Big $leep

Big $leep

Update: 2021-07-08
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A tech reporter on a hunt to defeat her insomnia discovers a larger contradiction fueling the multibillion dollar sleep industry. Can products really solve a problem that modernity has partially caused?

Special thanks to guests Charlotte Jee and Ben Reiss, author of Wild Nights. 

Links from today's episode:

Read Charlotte’s story about her wild nights with tech

Check out the shipping forecast that used to keep her company

Listen to Apeman by The Kinks

And for more from Ben, get a copy of Wild Nights from your local bookstore.


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