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May 2026: Reverse Vertigo
May 4, 2026
57m 25s
April 2026: Mandate Controls.
Apr 20, 2026
47m 59s
April 2026: Conquering Nature!
Apr 6, 2026
1h 04m 22s
Why It's So Bright at Night? Recent Chris Beckett Triumph!
Mar 30, 2026
46m 43s
March 2026: Create Your Own Meaning.
Mar 16, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/4/26 |  May 2026: Reverse Vertigo✨ | dark skylight pollution+4 | Megan Eaves-EgenesBarrington Russell+1 | DarkSkySites.comABC News+2 | Bali | light pollutiondark sky+5 | — | 57m 25s | |
| 4/20/26 |  April 2026: Mandate Controls.✨ | light pollutionurban planning+3 | Johan EklöfChetna Misra+1 | ReduceLP.comLightbahn+1 | WavelandSpokane+1 | light pollutionurban lighting+3 | — | 47m 59s | |
| 4/6/26 |  April 2026: Conquering Nature!✨ | light pollutiondark sky+4 | Johan EklöfChetna Misra+1 | Darkness ManifestoLightbahn+2 | ConnecticutBig Bend+1 | light pollutiondarkness manifesto+4 | — | 1h 04m 22s | |
| 3/30/26 |  Why It's So Bright at Night? Recent Chris Beckett Triumph!✨ | light pollutionastronomy+3 | Chris Beckett | Actual Astronomy Podcast | Saskatchewan | light pollutionastronomy+3 | — | 46m 43s | |
| 3/16/26 |  March 2026: Create Your Own Meaning.✨ | dark sky advocacyurban lighting+3 | Remi BoucheJeremey Evans+1 | Mont-MeganticSierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter+1 | — | light pollutiondark skies+4 | — | 1h 13m 05s | |
| 3/2/26 |  March 2026: Look at Me - Lighting!✨ | lightingconservation+3 | Remi BoucheJeremey Evans+1 | Sierra Club Loma Prieta ChapterThe Daily Sentinel+1 | — | light pollutionLED lighting+3 | — | 1h 05m 50s | |
| 2/16/26 |  February 2026: Connections.✨ | light pollutionastronomy+4 | Shweta KulkarniJosh Dury+1 | AstronEraNASA+4 | — | light pollutionastronomy+4 | — | 1h 06m 35s | |
| 2/2/26 |  February 2026: Warm Yellow Richness!✨ | light pollutionartificial light+4 | Shweta KulkarniJosh Dury+1 | AstronEraDarkSky+3 | Aotearoa New Zealand | light pollutionartificial light+3 | — | 56m 30s | |
| 1/19/26 |  January 2026: Knowledge Availability!✨ | circadian rhythmsartificial light+3 | Randy NelsonScott Lind+1 | NPRMFCC+2 | — | circadian rhythmartificial light+3 | — | 52m 28s | |
| 1/5/26 |  January 2026: 0.68%✨ | light pollutionhealth risks+3 | Randy NelsonScott Lind+1 | New York TimesCerema+1 | — | light pollutioncircadian rhythm+3 | — | 57m 40s | |
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| 12/29/25 |  2025 Holiday Potluck!✨ | holiday potluckguest discussions+3 | John BarentineYana Yakushina+4 | Dark Sky ConsultingLightPollutionNews.com | — | holiday potluck2025+3 | — | 49m 02s | |
| 12/15/25 |  December 2025: Dark Turns. | This episode's guests: Dr. Amardeep Dugar, Lighting Designer.Dani Robertson, Author / Dark Sky Officer.Stephane Picard, CEO of Cliff Valley Astronomy.Bill's News Picks: Remote Welsh island with population of three people searching for new tenant family, BBC News. Headlight complaints abound, but glare-related crashes haven’t increased, Joe Young, IIHS. Spatio-Temporal Variation in Aerial Arthropod AbundanceRevealed by Weather Radars, Global Change Biology. Nocturnal fligh... | 58m 16s | ||||||
| 12/1/25 |  December 2025: Myth Busted! | This episode's guests: Dr. Amardeep Dugar, Lighting Designer.Dani Robertson, Author / Dark Sky Officer.Stephane Picard, CEO of Cliff Valley Astronomy.Bill's News Picks: Ikea just made a mini bed for your phone, Grace Snelling, Fast Company. Individual-Level Exposure to Light at Night and Sleep Health: A Comparison between Real-Time Mobility-Based Measurements and Indoor Residence-Based Measurements, Environmental Science & Technology. We’ve Lit Our Way Into a Complex Probl... | 1h 12m 28s | ||||||
| 11/17/25 |  November 2025: 1 Lux | This episode's guests: Tatsiana Thomson, Brome Bird Care.John Barentine, Dark Sky Consulting.Lynne Peeples, Author of the Inner Clock.Bill's News Picks: Environmental Commission applauds progress on bird-safe buildings, Amy Smith, Austin Monitor. Great River Bridge goes dark for birds, Hawk Eye.Puffins, petrels, and places: Understanding human perceptions to prevent seabird mortality due to light pollution, Ornithological Applications.Light does not phase shift the circadian clock of sub... | 1h 01m 02s | ||||||
| 11/3/25 |  November 2025: Tunable or Standard? | This episode's guests: Tatsiana Thomson, Brome Bird Care.John Barentine, Dark Sky Consulting.Lynne Peeples, Author of the Inner Clock.Bill's News Picks: Spectacular drone show over Vatican recreates Michelangelo’s ‘Creation of Adam,’ Virgin Mary, Ariel Zilber, New York Post.As more cities get Dark Sky label, these Indigenous communities apply the same tenets, Mark Brodie, KJZZ-FM.The First Dark Sky Map of Thailand: International Comparisons and Factors Affecting the Rate of Change, PreP... | 1h 04m 50s | ||||||
| 10/20/25 |  October 2025: Barely Tapped! | This episode's guests: Yana Yakushina, Lawyer and Researcher.James Lowenthal, Astronomer.Vicky Derksen, Night Sky Tourist. Bill's News Picks: Randomised trial reveals a mismatch between preferences for and hormonal responses to anthropogenic light colour temperatures, PLOS One. Light Wavelength Modulates the Effects of Lighted Nights on Sleep, Metabolism and Oxidative Stress in Female Zebra Finches, Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology.&nbs... | 1h 12m 02s | ||||||
| 10/6/25 |  October 2025: 50 Tons a Day! | This episode's guests: Yana Yakushina, Lawyer and Researcher.James Lowenthal, Astronomer.Vicky Derksen, Night Sky Tourist. Bill's News Picks: The endangered night: the challenge of light pollution within the international environmental legal context, Journal of Environmental Law. On National Space Day, Fadnavis pledges India's first state Dark Sky Policy, and what it could unlock for Maharashtra, ANI, Tribune. Appeals court rules Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" detention... | 55m 54s | ||||||
| 9/29/25 |  Why It's So Bright at Night? Interview with Vasudev Menon on Stargazr.org | In this episode, Bill McGeeney interviews Vasu Menon, a NC State computer science student who created Stargazer.org - a revolutionary web app that solves every amateur astronomer's planning nightmare. Born from a frustrating full-moon stargazing trip to Virginia's Stanton River park, this tool combines dark sky locations, weather forecasts, and lunar data into one simple interface. The Problem Multiple apps needed for stargazing planningMoon interference ruining viewing exper... | 10m 07s | ||||||
| 9/29/25 |  Why It's So Bright at Night? Interview with Alona Rodeh on Street Lamps with Hats! | Episode Summary Discover how one artist is tackling light pollution through whimsical street art. Berlin visual artist Alona Rodeh joins the show to discuss her viral "Nightcaps" project - 3D-printed "hats" that transform unshielded street lamps into community art while reducing light pollution. Key Topics Covered The Nightcaps Project: 15 sculptural lamp covers installed throughout Berlin's Brunnenvierteljat neighborhoodCommunity engagement: Workshops with local families and children incorp... | 33m 48s | ||||||
| 9/15/25 |  September 2025: 10 Point Scale! | This episode's guests: Steve Mariconda, MPH.Frank Turina, Educator / National Park Service / Night Sky Resource Center. Bill's News Picks: Natural experiments from Earth Hour reveal urban night sky being drastically lit up by few decorative buildings, Scientific Reports.Night lights versus conservation dreams: balancing human preferences with conservation goals in protected areas for sustainable nature-based noctourism, Journal of Sustainable Tourism.Noise pollution and artificial light at n... | 46m 30s | ||||||
| 9/3/25 |  September 2025: Quit Messing With My Meridian Flip! | This episode's guests: Steve Mariconda, MPH.Frank Turina, Educator / National Park Service / Night Sky Resource Center. Bill's News Picks: ‘This is a big win’: Planning Commission embraces ‘dark skies’ for Rappahannock County, Bob Hurley, Rappahonnock News.A CT man claims state courts don’t comply with a certain law. Why he says it matters., Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courient.City denies environmentalists’ appeal, greenlights new Oaks Park ride and lights, Maddie Khaw, The Oregonian.Fears over... | 1h 06m 13s | ||||||
| 8/18/25 |  August 2025: Keep Knocking! | This episode's guests: Kelly Beatty, Sky and Telescope.Kerem Asfuroglu, Dark Source.David Smith, BugLife. Bill's News Picks: Darkness is crucial to Everglades habitat: Could Alligator Alcatraz threaten it?, Max Chesnes, Phys.org. A183 Coast Road cycleway to get new street lighting to boost safety despite wildlife and dark skies fears, Nic Marko, Shields Gazette. Lunar cycle and moonlight intensity influence nocturnal migration patterns in a small songbird, Scientific Reports. ... | 52m 59s | ||||||
| 8/4/25 |  August 2025: Establishing Precedent | This episode's guests: Kelly Beatty, Sky and Telescope.Kerem Asfuroglu, Dark Source.David Smith, BugLife. Bill's News Picks: Citizen science illuminates the nature of city lights, Nature Cities. Does darkness increase the risk of certain types of crime? A registered report article, Plos.org. To Determine if Changing to White Light Street Lamps Reduces Crime: A Multilevel Longitudinal Analysis of Crime Occurrence during the Relighting of Leeds, a UK City, Applied Spatial... | 1h 01m 39s | ||||||
| 7/28/25 |  Why It's So Bright at Night? Interview with Citizens for Responsible Lighting (Norfolk, Va) | In this episode of Why It’s So Bright at Night, host Bill McGeeney explores the growing movement in Norfolk, Virginia, led by Citizens for Responsible Lighting, a grassroots group advocating for smarter, healthier, and more environmentally responsible LED streetlighting. The group formed after residents were disturbed by overly bright 3000K–4000K LEDs installed across the city starting in late 2023 as part of a $5 million retrofit project funded by a $3 million federal grant. Rather tha... | 28m 03s | ||||||
| 7/14/25 |  July 2025: Identity. | This episode's guests: Babak Tafreshi, Photojournalist for National Geographic.Tom Reinert, Past President of Dark Sky International.Jeffrey Calta, President of the Pennsylvania Firefly Festival. Bill's News Picks: How Atlanta’s ‘Light Up the Night’ program is making streets safer—one LED at a time, 11Alive. ‘The right light:’ Pittsburgh begins installing LED streetlights, Ed Blazina, Pittsburgh Union Progress.Photographer captures ghostly ripples over Colorado night sky. 'It is r... | 1h 05m 55s | ||||||
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