How Narcolepsy Works

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Narcolepsy is one of those amazing rare disorders that everyone thinks they understand – people just fall asleep at random times, even in the middle of doing something. But there’s a lot more to it and – even better – we actually may be able to explain it.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.3	Welcome to Step You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's House Stuff Works.
0:41.3	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:43.2	I'm Josh Clark.
0:44.3	And there's Charles W. Chuck Bryan over there.
0:47.4	And Bill Moucciari.
0:50.4	Chuck Wake Up.
0:52.4	Huh?
0:53.4	We're going to get some mail for that right off of the bat.
0:56.6	I feel quite refreshed.
0:59.7	So Chuck, you might have narcolepsy then.
1:02.0	If you just fell asleep, were you able to resist that urge to sleep just now?
1:06.5	No.
1:07.5	As soon as I heard, hey, welcome to the podcast.
1:09.5	I went lights out.
1:12.0	I think that happens to a lot of people.
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