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Joe Rogan Experience #1109 - Matthew Walker
Joe Rogan interviews Matthew Walker, Berkeley neuroscience professor and author of Why We Sleep. They discuss what sleep does for the brain and body, the effects of sleep deprivation, and sleep myths.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN readers recommend it as an accessible, motivating summary of Why We Sleep for people who will not read the book.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- PowerfulJRE
- Topic
- sleep science
- Format
- podcast
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 12
- HN mentions in dataset
- 18
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2020
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
Highly recommend this [1] podcast to understand what sleep actually does and how sleep deprived our modern society is. [1] [VIDEO]
sakopov on Hacker News · 2018-05
In Sleeping in on the weekends might prevent an early deathIn addition to this, the JRE podcast with Matthew Walker has tons of fascinating insights into sleep (and how essential it is for health, longevity, etc.). Highly recommend just about everyone listen to it: Joe Rogan Experience #1109 - Matthew Walker [VIDEO]
quickpost on Hacker News · 2018-06
In Eight hours a night isn’t enough, according to a leading sleep scientistMatthew Walker, the author of Why We Sleep, was on the Joe Rogan Experience recently. I've been in material cognitive decline over the past year or so and I'm nearly certain it's due to my abhorrent sleep patterns. This episode really helped me prioritize a …
jcims on Hacker News · 2018-06
In Sleep Scientist Warns Against Walking Through Life 'In an Underslept State'
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