Host Dave Schlom visits with two very special people. Kendra Atleework is the author of Miracle Country: a Memoir of a Family and a Landscape, and her father, Robert Atlee (find out why their names are just a little different by listening!), the publisher of Sierra Maps.

Blue Dot: Miracle Country: an interview with Eastern Sierra author Kendra Atleework and her father Robert

Blue Dot, named after Carl Sagan's famous speech about our place in the universe, features interviews with guests from all over the regional, national and worldwide scientific communities. Host Dave Schlom leads discussions about the issues science is helping us address with experts who shed light on climate change, space exploration, astronomy, technology and much more. Dave asks us to remember: from deep space, we all live on a pale, blue dot.

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Blue Dot: Miracle Country: an interview with Eastern Sierra author Kendra Atleework and her father Robert

Blue Dot: Miracle Country: an interview with Eastern Sierra author Kendra Atleework and her father Robert

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