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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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