Light O'Clock

A big thank you to Delainey Wescott @delaineywescott.bsky.social, Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social and Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social for being such great guests!

Tune in to hear more 👇

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🎙️In our latest Light O’Clock episode, we explore SAD and the broader experience of feeling low in winter – and what science-backed strategies can support winter wellbeing.

We also highlight the Living with SAD project, which shares creative and community-based approaches to wintering well.

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❄️ Do you experience the “winter blues”? Have you ever thought about writing a letter to winter as a way to cope?

Many people notice changes in mood, energy, and motivation during the darker months – sometimes this can be Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

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Light O’Clock goes live from Vienna at Buch Wien 2025 on Nov 15! 🌞

Together with Marie Luise Schreiter, we’ll explore how light shapes your brain, body, and daily rhythms — live on stage.

Got a question about light, sleep, or circadian rhythms?
Ask us here:
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Translational Sensory and Circadian Neuroscience Unit (MPS/TUM/TUMCREATE) — Light O'Clock (Season 3) – Episode 3: Blurred vision – The myopia epidemic and indoor lifestyles

Check out the latest episode of Light O'Clock to learn more about it!

🎧 Spotify: tinyurl.com/nvsdrejp
🍏 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/432apfw7
🌐 Website: www.tscnlab.org/podcast/s03e03

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In the third episode of Season 3, Raymond P. Najjar (National University of Singapore and Singapore Eye Research Institute) discusses light exposure, time outdoors, and myopia in children.

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More children than ever are developing nearsightedness.

Could simply spending more time outside in daylight help protect their vision? And what are the challenges associated with increasing time outdoors for kids? 👀

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Tune in to hear more about these and more topics in the latest episode of Light O'Clock! 👇

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🌐 Website: www.tscnlab.org/podcast/s03e02

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In the second episode of Season 3, Luísa Klaus Pilz (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) shares insights from fieldwork in Brazil on how urban living, electricity access, and camping outdoors affect our circadian rhythms.

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How does life in cities versus rural areas shape our circadian rhythms? How does access to electricity — or the lack of it — impact sleep timing? And what happens to our circadian rhythms when we move from an urban setting to camping outside? 🌆🏕️

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In the second episode of Season 3 of Light O'Clock, Luísa Klaus Pilz (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) shares insights from fieldwork in Brazil on how urban living, electricity access, and camping outdoors affect our circadian rhythms.

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Thanks to the guests of this episode – Sara Montagnese, Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social, and Till Roenneberg – for providing a balanced view on one of the most controversial topics in chronobiology!

Listen now!

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In the first episode of Season 3 of Light O'Clock, we explore the short- and long-term health effects of DST, the challenges of assessing this impact, and why public opinion seems to contradict expert recommendations when it comes to clock changes.

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This weekend, Europe will switch to Daylight Saving Time (DST), moving clocks forward by one hour ⏰ While many people may enjoy more daylight in the evening, scientists in sleep and circadian research argue that DST can be harmful to our health. But why, and what's the evidence?

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Season 3 – Episode 1: Tick-tock trouble – How clock changes affect our health Light O'Clock · Episode

On 30 March, Europe switch to Daylight Saving Time (DST), moving clocks forward by 1 hour. Great episode by @lightoclock.bsky.social on what scientists in sleep & circadian research and the public say about changing the clocks 🕙🌅
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#chronobiology #publichealth #sleep

Translational Sensory and Circadian Neuroscience Unit (MPS/TUM/TUMCREATE) — Light O'Clock (Season 3) – Episode 1: Tick-tock trouble – How clock changes affect our health

If you have to change your clocks for daylight savings, you’re in the global minority. Now, scientists and health professionals are calling for this change to stop – but why?

Find out in this podcast by @lightoclock.bsky.social
🎧 www.tscnlab.org/podcast/s03e01

#chronobiology #circadian #scicomm 🧪

Season 3 – Trailer Light O'Clock · Episode

Catch you on Tuesday, 25 March 2025 for the release of season 3, episode 1!

New episodes are released every last Tuesday of the month.

➡️ Listen to the trailer now:

🎧 Spotify: tinyurl.com/tkf2ff4y
🍏 Apple Podcasts: tinyurl.com/33rvdx9w

On our website: tscnlab.org/podcast

We cover the controversies around clock changes and school start times, discuss how indoor lifestyles might be affecting our vision, compare rhythms of people living in big cities and rural areas, and assess the impact of light pollution on both human health and the environment.

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🎙️ The Light O’Clock podcast is back with a brand new season!

In the upcoming five episodes, we look beyond the biology of body clocks to explore how our modern world shapes our biological rhythms — and how politics and society influence decisions about our body clocks.

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