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Blue Dot: Wildlife photography with Yellowstone's Tom Murphy

Bison cow and calf at Yellowstone N.P.
Tom Murphy
Bison cow and calf at Yellowstone N.P.

Host Dave Schlom is joined by nature and wildlife photographer Tom Murphy for an in-depth conversation about his life and career. While Murphy has traveled around the world photographing everything from Mountain Gorillas to Polar Bears, he is best known for his work depicting the animals and landscapes of Yellowstone National Park.

Recently, the United States Postal Service announced that one of Murphy's photographs of a bison will be used on a special commemorative postage stamp. Murphy has explored much of the iconic Yellowstone landscape and has even braved sub-zero temperatures to solo cross-country ski across the park in winter!

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.