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This week we talk with Kenneth Williford, the deputy project scientist for the Mars 2020 Rover. He's an expert on where biology, geology, and chemistry…

On this episode of Blue Dot, we talk to the creators of "I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere" and "Trifles." Scott Monty and Burt Wolder are not only highly…

In this first installment of a two part look at the life and career of Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean we hear from two very special astronaut friends. Alan…

In the wake of the recent 35 day partial government shutdown, the longest in US history, Blue Dot takes a look back at three interviews with federal…

Dave meets with a kindred soul as Archaeologist and California State University Chico Anthropology Department Professor Lisa Westwood joins him in Studio…

Blue Dot's "Apollo at 50" series continues with this look back at Apollo 12 which took place in November of 1969. Dave often says that "Apollo 12 was one…

For scientists in the fields of chemistry, medicine, and physics, there is the Nobel Prize and all the accolades that come with it. But for scientists in…

In this episode, inspired by our good friend Alan Stern, the Principal Investigator for the New Horizons Spacecraft, we examine a question that has vexed…

Thirty years ago, Chico State professor Denise Minor thought she wanted to be a writer, but while in Spain discovered a passion for teaching. She went on…

Paradise resident Garth Nielsen, author of The Odyssey of a Spiritual Nomad, put together a collection of short stories, thoughts, observations, and…