Hello and a very warm welcome to another episode of the Lizzo Wellbeing show.

I have just had the real pleasure of chatting to Matthew Walker, the professor of neuroscience. of

chatting to Matthew Walker, the professor of neuroscience and psychology at UC Berkeley and the

director of its prestigious sleep and neuroimaging lab. He has dedicated his academic career to uncovering

the secrets of sleep and in recent years has turned his eye to the general public

publishing his book Why We Sleep,

Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams,

in an attempt to bring renewed attention to this often so overlooked pillar of health.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading his book while

on holiday last year and readers of the magazine will know it even inspired one of my

regular live-well for longer columns. Ever since then I have been so looking forward to sharing

the science of sleep here on the podcast too. And I'm really hoping that you'll share in my

newfound appreciation for how busily our bodies are working to strengthen, protect,

and heal our tissues and so much more while we are fast asleep.

Please do head over to Instagram after the show because I'd love to hear your thoughts on all this and more. It's completely fascinating and I am sure will encourage us all to a longer and better night sleep. So without any

further ado let's hear it from Professor Walker. So thank you so much for

joining me. It's a real pleasure to talk to you even if it is over the internet.

It's a delight to be with you, Liz. Thank you so much for having me.

It's a real pleasure. Whereabouts arei? Where are you talking to us from?

So I am talking to you from Berkeley in California, which is a smaller city just outside of

San Francisco on the in northern California.

And that's near the university is it where you're based?

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