28. Dr Matt Walker: Why we sleep

The Joe Wicks Podcast

BBC

Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The UK’s favourite fitness coach is back with series three of his podcast. This summer, Joe will be speaking to inspirational friends and some of his favourite people to ask them what they do to keep themselves feeling mentally and physically strong in the face of life’s little challenges. It might be starting the morning in an ice bath or cosying up with a good book; every guest will share the one thing that works for them in the hope it might inspire you to try something new. This week, Joe is finding out more about sleep: something which Joe has come to understand as the foundation of everything else in life: eating healthily, exercising regularly, and helping with relationships and stress. Joe discusses all of this and much more with the scientist Dr Matthew Walker. He’s the founder of “The Centre for Human Sleep Science” at the University of California and he wrote the bestselling book Why We Sleep. Together they chat about everything from how sleep affects diet and mental health, to what's going on in the brain when we dream, and Matt's top tips for better sleep. This is sunshine in a podcast. Joe Wicks is here for you, and he won’t stop until you’re fit and happy. Producer: Eliza Lomas Editor: Dimitri Houtart A BBC Audio Bristol production for Radio 4

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts Hi everybody, I'm Joe Wicks and welcome to the
0:16.1	Joe Wicks Podcasts from BBC Radio 4.
0:19.4	In this podcast, I want to get you motivated to get fit and feel good.
0:23.2	So I'm speaking to some inspirational people to find out how they look after their mental
0:27.0	health and what they do say physically fit and strong.
0:31.5	Over the past couple of years, I've realised something really important, which has helped
0:35.3	in every aspect of my life.
0:37.0	It's that when I prioritize sleep, everything else feels easier, cooking healthy food, parenting,
0:43.0	relationships working out, and someone who's had a big impact on how I think about sleep
0:47.3	is the scientist Dr Matthew Walker.
0:50.4	He's the founder of the Centre for Human Sleep Science at the University of California,
0:55.0	and you're at the best-selling book Why We Sleep.
0:58.7	He joined me on the podcast to chat about everything from how sleep affects your diet and mental
1:02.1	health to what is actually going on in the brain we're dreaming and his top tips for sleeping
1:06.5	better.
1:07.5	I really hope this conversation has the same positive effect on you as it had on me.
1:11.6	Let's get to it.
1:12.6	Dr Matthew Walker, it's an absolute pleasure to finally talk to you because I've been
1:17.5	following your journey ever since your book came out, Why We Sleep, and I'm fascinated
1:22.3	by what you've essentially dedicated your life to studying and understanding, which is
1:26.3	the importance of sleep on the human body and the mind, and as someone who really cares
1:30.0	about people's physical mental health, I really understand the importance of sleep.
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