The problem with dreams

Unexplainable

Vox

Life Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences

4.5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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A neuroscientist argues that the focus on dreams has held back the scientific understanding of sleep. So he took dreams out of the picture and uncovered a new potential connection between the mind and body. Guest: Mark Blumberg, behavioral neuroscientist at the University of Iowa For show transcripts, go to vox.com/unxtranscripts For more, go to vox.com/unexplainable And please email us! [email protected] We read every email. Support Unexplainable by becoming a Vox Member today: vox.com/members Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.5	Hey, Noah.
0:48.9	Hello, Meredith.
0:50.5	So, as you know, I have the cutest dog of all time.
0:54.6	Houdini.
0:55.2	Houdini.
0:56.1	We've met. He's adorable.
0:57.9	He is the cutest little boy, and he's a tripod.
1:01.8	He's missing his back left leg.
1:04.0	He lost his leg, I think, in a car accident, and we call him Houdini because we say that it's because he made his leg
1:12.0	disappear. He really is like a magic dog. Yeah, he just hops around and has this big swinging
1:19.6	tail and it just looks like he's always leading a parade. Like we bring him to airports and just
1:25.6	like every child in the terminal is just magnetically
1:29.9	attracted to this adorable dog.
1:32.6	Incredible.
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