The Dreaming Brain with Matt Walker

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4.6 • 14.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

What’s the real difference between dreaming and waking consciousness? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly sit down with sleep expert Matt Walker to answer fan questions about the most mysterious thing humans do every single night: sleeping & dreaming.

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0:00.0	I'm a little sleepy.
0:02.3	Well, I have the solution for that.
0:04.0	We're about to talk to sleep expert Matt Walker.
0:07.4	Matt Walker.
0:08.2	Yeah.
0:08.7	Second time on the show.
0:10.6	Looking forward to that.
0:12.0	I'm looking forward to a nap now.
0:14.6	Coming up on StarTalk Special Edition.
0:19.8	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:22.3	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:28.2	StarTalk begins right now.
0:32.6	This is StarTalk, special edition, which means I got Gary O'Reilly here.
0:38.7	Hi, Neil.
0:39.3	All right.
0:39.6	Add Chuck.
0:40.1	Nice, baby.
0:40.7	That's right.
0:41.3	And we've been calling you the Lord of Nice, not just Lord Nice.
0:44.1	The Lord of Nice.
0:45.1	The Lord of Nice.
0:45.7	Very nice.
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