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Blue Dot travels to the red dot to take the early pulse of the Perseverance Rover mission on Mars. Dave talks to NASA/JPL Surface Operations Manager Jessica Samuels about how the overall mission is going after landing successfully on February 18, 2021.

Dave talks to wildlife veterinarian Joe Gaydos from the Sea Doc Society (a research center on Orcas Island in the Salish Sea off the Washington Coast) and UC Davis along with NOAA marine wildlife biologist Dawn Noren as they examine the lives and deaths of one of the Earth's apex predators: Killer Whales.

Claire Bowen is the woman behind Honeysuckle and Hilda: a florist who likes to write and her two little dogs. Based in Oxfordshire, in a tiny village nestled in England’s Chiltern Hills she has a love of country walks, foraging in hedgerows, and dreaming about flowers in her studio, where she looks out into her in-process garden.

We’re finally arriving at Orange County’s Disneyland. When I was a child, we went a few times. I didn’t know going to Disneyland was a privilege. It was just fun. Kid’s stuff. So why do grownups go there to pop the question, get married, honeymoon, and even celebrate anniversaries? What’s that about? Join us for more, just up the road.

In her book "The Tattoos of Chico," author Karen McHenry explores the human behind the ink. Also, Patty Paul shares her spiritual awakening through the exploration of past lives.

Professor Curt DeBerg is an avid fan of the life and writings of Ernest Hemingway and spent the last two years visiting all the important places that influenced the arc of his life and his art. DeBerg is an active member of the distinguished Ernest Hemingway Society.

Brennen Milton has twice been invited to Carnegie Hall, once as the winner of the Golden Classical Musical Awards, and will speak to that journey as a Black man. He will also talk about his second passion: designing clothes!

Professor Bonnie J Clarke joins Cultivating Place this week to share more about what it means to be a gardener and a human. Listen in!

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.