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Blue Dot 57: Rico Gagliano Of The Dinner Party Download

Kevin Scanlon
Rico Gagliano is cohost of The Dinner Party Download, an arts and culture show that airs every Sunday at 6 p.m. on NSPR.

Today on Blue Dot, we talk with Rico Gagliano, cohost of The Dinner Party Download, about the show’s upcoming hourlong podcast and live event at Lassen Volcanic National Park called “Look Up and Listen.” Both the audio program and the in-person listening party are designed to encourage you to go outside and reacquaint yourself with the natural world.

Dave asks Rico about the origins of The Dinner Party Download and gets the 411 on the guest lineup and the get-back-to-nature theme of the “Look Up and Listen” program. Dave also answers Rico's questions about why Lassen Volcanic National Park is such a special place. It's a lighthearted conversation about the wonders of nature and why we need to connect more deeply with them in our hectic, technology-driven lives.

 

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.