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Bill Nye Documentarian Tries To Capture The Spirit Of 'The Science Guy'

By Dave Schlom

Published October 29, 2015 at 4:30 PM PDT

Bill Nye produced 100 episodes of "Bill Nye the Science Guy" during the 1990s, winning 19 Emmy Awards in the process. Since then, he's continued to be a voice for science and science education. Jason Sussberg and David Alvarado are directing the crowd-funded documentary (with Nick Gordon and Nick Pampanella producing) about Bill, and Sussberg spoke about it with host of the Blue Dot Report Dave Schlom. Dave being the Bill Nye fan he is, the conversation went too long for our radio broadcast.

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Dave Schlom

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.

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