Spotlight: The dark side of daylight (Daylight Awareness Week 2024)

On the occasion of Daylight Awareness Week 2024 (28-31 October)
and Halloween, Light O’Clock is partnering up with the Daylight
Academy to bring you an extra special episode that blends the
science, the spooky, and the supernatural! Our host dives into
the eerie mysteries of circadian rhythms, sleep and daylight with
Prof. em. Anna Wirz-Justice, a pioneer in the field of
chronobiology.


Tune in to learn about the witching hour, twilight, the forbidden
zone, sundowning and much more!


This episode is supported by the Daylight Academy.
Links and resources related to the episode’s
content:



Daylight Academy: https://daylight.academy/




Daylight Awareness Week 2024:
https://daylight.academy/daylight-awareness-week-2024/


Timestamps

(00:00) Intro
(02:28) Circadian forbidden zone
(06:33) Sleep deprivation symptoms
(08:15) Sleep deprivation as therapy
(11:30) Twilight
(14:30) Dusk without electric light
(16:13) Sundowning
(17:03) Darkness
(23:10) Lack of daylight in the North
(27:23) The witching hour
(29:07) Light therapy
(33:22) Dark therapy
(38:28) Outro
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