Join hosts Mark and Michael as they sit down with Larry Boxler, an optical engineer with over 30 years of […]

In a thought-provoking episode of Restoring Darkness, Michael Colligan, Mark Baker, and Dr. Amardeep Dugar rethink lighting design, challenging outdated […]

Presented by: Soft Lights Foundation & National Association of Innovative Lighting Distributors Episode Description In this episode of Restoring Darkness, […]

Scott Wachter takes a break, from talking about light pollution to explain why the 2003 Sunrise TV anime, Planetes, informs […]

Nadine brings us a completely different perspective on the light pollution issue. We in the peaceful, prosperous parts of the […]

When’s the last time you spoke at the U.N.? Well, 15 year old Rushil Kukreja has done it. This smart […]

Do we have a right to night? Dana thinks so. We also have a right to health and there is […]

The Bay Bridge in San Francisco got new lights–high Kelvin, high bright LED lights–lighting up the water all around it. […]

They say, “You can’t fight city hall.” Well, young David Calhoun is. In the small town of Vernonia Oregon, David […]

Sasha is back and she’s fightin’ mad! She’s still battling the refractive eye surgery industry, and because of the damage […]

Philip was recently on Get a Grip on Lighting, Episode 381, (getagriponlighting.com/episode-381-induction-dont-call-it-a-comeback-philip-gotthelf), making him one of our few cross-over guests. […]

Michael identifies five of the seven deadly sins—gluttony, greed, pride, wrath, and sloth—as fundamental causes behind the growing light pollution […]

This is one of the more mind-blowing episodes we’ve recorded. So much we hadn’t heard about before. Light pollution at […]

Andy Deprato is a med student that’s already co-authored two research papers, with a third on the way. His meta-studies […]

Sasha’s eyes were ruined by laser surgery in 2011, and she launched My Beautiful Eyes Foundation in January 2012. Since […]

Mark Baker contends that the Department of Energy committed fraud by not following Congress’s instructions. Is the LED bulb really […]

Bill hosts the Light Pollution News Podcast. Some might see that as competition to the Restoring Darkness Podcast. We don’t […]

Steve Mariconda became so passionate about light pollution that he decided to make it the subject of this master’s thesis! […]

We invited Dan onto Restoring Darkness to discuss wallpacks, those glaring lights you see on the sides of commercial and […]

Louis the XIV made Paris the first city to be lit at night and now, ironically, it seems France may […]

If you’ve driven in the country and experienced a car coming at you with their high-beams on, you sort of […]

We’ve all experienced a camera flash that leaves us blind for a couple of seconds. Now imagine that happening every […]

In John’s case, bad lighting literally makes him sick. John has photophobia, which is a bit of a misnomer. He’s […]

Nick raises a good point: We all know some lighting designers, but how many lighting planners do you know? These […]