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Blue Dot: A new look at Freud and neuroscience with Dr. Mark Solms

Host Dave Schlom is joined by world renowned neuropsychologist and psychoanalyst Mark Solms. Dr. Solms is the author of the new book, The Only Cure: Freud and the Science

Blue Dot: All things El Niño with NASA's Josh Willis

Host Dave Schlom is joined by a longtime friend of Blue Dot, Josh Willis from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. Josh is an oceanographer who uses NASA's armad

Best of Blue Dot: All that glitters: a conversation with Dominic Frisby author of The Secret History of Gold

Host Dave Schlom is joined by British humorist and financial writer Dominic Frisby.

Blue Dot: The Big One times two? The link between Cascadia and the San Andreas Fault with Chris Goldfinger

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Oregon State marine geologist Chris Goldfinger to take an in-depth look at the West Coast's two most dangerous faults, the San Andreas and C

Blue Dot: The great heat wave of 1936 with author Geoff Williams

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Geoff Williams, author of the new book, The Summer of Death: The Great Heat Wave of 1936 and the Making of Modern America.

Blue Dot: How animals influence human thought: A conversation with author Michael Bond

Host Dave Schlom is joined by British author Michael Bond, author of the new book, Animate: How Animals Shape the Human Mind. Bond specializes in writing about psychology

Blue Dot: An innovative solution to removing and storing carbon: biochar and bio-oil with Charm Industrial

Host Dave Schlom explores the world of biochar and ways to remove carbon from the landscape with Pyrolysis engineer Joe Polin and policy expert Nora Cohen Brown from Char

Blue Dot: Hot Creek in peril: a proposed gold mine threatens one of California's natural wonders

Host Dave Schlom examines an environmental issue exploding in eastern California.

Blue Dot: The "earthquake gate" in Southern California between the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Liliane Burkhard, a geophysicist and planetary scientist at the University of Bern in Switzerland, to discuss a recent study linking earthqu

Blue Dot: California 1776: what was it like? With pyrogeographer Don Hankins

To mark the nation's 250th birthday, host Dave Schlom is joined by California State University Chico geography professor Don Hankins to discuss what California would have

Best of Blue Dot: The art and science of fly fishing with Hall of Famer Mike Mercer

Host Dave Schlom gets to delve into his favorite pastime, fly fishing, with two of his heroes -- Mike Mercer and Bryan Quick from The Fly Shop in Redding, California.

Best of Blue Dot: Sky ghosts of the cosmos: Comets

Host Dave Schlom is joined by two scientists from the SETI Institute in Mt. View, California, to talk about one of hisfavorite celestial phenomena -- comets.

Blue Dot: Animal intelligence with Lori Marino

Host Dave Schlom is joined by neuroscientist and animal intelligence advocate Dr. Lori Marino, who was recently named the 2026 winner of the Frank Drake Award by the SETI

Best of Blue Dot: Wildlife photography with Yellowstone's Tom Murphy

Host Dave Schlom is joined by nature and wildlife photographer Tom Murphy for an in-depth conversation about his life and career.

Blue Dot: All that glitters: a conversation with Dominic Frisby author of The Secret History of Gold

Host Dave Schlom is joined by British humorist and financial writer Dominic Frisby.

Blue Dot: Understanding the basic science of spaceflight with Trisha Muro

Host Dave Schlom is joined by science educator and author Trisha Muro to discuss her new book, It's (Just) Rocket Science: Exploring Physics Through Spaceflight Missions.

Best of Blue Dot: Exploring the Salish Sea and coast with the SeaDoc Society

Host Dave Schlom is joined once again by Joe Gaydos and Bob Friel from the SeaDoc Society based on Orcas Island in the Pacific Northwest.

Blue Dot: Studying penguins for a season in Antarctica with Louise K. Blight

Blue Dot's host Dave Schlom is joined by Canadian conservation biologist and marine bird expert Louise K. Blight to talk about her new book, Where The Earth Meets The Sky

Blue Dot: Rivers from space and on the ground: the US/French SWOT mission and restoration of Battle Creek

Blue Dot host Dave Schlom takes a look at rivers from space and on the ground in this fluvial episode.

Blue Dot: Bird conservation success stories with Scott Weidensaul

Host Dave Schlom is joined by Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times best-selling author Scott Weidensaul to talk about his latest book, The Return of the Oystercatch