On November 1, daylight saving time ends in the United States. That means most of us will “fall back” to standard time for the following four months. But many states want to stop this twice-yearly clock change and instead stay on daylight saving time all year. One question is at the center of this proposed change: What would permanent daylight saving time do to our health? Clare interviews Dr. Katie Sharkey, professor at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, to find out – digging into the data on time changes, the body clock, and how proposed changes to the time system could affect our well-being.

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Further reading:

• Ending clock changes. But which direction should we reset the clock?

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In this episode we unpack what makes a poll reliable or not and how us regular people should be reading poll data, especially with the midterms coming up. Our guest is Scott Greenstone, politics reporter and host of KUOW's Sound Politics. He gives us some tips and tricks to make sure we're interpreting poll results correctly.

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Sources in this episode:

• Sound Politics
• Strength in Numbers Substack
• Real Clear Polling
• FiftyPlusOne

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We've all been there: Staring at a screen that prompts you to "leave a tip," and three options to press. How much should you tip for a meal these days? How about a coffee or a hot dog at a baseball game? In this episode, Clare and guest host Brandi Fullwood dig into the data on tipping, and how it impacts workers in restaurants of all shapes and sizes.

Listen to Brandi's podcast Seattle Eats wherever you're listening to this episode.

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Sources in this episode:

• The Land of the Fee (2021), Throughline from NPR, 2021
• Tipping Culture in America: Public Sees a Changed Landscape, Pew Research Center, 2022
• Average Restaurant Tip Percentages & Tipping Trends in the U.S. (2026), Toast, 2026
• Square Food & Beverage Data Reveals Higher Tipping Rates and Growing "High-Low" Spending Pattern, Square, 2026
• A Critical Exploration of Tipping Practices in the American Hospitality Landscape from a Qualitative Approach, 2024

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