Episode 6: Reads and Leads

On the season finale of Reads and Leads, Sophia DeLise and Jon Freeman, Bird Chair, discuss another Karen Russell novel--Sleep Donation. The novel centers on Trish Edgewater during a catastrophic sleep epidemic that renders people unable to fall asleep. The proposed solution, sleep donations, raises unsettling questions, especially as the most effective donations come from babies. Throughout the episode, DeLise and Freeman discuss the sleep donation system and the moral issues it raises. Produced by Jeff Zavelsky.