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Blue Dot: Mountains to climb, twins and more: a conversation with Majka Burhardt

Majka Burhardt climbing.
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Majka Burhardt Website
Majka Burhardt climbing.
Climber Majka Burhardt with twins Irenne and Kaz in 2016
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Majka Burhardt
Climber Majka Burhardt with twins Irenne and Kaz in 2016

Dave visits with world-class mountain and ice climber and all-around great Mom Majka Burhardt. Majka is the leader of Legado, an NGO devoted to stewardship for indigenous people around the world and the special places they live. She is the author of the new book, More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood.

In her book, she recounts through journal entries her roller coaster ride through the experience of going from a full-time climber and guide to the new mother of twins. It's an honest and amazingly candid portrayal of the struggles moms can go through to figure out one of the greatest challenges anyone faces -- being a good parent!

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.