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10 August 2015

Episode 200

28 minutes

We explore what makes us fall asleep, from bedtime stories at the Ace Hotel to a retreat for insomniacs in rural England. We discuss how sleep affects creativity or whether being in possession of a creative mind affects your sleep.

10 August 2015

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Chapter 1

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Chapter 1

Dr Irshaad Ebrahim on sleep and creativity

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Dr Irshaad Ebrahim is a sleep doctor at the London Sleep Centre. He talks to Robert Bound about whether sleep affects creativity or if being in a possession of a creative mind affects your sleep.

8 minutes

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Report: Bedtime stories at the Ace Hotel

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In LA and London, the Ace Hotel is running a new service on their in-house radio where authors narrate bedtime stories to adults. Reporter Lily Ames heads down to see if the soothing voices can send her off to the land of nod.

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Chapter 3

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Chapter 3

The Sleep Retreat

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Jonathan Grant recounts how he set up his sleep retreat in rural England and what sort of people tend to walk through the doors.

6 minutes

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Monologue: Monocle's New York bureau chief, Ed Stocker

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Ed Stocker muses on his own relationship with sleep from childhood to adulthood and on either side of the Atlantic.

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Monologue: Monocle's New York bureau chief, Ed Stocker

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