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Blue Dot: Between Light and Storm: a conversation with Esther Woolfson

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Esther Woolfson.
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Between Light and Storm: How We Live with Other Species
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Dave visits with Aberdeen, Scotland-based author Esther Woolfson about her book, Between Light and Storm: How We Live with Other Species. 

A gifted naturalist and writer (Corvus: A Life with Birds), Woolfson delves into the deep past, from the origin of life to the first interactions with humans and animals, to examine our complex and, at times, tragic relationships with the sentient beings that also inhabit our pale blue dot.

From hunting to mass production of meat and our changing climate, it's a fascinating look at our place in nature and how separate many of us have become from the fauna that enriches our world.

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.
Matt Fidler is a producer and sound designer with over 15 years’ experience producing nationally distributed public radio programs. He has worked for shows such as Freakonomics Radio, Selected Shorts, Studio 360, The New Yorker Radio Hour and The Takeaway. In 2017, Matt launched the language podcast Very Bad Words, hitting the #28 spot in the iTunes podcast charts.