Open To Debate Argues Daylight Savings Time & ScienceStuff Launches

 Open To Debate Argues Daylight Saving Time

 It's that time again, when move our clocks ahead to gain one hour of daylight. The Wikipedia explanation is: Daylight saving time, also referred to as daylight saving, daylight savings time, daylight time, or summer time, is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time.

Yet, this time shift has been shrouded in controversy and disagreement for decades. Currently, President Trump has expressed interest in eliminating Daylight Saving Time, and Congress is considering bills to make the change permanent. Of course, he also said that Ukraine invaded Russia, Gaza would make a wonderful resort as soon as all the inhabitants were removed, and he is a supporter of law and order even though he pardoned 1,500 January 6th criminals.

Are you ready to change the clock on Sunday? Is springing forward or falling back still an idea worth practicing? That's the question the Open to Debate podcast tackles in its new episode, "Is it Time to End Daylight Savings Time?"

Those ready to end Daylight Savings Time argue it is inconvenient and has negative health and productivity effects. Those who want to keep Daylight Savings Time argue the time change’s effects are temporary and help improve our quality of life.

Arguing in favor of Daylight Savings Time: Binyamin Applebaum, Member of the New York Times Editorial Board

Arguing against Daylight Savings Time: Joan Costa-i-Font, Health Economist at the London School of Economics

Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates.

Watch or listen to the debate at OpentoDebate.org, YouTube, or your podcast platform of choice (under podcast name "Open to Debate"). 

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 ScienceStuff Podcast Launches

 

 iHeartPodcasts has announced ScienceStuff  a new original podcast hosted by best-selling and award-winning cartoonist and author Jorge Cham. New episodes release every Wednesday starting March 12. Curious listeners can hear the trailer now, here, and follow the show to be alerted when new episodes drop.

Ever wonder if your pet is lying to you, what’s inside a black hole or if you’d survive being cryogenically frozen? Each week, ScienceStuff will tackle the kind of questions everyday people have always wanted to know the answer to, including:

 Do you really have to wait 30 minutes before you can go swimming?

• Are near-death experiences real?
• What exactly are Quantum Computers?

 

iHeart says: "With infectious curiosity, Cham, a former roboticist and Caltech researcher and instructor, will take listeners on a fun and illuminating dive into a new question each week, talk to experts and explain the history and latest scientific results on each topic."


Jorge Cham obtained his Ph.D. in robotics from Stanford University and was an instructor and research associate at Caltech before leaving academia to create Piled Higher and Deeper (known as PHD Comics), a favorite comic strip of scientists and academics with millions of readers online and in print. According to the prestigious journal Science, Cham’s “following in the scientific world are enough to make even the most distinguished professor green with envy.”

He is also the main creator and creative director of the Emmy-nominated animated series Elinor Wonders Why which airs on PBS Kids and around the world, and an author of several popular science books including the award-winning We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe and the celebrated children’s series Oliver’s Great Big Universe.

“ScienceStuff” is produced and distributed by iHeartPodcasts, joining its flagship family of Stuff curiosity shows, which includes the popular Stuff You Should Know, TechStuff, Stuff You Missed in History Class and Stuff To Blow Your Mind, among others, expanding the brand into the world of science.