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Blue Dot: Inside one of California's crown jewels: the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Open Sea exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Open Sea exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

In this very blue episode of Blue Dot, we feature one of the world's most innovative and visited public aquariums, the Monterey Bay Aquarium on world famous Cannery Row.

Host Dave Schlom is joined by James Covel. He served at the aquarium for over 30 years as Director of Guest Experience Training and Interpretation and gives us insights about the history of the aquarium and its amazing exhibits like the Kelp Forest, Open Sea, and the wild otters frolicking in the Great Tide Pool.

Then Dave is joined by April Ridlon, Director of Science at the aquarium to talk about how science underpins everything they do as one of the world's leaders in ocean conservation and education.

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 more than 15 years of experience producing nationally distributed public radio programs.