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Blue Dot 38: David Grinspoon

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David Grinspoon

David Grinspoon is a prize winning author and gifted science communicator. He was the first Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair of Astrobiology. His new book, "Earth in Human Hands: Shaping our Planet’s Future," is a look at how we as a species have been shaping the evolution of our planet and where that may be headed in the future. He also won the Carl Sagan Medal for Science Communication – which is pretty appropriate and cool as you are about to find out on this episode of Blue Dot.

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Dave Schlom

Dave Schlom is the longtime host and creator of Blue Dot. From surfing to Voyager in interstellar space, rock guitar to orcas in our imperiled oceans, the topics on Blue Dot are as varied as the host’s interests and connections -- which are pretty limitless! An internationally respected space history journalist, Dave is also deeply fascinated by all aspects of the grand workings of nature’s awesome machinery on scales ranging from galactic to subatomic. And topics take in all aspects of the arts and sciences.

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