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Blue Dot visits some scary places and potentially dangerous future events. Dave talks to astrobiologist David Grinspoon about two newly funded NASA robotic missions to Venus.

This week on Cultivating Place we enjoy the second of two conversations on the sacred every day and the sacred in the seasonal. We are joined from Philadelphia by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, co-founder of The Shalom Center.

Hot Dave Schlom talks to legendary deep ocean explorer Dr. Robert Ballard about his new book, Into The Deep: a Memoir by The Man Who Found Titanic.

Author and Morning Edition co-host Steve Inskeep details the story of John and Jessie Frémont, the husband and wife team who in the 1800s were instrumental in the westward expansion of the United States.

Last week Cultivating Place looked at Gardens and history through the lens of a historic Garden Cemetery – this week they look at Garden History through the interpretive lens of how we preserve, interpret, codify and share gardens past and present.

Host Dave Schlom chats with Tim James about his new book, Astronomical: From Quasars to Quarks the Science of Space at its Strangest.

Dr. Michael Greger is the author of the international bestseller How Not to Die. Local author Lani Muelrath advocates combining mindfulness with a vegan diet.

Host Dave Schlom talks to two scientists studying the solar system but in very different ways.

Cultivating Place welcomes Gavin Van Horn and Rowen White. The team shares with us a new multi-volume collection of written voices entitled "Kinship Belonging in a World of Relations" out now from the Center for Humans and Nature, based in Chicago.

Host Dave Schlom talks to two scientists and a farmer about the incredible delta ecosystem. First The Nature Conservancy's Rodd Kelsey and Point Blue Conservation Science ecologist Kristen Dybala talk about the scientific management of water and wildlife in the delta region for the benefit of nature and human interests -- especially agriculture. Then organic farmer and Nature Conservancy Land Manager and organic farmer Dawit Zeleke talk about the incredible property run by the TNC in the heart of the delta known as Staten Island.