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The Matt Walker Podcast
The Matt Walker Podcast is all about sleep, the brain, and the body. Matt is a Professor of Neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of the book, Why We Sleep and has given a few TED talks. Matt is an awkward British nerd who adores science and the communication of science to the public.
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Episodes
190 episodes
#152 - The Brain on Music
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepExploring the profound link between the brain and music, Matt begins by ...
#151 - The Geography of Sleep
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepMatt breaks down the conflict between wall clocks and our biological rhy...
#150 - The Neuroscience of Déjà Vu
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepMatt digs into the neuroscience of déjà vu, reframing it as a sign of a hea...
The Night Ferryman: A Sleep Story Read by Matt Walker
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepJoin Matt for a serene excursion across a valley lake under the cover of...
#149 - The 11 largest Sleep Myths
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepDebunking 11 sleep myths, Matt begins by explaining that the brain remai...
#148 - Psychedelics for Mental Health
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepMatt delves into how psychedelics like psilocybin and LSD quiet the "Def...
#147 - Does Sleep Really Clean Your Brain?
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepMatt explores the brain's secret plumbing, a waste-clearance network onc...
#146 - How Sleep Changes Across the Human Lifespan
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepMatt tracks sleep across the human lifespan, from newborn "active sleep"...
#145 - How to get More Deep Sleep
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepMatt explains the science of deep sleep, emphasizing that this front-loa...
#144 - Face Blindness Explained
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepMatt explores how the brain constructs reality by examining neurological...
#143 - The Science of Love, Desire, and Sex
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepMatt examines the neurobiology of love, defining it as a reward system r...
#142 - How Memory Affects Sleep
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepExploring how daily memories shape the biology of sleep, Matt reveals th...
The Beekeepers Garden - A Sleep Story Read by Matt Walker
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepMatt invites you to embark upon a gentle journey to a peaceful, re...
#141 - The Daylight Mistake
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepMatt illuminates sunlight’s biological impact beyond Vitamin D as he rev...
#140 - Tired but Wired
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepExploring the "tired but wired" state where exhaustion meets an overacti...
#139 - Waking Up
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepMatt explains sleep inertia - the groggy transition to wakefulness - not...
#138 - The Sleepy Girl Mocktail
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepDeconstructing the "Sleepy Girl Mocktail", Matt separates digital hype f...
#137 - Bedtime Procrastination
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepMatt examines "revenge bedtime procrastination," where individuals volun...
#136 - Sleep & Sound
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepMatt returns today to explain why humans didn't evolve for silent sleep....
#135 - Two Windows: How Light Shapes your Sleep
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepMatt delves into how daily light exposure dictates our sleep quality and...
#134 - Seeing Inside the Brain with Prenuvo
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepDr. Daniel Durand, Chief Medical Officer and President at Prenuvo Medica...
#133 - Sleep & Doomscrolling
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepMatt introduces "doomscrolling," linking compulsive online consumption t...
#132 - Sleep and Binaural Beats
Want to sleep better alongside others doing the same? Come join my Art of Sleep community: skool.com/art-of-sleepExploring the science of binaural beats, Matt evaluates their potential ...
