Sleep paralysis is like when you wake too early from a dream, and your waking and sleeping brains collide. Many see vivid and terrifying visions, and feel unable to move. This is a sleep disorder that more than twenty-percent of us will experie

Olympic-Sized Sleep Problems

Jul 22nd, 2022 38m 23s

Olympic bobsledder Lauren Gibbs has struggled with sleep her entire life. But as an elite athlete, she knows that sleep can be the difference between winning a key race and losing a spot on Team USA. So, why is sleep so important for performing

My Job Is Ruining My Sleep! (Listener Question)

Jul 8th, 2022 20m 5s

The stress of trying to fall asleep when you know the alarm is going off extra early can be maddening. Listener Suzana calls in to ask how to wind down for an early bakery shift. Host Kate Berlant talks to sleep expert Dr. Shelby Harris about t

How to Dream Creatively

Jun 24th, 2022 38m 46s

How can dreams help unlock our creativity, and put us better in touch with ourselves? Brian’s lucid dreams of flight help him create a comic book superhero, and to process his emotions. Amy composes operas and new musical works while sleeping,

Sleep By The Numbers (Listener Question)

Jun 10th, 2022 9m 25s

Sleep gadgets are everywhere. On our wrists. In our pockets. Even built into our beds. Technology today can help us track how much sleep we get and what kind of sleep it is. Great! But listener Elizabeth wants to know… what do we do with all th

Sleeping In Cars

May 27th, 2022 25m 12s

What would you do if you had no place to sleep tonight? That’s the question Kameron faced every day for two years. As a young college student, he lived out of his car, struggling to get enough rest to function - to stay in class, to find a job,

Filing For A Sleep Divorce? (Listener Question)

May 13th, 2022 6m 33s

Sleep Divorce… it sounds serious. But for some, it’s the only way to stay in a relationship. Studies show that when one partner’s snoring or tossing and turning keeps the other person up, the relationship suffers. But breaking up the marital or

The Short Sleep Superpower

Apr 29th, 2022 27m 48s

Jane Evans and Joanne Osmond are sisters with a superpower: they only need about four hours of sleep a night! The sisters each carry a rare genetic mutation that experts like Dr. Ying-Hui Fu say makes them “natural short-sleepers” – people who

My Kids Stole My Bed! (Listener Question)

Apr 15th, 2022 7m 39s

This week, host Kate Berlant gets a call for help. Listener Dan’s bed is crowded. Since the pandemic hit, his two kids have been afraid to sleep on their own. Dan wants to reclaim his bed and his privacy, and help his kids relearn to sleep on t

Rest Obsessed

Apr 1st, 2022 20m 25s

Meet host Kate Berlant, and get ready for a deep dive into the fascinating world of sleep. So… how DID you sleep last night? If your answer is great, terrible, or so-so, welcome! Our society is obsessed with sleep; the best ways to do it, the t

Trailer

Are You Sleeping? Trailer

Mar 16th, 2022 4m 22s

Are You Sleeping? A new podcast from Mattress Firm and Vox Creative. Launching 4/1! On World Sleep Day, meet host Kate Berlant as she pulls back the covers on real stories about why we can’t sleep, how sleep shapes who we are, and the huge pric