Do You Really Need 8 Hours of Sleep? | 25
Call Me Curious
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🗓️ 25 August 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
We’ve been hearing it for-ev-er: Get 8 hours of sleep. It’s been drilled into our heads for so long that we just accept it, right? But maybe we shouldn’t. Like, that’s a 1/3 of our day spent unconscious! Do we really need that much shut-eye? Would it be healthier to get less – or maybe more? Well, Nikki and comedian Dax Jordan are wide awake to the fact they have no idea what the truth is. And that’s why they’re joined by sleep expert (SleepSpace founder) Dr. Dan Gartenberg – AKA Doctor Snooze – to explore the science of sleep, and get some dreamy tips for improving our slumber.
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| 0:00.0 | From Wondry, I'm Nikki Boyer, and this is Call Me Curious, where every week I'll get to the bottom of those funny, strange, puzzling, or just got-a-no questions you have. |
| 0:16.9 | And we'll tell you the best we can what the answer is. |
| 0:21.0 | Because I've got 21 questions. |
| 0:23.6 | I've been 21 guessing you could teach me a lesson. |
| 0:28.3 | Call me curious. |
| 0:32.2 | Call me curious. |
| 0:34.2 | Call me curious. |
| 0:36.2 | So tell the truth. Hey everybody. Hi, welcome to the show today. |
| 0:54.0 | Okay, so today's episode, we're going to start with a little game. |
| 0:57.7 | Guess what I am thinking of, and I'm going to give you three clues. Number one, it usually happens at night in bed, but in the middle of the day is pretty great too. |
| 1:08.7 | Number two, when it's done right, it's the easiest, most natural, |
| 1:13.4 | physically relaxing thing that a person can do. Yet, sometimes we make it stressful and complicated. |
| 1:19.6 | And number three, we all complain that we don't get enough of it. The answer is, of course, |
| 1:26.0 | sleep. Wait, what were you thinking? You're nasty. Look, I don't know about you, |
| 1:32.8 | but I love sleep, especially napping. And sometimes I get so tired that I think about a nap right |
| 1:39.5 | until the moment that I actually go to sleep. But that's when my brain starts running, right? Like an |
| 1:44.8 | Adderald hamster on a wheel. And according to one study that I saw, three out of four people |
| 1:50.1 | say they don't get enough sleep, which begs the question, how much sleep is enough? I mean, the |
| 1:57.4 | figure that we always hear is eight hours, but why is that the magic number? |
| 2:01.4 | Do we really need eight hours of sleep? |
| 2:04.1 | Well, we are going to find out today on Call Me Curious. |
| 2:08.8 | But first, please welcome my co-host for today, our very own Dax Jordan. |
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