Show Overview.
Show fact sheet
Light Pollution News
- Tagline
- A Podcast Shedding the Light Only Where Needed
- Host & producer
- Bill McGeeney
- Launched
- Oct 24, 2022 — Episode 0: What is Light Pollution?
- Episodes
- 85 and counting
- Cadence
- Two episodes a month from one panel recording, plus periodic interviews and a holiday special
- Format
- Host + up to three guests, news-roundup panel · usually 45–70 min
- Series & specials
- Why It’s So Bright at Night (interviews) · the annual Holiday Potluck (guests pick the year’s top stories)
- Topics
- Ecology & wildlife, health & sleep, policy & ordinances, crime & safety, satellites, astronomy & astrotourism, lighting technology
- Companion content
- Full article list, high level summaries + a sourced “Read Along” essay for every episode; monthly news round up + annual ecology research reviews
- Funding
- 100% listener-supported · supporter memberships start at $3 a month
- Listener rating
- 5.0 on Apple Podcasts (11 ratings, Oct 2026)
- Audience
- Birders, conservationists, astronomers & astrophotographers, lighting designers, planners, policy makers and dark-sky advocates
Sources: Apple Podcasts · lightpollutionnews.com/episodes
Meet the host
Bill McGeeney
Host & producer, Light Pollution News
Light Pollution News grew out of a simple question: is light pollution a real thing? Host Bill McGeeney found he needed to read up on the issues involved to fully understand the impact. Along the way, Bill thought, “Surely others must have the same questions I do. Why don’t I take them along for the ride?” And Light Pollution News was born.
His interest in the night sky began with his rural Pennsylvania roots, when his parents gave him a telescope and he went looking for Saturn. But it wasn’t until 2020 that he realized the impact of light pollution reaches much farther than simply missing the stars.
Bill has since served as president of the Delaware Valley Amateur Astronomers and as a board member of Dark Sky Pennsylvania. He regularly engages community members through conversations and talks, helping guide both individuals and policy makers toward a better tomorrow for everyone.
Shed the light only where it is needed.