sunscreen, sunburn, & skin cancer!? here’s what nobody's telling you… ☀️

discover where sunscreen genuinely protects you, where a hat & shirt do it better, and how a newly FDA-approved ingredient stacks up against old-school formulas 🔬

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August 8, 2026 10:45am EDT

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In this episode, journalist Rowan Jacobsen, author of In Defense of Sunlight, challenges everything you thought you knew about sun exposure. You'll hear why melanoma is tied to intermittent sunburns rather than steady sun, the surprising 2024 research suggesting UVB may be protective while UVA is the real concern, and how office culture, window glass, and car windows may all be hidden pieces of the skin cancer puzzle. You'll also learn why the vitamin D supplement story is more complicated than the pills suggest, how sunlight lowers blood pressure through nitric oxide and lifts your mood through natural opioids, where sunscreen genuinely helps and where hats and shirts do better, what to make of the new sunscreen ingredient bemotrizinol, and how a simple 30-day reset of your light exposure could transform your sleep.

In Defense Of Sunlight: The *Real Truth* About The Sun, Vitamin D, UVA, UVB, Sunscreen & More, With Rowan Jacobsen.

During today's episode, released here , you'll discover:

Rowan’s new book, In Defense of Sunlight, and why we need sunlight far more than we've been told…
Why melanoma tracks with sunburns, not steady sun exposure, and what a 2024 NCI study reveals about UVA vs. UVB…
How sunlight lowers blood pressure and triggers natural opioids…
Where sunscreen science really stands, from early formulas to the newly approved ingredient bemotrizinol…
Why your ideal sun exposure shifts with skin tone and season…
And much more!