Restoring Darkness
By Scott Wachter and Get a Grip Studios
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News and interviews related to the reduction of light pollution.
Currently on hiatus.
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Episode 22: April Fools Special: planetarian ～ちいさなほしのゆめ～
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Episode 21: The Darkness News Update for December 25, 2025
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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Episode 20: The Darkness News Update for December 11, 2025
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Episode 19: The Darkness News Update for November 27, 2025
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Episode 18: The Darkness News Update for November 13, 2025
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Episode 17: The Darkness News Update for October 30, 2025
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Episode 16: Blue Lights, Bad Intentions with Scott Wachter
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Episode 15: The Darkness News Update for October 16, 2025
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Episode 14: Darkness Has Value: Lighting Design That Protects and Connects with Chiara Carucci
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Episode 13: The Darkness News Update for October 2, 2025
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Episode 12: Connected Cars, Disconnected Lights with Leo Smith
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Episode 11: Cone by Cone: Mapping the Human Eye with Dr. Austin Roorda
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Episode 10: The Darkness News Update for September 18, 2025
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Episode 9: Garbage in, Garbage Stays with Dr. Jim Uttley
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Episode 8: The Darkness News Update for September 5, 2025
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Episode 7: Nocturnal Walks and Nightcaps with Alona Rodeh
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Episode 6: Light & Noise Pollution in National Parks with Morgan Crump
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Episode 5: The Darkness News Update for August 21, 2025
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Episode 4: The Darkness News Update for August 7, 2025
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Episode 3: The Darkness News Update for July 24, 2025
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Episode 2: The Archeology of Night: Rediscovering Darkness with Dr. Nancy Gonlin
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Episode 1: The Darkness News Update for July 10, 2025
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Episode 29: The Sociology of Light with James Solecki
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Episode 28: The Darkness News Update for June 26, 2025
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Episode 27: Fireflies Don’t Have Blackout Curtains with Eileen Kragie
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Episode 26: The Hidden Impact of LED Lighting: A Call for Policy Change
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Episode 25: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter - June 12, 2025
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Episode 24: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter May 29, 2025
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May 29, 2025 |
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Episode 23: Recognize Electric light as a Form of Pollution? With Yana Yakushina
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May 21, 2025 |
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Episode 22: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter May 15, 2025
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May 15, 2025 |
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Episode 21: Soft Lights and Hard Truths: Lighting's Impact on Humans with Larry Boxler
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May 07, 2025 |
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Episode 20: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter May 1 2025
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May 01, 2025 |
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Episode 19: Darkness Pollution with Dr. Amardeep Dugar
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Episode 18: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter April 17, 2025
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Episode 17: Darkness News Roundtable with Scott Wachter
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Episode 16: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter April 3, 2025
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Episode 15: April Fools - Review - Planetes (2003)
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Episode 14: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter March 20, 2025
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Episode 13: Light Scarcity with Nadine Baalbaki
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Episode 12: The Prince of Princia with Rushil Kukreja
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Episode 10: The Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter for March 6, 2025
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Episode 11: Light Pollution is Addictive with Dana Zartner
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Episode 9: The Bay Bridge Rant with Michael Colligan
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Episode 8: The Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter for February 20, 2025
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Episode 7: David and Goliath with Michael Calhoun
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Episode 6: Going Around and Around with Sasha Rodoy
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Episode 5: The Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter for February 6, 2025
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Episode 4: It’s Like Looking at the Sun with Philip Gotthelf
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Episode 3: The Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter for January 23, 2025
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Episode 2: The Wages of Sin is Light Pollution with Michael Colligan
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Episode 1: The Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter for January 9, 2025
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Episode 163: Blue Light LED’s are an Immune Suppressor—Proven to Cause Cancer with Dr. Mario Motta
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Episode 162: Episode 119 - The Prescription is More Research with Andy Deprato
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Episode 161: The Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter for December 26th, 2024
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Episode 160: Raising the Dark Curtain with Sasha Rodoy
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Episode 158: The Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter for December 12th, 2024
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Episode 159: We’re in Blue Light Hell with Michael Colligan & Mark Baker
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Episode 157: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter, November 28, 2024
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Episode 156: We’re a Diurnal Species That Rides Bikes with Bill McGeeney
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Episode 155: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter, November 14, 2024
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Episode 154: Light Pollution is a Public Health Emergency with Steve Mariconda
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Episode 153: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter, October 31, 2024
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Episode 152: Darkness Provides Safety Too with Dan Weissman
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Episode 151: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter, October 17th, 2024
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Episode 150: It’s a Feeling, Not a Statistic with David Lefevre
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Episode 149: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter, October 3rd, 2024
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Episode 148: LED Headlights: A Glaring Concern with Michael Evenson
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Episode 147: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter, September 19th, 2024
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Episode 146: Like a Camera Flash with Johanna Wilson
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Episode 145: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter, August 29th, 2024
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Episode 144: Bad Lighting Makes You Sick with John Moody
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Episode 143: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter, August 15th, 2024
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Episode 142: Tragedy of the Commons with Nick Mesler
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Episode 141: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter, August 1st, 2024
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Episode 140: Light Should Radiate Outwards with Mark Baker & Michael Colligan
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Episode 139: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter July 18th, 2024
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Episode 139: Landscape Lighting Is Reflective Lighting with Tim Ryan
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Episode 138: Fear The Light with Jessica Stremer
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Episode 137: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter July 4th, 2024
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Episode 136: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter June 20th, 2024
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Episode 135: Legislating Darkness Restoration with Illinois State Senator Laura Ellman
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Episode 134: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter June 6th, 2024
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Episode 133: Hardcore Advocacy with Ed Friedman
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Episode 132: Be A Good Neighbor with Patrick Sommer
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May 29, 2024 |
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Episode 131: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter May 23rd, 2024
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May 23, 2024 |
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Episode 130: The Predator Prey Arms Race with Brett Seymoure
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May 15, 2024 |
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Episode 129: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter May 9th, 2024
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May 09, 2024 |
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Episode 128: Electro-Soup With a Side of Light Pollution with Odette Wilkens
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May 01, 2024 |
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Episode 127: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter April 25, 2024
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Episode 126: Does Exterior Lighting Make a Difference with Professor Phil Edwards
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Episode 125: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter April 11, 2024
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Episode 124: Getting a Softer Groove - Chip Israel
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Episode 123: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter March 28, 2024
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Episode 122: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter Mar 14, 2024
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Episode 121: Like A Moth - Yash Sondhi
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Episode 120: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter Feb 29, 2024
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Episode 119: Sound Without Silence - Nathalie Rozot
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Episode 118: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter Feb 15, 2024
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Episode 117: Building The Light Pollution Matrix with Dr. Sam Morrell
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Episode 116: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter Feb 1, 2024
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Episode 115: Get It Under Control with Peter Augusta
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Episode 114: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter Jan 16, 2024
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Episode 113: Time Famine with Jo Marchant
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Episode 112: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter Jan 3, 2024
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Episode 111: The Pittsburgh Street Light Conversion with Diane Turnshek
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Episode 110: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter Dec 19, 2023
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Episode 109: Outdoor Light at Night is at a Crossroads with Buddy Stefanoff
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Episode 108: The Different Forms of Darkness with Jacqueline Yallop
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Episode 107: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter Dec 5, 2023
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Episode 106: Admit To Our Mistakes with Noah Sabatier
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Episode 105: Darkness News Update with Scott Wachter Nov 21, 2023
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Episode 104: Low Hanging Fruit with John Barentine
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Episode 103: Making the City Safer for Birds with Jin Bai
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Episode 102: Half a Million Satellites with Dr. Jeremy Tregloan-Reed
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Episode 101: Darkness News Update November 7th, 2023
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Episode 100: The System is Broken with Mark Baker
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Episode 99: Advocacy With Hope with Aparna Venkatesan and John Barentine
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Episode 98: Darkness News Update October 24th, 2023
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Episode 97: Darkness News Update October 10th, 2023
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Episode 96: Embracing the Humanity Behind The Science with Hannah Dalgleish
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Episode 95: Darkness News Update September 26th, 2023
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Episode 94: Don’t Blame The Lights with Elisa Hillgen
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Episode 93: Enforcing The Ordinances with Rachel Tighe
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Episode 92: Darkness News Update September 12th, 2023
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Episode 91: Darkness News Update August 29th, 2023
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Episode 90: Are LEDs Harmful? With Mark Baker
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Episode 89: Can You See The Stars Tonight? With Anna Terreros-Martin
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Episode 88: Darkness News Update August 14, 2023
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Episode 87: Darkness Deficiency with Dr. Catherine Darley
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Episode 86: Sky Glow Disrupts Biological Processes with Dr. Tom Davies & Prof. Tim Smyth
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Episode 85: Special Release - Live from The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History With Harold Wallace
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Episode 84: Special Release - Live from The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History With Shannon Willis
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Episode 83: Special Release - Live from The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History With Juliana Olsson
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Episode 82: Consensus Based Not Evidence Based with Dr. Christopher Kyba
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Episode 81: Wayfinding Landscape Lighting with Dan Jobbins
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Episode 80: The Darkness News Update July 19, 2023
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Episode 79: Voices In The Wilderness with Todd Burlet
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Episode 78: The Darkness News Update July 12, 2023
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Episode 77: Save Wasatch Back Dark Skies with Shawn Savarino & Lisa Bahash
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Episode 76: Exhibiting The Night Sky with Dr. Kimberly Arcand, Stephen Loring, and Jill Johnson
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Episode 75: The Darkness News Update June 28, 2023
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Episode 74: Light Pollution Is Pollution With Dawn Brown
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Episode 73: The Bees of the Night with Dr. Zoë Randle
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Episode 72: Darkness For Tranquility with Mike Hawtin
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May 24, 2023 |
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Episode 71: Eliminating Sensory Pollution with Dr. Jesse Barber
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May 10, 2023 |
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Episode 70: Less Is More with Kathryn Toth
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May 03, 2023 |
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Episode 69: It’s A Movement with Karolina Zielińska-Dąbkowska
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Episode 68: The Turtles Nest Again with Dr. Sheldon Plentovich
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Episode 67: Advertising Light Pollution with Charlotte Gage
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Episode 66: Insecurity Lighting with Roland Dechesne
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Episode 65: Cutting Through the Jargon with Art with Rayan Khan
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Episode 64: Get the Darkness Out of the Shadows with Johan Eklöf
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Episode 63: Painting the Night Sky with Valerie Shrimplin
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Episode 62: Keeping the Urban Out of Rural with Georgia MacMillan
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Episode 61: Designing Darkness with Camilla Rathsach
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Episode 60: What We’ve Learned with Michael Colligan & John Bullock
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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Episode 59: De-Illumination of the Night Sky with Sabine Frank
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Episode 58: The Night is a Realm with Kerem Asfuroglu
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Episode 57: Well Lit, Not Brightly Lit with Mark Major
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Episode 56: Dark Skies vs. Skis with Bernd Pröschold
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Episode 55: The Pilot Project For Pilots with Thomas Herrholz
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Episode 54: Zen And The Art Of The Night Sky with Mark Westmoquette
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Episode 53: The Guided Dark Sky Experience with Etta Dannemann
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Episode 52: The Legal Recognition Of Light Pollution with Yana Yakushina
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Sep 10, 2022 |
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Episode 51: Light Pollution Cannot Be Measured…Yet with Ken Walczak
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Episode 50: Light Pollution is Real with Catherine Pérez Vega
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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Episode 49: Special Release: Night Restoration and Preservation with Diane Knutson
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Episode 48: Humans Are Not A Nocturnal Species with Professor Russell Foster
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Episode 47: What is Perception? What Is Safety? with Kate S. Hickcox
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Episode 46: Light Hygiene with Bastian Groiss
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Episode 45: The Invisible Infrastructure with Nona Schulte-Römer
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Episode 44: The Finish Line with Michael Marlin
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May 18, 2022 |
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Episode 43: Darkness Acupuncture with Dr. Taylor Stone
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May 04, 2022 |
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Episode 42: From Prison Yards To National Parks with Tim Brothers (Part 2)
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Episode 41: From Prison Yards To National Parks with Tim Brothers (Part 1)
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Episode 40: The Business Case for Controls is Right Outside with Ron Kuszmar
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Episode 39: Industry Alignment with Terry McGowan
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Episode 38: The Will To Deploy with Peter Brown
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Episode 37: In Praise Of The Dark Sky Park with Rémi Boucher
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Episode 36: #36 Dark Sky Restoration is a Win Win Win....Win
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Episode 35: The Importance of Non-Human Perspective with Hannah Moon
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Episode 34: Does Light Pollution Drive Disease Transmission? with Dr. Meredith Kernbach
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Episode 33: Finding the Sweet Spot with Dr. Andreas Jechow
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Episode 32: Extinction Of Experience with Sam Illingworth
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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Episode 31: Preserving Nantucket’s Dark Sky Heritage with Gail Walker
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Episode 30: Light Pollution Erases Stories with Hilding Neilson
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Episode 29: Half the Park Is After Dark with Dr. Tyler Nordgren
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Episode 28: The Weird Eyes Of Animals with Megan Porter PhD
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Episode 27: Astronomy Reduces Human Arrogance with Douglas Arion PhD
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Episode 26: The Secret World Beneath The Ocean with Dr. Micah Brodsky
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Episode 25: Eclipse Chasing On Planes with Kelly Beatty
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Episode 24: Solving Light Pollution at the Speed of Light with Bettymaya Foott
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Episode 23: Every Light Matters with Ashley Wilson
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Episode 22: Our Fear of the Dark is Learned with James Karl Fischer
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Episode 21: Acceptance Comes With Understanding with Samyukta Manikumar
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Episode 20: Dreams Are Your Free Therapy with Peter Veto PhD
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Episode 19: Our Approach To Lighting Is Not Evidence Based with Dr. Rajaram Bhagavathula
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Episode 18: Starving for Scotobiology with Robert Dick
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Episode 17: Confusion in Perception with Peter Veto PhD
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Episode 16: The Fight Against Light Privilege with Andy Kreyche
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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Episode 15: Chipping Away At Municipal Light Ordinance Indifference with Barry Johnson
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Episode 14: The Space Tourism Race with Valerie Stimac Bailey
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Episode 13: A Really Good Problem with Deep Anand
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Episode 12: Biology Rests on a Razor Blade with Dr. George Schaaf
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Episode 11: The Shared Vulnerability of Darkness with Dajana Bjelajac
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Episode 10: Dark Skies and Living Outside The Cage with Ryan Andreasen
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Episode 9: Restoring the Sacred with Mark Clipsham
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May 26, 2021 |
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Episode 8: Dark Skies and Your Grandmother's Broccoli with Deborah Burnett
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May 19, 2021 |
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Episode 7: Awe Beyond Thought with Frank Turina PhD
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May 12, 2021 |
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Episode 6: Selling Darkness - The Paradigm Shift with Jim Benya
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May 05, 2021 |
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Episode 5: Darkness is an Endangered Species, Dr. Joshua Rosenthal
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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Episode 4: Dr Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel is a Victim of Light Pollution
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Episode 3: Into the Sublime with Harun Mehmedinovic
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Episode 2: Quality Light is Responsible Light, Ruskin Hartley
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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Episode 1: What it Means to Starve, Jane Slade and Michael Colligan
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Feb 12, 2021 |