Ep. 35: What's the Deal with Sleep?
Aug 29, 2017•46 min
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Episode description
What defines sleep?
What’s your common sleep position?
Why do we sleep?
Sleep deprivation
The relationship of anxiety and sleep
Sleep apnea and night terrors
Naps and siestas
Commercial: Hypernation Pills
Sleep paralysis and kanashibari
Cultural views of sleep
Debunking bunker: Does turkey make you sleepy?
Food and sleep: Rip Van Winkle, pizza dreams
How to fall asleep or sleep well
Relationships and sleep (fairytales vs. reality)
Vulnerability
Sleeping in public and social norms
“Sleep ecologies”
Sleep in different parts of the world
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