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The Midnight Bookshop: A Sleep Story Read by Matt Walker
Join Matt to leave the day’s rush behind. After a brief breathing exercise to settle the mind and body, you will find yourself on a quiet street in a British village. Matt leads you across a small st…
Published on 10 hours ago
#119 - Your Brain On GLP-1s
Exploring GLP-1 agonists in a new light, Matt examines a review that positions these metabolic hormones as potential brain defenders. He details their surprising presence in memory centers and their …
Published on 1 week ago
#118 - A Sleep Medication to Lower the Risk of Alzheimer's
Matt examines the critical link between sleep quality and Alzheimer’s pathology. He details the brain's "night shift" - the glymphatic system - which actively flushes out toxins like amyloid beta dur…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Ask Me Anything Part 23: The Gut, Grief, Creativity, and Microsleeps
In this latest AMA episode, Matt and Dr. Eti Ben Simon explore the complex web connecting sleep to our health and daily lives. They investigate the gut-brain axis, discussing how sleep deprivation al…
Published on 3 weeks ago
#117 - Can Creatine & Exercise Overcome Sleep Deprivation?
Matt confronts the systemic failure of sleep deprivation, examining its impact on our biological machinery. When sleep is short, the body's "fuel gauge" dips, impairing mitochondrial function and glu…
Published on 4 weeks ago
#116 - 40 Hz Brain Stimulation
Matt ventures into the realm of 40 Hz "gamma" rhythms - the conductor of the biological orchestra during high-order cognition - to explore how non-invasive light and sound stimulation can entrain bra…
Published on 1 month ago
#115 - Sleep Deprivation for Depression
The counterintuitive use of sleep deprivation as a rapid treatment for major depression finds itself squarely in Matt’s spotlight today. He begins by discussing its origins in the 1970s, where one ni…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
#114 - How to Boost your HRV
Matt delves into Heart Rate Variability (HRV), the subtle variation in timing between each heartbeat. He explains that a healthy heart is like a "jazz drummer," not a rigid metronome, and a higher HR…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
#113 - Modafinil: An All-Nighter In A Pill?
Diving into the controversial world of Modafinil, the "all-nighter in a pill", Matt begins with the story of Olympic sprinters using the narcolepsy drug as a loophole for a competitive edge. He then …
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
#112 - How Synesthesia Secretly Shapes Your Reality
Matt explores the fascinating world of synesthesia today, challenging the notion that it's a rare quirk by proposing a bold claim: in subtle ways, we are all synesthetes. This idea is powerfully demo…
Published on 2 months ago