55 Episodes

  1. EP 055: Dreams: the next frontier for advertising? – Dr Sara C. Mednick

    Published: 26/07/2021
  2. EP:054: A unified theory of dreaming? – Robert Stickgold and Antonio Zadra

    Published: 14/06/2021
  3. 053: Sleep supplements: science or snake oil? Part 2 – Jesse Cook

    Published: 20/04/2021
  4. 052: Sleep supplements: science or snake oil? Part 1 – Jesse Cook

    Published: 12/04/2021
  5. 051: Pregnancy and baby sleep – beyond the mom blogs: Dr Jade Wu

    Published: 29/03/2021
  6. Documentary: Big Golf, science and the battle for Standard Time

    Published: 14/03/2021
  7. 049: Measurement or intervention? The role of sleep technology – Dr Michael Grandner

    Published: 01/03/2021
  8. 048: Rethinking Sleep In Modern American Life – Matthew Wolf-Meyer

    Published: 15/02/2021
  9. 047: Cannabis and sleep: from prehistory to the 21st century – Anastasia Suraev

    Published: 03/08/2020
  10. 046: Robots, innovation and the sleep economy – Julian Jagtenberg

    Published: 29/06/2020
  11. 045: AI, wearables and the future of sleep medicine – Dr Cathy Goldstein

    Published: 07/06/2020
  12. 044: Do dreams have a social function? Covid-19 Special Report – Prof Mark Blagrove & Dr Julia Lockheart

    Published: 27/04/2020
  13. 043: Screen time and sleep – it’s not all about blue light: Dr Michael Grandner

    Published: 31/03/2020
  14. Sleep, immunity and coronavirus - a special episode: Dr Jonathan Cedernaes

    Published: 19/03/2020
  15. 041: Sleep, diet, obesity and weight gain: Part 2 – Christian Benedict PhD

    Published: 09/03/2020
  16. 040: Sleep, diet, obesity and weight gain: Part 1 – Christian Benedict PhD

    Published: 02/03/2020
  17. 039: The truth about melatonin – Professor Helen Burgess

    Published: 13/01/2020
  18. 038: Exploding head syndrome – Dr Brian Sharpless

    Published: 09/12/2019
  19. 037: The science of music and sleep – Thomas Dickson

    Published: 02/12/2019
  20. 036: Sleep and the teenage brain – Dr Valerie Crabtree

    Published: 25/11/2019

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Sleep Junkies spans the whole conversation about sleep. Interviews with sleep experts, thought-leaders and advocates talking about sleep-centric topics to do with health, science, culture, technology and the sleep industry. Your host is Jeff Mann, the founder and editor of SleepJunkies.com, a website that has been shining a spotlight on sleep since 2012. Sleep Junkies is an independent, research-based blog and community that's dedicated to educating and raising awareness about all aspects of sleep health, advocacy as well as following the wider cultural trends in sleep, including the burgeoning sleep industry.