Why can't I sleep?

Explain It to Me

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Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.4 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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We spend about a third of our lives either sleeping or trying to fall asleep. Why are we so bad at it? We ask behavioral sleep specialist Jade Wu. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Carla Javier, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact checked by Melissa Hirsch, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill. Have a question about relationships, the workplace, health or anything else that matters to you? Leave us a voicemail with your question at 1-800-618-8545. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.3	What is it that's so tricky about sleep?
0:34.6	I'd love to get on a-off sometime and talk about capitalism.
0:39.2	I love soapboxing.
0:42.7	I'm John Glyn Hill, and this is Explain It to Me.
0:45.9	The podcast where we answer the questions you can't quite answer on your own.
0:50.2	In other words, we essentially answer the questions that keep you up at night.
0:54.8	Most of the time, that's a metaphor.
0:56.7	But this week, it's literal.
0:58.9	I would love to know more about this.
1:00.7	I feel like I've only had a horrible sleep my whole life.
1:03.1	I don't remember time ever thinking well.
1:05.2	I never enjoyed sleep.
1:06.7	I don't like laying in bed.
1:08.5	It's not comfortable.
1:09.9	I've done everything. I have really good sleep hygiene as far as like routine and everything. I've given up on ever having good sleep.
1:19.8	I have a sleep issue of my own. We'll get to that later. So I know how frustrating this can be. So we called in the big guns, Dr. Jade Wu.
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