Episode 90: Quit!™

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TOPIC: Sleep and How to Get It This week, Dan and Merlin talk about sleep—why we need it, why most of us don't get enough of it, and why we all strain to find a million excuses for perpetually walking around like a sad zombie. Chock-a-block with painful personal anecdotes, horrible cautionary tales, and scary hand-waving about Recent Medical Science, your hosts make their best case for taking your own sleep more seriously. Now. Also, loaded with tips on how to sleep better, with a heavy emphasis on a wonderful iOS app called, "Sleep Cycle." Pretty good for our last episode. (Guys, we were kidding! KIDDING!) Links for this episode:Turn your iPhone into a cough button - Brett TerpstraMonte Cristo sandwich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSleep Cycle alarm clockf.lux: software to make your life betterDan Benjamin vs Sarlacc PitThe Walking Dead,Book One (Book 1): Robert Kirkman,Tony Moore,Charlie Adlard,Cliff Rathburn: 9781582406190: Amazon.com: BooksMarvel Now | Comics | Marvel.comWatchmen: Alan Moore,Dave Gibbons: 9780930289232: Amazon.com: Bookskung fu grippe • "Watchmen" Credit Shotkung fu grippe - "Continuity Stickler"The Mattress Scam | How to Buy a MattressCat Power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaPodcast Survivor: Back to Work #88 - So Many Reasons To Cry | Radio SurvivorFalling Down (1993)Blue Dog Coalition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaNaming convention - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIcelandic name - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaNetwork Naming SchemesStudio Neat — CosmonautThe Employee's Guide to Reduction in ForceHarvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta [1997] - I'm Not Sick But I'm Not Well! - YouTubeDeadpool - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaM. Emmet Walsh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad."How Lack of Sleep Is Killing You - National - The Atlantic WireYou Can't Do Your Job if You Don't Sleep - Tony Schwartz - Harvard Business ReviewSleep - RadiolabInternal Time: The Science of Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You're So Tired | Brain PickingsHow Little Sleep Can You Get Away With? - NYTimes.comBBC News - The myth of the eight-hour sleepSleep, Sleep, Sleep! How artificial lighting and cortisol impact zzz’sNew 'Light' On Fascinating Rhythms Of Circadian ClockHow to Naturally Reset Your Sleep Cycle in One Night | Wise BreadThe Truth About Sleep & Productivity | Inc.comIn Which We Sleepwalk At Our Convenience - Home - This Recording'Power naps' may boost right-brain activity - CNN.comRethinking Sleep - NYTimes.comNeuroLogica Blog » Sleep and WeightDan’s Plan | Eat Move Sleep Blog | Social jet-lag: The difference between the social clock and the biological clockSales engineering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Silence of the Lambs (1991)Heaven and Hell in Jewish Tradition - My Jewish LearningOrange & Green | Flickr - Photo Sharing! [Merlin at 190 lbs.]Pinboard: bookmarks for merlinmann tagged 'eatsleeplove' [Merlin's eating & sleeping bookmarks]Twitter / hotdogsladies: “Oh! Were you noticing my ...A Love Supreme - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediafamily circus not me - Google SearchWalter Hudson (1944–1991) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThis week's episode of Back to Work is kindly sponsored by Ting.

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TOPIC: Sleep and How to Get It This week, Dan and Merlin talk about sleep—why we need it, why most of us don't get enough of it, and why we all strain to find a million excuses for perpetually walking around like a sad zombie. Chock-a-block with painful personal anecdotes, horrible cautionary tales, and scary hand-waving about Recent Medical Science, your hosts make their best case for taking your own sleep more seriously. Now. Also, loaded with tips on how to sleep better, with a heavy emphasis on a wonderful iOS app called, "Sleep Cycle." Pretty good for our last episode. (Guys, we were kidding! KIDDING!) Links for this episode:Turn your iPhone into a cough button - Brett TerpstraMonte Cristo sandwich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSleep Cycle alarm clockf.lux: software to make your life betterDan Benjamin vs Sarlacc PitThe Walking Dead,Book One (Book 1): Robert Kirkman,Tony Moore,Charlie Adlard,Cliff Rathburn: 9781582406190: Amazon.com: BooksMarvel Now | Comics | Marvel.comWatchmen: Alan Moore,Dave Gibbons: 9780930289232: Amazon.com: Bookskung fu grippe • "Watchmen" Credit Shotkung fu grippe - "Continuity Stickler"The Mattress Scam | How to Buy a MattressCat Power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaPodcast Survivor: Back to Work #88 - So Many Reasons To Cry | Radio SurvivorFalling Down (1993)Blue Dog Coalition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaNaming convention - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIcelandic name - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaNetwork Naming SchemesStudio Neat — CosmonautThe Employee's Guide to Reduction in ForceHarvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta [1997] - I'm Not Sick But I'm Not Well! - YouTubeDeadpool - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaM. Emmet Walsh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad."How Lack of Sleep Is Killing You - National - The Atlantic WireYou Can't Do Your Job if You Don't Sleep - Tony Schwartz - Harvard Business ReviewSleep - RadiolabInternal Time: The Science of Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You're So Tired | Brain PickingsHow Little Sleep Can You Get Away With? - NYTimes.comBBC News - The myth of the eight-hour sleepSleep, Sleep, Sleep! How artificial lighting and cortisol impact zzz’sNew 'Light' On Fascinating Rhythms Of Circadian ClockHow to Naturally Reset Your Sleep Cycle in One Night | Wise BreadThe Truth About Sleep & Productivity | Inc.comIn Which We Sleepwalk At Our Convenience - Home - This Recording'Power naps' may boost right-brain activity - CNN.comRethinking Sleep - NYTimes.comNeuroLogica Blog » Sleep and WeightDan’s Plan | Eat Move Sleep Blog | Social jet-lag: The difference between the social clock and the biological clockSales engineering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Silence of the Lambs (1991)Heaven and Hell in Jewish Tradition - My Jewish LearningOrange & Green | Flickr - Photo Sharing! [Merlin at 190 lbs.]Pinboard: bookmarks for merlinmann tagged 'eatsleeplove' [Merlin's eating & sleeping bookmarks]Twitter / hotdogsladies: “Oh! Were you noticing my ...A Love Supreme - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediafamily circus not me - Google SearchWalter Hudson (1944–1991) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThis week's episode of Back to Work is kindly sponsored by Ting.

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