Your Brain On Sleep: A Compilation On Brain States, Biological Rhythms & Why Sleep Deprivation Is Sabotaging Your Life

The Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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This is the ultimate sleep compilation featuring Bryan Johnson, Andrew Huberman, Matthew Walker, and Simon Hill. These conversations explore the mythology of sleep deprivation, why hustle culture is biologically devastating, and how circadian rhythms govern your brain states. From the paradoxical relationship between exhaustion and productivity to why what you eat before bed can wreak havoc on your sleep quality. I reveal my own Mount Everest—the arithmetic of nighttime eating that's been leading me astray for years. Sleep isn't lost time. It's the highest return on time you'll ever get. Enjoy! Show notes + MORE Watch on YouTube Newsletter Sign-Up Today’s Sponsors: Whoop: The all-new WHOOP 5.0 is here! Get your first month FREE👉https://www.join.whoop.com/Roll BetterHelp: Get 10% OFF the first month👉 https://www.betterhelp.com/richroll AG1: Get a FREE AG1 "Morning Person" hat, welcome kit, and more! 👉https://www.drinkag1.com/richroll Roka: Unlock 20% OFF your order with code RICHROLL👉https://www.ROKA.com/RICHROLL ProLon: Get 15% OFF plus a FREE bonus gift 👉 https://www.prolonlife.com/richroll Rivian: Electric vehicles that keep the world adventurous forever👉https://www.rivian.com Check out all of the amazing discounts from our Sponsors 👉 https://www.richroll.com/sponsors Find out more about Voicing Change Media at https://www.voicingchange.media and follow us @voicingchange

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0:00.0	When sleep is abundant, minds flourish.
0:05.0	When it's not, they don't.
0:07.0	We should be accessing as much uninterrupted deep sleep as we can.
0:11.0	Everything revolves around sleep. Nothing changes existence more than sleep.
0:15.0	It is never too late to start sleeping better.
0:19.0	We know that this chronic circadian disruption significantly increases risk
0:24.4	of metabolic diseases. The leading cause of death in late stage adolescent teens is road traffic
0:30.7	accidents and here sleep matters enormously. The thing that we are all a slave to, all of us, is the 24-hour circadian cycle.
0:39.6	I love the slave data. I started to look at the data. The data was immensely powerful.
0:45.2	Everything falls apart without sleep. I don't know how to communicate any better.
0:59.5	This episode is brought to you by WOOP.
1:04.4	I just returned from a week in Boston where I had this really amazing privilege of spending the better part of two entire days at the Woop headquarters.
1:08.3	I got to spend time with Will Ahmed, Woop's founder and CEO,
1:12.0	as well as dozens of key team members
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1:22.9	the culture,
1:24.0	the intentionality behind the technology,
1:26.7	the exciting innovations that are on Whoop's near horizon.
1:29.4	And it was all just so impressive and really affirmed why I not only love the product, but feel
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