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Season 4 – Trailer
Light O'Clock
Podcast
Light O’Clock
A podcast on light and your body clock
We break down the science behind circadian rhythms so you can be enlightened.
In each podcast episode, we chat with experts in the field about a variety of topics, spanning from the effects of light on our biology and how it can be used for the treatment of psychiatric disorders and beyond.
Season 3 – Trailer
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Season 2 – Trailer
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Season 1 – Trailer
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Episodes
Season 4
5 episodes
Episode 1: Why biological timing matters in medicine
Episode 2: The best time for a vaccine? Circadian rhythms and immunity
Episode 3: Light therapy in cancer care
Episode 4: Lighting in the first days of life – Circadian care in neonatal units
Episode 5: When we eat matters – food, metabolism, and the body clock
Season 3
5 episodes
Episode 1: Tick-tock trouble – How clock changes affect our health
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Episode 2: City lights, country nights – Circadian rhythms in urban and rural life
Episode 3: Blurred vision – The myopia epidemic and indoor lifestyles
Episode 4: Too early to think? Why school start times matter for sleep and learning
Episode 5: Drowning in light – The hidden costs of light pollution
Season 2
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Episode 1: Cave studies and fruit flies – the history of chronobiology
Episode 2: Sleep and circadian rhythms – same or different?
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Episode 3: Early birds and night owls – what is chronotype?
Episode 4: In and out of sync
Episode 5: Shedding light on… circadian rhythms and mental health
Season 1
6 episodes
Episode 1: Light exposure – why should we care?
Episode 2: Light’s journey through the eye
Episode 3: Using light to tell time
Episode 4: Melatonin – the night time hormone
Episode 5: Shedding light on… pupil size across the lifespan
Episode 6: You ask, we answer – special Q&A episode
Spotlights & Live
5 episodes
Spotlight: The dark side of daylight (Daylight Awareness Week 2024)
Spotlight: Research, rooted in reality – The power of lived experience in scientific studies
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Light O'Clock goes live: Send us your questions!
Spotlight – Winter blues: SAD and how to winter well
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Live episode – Night owl or early riser? A live podcast episode
Interacting with Daylight
3 episodes
Interacting with Daylight Mini-Series – Episode 1: Geolocation
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Interacting with Daylight Mini-Series – Episode 2: Culture & behaviour
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Interacting with Daylight Mini-Series – Episode 3: Built environment
Team
Hosting and moderation: Carolina Guidolin
Scientific supervision: Manuel Spitschan
Team: Alexander Hahn, Anna M. Biller, Hannah S. Heinrichs, Ingo Bednarek, Lucien Bickerstaff, Marcelo Stegmann, Maydel Fernandez-Alonso, Niloufar Tabandeh
Get in touch
We would love to hear from you! Do you have any questions on how light affects our physiology? Anything you would like us to discuss in a future episode? Send us an email to lightoclock@tuebingen.mpg.de.