Welcome to the Megan Kelly show, your home for open, honest and provocative conversations.

Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly show.

You're not getting enough sleep and it's killing you.

Sorry to be so blunt, but lack of quality sleep is a very serious issue.

You're going to love today's show.

It's so fascinating.

We are going to learn all about the science of sleep.

And why this mysterious chunk of our 24 hour day is so important to every aspect of our

biology indeed our lifespan.

Joining me now to discuss it all is Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University

of California Berkeley and the founder of the Center for Human Sleep Science, Dr. Matt

Walker.

Welcome Matt, so good to have you here.

It's a delight and a privilege to be with you Megan.

Thanks so much for having me.

Oh my gosh, I was reading the packet that my team prepared for me.

You know, get me started on the research.

And I was sitting on an airplane sandwiched in between my oldest child and my husband.

And I just kept interrupting their movies every two seconds.

I say, you got to read this, read this.

I'm showing Doug the stuff about the, you know, the steroid, the testosterone's and the,

you know, all I've got to do is look at how it affects sex drive.

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