Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
by Chris Winter, MD
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#228 - The Insomnia Dojo: You Bet Your Life There's Gonna Be A Fight
#228 - The Insomnia Dojo: You Bet Your Life There's Gonna Be A Fight
About this podcast
No holds barred, unscripted discussion on a wide range of sleep topics - from sleep disorders to current research and controversies in the field. No topic is off limits! Dr. Chris Winter is a clinician, a board certified neurologist and double boarded sleep specialist with 30 years of clinical experience. He is the author of The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child, and is a popular consultant and speaker, working for many professional sports teams. He is well known for his unique perspective and ability to demystify sleep, all of which he brings to Sleep Unplugged.
Episodes
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- #228 - The Insomnia Dojo: You Bet Your Life There's Gonna Be A Fight · 39 minWhat if treating insomnia were less like fixing a medical problem and more like earning a black belt in karate? Welcome to the Insomnia Dojo, a six-belt journey from the…
- #227 - Top 10 Sleep Threat Power Rankings: Take You To The Top · 46 minDr. Saema Tahir (@thenycsleepdoctor) joins me for another countdown of the Top 10 Sleep Threats. From social media sleep hacks and nightly Benadryl to the dangers of relying on…
- #226 - Peptides and Sleep: Sights So High · 36 min“What do you think about peptides?” is one of the most common questions in the sleep clinic right now, and it’s about as answerable as “What do you think about sandwiches?”…
- #225 - Orexin Agonist Update: The Big Reward is Here (Lifting Humanity Higher) · 47 minLast November on Episode 178, we talked about three companies racing to bring orexin agonists to people with narcolepsy. In less than a year, one of those drugs has been…
- #224 - Why Do All Insomnia Therapies “Work”?: Tryin So Hard To Make the Grade · 43 minImagine a sleep study where picturing yourself diving in a submarine boosted deep sleep by 81%, yet nobody slept a minute longer. It's a real result, and it points to an…
- #223 - Top 10 Sleep Threat Power Rankings: Ain’t Nobody Worried · 50 minDr. Valerie Cacho (@drvalsleepgal) joins me for another countdown of the Top 10 Sleep Threats, and her list asks a question we should all be asking more often: Have we actually…
- #222 - How Much Is A Night of Sleep Worth: Break It On Down · 36 minA courtroom, an insurance formula, and a supermarket receipt don't usually belong in the same sentence — but together they answer the question this episode is built around: what…
- Bonus - The AI Interview Experiment...UNHINGED: Wish I Knew What You Were Looking For · 32 minA few days ago, we did an experiment to see how well AI could interview me about sleep. In this bonus episode, I reveal the original attempt which was a bit all over the place…
- #221 - The AI Interview Experiment: Wish I Knew What You Were Looking For · 29 minWhat happens when the interviewer knows nearly everything you have said publicly and has zero fear of challenging or offending you? In this unusual episode of Sleep Unplugged, I…
- #220 - The Lindsay Clancy Tragedy: Insomnia, Overmedication, and the Psychiatric Safety Net · 49 minA Massachusetts courtroom just produced something that almost never survives into public record: a near-complete paper trail of one woman's psychiatric care in the three months…
- #219 - Top 10 Sleep Threat Power Rankings: Trapped Inside Disillusion · 43 minDr. Alison Kole is taking on sleepmaxxing, ChatGPT, and the sleep-industrial complex in her Top 10 Sleep Threat list. In this episode we will: Explore why patients sometimes…
- #218 - Medication Deprescribing: Get Off This · 44 minNobody blinks when a doctor says you'll be on blood pressure medication for the rest of your life. Say the same sentence about an antidepressant, or Zepbound, and responses are…
- #217 - Modern Night Shift and Circadian Adaptation: Up All Night · 32 minOur current gig economy did not just create new jobs, it expanded a whole new category of night worker, from rideshare drivers to online freelancers to overnight fulfillment…
- #216 - Nasal Strips and Sleep: Leave Me Breathless · 25 minNasal strips have been a fixture in pharmacy aisles and on athletes' faces for decades, sold on the promise of easier breathing, but the peer-reviewed evidence often tells a…
- #215 - Seqoquel and Insomnia: Same Thing From The Same Old Cause · 41 minTen million prescriptions a year, and most of them aren't for what the drug was built to treat. Seroquel started life as an antipsychotic — engineered to quiet psychosis, not…
- #214 - Top 10 Sleep Threat Power Rankings: They Couldn’t See It · 41 minMost "top sleep threats" lists stick to one lane — pediatric or adult, clinical or cultural. Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown's list refuses to. It jumps from kids' airways to menopause…
- #213 - Research from the 2026 SLEEP Scientific Conference: Something New · 48 minEvery June, thousands of sleep researchers descend on one city and quietly rewrite what we think we know about a third of our lives. This year it was Baltimore's turn, for the…
- #212 - Deep Sleep and REM Sleep: A Deeper Understanding, Lost In A Dream · 42 minDeep sleep and REM sleep get lumped together as "good sleep," but they're almost opposite states — one is the quietest your brain gets all night, the other is nearly as active as…
- #211 - Insomnia and Sleep Apnea: Just Don’t Know · 37 minWe tend to think of insomnia and sleep apnea as two completely different sleep disorders. One means you can't sleep. The other means you stop breathing. Simple, right? Not so…
- #210 - Top 10 Sleep Threat Power Rankings: Stop Right Now, Thank You Very Much · 38 minThis week marks the 12th month we have put out the Top 10 Sleep Threats Power Rankings, and this week, we have a special guest assessor, Upneet Chawla, MD (@sleeping.beauty_md)…
