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Science Vs

Sleep: All Aboard the Snooze Cruise!

Science Vs

Spotify Studios

Education, Science, Health & Fitness

4.412.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Not sleeping enough turning you into a monster? Cutting-edge science helps us understand why. And we sort through the fads to find out, what really works to get more ZZZs. We speak with lab coordinator Pam De Young, sleep researcher Dr. Brady Riedner, and circadian scientist Prof. Russell Foster.  Check out the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2Ns26Zt  Selected references:  Consensus on the optimal amount of sleep: http://bit.ly/2Nu33Rc  Local sleep review: http://bit.ly/33rXWGL  Drunk study: http://bit.ly/33sN1wo  Melatonin review: http://bit.ly/2WXC1EW  E-reader study: http://bit.ly/2NU67EY  Credits: This episode was produced by Rose Rimler and Lexi Krupp with help from Wendy Zukerman, along with Michelle Dang, Meryl Horn and Kaitlyn Sawrey. We’re edited by Caitlin Kenney. Fact checking by Diane Kelly. Mix and sound design by Peter Leonard. Music written by Peter Leonard, Emma Munger, Bobby Lord, and Bach. Recording assistance from Dave Drexler, Tim Peterson, Zoe Sullivan, and Martin Wiggins. Sonification of EEG data came from Dr. Gerold Baier and Dr. Thomas Hermann. A big thanks to Dr. Amandine Valomon, Prof. James Krueger, Dr. Ari Shechter, Dr. Jade Wu, Dr. Bei Bei, Dr. Connor Sheehan, Dr. Jennifer Ailshire, Dr. Agostinho Rosa, and everyone else we spoke to for this episode, especially our frustrated sleepers. Thanks for calling in! And special thanks to Chuma Ossé, the Zukerman family and Joseph Lavelle Wilson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:07.5

you can count on, someone who actually cares about what you think. I just want someone

0:12.5

who's ready for that long-term kind of love. Whether you're looking for your next boyfriend,

0:18.9

girlfriend, casual date or just someone who truly getscha, it's waiting for you unbumble.

0:25.5

I'm unbumble.

0:26.5

Where are you?

0:29.5

Asteroid City

0:30.5

From Director Wes Anderson. Welcome to your stargazers in space cadets. What are those

0:35.7

pulses indicate? The beeps and blips we don't know. There's an alien. That actually happened.

0:41.4

This June, place all witnesses under a group arrest. How long can they keep us in Asteroid

0:45.7

City? I'm in O'Hurry. I like aliens.

0:48.5

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0:54.0

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0:59.5

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So, no, it's time to go to sleep. My body is tired but my brain is not. It's 2am and I

1:41.6

can't fall asleep because my mind is just racing. Racing, racing, racing through just random

1:48.9

sh**. Hi, I'm Wendy Sukumman and you're listening to Science Versus from Kimlet. This is

1:56.8

the show that pits facts against 40 wings. On today's show, Sleep.

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