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Hello there, I'm Chris Anderson, welcome to the Ted interview

and another episode seeking to make sense of these strange times that we're in right now.

I don't know about you, but some nights, the last couple weeks, I found it hard to sleep.

There's a lot to worry about.

This is endless supply of angry making news that gets into your head and want to let go.

And they're also, I'm finding just new ideas popping up because we're in such strange circumstances and they keep me awake.

And I imagine it's the same for many of you.

There's certainly much to worry about right now.

And yet, this is a moment where it's more important than ever to take care of ourselves.

So today, we're talking to Matt Walker, a neuroscientist who's dedicated his career to understanding why we need sleep.

Last year, he gave a TED talk that's been viewed nearly 10 million times.

So it's a treat to talk to him again to help us understand why sleep matters now more than ever and how we can all do it a little bit better.

This is a recording of a live web stream from a couple of days ago.

And so my colleague Whitney Pennington Rogers will pop in from time to time to share questions from the audience.

And so that we could publish it as quickly as possible.

You will hear this interview exactly as it was recorded.

Okay, let's get started.

Hi, Matt. How are you?

I'm good, Chris, and how are you doing? And thank you so much for having me on.

Well, thank you. It's very good to have you here.

I mean, I guess that's going to be the first question on top of people's minds.

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