Episode Transcript: #1109 - Matthew Walker
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And we're live.
What's going on?
Did you sleep well last night?
I did.
I didn't sleep too badly.
I mean, hotels are a tough thing.
And we actually know the science that one half of your brain will actually not sleep as deeply
than the other when you're sleeping in an unusual room, like a hotel room.
Really?
That's what fucks me up.
Because when I'm on the road, you know, I'll do three different hotels in a week, because
I'll do like a Thursday, Friday, Saturday, like with gigs.
And then by the time Sunday rolls around, I'm a mess.
In rough shape.
Is that what it is?
Yeah.
And it's a threat detection thing.
I mean, if you look at other species, they can do this much more impressively than we can.
So dolphins or any sort of sea dwelling mammal can actually sleep with half a brain.
So one half of that brain goes into deep sleep.