Recommended on this episode
ProductRecommended
Suvorexant
Merck (inferred)
“I actually favor / please look into them if you're struggling with insomnia”
“the doras drugs, please look into them if you're struggling with insomnia... the first new class of sleeping medication that I actually favor”— Matthew Walker
ProductRecommended
Lemborexant
Eisai (inferred)
“I actually favor / please look into them if you're struggling with insomnia”
“the doras drugs, please look into them if you're struggling with insomnia... the first new class of sleeping medication that I actually favor”— Matthew Walker
ProductRecommended
Daridorexant
Idorsia (inferred)
“I actually favor / please look into them if you're struggling with insomnia”
“the doras drugs, please look into them if you're struggling with insomnia... the first new class of sleeping medication that I actually favor”— Matthew Walker
The guest's own work
BookBy the guestISBN verified
Why We Sleep
Matthew Walker
“my life after publishing the book that you're holding changed forever and almost all for the better”— Matthew Walker
Also referenced (named, not recommended)
ProductReferenced
Magnesium L-threonate
various (inferred)
“There is one form of magnesium that seems to have some evidence in favor of it. It's called magnesium L-threonate”— Matthew Walker
ProductReferenced
Ashwagandha
various (inferred)
“Ashwagandha and another compound called phosphatidylserine... both of these supplements seem to help do one of two things”— Matthew Walker
ProductReferenced
Phosphatidylserine
various (inferred)
“they either ratchet down the fight-or-flight branch of your nervous system, and they can also reduce the amount of cortisol”— Matthew Walker
ProductReferenced
Melatonin
various (inferred)
“when it comes to melatonin, be careful. More isn't always better. And you run the risk of confusing your morning brain into a dense nighttime fog”— Matthew Walker
ProductReferenced
Lunesta
Sunovion (inferred)
“the web 2.0, those were things like Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata”— Matthew Walker
ProductReferenced
Sonata
Pfizer (inferred)
“the web 2.0, those were things like Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata”— Matthew Walker
ProductReferenced
Prazosin
various generic (inferred)
“he had been treating his war veterans... with a blood pressure medication called prazosin... it ultimately became one of the only prescribed medications... for repetitive nightmares”— Matthew Walker
ProductReferenced
Calm
Calm (inferred)
“the meditation company called Calm, now I have no affiliation with them... they created sleep stories... they are wonderfully soporific”— Matthew Walker
ProductReferenced
Whoop
Whoop (inferred)
“my sleep will reduce to about five, six hours. My Whoop scores plummet until I kind of come out the other end”— Steven Bartlett
ProductReferenced
Modafinil
various (inferred)
“when my friends often like talk to me about... take modafinil and everything will be fine... I go, Yeah, but what's the trade-off?”— Matthew Walker
MediaReferenced
Memento
Christopher Nolan (inferred)
“Clive was the man who the movie Memento was based on, which is a movie where a man has brain damage and he has profound amnesia”— Matthew Walker
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