Sponsored By: Keystone Technologies With Lynne Peeples 7/28/25 – Lighting Episode 412 (Full Version) – Lynne Peeples 29:04 From her background in biostatistics and journalism to her personal struggles with sleep and seasonal affective disorder, Peeples shares why aligning our lifestyles with natural light-dark cycles is essential for optimal health, productivity, and well-being. 💡 Key … Read more
Sponsored By: ETI With Dr. Shelley James 4/29/24 – Lighting Episode 352 (Full Version) – Dr. Shelley James 38:53 You will remember Dr. James from episode 291 in December 2022. She’s written a couple of books about light and health since then (see below). Light and its relation to circadian health keeps popping up on … Read more
Sponsored By: TCP With Dr. Martin Moore-Ede 8/7/23 – Lighting Episode 320 (Full Version) – Dr. Martin Moore-Ede 47:50 After 300 episodes, you think you’ve heard it all, then Dr. Moore-Ede comes along with some more fascinating facts about circadian lighting. Did you know that you can whiten-up light by substituting violet for blue light … Read more
Sponsored By: Griplock With Adam Lilien 5/8/23 – Lighting Episode 311 (Full Version) – Adam Lilien 55:51 After studying Renaissance Design in Italy, Architecture in Buffalo, and Communication Design in New York, Adam landed a job in… wait for it… cancer research! Eventually, via a series of career changes, he ended up at UL and … Read more
Sponsored By: EVLUMA With Russell Foster 7/27/2022- Restoring Darkness #47 (Full Episode) – Russell Foster 58:57 Michael and John are thrilled to have Professor Foster on the podcast. He brings his deep scientific knowledge and understanding of circadian photobiology. Russell tells us about his discovery of the third photoreceptor in the eye for which he … Read more
Sponsored By: EVLUMA With Bastian Groiss 6/15/2022- Restoring Darkness #45 (Full Episode) – Bastian Groiss 1:09:23 As Bastian Groiss says, people see light as an enabler for vision. But light – sunlight in particular – is so much more. It triggers hormonal reactions, allows your immune system to recharge and gives the mitochondria the energy … Read more
Sponsored By: Light Efficient Design With Eunice Noell-Waggoner 3/3/22 – Lighting Episode 242 (Full Version) – Eunice Noell-Waggoner 41:11 Did you know that at 80 years of age, only one-fifth of the light reaches your eye as it did at 20? Eunice Noell-Waggoner has passionately studied the problem of inadequate lighting quality to maintain a … Read more
Sponsored By: Keystone With Jake Schott 2/10/22 – Lighting Episode 238 (Full Version) – Jake Schott 31:01 In a past life, Jake cut his teeth working long hours in finance before pivoting towards his passion by earning a master’s degree in industrial design. That has led him to create Solar Echo, a company that is … Read more
Sponsored By: Light Efficient Design With Ruth Kelly Waskett PhD 12/20/21 – Lighting Episode 227 (Full Version) – Ruth Kelly Waskett 53:33 Ruth is a lighting consultant with a background in engineering, lighting design and academia. She’s passionate about the role of daylight and sunlight in bringing buildings to life, and the impact of daylight … Read more
Sponsored By: EVLUMA With Dr. Rajaram Bhagavathula 8/18/2021- Starving for Darkness #19 (Full Version) – Dr. Rajaram Bhagavathula 1:08:01 Dr. Rajaram Bhagavathula is a Senior Research Associate in the Division of Vehicle, Driver, & System Safety at Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. Dr. Bhagavathula has conducted some fascinating studies on the effects of light on drivers. … Read more