Big $leep
07/08/21 • 38 min
A tech reporter on a hunt to defeat her insomnia discovers a larger contradiction fueling the multibillion dollar sleep industry. Can products really solve a problem that modernity has partially caused?
Special thanks to guests Charlotte Jee and Ben Reiss, author of Wild Nights.
Links from today's episode:
Read Charlotte’s story about her wild nights with tech
Check out the shipping forecast that used to keep her company
And for more from Ben, get a copy of Wild Nights from your local bookstore.
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A tech reporter on a hunt to defeat her insomnia discovers a larger contradiction fueling the multibillion dollar sleep industry. Can products really solve a problem that modernity has partially caused?
Special thanks to guests Charlotte Jee and Ben Reiss, author of Wild Nights.
Links from today's episode:
Read Charlotte’s story about her wild nights with tech
Check out the shipping forecast that used to keep her company
And for more from Ben, get a copy of Wild Nights from your local bookstore.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Special thanks to Joseph McGill Jr. and Nicole A. Moore.
Links from today's episode:
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In the 1950s, Armond Aserinsky became the most famous kid in science. The 9-year-old son of Eugene Aserinksy, a tough, obstinate grad student who discovered REM sleep, Armond saw the pains of discovery up close, as his dad’s first test subject. REM, which some likened to another state of existence, would change science, and the Aserinsky household, for good.
Special thanks to guests Armond Aserinsky and journalist Lynne Lamberg, as well as to Dr. Peter Shiromani.
Links from today's episode:
Read the article by Chip Brown that inspired this episode
We couldn't have done this without Lynne Lamberg - read one of her articles on Aserinksy
And for more on how sleep science evolved, read "A New Vision of Dreams" in the New York Times
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