Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
By Chris Winter, MD
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No holds barred, unscripted discussion on a wide range of sleep topics - from sleep disorders to current research and controversies in the field. No topic is off limits! Dr. Chris Winter is a clinician, a board certified neurologist and double boarded sleep specialist with 30 years of clinical experience. He is the author of The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child, and is a popular consultant and speaker, working for many professional sports teams. He is well known for his unique perspective and ability to demystify sleep, all of which he brings to Sleep Unplugged.
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#171 - Getting Your Kid To Sleep Through The Night: Crying In My Sleep
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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#170: Sleep Earbuds and Earplugs: Of Course I’ve Had It In The Ear Before
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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#169 - Periodic Limb Movement Disorder: Out At Night Moving
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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#168 - #MASA (Make America Sleep Again): Wake Me Up When September Ends
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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#167 - Frequent Nighttime Urination: All Through The Night
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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#166 - 10 Ways to Sleep Better in a Hotel: Take Me to The Hotel
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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#165 - Headache and Sleep: Gotta Painful Swelling Brain
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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#164 - Temperature vs. Tired: Which Sign is Vital?
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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#163 - Insomnia and Public Health: You're Looking Tired And More Than A Little Human
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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#162 -Sleep in the Gilded Age: If You Know Your History
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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#161 - Sleep on Television: The Dream’s Dream on the Small Screen
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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#160 - Still Sleepy After CPAP: I'm Not Dead, I'm Not Myself
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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#159 - Extreme Insomnia: You're Killing Yourself If You Don't Believe It
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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#158 - Bruxism: Put You Through the Grind
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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#157 - Weight Loss Drugs and Sleep Apnea: One Pill Makes You Small
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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#156 - Research from the 2025 SLEEP Scientific Conference: Make Me a Poster
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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#155 - Oral Appliance and Sleep Apnea: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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#154 - Sleep and the Threat of Danger: I Won’t Do You No Harm
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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#153 - The Ten Worst Things For Sleep: Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing
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May 26, 2025 |
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#152 - Sleep and Temperature Regulation: Gonna Make You Sweat
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May 19, 2025 |
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#151 - Sleep and Back, Neck, and Shoulder Pain: Sorry For The Hurt
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May 12, 2025 |
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#150 - Bedtime Stories: Without You, I Just Can’t Go To Sleep
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May 05, 2025 |
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#149 - Creating a Bedroom Sanctuary: Here May Ye Rest A While
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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#148 - The Truth About Medical Practices: It’s an Illusion
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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#147 - Idiopathic Hypersomnia: All I Wanna Do Is Wake Up In The Morning
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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#146 - Cognitive Shuffling: Ain’t Nothin’ To It
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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#145 - Hypnic Myoclonus: Jerk Your Body
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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#144 - Missing Sleep Apnea: I Thought Someone Would Notice
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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#143 - Pillow Fight 2025: Simply The Best
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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#142 - Death to Daylight Saving Time: For Clock Back Move And Make It For A While
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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#141 - Light Therapy Revisited: Put on the Red Light
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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#140 - Fear of The Snooze Button: Shut Me Down with a Push of Your Button
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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#139 - Heart Rate Variability and Sleep: Like a Moving Heartbeat
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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#138 - The Subtle Art of Hurkle-Durkling: Swim in a Deep Sea of Blankets
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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#137 - Insomnia and Vagal Nerve Stimulators: Are You Getting the Vibe?
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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#136 - Cancer and Sleep: Gotta Be Strong to Fight Them
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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#135 - Blood Glucose and Sleep: Sweet As Sugar
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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#134 - Sleep in Times of Catastrophe: Burn Out The Night
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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#133 - Insomnia and Exercise: You Better Run
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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#132 - 2024 Sleep Unplugged Awards: The Best of What's Around
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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#131 - Sleep Apnea Surgeries: Some Greater Awakening
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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#130 - Sleep Unplugged Book Club #2-The Sleep Apnea Hypothesis: If Everything Goes Wrong
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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#129 - How to Take The Perfect Nap: Lay Your Weary Head to Rest
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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#128 - How To Stop Taking Sleeping Pills: I Can Never Stop, I Can Never Quit
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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#127 - The 3rd Annual Holiday Sleep Gift Guide Extravaganza: You Just Won't Be Able To Do Without It
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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#126 - Sleep and Air Travel: Go For a Ride In The Sky
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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#125 - Weight Loss and Sleep: Nice Skinny, Roller Skate Skinny
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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#124 - Grief and Sleep: Won't You Stop and Remember Me?
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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#123 - Fear of the Dark: There's No Need To Be Afraid
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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#122 - Bedwetting/Enuresis: Golden Slumbers
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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#121 - Hurricanes, Climate, and Sleep: It Is Time For Stormy Weather
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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#120 - Sleepmaxxing: Broke The Limit
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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#119 - Media and Sleep Product Ratings: You Look Like You’re The Best
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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#118 - Apple Watches and Sleep Apnea: Watch It Now, Here It Comes
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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#117 - Seasons of Sleep: As The Old Sun Dies
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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#116 - Sleep Unplugged Book Club #1-Navigating Life With Restless Legs Syndrome: Bouncing 'Round the Room
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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#115 - Insomnia and Sleep Debt: Pay It Back
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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#114 - Inflammation and Sleep: I’m On Fire
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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#113 - Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome: In The Dark, I Feel Your Resistance
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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#112 - Sleep Walking: To Get Up and Go, Memory's Remote, Now I’m Standing Up The Morning After
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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#111 - Sleep Schedules and Insomnia: Wasting the Dawn
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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#110 - The Sleep Apnea Pill: Wired On The Pills You Took
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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#109 - Sleep in the Elderly: What A Drag It Is Getting Old
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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#108 - The Menstrual Cycle and Sleep: God's Little Gift Is On The Rag
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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#107 - Avoiding a Sleep Divorce: Let's Stay Together
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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# 106 - Hypnosis and Sleep: Hypnotized, Mesmerized By What My Eyes Have Found
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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#105 - Sleep and Air Quality: The Air Is Finally Safe To Breathe Again
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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#104 - Sleep Deprivation: Get Up, Get Up! Wake Up, Wake Up!
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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#103 - Research from the 2024 SLEEP Scientific Conference: Pleasant Dreams at the Sleep Brain Drain
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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#102 - New Insomnia Solutions: Wrap it Up and Let Me Sleep
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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#101 - Sleep and the Armed Forces: Join the Military Service
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May 27, 2024 |
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#100 - 100 Surprising Tips, Tricks, Hacks, and Secrets for Amazing Sleep: Here's a List
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May 20, 2024 |
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#99 - Dementia and Sleep: Because I Don’t Remember
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May 13, 2024 |
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#98 - Insomnia and Belief: You Only Perceive What You Believe
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May 06, 2024 |
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#97 - Nightmare Disorder: Nights So Cruel I Thought I'd Die
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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#96 - Narcolepsy Stories: My Patience Has Reached Its End
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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#95 - Sleep and Breath: Every Breath You Take
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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#94 - Grounding and Sleep: I Felt The Earth Beneath My Feet
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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#93 - 10 Strange Insomnia Treatments: Rock Yourself to Sleep
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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#92 - Sleep and Nicotine: I’d Have Another Cigarette But I Can’t ‘Sleep’
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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#91 - Drowsy Driving: Asleep at the Wheel
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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#90 - Sleep and Hospitality: Gotta Hurry On Back To My Hotel Room
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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#89 - Circadiansomnia: I Was Up Before The Dawn
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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#88 - Weighted Blankets: Pushing Down On Me, Pressing Down On You
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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#87 - Sleep Masks: I'll Wear a Mask for You
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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#86 - Sleep and Bedding: Lay Me Down In Sheets of Linen
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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#85 - Insomnia and Fear: So Scared to Sleep
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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#84 - Sleep and Smart Phones: No One’s Answering
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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#83 - Brain Fog and Sleep: There's Someone In My Head, But It's Not Me
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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#82 - Exploding Head Syndrome: Exploding In The Night
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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#81 - Insomnia and Social Isolation: We’re Afraid To Be Alone
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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#80 - Weight Training and Sleep: Keep on Lifting
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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#79 - 2023 Sleep Unplugged Awards: I'm Winning And I Don't Intend On Losing Again
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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#78 - Central Sleep Apnea: Let Me Catch My Breath To Breathe
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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#77 - Sleep Trackers: Seemed Like The Real Thing
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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#76 - Insomnia and Popular Media: I Love To Watch Things On TV
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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#75 - Eating At Night: Bittersweet I Could Taste In My Mouth
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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#74 - The 2nd Annual Holiday Sleep Gift Guide Extravaganza: This Is What I Give To You
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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#73 - Sleep Inertia: I Can’t Wake Up
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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#72 - Insomnia and the Gut Microbiome: Empty Stomach, Empty Head
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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#71 - Sleep and Extreme Temperatures: Hot Blooded/Cold As Ice
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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#70 - Sleep and Injury: Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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#69 - Somniloquy: Keep On Talking In My Sleep
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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#68 - Perinatal Sleep: Hey, Hey, Baby! (All Night Long)
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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#67 - 20 Insomnia Pretenders: Don't Get Me Wrong
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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#66 - Sleep and Longevity: You and I Are Gonna Live Forever
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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#65 - REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: Wild Night Is Calling
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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#64 - Sleep and the Gridiron: Your Country Needs You To Play Football
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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#63 - Sleep and Anxiety: Why Worry?
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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#62 - Sleep and Memory: You'll Forget About Me After I've Been Gone
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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#61 - How Much Sleep Do You Really Need? Just Can't Get Enough
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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#60 - Influencers, Experts, and Bad Sleep Advice: Would I Lie To You?
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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#59 - Bedtime Rituals: Right On Time
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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#58 - Lucid Dreaming: You Make My Dreams
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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#57 - Sleep and Yoga: Gotta Find A Way To Flow
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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#56 - Sexsomnia: Hard To Explain Last Night
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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#55 - Are You Sleepy or Are You Fatigued?: I'm So Tired
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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#54 - Insomnia and the Five Senses: See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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#53 - Sleep and Green Spaces: Lay Me Down In the Tall Grass
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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#52 - Finding the Perfect Mattress: The Bed's Too Big Without You
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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#51 - Dispatches from the 2023 SLEEP Scientific Conference: A New Sensation
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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#50 - Is There A Case For Sleeping Pills?: I Wanted To Be Wrong
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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#49 - Sleeping Naked: Are Your Clothes Getting In The Way?
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May 29, 2023 |
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#48 - Sleep and Pain: When It Hurts So Bad
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May 22, 2023 |
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#47 - Sleep and Mouth Taping: Our Lips Are Sealed
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May 15, 2023 |
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#46 - Choosing the Right Pillow: Send Me The Pillow You Dream On
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May 08, 2023 |
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#45 - Are You A Good Sleeper Or A Bad Sleeper?: It Was My Attitude
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May 01, 2023 |
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#44 - Shift Work: I Got No Time For Livin', I'm Workin' All The Time
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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#43 - In A Deep, Deep Sleep: Where Do You Go For Deeper Sleep?
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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#42 - Severe Sleep Apnea and Treatments: Quit Holdin' Out and Draw Another Breath
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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#41 - How To Shut Off Your Racing Mind: It’s Late, You Can’t Turn Out the Lights
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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#40 - Tired Sleep Advice: Got To Search For Something New
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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#39 - Narcolepsy Treatments: I Want A New Drug
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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#38 - Coffee and Sleep: There's Too Much Caffeine In Your Bloodstream
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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#37 - Marijuana and Sleep: The Drugs Don't Work, They Just Make You Worse
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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#36 - Jet Lag: Take Your Chance on a Big Jet Plane
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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#35 - Sleep and Cardiovascular Health: Stop Draggin' Your Heart Around
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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#34 - Next Position Please: The Science of Sleeping Positions
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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#33 - The Scientific Results Are In: CBTi is the Cure for Insomnia
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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#32 - Co-Sleeping: Let's Spend The Night Together
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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#31 - Polyphasic Sleep: Sleep The Clock Around
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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#30 - Catathrenia/Sleep-Related Moaning: Here She Comes Now Singing Moany Moany
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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#29 - Snoring: The Sound That Drives Us Out of Our Heads
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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#28 - The 9 Ps of Insomnia
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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#27 - The 2022 Sleep Unplugged Awards
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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#26 - Narcolepsy: The Rare Sleep Disorder That Isn't
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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#25 - Temperature and Sleep: In the Cold Cold Night
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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#24 - Alcohol and Sleep: Raise a Glass to Terrible Rest
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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#23 - Light and Sleep: The Legend of Blue Light
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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#22 - Holiday Sleep Gift Guide Extravaganza
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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#21 - Sleep and Food: You Sleep What You Eat
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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#20 - Paradoxical Insomnia: The Insomnia You've Never Heard Of
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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#19 - Nightmares and Night Terrors: Whatever You Do, Don't Fall Asleep
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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#18 - Daylight Saving Time: What Exactly Are We Saving?
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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#17 - The Truth About Napping
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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#16 - Sleep Paralysis: There's a Demon In My Bed
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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#15 - Insomnia: Waking Up At Night
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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#14 - Circadian Rhythms: Time May Change Me
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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#13 - Restless Legs Syndrome: You Gotta Move
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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#12 - Sleep and Athletic Performance: Major League Sleep
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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#11 - Sleeping Pills: Sleeping With The Enemy
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Bonus: Behind the Scenes of Sleeping Around
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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#10 - Alarm Clocks: Starting Your Day Right
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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#9 - The Controversy Surrounding School Start Times
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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#8 - Trendy Sleep Topics: Orthosomnia, Sleep Divorce, and Revenge Bedtime Procrastination
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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#7 - Why No One Cares Your Child Is Sleepy
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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#6 - The Trauma of Insomnia
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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#5 - Mild Sleep Apnea: Death By CPAP
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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#4 - White Noise and Sleep
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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#3 - Sleep and Menopause: Why Don't We Talk About This More?
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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#2 - Insomnia: It's Not What You Think It Is
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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#1 - Welcome/Introduction to Sleep Unplugged
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Jun 27, 2022 |