050: Documentary – Big Golf, Science and the battle for Standard Time – Podcast

A special documentary to celebrate our 50th episode. Featuring multiple guests, archive material, original music and plenty of intrigue, follow the labyrinthine narrative of Daylight Saving Time, the new science of chronobiology, and the clandestine monied interests pushing to extend daylight hours into the evening.

Guests in order of appearance

Barry Mitzmanhttp://www.barrymitzman.com/

Kimberly Honn, PhDhttps://medicine.wsu.edu/overview/faculty-and-staff/kimberly-honn-ph-d/

Jay Peahttps://savestandardtime.com/

Dr Michael Grandnerhttps://www.michaelgrandner.com/about.html

Emily Manoogian, PhDhttps://panda.salk.edu/people/

Christine Blume, PhDhttps://www.christine-blume.com/

Archive Material

The Reasoning Behind Changing Daylight-Saving – NPR interview with Melissa Block and Michael Downing

Daylight Saving Time – How Is This Still A Thing? – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)Youtube

Screen time and sleep – it’s not just about the blue light – Sleep Junkies Podcast

Daylight Saving Time, Grandpa Jones; Louis M. JonesInternet Archive 

Additional Credits

Consultancy and good vibrations – Jim Carey, Inventive Audio

Original music and sound design – Dark Trash

Episode url: http://sleepjunkies.com/standard-time-documentary/

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