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Blue Dot: Elephants In The Hourglass: a conversation with author Kim Frank

Front cover of Elephants in The Hourglass.
Simon & Schuster
Front cover of Elephants in The Hourglass.

Host Dave Schlom visits with Kim Frank, author of the new book Elephants in The Hourglass (Pegasus Books). It's both a story of a Mom's personal journey to find balance in life and her quest to document elephant and human conflict in India's Himalayan region.

Indian Elephants are smaller than their African counterparts, but their history with human beings goes back millennia. Seeking to find truths in a complex and changing culture that interacts with captive and wild elephants in India, Frank tells a compelling story of people's deep personal relationships with these magnificent creatures and the threats they face.

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.