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Light Pollution NewsSeptember 2025: 10 Point Scale!This episode's guests:Steve Mariconda, MPH.Frank Turina, Educator / National Park Service / Night Sky Resource Center.Bill's News Picks:Natural experiments from Earth Hour reveal urban night sky being drastically lit up by few decorative buildings, Scientific Reports.Night lights versus conservation dreams: balancing human preferences with conservation goals in protected areas for sustainable nature-based noctourism, Journal of Sustainable Tourism.Noise pollution and artificial light at night alter selection pressures on sexual signals in an urban adapter, Journal of Evolutionary Biology.Association between outdoor artificial light at night, circadian...
2025-09-1546 min
Light Pollution NewsSeptember 2025: Quit Messing With My Meridian Flip!This episode's guests:Steve Mariconda, MPH.Frank Turina, Educator / National Park Service / Night Sky Resource Center.Bill's News Picks:‘This is a big win’: Planning Commission embraces ‘dark skies’ for Rappahannock County, Bob Hurley, Rappahonnock News.A CT man claims state courts don’t comply with a certain law. Why he says it matters., Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courient.City denies environmentalists’ appeal, greenlights new Oaks Park ride and lights, Maddie Khaw, The Oregonian.Fears over impact of wind farm lights on Dark Sky Park, BBC News.Caring China shop owner keeps...
2025-09-031h 06
Light Pollution News Podcast10 Point Scale!An interesting study looks at what happens when we frame the ideas around light pollution differently. More evidence for metabolism related disruption from light at night in circadian rhythms. And what is actually the biggest offender robbing us of vital sleep and our night sky!
I welcome back to the show, a dark sky advocate who’s helping to right the night outside of New York City, Mr. Steve Mariconda, and, just in time for some environmental talk, Mr. Frank Turina rejoins us!
A lot of good stuff in here today! Be sure to settle in, you’re going to like...
2025-09-0200 minLight Pollution News PodcastQuit Messing With My Meridian Flip!Today, we have a lot of policy related activity. Smart policies getting set up in Virginia, an amusement park that apparently flipped the bird to migrating birds, and reading the fine print in Pittsburgh’s new LED conversion.
Listen to all this and more as we have a new voice join us today – Mr. Steve Mariconda and an old friend returns, Mr. Frank Turina!
You’ll definitely want to check out this one. A new Light Pollution News is coming up, next!
2025-09-0200 min
Restoring DarknessLight Pollution is a Public Health Emergency with Steve MaricondaSteve Mariconda became so passionate about light pollution that he decided to make it the subject of this master's thesis! In his research, he learned about its real impact on human health. Mark Baker suggests that we use the word “carcinogen” when referring to light pollution. That’ll perk up officials’ ears! Steve Mariconda lives in Bergen County, New Jersey, about 10 miles from NYC. He is finishing his master's degree in public health at Rutgers University. His final thesis is on indoor and outdoor artificial light at night (ALAN) and its impact on human health and safety. He is a DarkSk...
2024-11-0629 min
Udda Ting93-Sonia Greene, Lovecrafts fruSonia Greene var författare, hattmakare och H.P. Lovecrafts fru. Detta är hennes historia och hennes komplicerade samliv med Lovecraft. En stor del av detta avsnitt är en paneldiskussion från NecronomiCon 2019 i Providence med Steve Mariconda, Starry Wizdom, Bobby Derie, Faye Ringle och Marc Michaud som moderator.
2019-11-1249 min
Lovecraft eZine: A Horror Podcast That Feels Like Hanging Out With FriendsSteve Mariconda talks about Lovecraft!Steve Mariconda (author of H.P. Lovecraft: Art, Artifact, and Reality) talks about Lovecraft! Become a Patreon and get access to my brand new Lovecraftian fiction podcast, plus our bonus nonfiction podcasts! Check out the Lovecraft eZine Press books. Follow Mike on Twitter or Facebook. Email the show: lovecraftezine@gmail.com If you prefer to watch the show, go here.
2018-01-171h 38