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Blue Dot: Britain's standing stones and prehistoric sites: a conversation with author Fiona Robertson

Standing stones at Avebury
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Standing stones at Avebury

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Fiona Robertson, author of the new book, Stone Lands: A Journey of Darkness and Light through Britain's Ancient Places (Penguin Books)

The British author's life was turned upside down when her husband Stephen was diagnosed with inoperable cancer. Their mutual love of exploring Great Britain's ancient stone monuments became the basis for this special book about confronting grief, mortality, and the mystery of these seemingly mystical places steeped in folklore.

Robertson takes us on a tour through time and places as we find out that there is much more than the magnificent Stonehenge to Britain's Neolithic sites.

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.