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#210 – Matt Walker: Sleep
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Matt Walker is a sleep scientist at Berkeley, author of Why We Sleep, and the host of a new podcast called The Matt Walker Podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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() – Introduction
() – Putin moment: Lex takes Matt’s sunglasses
() – Fascination with sleep
() – Why do we sleep?
() – Computer vision for driver assistance
() – Consciousness is fundamental
() – Lex on human to robot connection
() – Scent of a Woman is better than “John Wick”
() – Distinction between coffee and caffeine
() – The science of ‘sleeping on it’
() – Lex on his sleeping schedule
() – Chronotypes
() – How to overcome insomnia
() – Diet and sleep
() – Where do dreams come from?
() – How sleep affects emotions
() – Meaning of life
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