MSP334. The Big Sleep: Business at Bedtime

Matt Armitage, Founder, Kulturpop

15-Aug-25 11:00

MSP334. The Big Sleep: Business at Bedtime

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Decades of mid-morning mania, questionable (sleep) hygiene and an anesthetist’s worst nightmare, Matt Armitage is the closest thing to being professionally awake we can imagine. Coherence is a separate issue.

Rich and Matt explore the contradictions and myth of that eternal essential: sleep. Looking at the scale of sleep problems, the emerging science and policy around sleep and the sometimes questionable products and industries that exploit our fear of insomnia and somnolence.

Produced by: Richard Bradbury

Presented by: Richard Bradbury

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Categories: wellness, technology, managing disease

Tags: sleep, sleep hygiene, sleeping habits, insomnia, sleep quality, health tech, sleep science,

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