Best Dave Schlom Podcasts (2024)

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Blue Dot: On the road: A visit to the Park Fire burn scar 51:37

5d ago51:37

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Host Dave Schlom is joined by Producer Matt Fidler as they travel up California Highway 36E to visit the communities of Mineral and Mill Creek.By Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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Best of Blue Dot: The Rescue Effect: a conversation with author and environmental scientist Michael Mehta Webster 51:37

12d ago51:37

51:37

Host Dave Schlom visits with NYU Environmental Studies Professor Michael Mehta Webster to discuss his book, The Rescue Effect: The Key to Saving Life on Earth. Webster is an environmental scientist with a fascinating take on how nature has built in mechanisms that serve to preserve species and ecosystems in times of stress or disruptions.…

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Blue Dot: The Klamath River flowing freely again and the science driving it 51:37

26d ago51:37

51:37

Blue Dot takes an in-depth look at the science behind the Klamath dam removal project, one of the largest of its kind ever attempted.By Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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Best of Blue Dot: The process of subduction with geophysicist Magali Billen, UC Davis 51:37

1M ago51:37

51:37

Host Dave Schlom visits with UC Davis Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences geophysics professor Magali Billen to talk about one of Earth's most dynamic and complex processes, subduction.By Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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Blue Dot: The most fascinating creature on the planet? Hummingbirds with Dr. Christopher Clark 51:38

1M ago51:38

51:38

Host Dave Schlom is joined by UC Riverside biologist and hummingbird expert Christopher Clark for a fascinating and in-depth look at the lives of the smallest of birds.By Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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Blue Dot: Fire and ice: a look at the Cascade volcanoes 51:38

2M ago51:38

51:38

Host Dave Schlom is joined by scientists from the United States Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, for an overview of the iconic cones sheathed in snow and ice and the geologic hazards they represent.By Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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Blue Dot: Lessons to learn about fire on the landscape: a conversation with pyrogeographer Zeke Lunder 51:36

2M ago51:36

51:36

In a conversation recorded while the Park Fire was raging in the foothills and mountains of Northern California, Host Dave Schlom visits Zeke Lunder.By Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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Blue Dot: State of the oceans report with NASA oceanographer and climate scientist Josh Willis 51:38

2M ago51:38

51:38

Host Dave Schlom visits with his good friend, Josh Willis. Josh is an oceanographer and climate scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. \By Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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Best of Blue Dot: The amazing undersea world of sharks with Dave Ebert, aka "The Lost Shark Guy" 51:36

3M ago51:36

51:36

Host Dave Schlom visits with Dr. David Ebert, one of the world's foremost experts on sharks. Dave is the Director of the Pacific Shark Research Center at San Jose State University's Moss Landing Marine Laboratories.By Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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Blue Dot: Meet the Beetles! A conversation with Caltech entomologist Joseph Parker 51:38

3M ago51:38

51:38

Host Dave Schlom visits with Dr. Joseph Parker, entomologist and beetle expert and head of the Parker Lab at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.By Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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Blue Dot: The greatest photograph of all: Earthrise and the man who took it, William Anders 51:37

3M ago51:37

51:37

Blue Dot pays tribute to one of the most iconic photographs ever taken, Earthrise, taken by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders on Christmas Eve, 1968.By Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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Blue Dot: State of the lake: a conversation with UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center scientists 51:36

3M ago51:36

51:36

Host Dave Schlom is joined by two scientists from the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) to discuss the state of one of the crown jewels of the Sierra, Lake Tahoe.By Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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Blue Dot: In memoriam: Blue Dot's 2022 tribute to Ed Stone 51:37

3M ago51:37

51:37

Blue Dot revisits an episode in which we profiled the amazing career of one of America's greatest space scientists, Ed Stone. Stone passed away on June 9 at the age of 88.By Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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Blue Dot: 1906: The Great Northern California Earthquake Pt. 2 51:37

4M ago51:37

51:37

Blue Dot concludes its retrospective of the earthquake that struck Northern California on April 18, 1906.By Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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Blue Dot: 1906: The Great Northern California Earthquake Pt. 1 51:37

4M ago51:37

51:37

Host Dave Schlom teams up with scientists from the United States Geological Survey for part one of a two-part in-depth look at the massive earthquake that struck Northern California on April 18, 1906.By Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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Blue Dot: One of California's truly special places: Angelo Coast Range Reserve 51:38

4M ago51:38

51:38

Host Dave Schlom talks to Reserve Caretaker Peter Steel, whose grandparents Heath and Marjorie Angelo deeded the land to the Nature Conservancy in 1959, making it the first Nature Conservancy landholding in the western United States.By Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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Blue Dot: The Rescue Effect: a conversation with author and environmental scientist Michael Mehta Webster 51:37

4M ago51:37

51:37

Host Dave Schlom visits with NYU Environmental Studies Professor Michael Mehta Webster to discuss his book, The Rescue Effect: The Key to Saving Life on Earth. Webster is an environmental scientist with a fascinating take on how nature has built in mechanisms that serve to preserve species and ecosystems in times of stress or disruptions.…

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Blue Dot: The process of subduction with geophysicist Magali Billen, UC Davis 51:37

5M ago51:37

51:37

Host Dave Schlom visits with UC Davis Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences geophysics professor Magali Billen to talk about one of Earth's most dynamic and complex processes, subduction.By Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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Best of Blue Dot: Whale-SETI: a communications interaction with Twain the Humpback Whale 51:37

5M ago51:37

51:37

In this very special episode, Host Dave Schlom visits with three researchers who were part of an incredible series of experimental communications with a humpback whale off the coast of Alaska.By Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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Blue Dot: Eagles 101: the lives of eagles and the eagle cam phenomenon! 51:37

5M ago51:37

51:37

Bald and golden eagles are some of the most magnificent birds in North America. Host Dave Schlom is joined by Michelle Hawkins, Director of The California Raptor Center at UC Davis, for an in-depth look at eagles, from their amazing conservation success story to the threats they still face from humans.…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Dave Schlom Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Blue Dot

Dave Schlom, Matt Fidler

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Blue Dot: On the road: A visit to the Park Fire burn scar 51:37

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Best of Blue Dot: The Rescue Effect: a conversation with author and environmental scientist Michael Mehta Webster 51:37

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Blue Dot: The Klamath River flowing freely again and the science driving it 51:37

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Best of Blue Dot: The process of subduction with geophysicist Magali Billen, UC Davis 51:37

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Blue Dot: The most fascinating creature on the planet? Hummingbirds with Dr. Christopher Clark 51:38

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Blue Dot: Fire and ice: a look at the Cascade volcanoes 51:38

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Blue Dot: Lessons to learn about fire on the landscape: a conversation with pyrogeographer Zeke Lunder 51:36

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Blue Dot: State of the oceans report with NASA oceanographer and climate scientist Josh Willis 51:38

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Best of Blue Dot: The amazing undersea world of sharks with Dave Ebert, aka "The Lost Shark Guy" 51:36

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Blue Dot: Meet the Beetles! A conversation with Caltech entomologist Joseph Parker 51:38

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Blue Dot: The greatest photograph of all: Earthrise and the man who took it, William Anders 51:37

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Blue Dot: State of the lake: a conversation with UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center scientists 51:36

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Blue Dot: In memoriam: Blue Dot's 2022 tribute to Ed Stone 51:37

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Blue Dot: 1906: The Great Northern California Earthquake Pt. 2 51:37

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Blue Dot: 1906: The Great Northern California Earthquake Pt. 1 51:37

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Blue Dot: One of California's truly special places: Angelo Coast Range Reserve 51:38

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Blue Dot: The Rescue Effect: a conversation with author and environmental scientist Michael Mehta Webster 51:37

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Blue Dot: The process of subduction with geophysicist Magali Billen, UC Davis 51:37

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Best of Blue Dot: Whale-SETI: a communications interaction with Twain the Humpback Whale 51:37

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Blue Dot: Eagles 101: the lives of eagles and the eagle cam phenomenon! 51:37

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