237: Lynne Peeples, Science Journalist & Author of The Inner Clock: Reprogram Your Circadian Rhythm: The Secret Code of Sleep & Health

237: Lynne Peeples, Science Journalist & Author of The Inner Clock: Reprogram Your Circadian Rhythm: The Secret Code of Sleep & Health

Author: Mollie McGlocklin, Mollie Eastman October 27, 2025 Duration: 36:16

Lynne Peeples is an author and journalist covering science, health, and the environment. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, Scientific American, Nature, HuffPost, NBC News, The Atlantic, and other publications. Before becoming a journalist, she crunched numbers as a biostatistician for HIV clinical trials and environmental health studies. Peeples 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.
 

SHOWNOTES:

😴  Your inner clock: the secret driver of sleep and health

😴  Why growing up in dark winters fueled a lifelong struggle with insomnia

😴  What a baseball team’s locker room lighting revealed about circadian rhythms

😴  Can cutting yourself off from daylight reset your body clock? (inside a nuclear bunker experiment)

😴  What happens when your heart rate and temperature, and sleep rhythms fall out of sync

😴  The 3 c’s to transform your circadian health

😴  How morning light sets you up for easier nights (and why indoor light isn’t enough)

😴  Does the timing of your meals matter more than you think for sleep quality?

😴  How alcohol—even in small amounts, wrecks your sleep data

😴  The surprising truth about blue light at night: tv vs. phone vs. overhead lighting

😴  Sunglasses, blue blockers, and modern light hacks, what really helps or harms?

😴  Melatonin myths: when and how to take it for best effect

😴  The biggest aha moment in managing sleep from years of data tracking

😴 Check out the book Your Inner Circle by Lynne Peeples.

😴  And many more!

 

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