Sleeping Like Our Ancestors May Not Cure Insomnia




The Brian Lehrer Show show

Summary: <p>Derek Thompson, staff writer at <em>The Atlantic</em>, author of the "Work in Progress" newsletter and host of the podcast "Plain English," digs into the pre-industrial two-act slumber—an approach to sleep some writers and sleep hackers (presumptively) claim to be a remedy for restlessness.</p> <p>→"<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/medieval-sleeping-habits-insomnia-segmented-biphasic/621372/">Can Medieval Sleeping Habits Fix America’s Insomnia?</a>" (The Atlantic, Jan. 27, 2022)</p>