What we get wrong about sleep, with Russell Foster

Doing It Right with Pandora Sykes

Pandora Sykes

Society & Culture

4.6 • 835 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Tired all the time? Worried you’re not getting the fabled ‘8 hours’ ? You’re not alone: we’ve become a nation of orthosomniacs. But panic not, because sleep scientist Russell Foster is here to help. The University of Oxford neuroscientist and the author of a new book, Life Time, is a world leading expert on circadian rhythms, also known as: the body clock. And guess what? The whole 8 hours a night is…. A myth. We discuss the difference between sleepiness and fatigue; why broken sleep is not a bad thing but a natural occurrence; and why we are facing a public health crisis when it comes to looking after our night-shift workers. We also discuss what works and what doesn’t work: such as sleep tracking apps, sleeping pills, CBD drops and more - and why trying to become an early bird, when you’re a night owl is so damn hard. (Blame your parents.) Life Time: The New Science of the Body Clock, and How It Can Revolutionize Your Sleep and Health by Russell Foster Get 20% off OTO sleep drops with the code pandora20 Hosted & Exec Produced by Pandora Sykes Production by Joel Grove

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0:00.0	Anxiety and stress are the enemies of sleep. And as I say, we don't often have a sleep problem,
0:05.9	you know, fundamental breakdown in the mechanisms that drive sleep the myths, anxieties and trends of modern life.
0:32.1	There's no such thing as the right life. But what might we be getting wrong?
0:37.2	In this series, series three, I'll be
0:40.3	exploring sleep, the science of emotions and fast fashion, and I'll be asking my guests questions
0:46.6	like, is baby brain a real thing? Is everything we've been told about skincare wrong? And why
0:53.5	aren't we talking more about dementia?
0:56.0	This is a podcast that asks what can we do to live life better? Not just for ourselves, but for
1:03.1	everyone. Are you tired all the time? stressed you're not getting the fabled eight hours,
1:12.6	wondering whether to invest in a sleep tracker. Sleep scientist Russell Foster could not know more about sleep if he tried.
1:18.6	The University of Oxford neuroscientist and the author of a new book, Lifetime, is a world-leading
1:24.6	expert on circadian rhythms, also known as the body clock.
1:28.3	And guess what? The whole eight hours a night is one of many myths.
1:33.3	We discuss why better public knowledge about the circadian rhythm
1:38.3	could change the way we'll sleep,
1:40.3	the difference between sleepiness and fatigue and the effect of COVID-19,
1:46.0	why broken sleep is not a bad thing but a natural occurrence,
1:50.0	and why we are facing a public health crisis when it comes to looking after our night shift workers.
1:56.0	We also discuss what works and what doesn't, such as sleep tracking apps, sleeping pills,
2:03.1	CBD drops and more, and why trying to become an early bird when you're a night owl
2:08.4	is so damn hard.
2:15.6	Russell, thank you so much for coming on to doing it right.
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