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Blue Dot 89: Aloha, Kahuna

William Patzert

In this episode we bid a temporary aloha to our longtime friend and surfer buddy, William Patzert. Dave is joined by former producer (and the composer/performer of Blue Dot's theme music) Matt Shilts to interview Bill, who just retired after 35 years from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. The guru of California climate forecasters, Bill Patzert has been the go to guy for news media outlets across the country from Southern California TV stations to StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson. But his favorite place to hang out and talk about his work is right here on Blue Dot. It might not be a coincidence that Matt Shilts' last time being on the show featured an interview with Bill. We are also joined by two of Bill's friends -- his NASA/JPL Oceanographer colleague Josh Willis and the Director of the Aquarium of the Pacific, Jerry Schubel.

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.