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EPISODE · Jun 4, 2026 · 38 MIN

Why Do We Dream And Can We Control Them? Our Chat With A Dream Scientist

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Why do we dream? What even is a dream? And can we control our dreams? Those are just a couple of the questions surrounding the mystery that is dreaming. Today, Raj and Noah dive into the murky dreamworld with postdoctoral fellow in the Cambridge Consciousness and Cognition Laboratory, Karen Konkoly, where she explores consciousness in the dreaming brain and specializes in lucid dreaming, to find out what dreams are really made of.Want to add to the conversation, or think you might be doing something wrong? Email us at [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why do we dream? What even is a dream? And can we control our dreams? Those are just a couple of the questions surrounding the mystery that is dreaming. Today, Raj and Noah dive into the murky dreamworld with postdoctoral fellow in the Cambridge Consciousness and Cognition Laboratory, Karen Konkoly, where she explores consciousness in the dreaming brain and specializes in lucid dreaming, to find out what dreams are really made of.Want to add to the conversation, or think you might be doing something wrong? Email us at [email protected]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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