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Stay Tuned with Preet

In Brief: Debating Daylight Saving (with Dan Diamond)

Stay Tuned with Preet

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Government, Society & Culture, News

4.832.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Dan Diamond is a national health reporter for the Washington Post. He’s written extensively on the debate about whether to make Daylight Saving Time permanent. Preet speaks with Diamond about the tug of war on Capitol Hill to pass legislation and why not all states are on the same page about what to do.  Stay Tuned in Brief is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Please write to us with your thoughts and questions at letters@cafe.com, or leave a voicemail at 669-247-7338. References & Supplemental Materials: Dan Diamond, “Permanent daylight saving time: The clock is ticking in Congress,” The Washington Post, 3/9/23 David Prerau“Seize the Daylight,” Basic Books, 2006 For analysis of recent legal news, try the CAFE Insider membership for just $1 for one month: cafe.com/insider. Check out other CAFE shows Now & Then and Up Against the Mob.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, this is Stay Tuned in Brief.

0:42.8

I'm Pete Barara.

0:44.6

Today we're going to take a look at a highly charged debate, and it may not be the one

0:47.9

you expect.

0:48.9

Should daylight saving time stay, or should it go?

0:52.9

We turn the clock ahead just this past Saturday, which is probably why I'm so groggy.

0:56.7

It's a perennial question that accompanies the ritual of changing the clocks an hour

1:00.2

back in the fall, and one hour forward in the spring, as we just did.

1:05.2

In 2022, the Senate unanimously approved the Sunshine Protection Act to keep daylight

1:09.9

saving time permanent, meaning the clocks would no longer change twice per year.

1:15.0

A similar bill remains stalled in the house.

1:17.8

The current practice has been used for more than a century, but do the pros outweigh the

1:21.5

cons.

1:22.5

Doctors, sleep scientists, and average citizens across the nation have varied opinions

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