori Marino, who was recently named the 2026 winner of the Frank Drake Award by the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:55:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom is joined by neuroscientist and animal intelligence advocate…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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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>
    
    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:36:32 -0700</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.mynspr.org/show/blue-dot/2026-06-05/best-of-blue-dot-wildlife-photography-with-yellowstones-tom-murphy</link>
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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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    <description><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom is joined by British humorist and financial writer Dominic Frisby.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 09:45:19 -0700</pubDate>
    <link>https://www.mynspr.org/show/blue-dot/2026-05-29/blue-dot-all-that-glitters-a-conversation-with-dominic-frisby-author-of-the-secret-history-of-gold</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Host Dave Schlom is joined by science educator and author Trisha Muro to discuss her new book, It's (Just) Rocket Science: Exploring Physics Through Spaceflight Missions.]]></description>
    
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Blue Dot's host Dave Schlom is joined by Canadian conservation biologist and…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Blue Dot host Dave Schlom takes a look at rivers from space and on the ground…]]></itunes:subtitle>
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