Health Storytelling with Lynne Peeples

Health Storytelling with host Maryn Mckenna and Lynne Peeples, author of The Inner Clock, Living in Sync with Our Circadian Rhythms. Peeples' new book dives into how the groundbreaking science of circadian rhythms can help you sleep better, feel happier, and improve your overall health.
Your body contains a symphony of tiny timepieces, synchronized to the sun and subtle signals in your environment and behavior. But modern insults like artificial light, contrived time zones, and late-night meals can wreak havoc on your internal clocks. Misaligned circadian rhythms disrupt sleep, reduce productivity, and raise the risk of serious, life-threatening ailments. Armed with advances in biology and technology, a circadian renaissance is reclaiming those lost rhythms, with profound impacts on our health and well-being. The Inner Clock explores the emerging science and its applications: How could taking a walk in the morning and going to bed at the same time each night keep your body in sync? Why are some doctors prescribing treatments at specific times of day? And how might a better understanding of our circadian rhythms improve educational outcomes, optimize sports performance, and support the longevity of our planet? Science journalist Lynne Peeples seeks out the scientists, astronauts, athletes, and patients at the forefront of a growing movement. Along the way, she sleeps in a Cold War-era bunker, chases the midnight sun, spits into test tubes, and wears high-tech light sensors to decipher what makes our internal clocks tick and how we can reset them for the better.
Peeples' writing has been featured in publications including The Guardian, Scientific American, Nature, and HuffPost, where she previously served as the environmental health staff reporter. Before becoming a journalist, she crunched numbers as a biostatistician for HIV clinical trials and environmental health studies. Lynne is a recipient of an MIT Knight Science Journalism fellowship and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation book grant. She also holds master’s degrees in biostatistics from the Harvard School of Public Health and in science journalism from New York University. She lives in Seattle.
We'd like to send a special thank you to Georgia Center for the Book, Atlanta Science Gallery, Emory Office of Public Scholarship, and Ideas Festival for being the official co-sponsors of the Fall 2024 Living Health: Author Q&A Series.

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We only discovered Jet Lag when we invented the Jet Airliner, which means the sleepiness/drowsiness is the result of our biological sleep cycle disruption/adjusting/adapting to fast changing [Latitudinal] Position on the surface of the Earth, and it is not the result the luminosity of [just any full spectrum] light, in my opinion, and thanks for your video.