House Passes Permanent Daylight Saving Time; Science Says Not So Fast!
Amy & T.J.
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4.4 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
It’s been controversial since the beginning of time… should we switch to permanent daylight saving time? Or is it better to continue to switch our clocks twice a year between standard time and daylight saving time? The House has overwhelmingly voted in favor of making it permanent, the Senate looks like it’s going to disagree. But there’s a third option no one is discussing, one that scientists believe is actually the better, healthier and more cost effective way to keep time.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, everybody. |
| 0:07.2 | We can't agree on anything in this country, including what time it is. |
| 0:13.2 | Welcome, everybody. |
| 0:14.5 | That's Robs. |
| 0:15.1 | I'm T.J. Daylight. |
| 0:16.1 | Saving Time. |
| 0:17.0 | The way we do it now, you're for it or against it. |
| 0:20.4 | Do you want them to change this? |
| 0:22.8 | Before reading all the research that you've provided, my answer has always been, yes, I get |
| 0:31.1 | depressed when we have to turn the clocks back. Yes, I get an extra hour of sleep, but that |
| 0:36.7 | doesn't in any way compensate for |
| 0:38.9 | the fact that I hate when it gets dark at 415 here in New York City in the wintertime. |
| 0:46.4 | It's, oof, that takes a toll on me mentally. Okay, like everybody else, they hate it because |
| 0:51.9 | of the moment, the moment being when you switch the clocks. |
| 0:54.5 | You don't have a problem when we switch the clocks when we spring forward. |
| 0:58.4 | That doesn't mess you up necessarily. |
| 1:00.4 | Well, no, because it stays lighter longer, which makes me happy. |
| 1:04.5 | When it gets darker early, it makes me sad. |
| 1:08.4 | And you know this better than anybody. But the weather is not in control of your mood. You tell me sad. You know this better than anybody. |
| 1:11.6 | The weather is not in control of your mood. |
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