Sleeping with David Baddiel

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Sleeping with David Baddiel

By: Geoff Jein
Narrated by: David Baddiel, Dr Guy Leschziner
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Scientists have discovered one simple trick which will make you live longer, reduce your risk of heart disease, cancer, and Alzheimer's, and make you slimmer, happier, and more attractive.

It's not a magic pill or ointment- and it won't cost you anything. The secret? Harnessing the incredible power of sleep.

Over six episodes, a world expert on sleep will act as a guru to an insomniac comedian, transforming their nocturnal habits and showing how you can do the same. In our hectic modern lives, sleep can often feel like a luxury - studies have found that 52% of Britons struggle to sleep, while around 70 million Americans suffer from a chronic sleep disorder. However, our sleep guru and their celebrity apprentice will reveal that everything we thought we knew about sleep was wrong, and teach us how to capitalize on one of the most often neglected resources for transforming our lives.

Over the course of a journey to improve the star‚ sleep quality, they will demystify the science behind how and why we sleep so that we can use it to make concrete improvements to our health, wellbeing, and productivity.

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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: What is Sleep?

    Ep. 1: What is Sleep?
    Jan 6 2020

    Dr Guy shines a light on this hidden world, revealing exactly what sleep does, how it works, and why it is as fundamental to our health as diet and exercise. We’ll take a look at biggest sleep cheat; caffeine.
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    34 mins
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  • Ep. 2: Sleep Deprivation

    Ep. 2: Sleep Deprivation
    Jan 6 2020

    Dr Guy unveils some shocking truths about the effects of not getting enough sleep. Meanwhile David investigates the grim history of sleep deprivation torture and meets the medical advisor to the TV show Shattered which offered £100k to the person who could stay awake the longest.
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    31 mins
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  • Ep. 3: Sleep Disorders

    Ep. 3: Sleep Disorders
    Jan 6 2020

    Dr Guy and David enter the weird world of sleepwalkers and people who act out their dreams, and also investigate the more devastating impact of chronic insomnia, night terrors and hypersomniacs who can fall asleep at any second.
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    34 mins
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I wanted to like this book so much, going through an intractable period of insomnia after my Beautiful 15 year old’s sudden and traumatic death.

I just found it kind of jumpy, a bit random, maybe a bit weirdly thought out?, learned some interesting sleep facts but not much practical to help me with my current predicament beyond the standard ‘make your bedroom for sleeping only, no electronic devices, melatonin’ etc. Also not really relaxing except for the start of each chapter where David is whispering into his mic, unable to sleep.

Was glad when it was over so I could look somewhere else. Sorry David. Just not for me.

Meh

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if nothing else this series emphasizes the major importance of sleep. Was worth listening to.

very informative

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It was a very interesting and insightful series on sleep and how to get more of it and better sleep.
David Baddiel is an entertaining presenter/narrator in his own funny way.
My favorite part was probably the part on lucid dreaming while sleeping and a how to, but am going to find out more on that later with Charlie the guest speaker. He has audibles on it too.

interesting sleep series

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The info was great and I get that the host is a comedian and has insomnia but it was far too self indulgent for me and became quite irritating.

His own cynicism and neuroses was prioritised over valuable info from the experts and he spoke over them in parts.
It felt as though he was self conscious, or not supported or structured enough.

If you like this audiobook, Dr Michael Mosley pulls it off a little better in his book about sleep.

Could be better

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I would have given a excellent rating if there were Solutions given to how one would be able to improve their sleep but great topics Expressed number less

interesting

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I learnt so much about sleep.
David's humour is great.
It makes me feel less alone in this world of sleeplessness.

I wish I had found this earlier!

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I thought the presentation of this program to be quite well done. However, most of the experts recommendations he failed to carry through with. It would have been more (or less) inspiring if he had continued and either seen results or given the tasks a comparable amount of time to discount them.
I like that he stated this problem towards the end but would recommend he has another good go and maybe does a sequel episode.

Overall I think it's worth a listen for those with someone in their life suffering from sleep problems but take it with a grain of salt.

A great listen except for the outcome.

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Very interesting dive into the weird world of sleep disorders with the help of Neurologist Guy Leschziner. It is fairly weighted towards causes and treatments for insomnia due to David Baddiel's personal decades-long search for a cure (not too much there for us hypersomniacs) but that's ok because insomnia is far more common. I was also inspired to buy Dr Leschziner's book The Nocturnal Brain.

Insomniacs of the world unite!

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The book was if anything all too short. I will certainly be looking for more on this topic.

Entertaining, motivational and interesting.

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The order the parts of this podcast outline my feelings after listening to this podcast 5,3,2,4,1,6. I feel a number of great ideas were outlined, however after a large amount of "flip flopping" backwards and forwards on the topics. I came out without a definite impression of whether any of the topics were good for sleep or bad for sleep. On a positive note, this podcast inspired me to read more about this topic and I have now started reading Why we sleep by Matthew Walker.

Jumbled

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