#210 – Matt Walker: Sleep

Lex Fridman Podcast

Lex Fridman

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2021

⏱️ 176 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Matt Walker is a sleep scientist at Berkeley, author of Why We Sleep, and the host of a new podcast called The Matt Walker Podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Stamps.com: https://stamps.com and use code LEX to get free postage & scale – Squarespace: https://lexfridman.com/squarespace and use code LEX to get 10% off – Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil – BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off – Onnit: https://lexfridman.com/onnit to get up to 10% off EPISODE LINKS: Matt’s Podcast: https://themattwalkerpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Matt’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/sleepdiplomat Matt’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drmattwalker

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The following is a conversation with Matt Walker, sleep scientist, professor of neuroscience
0:04.8	and psychology at Berkeley, author of Why We Sleep and the Host of a new podcast called
0:12.1	the Matt Walker podcast.
0:14.3	It's 10 minute episodes, a couple of times a month, covering sleep and other health and
0:19.2	science topics.
0:20.7	I love it and recommended highly.
0:22.6	It's up there with the greats like the Huberman lab podcast with Andrew Huberman.
0:28.3	And I think Davidson Claire is putting out an audio series soon too.
0:32.3	I can't wait to listen to it.
0:33.7	I'm really excited by the future of science in the podcast thing world.
0:38.7	To support this podcast, please check out our sponsors, stams.com, Squarespace, Athletic
0:44.4	Greens, Better Help and On It.
0:47.2	Their links are in the description.
0:49.8	As a side note, let me say that to me a healthy life is one in which you fall in love with
0:55.1	the world around you with ideas with people with small goals and big goals, no matter how
1:00.9	difficult, with dreams you hold on to and chase for years.
1:06.0	Life should be lived fully.
1:08.2	That to me is the priority.
1:10.2	That to me is a healthy life.
1:12.3	Second to that is the understanding and the utilization of the best available science on
1:17.0	diet, exercise, supplements, sleep and other lifestyle choices.
1:22.8	To me, science in the realm of health is a guide for we should try not the absolute truth
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Lex Fridman, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Lex Fridman and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.