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Host Bill McGeeney is joined by Shane Ludtke of the Actual Astronomy Podcast, Jeff Buler of the Aeroecology Lab at the University of Delaware, and Matthias Schmitt of Cedar Breaks National Monument.

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Bill's Picks:

• City moths may have evolved smaller wings due to light pollution, James Dinnean, NewScientist.
• Artificial light at night (ALAN) pollution alters bat lunar chronobiology: insights from broad-scale long-term acoustic monitoring, Ecological Processes.
• In the Spotlight: Bat Activity Shifts in Response to Intense Lighting of a Large Railway Construction Site, Sustainability.
• Dark Sky Month declared in Utah as state aims to foster ‘astrotourism’, Jonathon Sharp, ABC4.
• Wind farm radar system reduces nighttime light pollution in Iowa, YYC Team, Yale Climate Connections.
• Light Pollution and Oxidative Stress: Effects on Retina and Human Health, Environmental Pollution and Oxidative Stress.
• More exposure to artificial, bright, outdoor nighttime light linked to higher stroke risk, American Heart Association.

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Host Bill McGeeney is joined by Isa Mohammed of the Caribbean Institute of Astronomy, Frank Turina of the Night Sky Resource Center, and the Director of Dark Sky International's Engagement, Bettymaya Foott.

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Bill's Picks:

• Blue lights for Benny: Delco lights up to honor 2-year-old who unexpectedly died, Leland Pinder and Katherine Scott, 6ABC.
• Some Entergy customers could see increase in bills because of new bulbs used in street lights, WAFB9.
• LED Color Temperature Selection Process, the City of Grand Rapids.
• Architectural Review Board Staff Report, City of Palo Alto.
• A night in England’s darkest village, Helen Pickles, The Telegraph.
• UWS State Senator Renames Bird-Safety Bill FLACO Act: ‘Feathered Lives Also Count’, Gus Saltonstall, West Side Rag.
• MEANS AND WATERWAYS: LIGHTING A FERRY TERMINAL, Randall Whitehead, Furniture, Lighting & Décor.

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Host Bill McGeeney is joined by storyteller Mary Stewart Adams, author of the new book - All Along the Night, Dani Robertson, and dark sky consultant, John Barentine.

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Please be sure to check out Dani Robertson's Book: All Through the Night.

Bill's Picks:

• Why flying insects gather at artificial light, Nature.
• Artificial light at night reduces earthworm activity but increases growth of invasive ragweed, BMC Ecology and Evolution.
• Artificial light at night affects the timing of roosting by Chimney Swifts, International Journal of Avian Science.
• David Duchovny tries to avoid 'electric light', BANG Showbiz.
• The majority of streets turned off at night in Bordeaux: what results after a year?, Jean Cittone, Le Figaro.
• Dark Skies: Watch as Powys lights go off for dark sky, BBC.
• Nocturnal Seafaring: the Reduction of Visibility at Night and its Impact on Ancient Mediterranean Seafaring. A Study Based on 8–4th Centuries BC Evidence, Journal of Maritime Archaeology.
• Orion and the Dark, Netflix.

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