Is there a disease that kills by preventing sleep?

Stuff You Should Know

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4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2014

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The strange disease of fatal familial insomnia was first recorded in the 18th century. Its victims lose their ability to sleep, slip into coma and die. The more we understand about FFI, the more mysterious it becomes.

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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 Stucky Should Know from HouseofWorks.com.
0:41.3	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:42.7	I'm Josh Clark with Droughts of Chuck Bryan and Jerry and this is not a day for podcasts.
0:50.5	I feel like I sound like one of the public radio gals from the early 2000s.
1:00.5	Is that right live?
1:01.6	Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:03.1	Remember?
1:04.1	The Shwetti Balls.
1:06.1	It's a classic bit.
1:07.5	Yeah, good times.
1:08.5	Right, them.
1:09.5	Yeah, I was fainting like I was yawning as if I had been up all night with Insomnia.
1:14.5	Oh, I thought it was because of the weather outside.
1:16.8	Just a little play acting.
1:17.8	I got you to get us going.
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