March 2025: Follow Where Others Are Going.
03/17/25 • 53 min
This month's guests:
- Art Hushen, founder of the National Institute of Crime Prevention.
- Jeff Schmalz, founder of r/DarkSky.
- Spencer SooHoo, Los Angeles Astronomical Society Secretary and Dark Sky Advocate.
Bill's News Picks:
- An Evaluation of Citywide Street Lighting Upgrades on Gun Violence, Crime Justice Lab.
- Street lighting environment and fear of crime: a simulated virtual reality experiment, Virtual Reality.
- Rural students hit jackpot in dark sky, to be trained in astronomy, New Indian Express.
- Energy megaproject in Chile threatens the world’s largest telescopes, Daniel Clery, Science.
- Jun Ong’s Illuminated Art: “HALO” and the Power of Light in Space, Jesse James, Stupid Dope.
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Light Pollution, once thought to be solely detrimental to astronomers, has proven to be an impactful issue across many disciplines of society including ecology, crime, technology, health, and much more!
But not all is lost! There are simple solutions that provide for big impacts. Each month, Bill McGeeney, is joined by upwards of three guests to help you grow your awareness and understanding of both the challenges and the road to recovering our disappearing nighttime ecosystem.
This month's guests:
- Art Hushen, founder of the National Institute of Crime Prevention.
- Jeff Schmalz, founder of r/DarkSky.
- Spencer SooHoo, Los Angeles Astronomical Society Secretary and Dark Sky Advocate.
Bill's News Picks:
- An Evaluation of Citywide Street Lighting Upgrades on Gun Violence, Crime Justice Lab.
- Street lighting environment and fear of crime: a simulated virtual reality experiment, Virtual Reality.
- Rural students hit jackpot in dark sky, to be trained in astronomy, New Indian Express.
- Energy megaproject in Chile threatens the world’s largest telescopes, Daniel Clery, Science.
- Jun Ong’s Illuminated Art: “HALO” and the Power of Light in Space, Jesse James, Stupid Dope.
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- Receive quarterly invite to join as live audience member for recordings with special Q&A session post recording with guests.
- Receive all of the news for that month via a special Supporter monthly mailer.
- Satisfaction that your support helps further critical discourse on this topic.
About Light Pollution News:
The path to sustainable starry night solutions begin with being a more informed you.
Light Pollution, once thought to be solely detrimental to astronomers, has proven to be an impactful issue across many disciplines of society including ecology, crime, technology, health, and much more!
But not all is lost! There are simple solutions that provide for big impacts. Each month, Bill McGeeney, is joined by upwards of three guests to help you grow your awareness and understanding of both the challenges and the road to recovering our disappearing nighttime ecosystem.
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This month's guests:
- Art Hushen, founder of the National Institute of Crime Prevention.
- Jeff Schmalz, founder of r/DarkSky.
- Spencer SooHoo, Los Angeles Astronomical Society Secretary and Dark Sky Advocate.
Bill's News Picks:
- Streetlight upgrade to help protect dark skies, Richard Edwards, BBC.
- The War Against Headlight Brightness, Nate Rogers, The Ringer.
- Atlantic puffins are perilously attracted to artificial light, new study shows, Spoorthy Raman, Mongabay.
- Nocturnal camouflage through background matching against moonlight, PNAS
- National Park visitors perceive benefits for themselves and wildlife under blended red-white outdoor lighting, Scientific Reports.
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- Receive quarterly invite to join as live audience member for recordings with special Q&A session post recording with guests.
- Receive all of the news for that month via a special Supporter monthly mailer.
- Satisfaction that your support helps further critical discourse on this topic.
About Light Pollution News:
The path to sustainable starry night solutions begin with being a more informed you.
Light Pollution, once thought to be solely detrimental to astronomers, has proven to be an impactful issue across many disciplines of society including ecology, crime, technology, health, and much more!
But not all is lost! There are simple solutions that provide for big impacts. Each month, Bill McGeeney, is joined by upwards of three guests to help you grow your awareness and understanding of both the challenges and the road to recovering our disappearing nighttime ecosystem.
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April 2025: Shadow Cast!
This month's guests:
- Stephanie Vermillion, Travel Journalist and Author.
- Traci Cardinal, President of Dark Sky Ohio.
- Shane Ludtke, host of the Actual Astronomy Podcast.
Bill's News Picks:
- China: Eerie jellyfish-like streetlight spotted in China, Stingers Hub.
- Dark Sky Week deemed dangerous, fails in North Dakota Senate, Jeff Beach, North Dakota Monitor.
- This New ‘Astro Trail’ in Arizona Is Located in One of the ‘Astronomy Capitals of the World'—and Makes Stops at Observatories, State Parks, and More, Evie Charrick, Travel + Leisure.
- Inside the Private Astronomy Village Hidden in the Darkest Part of Georgia, Blake Guthrie, Matador Network.
- Commentary: A tale of two cities, Bob Yoesle, Columbia Gorge News.
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Why Support Light Pollution News?
- Receive quarterly invite to join as live audience member for recordings with special Q&A session post recording with guests.
- Receive all of the news for that month via a special Supporter monthly mailer.
- Satisfaction that your support helps further critical discourse on this topic.
About Light Pollution News:
The path to sustainable starry night solutions begin with being a more informed you.
Light Pollution, once thought to be solely detrimental to astronomers, has proven to be an impactful issue across many disciplines of society including ecology, crime, technology, health, and much more!
But not all is lost! There are simple solutions that provide for big impacts. Each month, Bill McGeeney, is joined by upwards of three guests to help you grow your awareness and understanding of both the challenges and the road to recovering our disappearing nighttime ecosystem.
Light Pollution News - March 2025: Follow Where Others Are Going.
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light pollution news march 2025 . Follow where others are going . Today we talked lighting and crime . Look at the importance of coalition building . And what would you say about some visually impressive light art ? This month on the show ? I welcome los angeles dark sky advocate spencer suhu . The founder of dark skies , subreddit Jeff Schmaltz , and the law enforcement veteran and
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