The United States Senate proved to be full of Tech Pod listeners this week as it passed a measure to make Daylight Savings Time permanent. But wait, did they pick the right time? This week we're reissuing our in-depth DST explainer from last Fall, complete with a new intro looking at what's going on in Congress, musings on overnight-flight and time-zone nonsense from our past and present, some feedback from a chronobiologist we received about our original episode, and more.

SHOW NOTES

The two Washington Post pieces referenced in the new part of this episode:

Senate plan for permanent daylight saving time faces doubts in the House

Permanent standard time is better than daylight saving, sleep experts say

And the links from the original DST ep:

A cartographer makes maps to argue for ending DST altogether: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-25/these-maps-prove-that-daylight-saving-time-is-the-actual-worst

Stats on DST and traffic accidents: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S002243751000112X

Where all 50 states are at with DST legislation: https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-world/daylight-saving-time-bill-status-all-50-states/507-25ff8777-63bc-423f-895d-22f5a3d5d28c

Info on the famed Manhattanhenge: https://www.farmersalmanac.com/manhattanhenge

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