Pokémon GO – The Game That Blended Reality and Adventure

I Can’t Sleep

Benjamin Boster & Glassbox Media

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Pokémon GO got people walking outside—remember that? We take a look at how this mobile game changed augmented reality, encouraged movement (which actually helps sleep), and made people chase Pikachu into traffic. Want More? • Request a Topic: Have a subject you’d like us to explore? Submit your suggestions here. • Listen Ad-Free & Support Us: Enjoy our episodes without interruptions and support the podcast by subscribing here. • Shop Sleep-Friendly Products: Discover products designed to enhance your sleep experience at our sponsor’s page. Wikipedia Attribution: This content is derived from the Wikipedia article on Pokémon Go, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. Read the full article: Wikipedia - Pokémon Go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.8	Welcome to the I Can't Sleep Podcast, where I read random articles from across the web
0:46.3	to bore you to sleep with my soothing voice.
0:49.6	I'm your host, Benjamin Boster.
0:53.1	And today's episode is from a Wikipedia article titled
0:56.6	Pokemon Go. You ever wake up feeling like your metabolism took a vacation without telling you?
1:04.4	Yeah, me too. But apparently, there's a way to know what's actually going on inside your body
1:10.1	without, you know, going to medical school. It's called Lumen, and there's a way to know what's actually going on inside your body without, you know,
1:11.6	going to medical school.
1:13.5	It's called Lumen, and it's a tiny handheld device that tells you if you're burning fat or
1:18.1	carbs just by breathing into it.
1:20.6	I know sounds like magic.
1:22.6	It's not.
1:23.6	It's science, which is basically just magic with more paperwork. Lumen is like having a tiny
1:30.3	metabolic coach in your pocket, except it doesn't yell at you to do burpees. You just breathe
1:36.0	into it in the morning, and it tells you if your body is running on fats or carbs. Then, like a wise
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