About this episode

Alie Ward discusses sleep procrastination with sleep scientist Dr. Vanessa “Nessy” Hill.

Late night scrolling. Couchlock. Habitual insomnia. You want to sleep — so why won’t you turn off the light, dumplin’? We’ve got someone for that: sleep scientist, globally known PBS correspondent, host of the series Braincraft, and Noctohabitologist, Dr. Vanessa “Nessy” Hill. So let’s chat about what amount of sleep is “normal,” if farmers had two sleeps, electricity, blue blockers, “me time,” proof that Dolly Parton is an alien from an angel planet, the populations most prone to sleep procrastination, which of 93 scientifically-proven habit-changers are the easiest to implement, and how this expert and I have both personally battled the agony between wanting to rest but avoiding it. Come. Gather. Get mad. Be healed.

People in this episode

Host: Alie Ward

Guest: Vanessa “Nessy” Hill

Topics covered

• sleep procrastination
• insomnia
• sleep habits
• science of sleep
• health
• lifestyle

Keywords

• sleep
• insomnia
• sleep habits
• Dolly Parton
• sleep science
• health
• lifestyle

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PBS

Books & works: Braincraft

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