Podcast appearances and mentions of Deirdre Barrett

Can we control our dreams, and if so, how do we dot it. Dream Researcher and Lucid Dreaming Expert Dr. Deirdre Barret has spent decades studying how we can influence our dreams. We talk Lucid Dreaming, how to know when you're dreaming and why we have dreams. Then, it's Mario World and Hyrule vs. Vice City and Pokemon as we countdown the Top 5 Video Game Worlds We'd Like to Live In. Dr. Deirdre Barrett: 01:15 Pointless: 23:52 Top 5 Video Game Worlds: 37:38 Contact the Show Dr. Deirdre Barrett Instagram Dr. Deirdre Barrett Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr Deirdre Barrett is a pioneer on the frontier of dreams and technology. This week, we bring you Laura's interview with this Harvard psychologist, dream researcher, clinician and artist who has been pushing the bounds of new technology to increase our understanding of dreams and ask deeper questions about what generative AI tells us about dreams when it generates its own versions of novel dream reports. Can you tell the difference between an AI's dream and a human's? Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D. is a psychologist on the faculty of Harvard where she teaches courses on dreams to undergraduates, psychiatry residents & psychology interns, and lectures on hypnosis. She is President of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. She has written five books including Pandemic Dreams and The Committee of Sleep, She is Editor-in-Chief of the international academic journal, Dreaming. Dr. Barrett has published dozens of academic articles and chapters on dreams, hypnosis, sleep talking, and evolutionary psychology. Her current work focuses on dreams and creativity.  Laura interviewed Dr. Barrett at the annual conference of the International Association for the Study of Dreams in Kerkrade in the Netherlands. For the Dream of the Week, Dr. Barrett and Laura discuss a dream that inspired one of her works of dream art, in which owls swoop down onto a woman's head.   Your dream images are worth fascinating too! Share a dream via our website driccpe.org.uk or the social links below! Let us know what you think, and submit a dream for us to explore on the podcast!  Instagram @thedreamboatpodcast FaceBook @dreamboatpodcast Twitter @dreamboatpod DRI website: driccpe.org.uk/contact  This podcast is a project of the DRI, the centre for dream studies at CCPE, the psychotherapy college overlooking the canals at London's scenic Little Venice. Remember you can join the DRI for just £30 a year currently to access discounted events, courses, newsletters and join in the conversation about dreams. Go to driccpe.org.uk/sign-up to join! Keep dreaming, and keep sharing your dreams! Credits Recorded on Riverside.fm by Dave and Laura Edited by James Ede at Be Heard https://beheard.org.uk  Podcast Artwork Design by Kat Seager Design Music: Adventures by A Himitsu https://soundcloud.com/a-himitsu  Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/2Pj0MtT Music released by Argofox https://youtu.be/8BXNwnxaVQE  Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/MkNeIUgNPQ8 #dream #dreams #recurringdream #nightmares #psychology #research #psychotherapy #trauma #treatment #sleep #transpersonal #science #alchemy #spirituality #jung #lucid #luciddreaming #podcast #dreamwork #technology #AI #artificialintelligence #gpt #individuation Insta: @onefulness @dreamresearchinstitute @iasddream @deirdre_barrett_dreams FB: @associationforstudyofdreams @laura.payne.33 @dreamresearchinstitute

New research suggests that individual personality traits and emotional state can play a significant role in how many nightmares a person has, and how profoundly they are affected by them. But what are nightmares? Why do we have them, and do they serve any real purpose? Joining Seán to discuss is Dr Deirdre Barrett, Dream Researcher at Harvard Medical School, and author of ‘Committee of Sleep' and ‘Pandemic Dreams'.

New research suggests that individual personality traits and emotional state can play a significant role in how many nightmares a person has, and how profoundly they are affected by them. But what are nightmares? Why do we have them, and do they serve any real purpose? Joining Seán to discuss is Dr Deirdre Barrett, Dream Researcher at Harvard Medical School, and author of ‘Committee of Sleep' and ‘Pandemic Dreams'.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Rejecting Television, published by Declan Molony on April 23, 2024 on LessWrong. I didn't use to be, but now I'm part of the 2% of U.S. households without a television. With its near ubiquity, why reject this technology? The Beginning of my Disillusionment Neil Postman's book Amusing Ourselves to Death radically changed my perspective on television and its place in our culture. Here's one illuminating passage: We are no longer fascinated or perplexed by [TV's] machinery. We do not tell stories of its wonders. We do not confine our TV sets to special rooms. We do not doubt the reality of what we see on TV [and] are largely unaware of the special angle of vision it affords. Even the question of how television affects us has receded into the background. The question itself may strike some of us as strange, as if one were to ask how having ears and eyes affects us. [In the 1960s], the question "Does television shape culture or merely reflect it?" held considerable interest for scholars and social critics. The question has largely disappeared as television has gradually become our culture. This means that we rarely talk about television, only what is on television - that is, about its content. Postman wrote this in 1985 and unmasked the gorilla in the room - a culture that has acquiesced to the institution of television. Having grown up with one in my family home since birth, I took its presence for granted. I didn't question it anymore than I might have questioned any other utility such as running water or electricity. So who would be crazy enough in the 21st century to forego television? A Man who was Crazy Enough One day while exploring YouTube, I came across an obscure 2003 interview with author David Foster Wallace. Interviewer: "Do you watch TV?" Wallace: "I don't have TV because if I have a TV, I will watch it all the time. So there is my little confession about how strong I am at resisting stuff." He elaborates further in the interview here: "One of the reasons I can't own a TV is…I've become convinced there's something really good on another channel and that I'm missing it. So instead of watching, I'm scanning anxiously back and forth. Now all you have to do is [motions clicking a remote] - you don't even have to get up now to change [the channel]! That's when we were screwed." Wallace said this twenty years ago. And while younger generations aren't watching cable television as much, they are instead watching YouTube and TikTok which are proxies; you can just as easily change the 'channel' by skipping to a different video. (For the remainder of this post I'll use the word 'television' to also refer to these types of video content). But maybe Wallace was just a weak-willed person? Why should I abstain? I would need a mountain of evidence to quit watching television - an activity I had been engaging in for the better part of two decades. A Mountain of Evidence Had I been looking, I would have seen it all around me: the late nights of sacrificing sleep for "just one more episode", the YouTube rabbit holes that started in the name of learning that inevitably ended in brain-rotting videos, and the ever-increasing number of porn videos I needed to stimulate my tired dopamine receptors that had been bludgeoned by years of binging. But, of course, this is just anecdotal evidence. For my skeptical mind I would need more. And that evidence came in the form of author Deirdre Barrett's book Supernormal Stimuli: How Primal Urges Overran Their Evolutionary Purpose. She writes "The most sinister aspect of TV lies in the medium itself. There's a growing body of research on what it does to our brain." Television, she explains, activates the orienting response. Orienting Response: the basic instinct to pay attention to any sudden or novel stimulus such as movement or sound. It evo...

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Rejecting Television, published by Declan Molony on April 23, 2024 on LessWrong. I didn't use to be, but now I'm part of the 2% of U.S. households without a television. With its near ubiquity, why reject this technology? The Beginning of my Disillusionment Neil Postman's book Amusing Ourselves to Death radically changed my perspective on television and its place in our culture. Here's one illuminating passage: We are no longer fascinated or perplexed by [TV's] machinery. We do not tell stories of its wonders. We do not confine our TV sets to special rooms. We do not doubt the reality of what we see on TV [and] are largely unaware of the special angle of vision it affords. Even the question of how television affects us has receded into the background. The question itself may strike some of us as strange, as if one were to ask how having ears and eyes affects us. [In the 1960s], the question "Does television shape culture or merely reflect it?" held considerable interest for scholars and social critics. The question has largely disappeared as television has gradually become our culture. This means that we rarely talk about television, only what is on television - that is, about its content. Postman wrote this in 1985 and unmasked the gorilla in the room - a culture that has acquiesced to the institution of television. Having grown up with one in my family home since birth, I took its presence for granted. I didn't question it anymore than I might have questioned any other utility such as running water or electricity. So who would be crazy enough in the 21st century to forego television? A Man who was Crazy Enough One day while exploring YouTube, I came across an obscure 2003 interview with author David Foster Wallace. Interviewer: "Do you watch TV?" Wallace: "I don't have TV because if I have a TV, I will watch it all the time. So there is my little confession about how strong I am at resisting stuff." He elaborates further in the interview here: "One of the reasons I can't own a TV is…I've become convinced there's something really good on another channel and that I'm missing it. So instead of watching, I'm scanning anxiously back and forth. Now all you have to do is [motions clicking a remote] - you don't even have to get up now to change [the channel]! That's when we were screwed." Wallace said this twenty years ago. And while younger generations aren't watching cable television as much, they are instead watching YouTube and TikTok which are proxies; you can just as easily change the 'channel' by skipping to a different video. (For the remainder of this post I'll use the word 'television' to also refer to these types of video content). But maybe Wallace was just a weak-willed person? Why should I abstain? I would need a mountain of evidence to quit watching television - an activity I had been engaging in for the better part of two decades. A Mountain of Evidence Had I been looking, I would have seen it all around me: the late nights of sacrificing sleep for "just one more episode", the YouTube rabbit holes that started in the name of learning that inevitably ended in brain-rotting videos, and the ever-increasing number of porn videos I needed to stimulate my tired dopamine receptors that had been bludgeoned by years of binging. But, of course, this is just anecdotal evidence. For my skeptical mind I would need more. And that evidence came in the form of author Deirdre Barrett's book Supernormal Stimuli: How Primal Urges Overran Their Evolutionary Purpose. She writes "The most sinister aspect of TV lies in the medium itself. There's a growing body of research on what it does to our brain." Television, she explains, activates the orienting response. Orienting Response: the basic instinct to pay attention to any sudden or novel stimulus such as movement or sound. It evo...

We all know that we need to drink a lot of water. But have you ever wondered why? This episode begins with exactly how drinking lots of water helps and how drinking too little hurts. https://www.eatingwell.com/article/17435/why-drink-water-how-water-and-health-are-connected/ What determines the content of your dreams? Is it true that people come up with great solutions or ideas in their dreams? What does science tell us about the importance of dreams and is there is a way to actually put them to work for you? Listen as I speak with Deirdre Barrett, a dream researcher at Harvard Medical School, past president of the International Association for the Study of Dreams and frequent media guest on the topic of dreaming. She is author of the book The Committee of Sleep: How Artists, Scientists, and Athletes Use Their Dreams for Creative Problem Solving-And How You Can Too (https://amzn.to/3Tzr0bv) What you put in your stomach affects your brain. Think about it – when you have a headache, you take a pill (that goes to your stomach) and it makes your head feel better. The same thing appears to be true with the food you eat. What you eat can affect how you think, how you feel and even your level anxiety. That's the message from Dr. Uma Naidoo, board-certified Harvard nutritional psychiatrist, professional chef, and nutritional biologist. She serves on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, the Harvard Department of Nutrition, and is author of the book Calm Your Mind with Food (https://amzn.to/3vcQx0V) From the time humans first invented and used tools, humans have wanted and needed stuff. Tools were our first “stuff” – and owning the best tools gave you status and prestige. Now we have so much stuff and we simply can't live without it. Our stuff is part of our identity. How we got here is a fascinating story which you are about to hear from Chip Colwell. Chip is an archaeologist, former museum curator, and author and editor of twelve books. His latest book is So Much Stuff: How Humans Discovered Tools, Invented Meaning, and Made More of Everything (https://amzn.to/43euNyr) Watching movies can be good for you. Whether in a theater or at home, comedies, thrillers, romance or family films can all have a positive effect. Listen as I reveal just how good a movie can be. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/07/040722085905.htm PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Indeed is offering SYSK listeners a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to get your jobs more visibility at https://Indeed.com/SOMETHING We love the Think Fast, Talk Smart podcast! https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/business-podcasts/think-fast-talk-smart-podcast Go to https://uscellular.com/TryUS and download the USCellular TryUS app to get 30 days of FREE service! Keep you current phone, carrier & number while testing a new network! NerdWallet lets you compare top travel credit cards side-by-side to maximize your spending! Compare & find smarter credit cards, savings accounts, & more https://NerdWallet.com TurboTax Experts make all your moves count — filing with 100% accuracy and getting your max refund, guaranteed! See guarantee details at https://TurboTax.com/Guarantees Dell TechFest starts now! To thank you for 40 unforgettable years, Dell Technologies is celebrating with anniversary savings on their most popular tech. Shop at https://Dell.com/deals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dreams predominantly occur during REM sleep, although not exclusively. During this phase of sleep, our brain activity closely resembles that of our waking state, but there are crucial differences.  Guest: Dr. Deirdre Barrett, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard University and Editor and Chief of Dreaming: The Journal of the Association for the Study of Dreams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seg 1: Dreams predominantly occur during REM sleep, although not exclusively. During this phase of sleep, our brain activity closely resembles that of our waking state, but there are crucial differences.  Guest: Dr. Deirdre Barrett, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard University and Editor and Chief of Dreaming: The Journal of the Association for the Study of Dreams Seg 2: View From Victoria: The NDP announced there will be a fine for BC Ferries of $7,000 for cancellations driven by crew shortages. We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer. Seg 3: Pope Francis has ignited a significant internal dispute within the Catholic Church by signaling a possible shift in the church's stance towards same-sex couples. This issue has created divisions and debates among Catholics worldwide. Guest: Dr. Cristina Traina, Professor of Religious Studies and Catholic Ethics at Fordham University Seg 4: How do you revitalize a lost language? The author emphasizes the significance of language to Indigenous communities, particularly their own.  Guest: John-Paul Chalykoff, Assistant Professor in Anishinaabe Studies at Algoma University Seg 5: What will it take to make BC Ferries more reliable? Guest: Rob Fleming, BC's Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Seg 6: Can Vancouver tackle the shortage of affordable housing and childcare with a single motion? Guest: Mike Klassen, ABC Vancouver City Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can you control what happens in your dreams? A lucid dream is where the dreamer is aware they are dreaming, often resulting in full memory and control over the dream narrative.  Guest: Dr. Deirdre Barrett, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard University and Editor and Chief of Dreaming: The Journal of the Association for the Study of Dreams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seg 1: Can you control what happens in your dreams? A lucid dream is where the dreamer is aware they are dreaming, often resulting in full memory and control over the dream narrative.  Guest: Dr. Deirdre Barrett, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard University and Editor and Chief of Dreaming: The Journal of the Association for the Study of Dreams Seg 2: It's an age old debate amongst friends, families and co-workers. What are the best movies and tv shows ever made? Guest: Scott Shantz, Contributor for Mornings with Simi Seg 3: Is it time to ditch expiration dates? Food makers either measure the rate at which bacteria grows on food, conduct taste tests to see when the food begins to taste stale, or make an educated guess at how long a product will taste fresh. Guest: Andrea Collins, Senior Specialist at the Natural Resources Defense Council Seg 4: What can we expect when FIFA comes to Vancouver? Guest: Ken Sim, Mayor of Vancouver Seg 5: An inside look at reporting on Northern BC's wildfires Guest: Jordan Prentice, Associate Editor and Video Reporter for EnergeticCity.ca in Fort St. John Seg 6: Scientists aboard the U.S. research vessel Okeanos Explorer have discovered a massive seamount off the coast of British Columbia, rivaling Mount Baker in size. Guest: Sam Cuellar, Expedition Coordinator and Nautical Archaeologist at Texas A&M University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether it's a quick nap or a full eight hours, sleep is something none of us can escape. But can it be more than just a pause on life? Dr. Deirdre Barrett, a psychologist, explains how you can increase your productivity as you slumber. Learn More: https://radiohealthjournal.org/ways-you-can-increase-productivity-using-your-dreams

What are your dreams telling you about reality? Guest: Dr. Deirdre Barrett, Author of The Committee of Sleep & Pandemic Dreams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seg 1 - What are your dreams telling you about reality? Guest: Dr. Deirdre Barrett, Author of The Committee of Sleep & Pandemic Dreams Seg 2 - Does a company who uses twitter for damage control actually end up tarnishing its reputation? Guest: David Soberman, Professor of Marketing at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management Seg 3 - Has BC's $10/day childcare cost some workers their jobs? Guest: Alexandra Carnio, Founder and CEO of ProduKIDvity Childcare Academy Seg 4 - How local Palestinian and Israeli groups collaborated to save a child from the Gaza Strip Guest: Shawkat Hasan, Social Services Director for the BC Muslim Association Seg 5 - What can we expect from the new and improved Granville Street? Guest: Sarah Kirby-Yung, Vancouver City Councillor Seg 6 - Will BC's new family physician payment plan be enough to solve the staffing shortage? Guest: Dr. Justine Spencer, President of the BC College of family physicians Seg 7 - How does BC's new family doctor payment plan work? Guest: Adrian Dix, BC's Minister of Health Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on Boston Public Radio: We began the show by talking with listeners about this year's ballot questions. Art Caplan discussed a recent New York Times piece exposing a number of doctors who admit that they “don't want patients with disabilities.” He also updated us on the latest COVID-19 headlines. Caplan is the Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU School of Medicine in New York City. Paul English talked about his new social app, “Deets,” which features restaurant reviews from your circle of friends and local influencers. English is a tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Kayak. He's got a new app called Deets, aimed to reinvent the online review. Liz Neisloss and Deborah Winieicz discussed the latest reporting from GBH's housing series “Priced Out,” focusing on mobile home ownership in Mass. Neisloss is a reporter for GBH News. Winiewicz is an advocate for mobile home communities across New England. Deirdre Barrett shared her latest research into how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we dream. Barrett is a dream researcher at Harvard University and the author of “Pandemic Dreams” and “The Committee of Sleep,” among other books on dreaming. Richard Blanco highlighted the poetry of writer Sandra Cisneros. Blanco is the 5th Presidential Inaugural Poet in U.S. history, and the first Poet Laureate of Miami-Dade County. His latest book is “How To Love A Country.” We ended the show by opening the phone lines, talking with listeners about the brutal world of online restaurant reviews.

Did Covid change the way you dream? We talk today about about the 15,000 pandemic dreams collected so far by Harvard researcher Dr. Deirdre Barrett and what they say about how we respond to crisis. We start with a conversation about how our guest decides which dreams to write down and which to forget and how she uses dreams to inspire her artistic creations. She tells us of the dreams that inspired her to start her Pandemic Dreams project. Dr. Barrett share several stories about her collection of dreams including a description of how mask dreams varied over time and in different parts of the world. BIO: Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D. is a psychologist on the faculty of Harvard where she teaches on dreams and hypnosis. She is Past President of both the International Association for the Study of Dreams and The Society for Psychological Hypnosis. She has written five books including Pandemic Dreams, The Committee of Sleep, and The Pregnant Man. She has also edited four books including Trauma and Dreams. She is Editor-in-Chief of the international journal, DREAMING. Dr. Barrett has published dozens of academic articles and chapters. Her current work focuses on dreams and creative problem solving, lucid dreaming, and dreams about the COVID-19 pandemic. You can contact our guest at her webpage DeirdreBarrett.com. Dr. Barrett will be a keynote at the 2022 IN PERSON dream conference in Tucson July 17-21. Register and learn more at https://iasdconferences.org/2022/ Outro music is Everything by Mood Science. Today's ambient music is called Preternaturalize and was created by Rick Kleffel new again week. (The audio can be found sprinkled throughout the blog at NarrativeSpecies.wordpress.com.) Many thanks to Rick Kleffel for also engineering the show, to Tony Russomano for answering the phones and to Ewa Malady for audio editing. Show aired on July 9, 2022. The Dream Journal is produced at and airs on KSQD Santa Cruz, 90.7 FM, streaming live at KSQD.org 10-11am Saturday mornings Pacific time.  Catch it live and call in with your dreams or questions at 831-900-5773 or at onair@ksqd.org. If you want to contact Katherine Bell with feedback, suggestions for future shows or to inquire about exploring your own dreams with her, contact katherine@ksqd.org, or find out more about her at ExperientialDreamwork.com. The complete KSQD Dream Journal podcast page can be found at ksqd.org/the-dream-journal. You can also check out The Dream Journal on the following podcast platforms:  Rate it, review it, subscribe and tell your friends. Apple Podcasts Google Play Stitcher  Spotify

Supermodel Chicken Model Summer Rayne Oakes dispels common stereotypes. A Cornell graduate in Etymology, she has no problems feeding her best friend live meal-worms, something that would make most models squirm. Of course, her best friend is a chicken named Kippy. The two are inseparable. You might see them together on a N.Y. Subway. Kippy has even appeared in several photo shoots. Listen Now Does Your Pet Dream? Have you seen you pet twitch, move or mumble while they sleep. Could they be dreaming? Harvard Professor and Dream Researcher Dr. Deirdre Barrett shares what she knows about pet dreams. Listen Now Dealing With Noise Phobias Some pets can be alarmed or startled by noises like thunder, cars and fireworks. It's not uncommon. Board Certified Veterinary Behaviorist Dr. E'Lise Christensen tells us about ways we can desensitize our furry friends. Our pets deserve to be Fear Free Pets. Listen Now What Would You Give Up To Take Your Dog To Work? As part of last month's Take Your Dog to Work Day, Ollie, a human-grade dog food company, polled animal lovers who currently cannot take their dog to the office to see what they would be willing to do to gain that privilege. One in four said they would give up three vacations days if it meant their dog would be allowed in the office. Additionally, 70% of pet parents said they would show up to work earlier if it meant they could bring their dog and 68% said they would stay later. Two-thirds of those polled said they would be willing to switch to another company if it meant getting pet-friendly perks. Listen Now Airlines Want To Ban Support Animals Two major air carriers, American and Southwest Airlines, are urging the Federal Government to no longer require them to allow Emotional Support Animals on board. The Transportation Department is reconsidering its rules for traditional service animals and comfort pets. The flight industry group, Airlines for America, which represents American and Southwest, has told the Transportation Department that it should narrow the broad definition of "service animals" to only quote, "trained dogs that perform a task or work for an individual with a disability." Listen Now Read more about this week's show.

There's an old expression: It's best to let sleeping dogs lie. But what if your dog is having a nightmare? Should you wake them up? And how do we even know what dogs are dreaming about? Sherri talks with dog trainer Shaun Harnack about how to set up the best environment in our home for dogs to have restful sleeps. Then Sherri talks with Harvard psychologist Dr. Deirdre Barrett about dreams and what we think might be happening when a dog is snoozing. Do they count sheep? Listen to find out. 

Host Jonathan Bastian talks with Harvard psychologist Deirdre Barrett about our collective fascination with dreams and how COVID dreams have changed over the last year. Later, we hear from Dr. Rafael Pelayo, author of  “How to Sleep: The New Science-Based Solutions for Sleeping Through the Night,” about the science of sleep and why getting a good night's sleep has become so difficult.

American singer-songwriter Vincint joins host Mathias Rosenzweig to learn about dreams with Harvard professor, psychologist and dream specialist Doctor Deirdre Barrett. Why do we dream? Can we interpret our dreams to figure out the deeper meaning behind them? Can you teach yourself how to lucid dream? And do creatives really dream up their work before they create it? V Wanna Know is produced and edited by Ryan Killian Krause.

Dr. Deirdre Barrett has spent her career working with dreamers both in the clinic and classroom. She is also an accomplished visual artist, focused on reproducing her own dreams through a combination of AI and other computer-based manipulations. ªº¬˚∆≤≥≤≥ Power the spaceship @ https://www.patreon.com/demystifysci ≤≥≤≥∆˚¬ºª Check our main channel, @DemystifyingScience for in depth-investigations. ªº¬˚∆≤≥≤≥ Join the mailing list http://eepurl.com/gRUCZL​ ≤≥≤≥∆˚¬ºª Deirdre Barrett: http://www.deirdrebarrett.com PODCAST INFO: Blog: http://demystifyingscience.com/blog Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3uhn7J1 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/39IDJBDRSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss Full episodes playlist: https://bit.ly/3sP1WgR Clips playlist: https://bit.ly/2OieYEGDonate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaDSwag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/demystifysci - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/demystifyingscience - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/demystifysci/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/demystifying-science/support

So far in this podcast, most of my guests have told us about their aspirations in life and their quest to achieve their dream.  My guest today, Deirdre Barrett, is different. She studies dreams. She writes books about the dreams people have in their sleep and she teaches classes at Harvard about those dreams. Deirdre has been interested in dreams from a very young age and her search is, in part, about the dreams we have while asleep and their bearing on our waking lives.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=HGJKF8TKYSKRN)

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On our first podcast discussing “The New Jim Crow,” Andy and Donyale are joined by Trinity United Methodist's Deirdre Barrett. The group discusses what stands out in the early chapters of Michelle Alexander's book, including her statement that “colorblindness is not the answer, it's the problem.” The discussion fans out into the call each member felt like the book put on them, including learning to find beauty in diversity without being threatened by it, and trying to find an equal amount of justice and forgiveness. The discussion will continue for two more weeks! Got a question? Visit us at fmhouston.com/ama.

On our first podcast discussing “The New Jim Crow,” Andy and Donyale are joined by Trinity United Methodist’s Deirdre Barrett. The group discusses what stands out in the early chapters of Michelle Alexander’s book, including her statement that “colorblindness is not the answer, it’s the problem.” The discussion fans out into the call each member felt like the book put on them, including learning to find beauty in diversity without being threatened by it, and trying to find an equal amount of justice and forgiveness. The discussion will continue for two more weeks! Got a question? Visit us at fmhouston.com/ama.

Beyond making our day-to-day college-life feel surreal, Covid-19 has also dramatically altered our dreams. We're dreaming more vividly, more bizarrely and remembering our dreams more. Join us as we delve into the pandemic dreams of Yalies and talk to dream expert Dr. Deirdre Barrett about some of the recurring pandemic themes showing up for dreamers across the world. This episode was produced by Mina Caraccio and Malia Munley. A special thanks to our esteemed guests Dr. Deirdre Barrett, Armaan Kalsi, Jordi Bertrán Ramírez, and Maude Lechner.

CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to Harvard dream researcher Deirdre Barrett about her Covid-19 dream survey and why we're having good and bad dreams a year into this pandemic. This is an update to a May 1, 2020 episode. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

In this episode:We confront the dismissive attitudes that many people have about dreams and explore recent research that confirms the meaning and value of dreams.Let's make this a conversation:Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith).For more on living a symbolic life:Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.Sources for quotes and more:“The dream is often occupied with apparently very silly details, thus producing an impression of absurdity..." ~ C.G. Jung in On the Psychology of the Unconscious from 'Collected Works, vol. 7.' Episode 19: Dreaming and Reality Francis Crick's "garbage dump theory of dreams" discussed in 'The Committee of Sleep' by Deirdre Barrett.Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareDreams That Warn of Breast CancerRobert Bosnak's work on the post-surgical dreams of heart transplant patients discussed in 'The Committee of Sleep.'“Wakefulness may be described as a dreamlike state modulated by sensory experience.” ~ Llinas and Pare, quoted in 'The Neurobiology of the Gods' by Erik Goodwyn. “What proof could you give if anyone should ask us now, at the present moment, whether we are asleep and our thoughts are a dream, or whether we are awake and talking to each other in a waking condition?” ~ Socrates in Plato's 'Theaetetus.'“In waking life, too, we continue to dream beneath the threshold of consciousness.” ~ C.G. Jung in Problems of Modern Psychotherapy from 'Collected Works, vol. 16.'"Who Says Words With My Mouth?" ~ poem by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks.“All dreams reveal spiritual experiences.” ~ C.G. Jung in 'C.G. Jung Speaking.'Music:"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Sometimes you need a little help drifting off into dreamland. Maybe you're a white noise devotee, or perhaps listening to podcasts before you sleep is more your style. Turns out podcasts and sleepy time go hand in hand — according to 2019 data from Edison Research, more than half of nearly 6,000 people surveyed report having tuned in to their favorite pod to relax before bed. Absorbing that new content stimulates your brain. A 2016 study published in the journal Nature found that listening to stories, like podcasts, activates multiple parts of your brain, including the areas responsible for sensory processing, emotions, and memory making. The same is true when you listen to a podcast before going to sleep, says Dr. Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D., author of The Committee of Sleep and assistant professor of psychology at Harvard University. And once you fall asleep, that's when your brain gets to work sorting through the information it took in during the day, including that pre-sleep podcast, says Dr. Erin Hanlon, Ph.D., a behavioral neuroscientist at the University of Chicago. According to a sleep research theory called the synaptic homeostasis hypothesis, your brain organizes all of that data during a stage of shut eye called slow-wave sleep, says Hanlon. Picture a bunch of neurons huddled around filing cabinets, working together to decide what information from the day is new and needs to be filed away, and what info is already there and doesn't need to be re-filed, she says. Then the neurons take a break for a while. That makes up the long peaks and valleys (literal slow waves) of brain activity during this type of sleep, which will take place regardless of whether or not you listened to the latest episode of your favorite pod. How active your brain is before that phase of sleep, though, depends on your pod of choice. If you're on the edge of your seat (or bed) listening to the crime podcast Sword and Scale, it might be harder to fall asleep than it is with Get Sleepy's peaceful soundscapes. "You don't want to listen to something that you'll want to pay attention to because you don’t want to get re-activated," Hanlon tells Bustle. "Listening to something that’s interesting to you will grab your attention and keep you awake." But exactly which podcasts keep you wired depends on the individual, says Hanlon. You might be able to listen to a true crime thriller and feel totally calm afterwards just in time to hit the hay, whereas somebody else might stay up late with anxiety or nightmares from those scary stories, she explains. "The phrase 'If it ain't broken, don't fix it!' applies," Barrett tells Bustle, of those who can still wind down after an exciting pod. "For people who have any trouble falling or staying asleep, a meditation or other soothing podcast would be better." Creating a pre-bedtime routine is also important to help your brain wind down, says Hanlon. This is where listening to a podcast may work to your advantage when it comes to falling asleep. "It’s a paired response," she says. "If you do the exact same things before you go to bed, including listening to a podcast, then your brain knows that it’s getting ready for sleep. It doesn’t matter what podcast it is as long as it relaxes you." Your nightly routine is just one component of good sleep hygiene, says Hanlon, which also includes setting the right atmosphere for sleep with darkness, a cool temperature, a comfortable bed, and sticking to a regular sleep schedule. Like during the day, your brain is also constantly processing outside stimuli while you're asleep, though you might not be consciously aware of it, she says. That includes podcasts, if you like to use them as background noise while you snooze. If that's the case, don't be surprised if some podcast content drifts into your dreams, according to Hanlon. She recommends keeping the podcast at a low volume so that any loud or sudden noises don't startle you awake. But if your favorite pod is keeping you up later than you'd like, that's probably because it's compelling enough that you're paying attention and actively listening. If that sounds like you, Barrett suggests listening to a relaxation pod to help your brain power down before bed — fortunately, there's no shortage of podcasts to fall asleep to with the help of soothing soundscapes, bedtime stories, and ASMR. Some of those relaxation podcasts may actually promote deep sleep, according to Hanlon. Those slow waves in your brain while you sleep happen at a specific frequency, and listening to something that’s close to or at that frequency may help drive that phase of sleep, she says. A 2014 study published in the journal Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience found that hearing certain tones can indeed encourage those long, slow brain waves. So whether you're all about action-packed serials or prefer a peaceful soundscape to help you doze off, the bottom line is that listening to a podcast before bed impacts everybody differently. If you're able to fall and stay asleep despite listening to exciting content, then keep doing what you're doing — your brain is processing that new information without disrupting your rest. If not, perhaps a relaxation-focused podcast could help solve your sleeping woes. "Before you go to sleep, you want to try to do things that are relaxing; that will wind you down instead of start you up," says Hanlon. "Pick a podcast that is calming, relaxing, and routine to you." Dr. Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D., author of The Committee of Sleep and assistant professor of psychology at Harvard University Dr. Erin Hanlon, Ph.D., a behavioral neuroscientist at the University of Chicago's Sleep Research Center Bellesi, M. (2014). Enhancement of sleep slow waves: underlying mechanisms and practical consequences. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4211398/

Deirdre Barrett, author and psychologist at Harvard Medical School, joined Sean on the show.

Leslie Ellis, Ph.D.: “Dreams are not beyond our ability to understand. We just have to look at them with an open mind." Ellis, a therapist and dream expert, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how to interpret your dreams, plus: *How to actually remember your dreams* *Why you should daydream for better sleep* *How to use your dreams to make practical decisions* *The biggest misconceptions about dreaming* *How to interpret your dreams without a therapist* Enjoy this episode sponsored by Bose! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Referenced in the episode: -Ellis' book, A Clinician’s Guide to Dream Therapy -Ellis' course for controlling nightmares -Montague Ullman, M.D.'s group process for dreamwork -Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D.'s book, The Committee of Sleep

CONSCIOUSNESS - Throughout history, dreams have fascinated and mystified. Messages from God? Images of the subconscious? Much about dreams is myth. What‘s real? Featuring Robert Stickgold, Deirdre Barrett, Christopher Isham, and Patrick McNamara.

The first “scientific” election poll was conducted in 1936 by George Gallup, who correctly predicted that Franklin D. Roosevelt would win the presidential election. Since Gallup, our appetite for polls and forecasts has only grown, but watching the needle too closely might have some unintended side effects. Solomon Messing, chief scientist at ACRONYM, a political digital strategy nonprofit, tells us about a study he co-authored that found people are often confused by what forecast numbers mean, and that their confidence in an election’s outcome might depress voter turnout. Sunshine Hillygus, professor of political science and public policy at Duke University, also joins to tell us about the history of polling in the United States. Next up, say you're standing in a crowded room and realizing nobody is wearing a mask. Or a family dog that has passed away protectively guarding grandkids. Maybe having a pleasant get-together with someone you haven’t thought of in years, then suddenly realizing everyone is a little too close, and a little too sick. Do any of these instances sound familiar? A few weeks ago, we asked Science Friday listeners if their dreams have changed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We heard from many listeners who said yes, their dreams have become more vivid, with elements of the pandemic included. A change in dreams due to a crisis is very common, says Deirdre Barrett, a dream researcher and assistant professor of psychology at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. When we’re in a dream state, the brain is processing the same things we think about during the day. But when we’re asleep, the parts of our brain that handle logic and speech are damped down. The parts that handle visuals, however, are ramped up. Barrett has been collecting dreams from people all over the world since the start of the pandemic. She says common dream themes range from actually getting the virus, natural disasters and bug attacks. Healthcare workers have regularly reported the highest level of stressful COVID-19 dreams, according to her data. “The typical dream from the healthcare workers is really a full-on nightmare,” Barrett says. “Just as bad as you’d see in war zones.” Barrett joins SciFri producer Kathleen Davis to talk about her research into crisis dreams, and what people can do if they want to experience stressful dreams less often. And, search engine giant Google was served an antitrust lawsuit by the Justice Department this week, which alleges the company abuses its near-monopoly status to harm consumers and competitors. This is the first such action against the company, which, over the last couple decades, has grown into one of the more powerful tech companies in history.  Meanwhile, early data from New York City schools shows a promising picture of what back-to-school in the age of COVID means. Out of more than 16,000 randomly tested students and staff members, only 28 positive results came back—20 from staff members, and eight from students. While COVID-19 cases in K-12 schools across the country are not zero, low rates are the norm so far.  Joining Ira to talk about these stories and other news from the week is Nsikan Akpan, a science editor at National Geographic in Washington, D.C.  

Over 9,000 pandemic dreams. That's how many Dr. Deirdre Barrett has read so far from her worldwide survey this year. These dreams are the subject of her latest book: Pandemic Dreams. We talk about the themes she's seen - from catching the virus (bugs), to homeschooling (failing math), to possible cures (musical injections), and what the world might look like post-pandemic (robots in charge?). She shares trends in the emotional tone of these pandemic dreams, as compared to dreams during “more normal” times (for one thing, there's been more anxiety). We talk about how the pandemic has affected people of different genders in different ways, and how this shows up in dreams. Toward the end, Dr. Barrett shares her expertise and curiosity about “problem-solving dreams.” Want to see if you can “incubate” a dream solution, or an answer to a question related to the pandemic? Stick around for the end of the episode, when Dr. Barrett gives instructions for dream incubation. She and I sincerely want to hear what you dream afterward, so please do head over here to the show notes at www.thedreamersden.org/14 and share. Enjoy!

This week, Erin discusses a study from Harvard researcher Deirdre Barrett on why women tend to have more anxiety and distress during sleep, how the pandemic has made it worse, and tips for giving your brain the rest it deserves. Then, Bryan talks about Chandler Bing’s original gayness, Pete Buttigieg standing in for Mike Pence during Kamala’s debate prep, and a questionable poll out of gay dating app Hornet claiming a large percentage of their users intend to vote for Trump.   And make sure to check out Deeper Shade of Shade on Stitcher Premium, where Bryan and Erin interview their favorite friends of the show. For a free month of listening, go to stitcherpremium.com/shade and use promo code ‘SHADE’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Deirdre Barrett, dream researcher and assistant professor of psychology at Harvard University, Jonathan Bastian to discuss how the prolonged global pandemic has impacted the way we dream. Why are we having such vivid dreams at this time — and why are so many of us dreaming about bugs and jail cells? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We're back! In Episode 7 I take a look at evolutionary psychologist Deirdre Barrett's book Supernormal Stimuli: How Primal Urges Overran Their Evolutionary Purpose. I delve into some of the examples she looks at in her book, and discuss how this biological phenomenon where our brain's attraction to stimuli like fast food, porn, advertising, and more, have been used by capitalists to literally hijack our minds to purchase and consume their goods. Social Media: Twitter - @thispodispropa Instagram - @thispodispropaganda Youtube - This Podcast is Propaganda  Libsyn Page -www.thispodispropaganda.libsyn.com   Want to Support the Podcast? You can visit the Pod's Patreon Page: Patreon Link - https://www.patreon.com/thispodispropaganda or Visit the Official Merch Shop: Merch Link - https://teespring.com/stores/this-pod-is-propaganda-shop   Show Notes: Deirdre Barrett's Supernormal Stimuli - Amazon Link

Have you been remembering more dreams? Are they weirdly COVID specific? You're not the only one.Have you been remembering more dreams? Are they weirdly COVID specific? You're not the only one. Sleep schedules across the globe have been upended due to coronavirus. Maybe you're sleeping more because you lost your job or you don't need an alarm anymore. Or maybe you're anxiety is keeping you awake all night. Here to talk about weird dreams and late nights is Deirdre Barrett, a Past President of both the International Association for the Study of Dreams and the American Psychological Association’s Div. 30, The Society for Psychological Hypnosis. 

Have you been remembering more dreams? Are they weirdly COVID specific? You're not the only one.Have you been remembering more dreams? Are they weirdly COVID specific? You're not the only one. Sleep schedules across the globe have been upended due to coronavirus. Maybe you're sleeping more because you lost your job or you don't need an alarm anymore. Or maybe you're anxiety is keeping you awake all night. Here to talk about weird dreams and late nights is Deirdre Barrett, a Past President of both the International Association for the Study of Dreams and the American Psychological Association’s Div. 30, The Society for Psychological Hypnosis. 

Have you been remembering more dreams? Are they weirdly COVID specific? You're not the only one.Have you been remembering more dreams? Are they weirdly COVID specific? You're not the only one. Sleep schedules across the globe have been upended due to coronavirus. Maybe you're sleeping more because you lost your job or you don't need an alarm anymore. Or maybe you're anxiety is keeping you awake all night. Here to talk about weird dreams and late nights is Deirdre Barrett, a Past President of both the International Association for the Study of Dreams and the American Psychological Association’s Div. 30, The Society for Psychological Hypnosis. 

Your eyes close, and you’re asleep. Suddenly you’re out in public without a mask on. Or, you’re wearing a mask, but no one around you is and they’re getting way too close to you. These are a couple of common dreams that Harvard Medical School Psychology professor Deirdre Barrett says many people experienced in the first phase of coronavirus anxiety.

Deirdre Barrett, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry joins The Roe Conn Show to analyze WGN Radio listeners’ unusual dreams during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to discuss her new book titled ‘Pandemic Dreams’.

You’re probably sick of the term “the new normal” - we know we are. Of course, when the first global pandemic in human history hits, you expect things to change.  But one thing you may not have expected was for your dreams to change and yet that is what many people have reported. So what’s going on? Deirdre Barrett is Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author of 'The Committee of Sleep' and 'Pandemic Dreams', she joins Jonathan to discuss. Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Johnathan McCrea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

The Borgen Project (0:00:00) Fighting global poverty can seem like quite the daunting task. With 736 million people living in extreme poverty and about 2.5 billion that lack access to improved sanitation, we have a long way to go before we solve this issue. But fighting world poverty is a much more serious issue than just a simple policy change. That's what the Borgen Project, a nonprofit organization located in Seattle, is doing an incredible part in not only raising money and materials to fight poverty, but also pass legislation that create long term solutions. Today, we're joined today by Kim Thelwell, the Vice President of Policy and Communications for the Borgen Project. She's here to talk about the impact of poverty and what the Borgen Project is doing to stop it.   Drive-By Musicians (0:14:58) Most assisted-living facilities across the country are closed to visitors right now. It can be lonely for senior citizens to live away from their families, but lately it's been made worse because they can't be visited by family and friends. Well, an assisted-living home in Billings, Montana came up with a perfect way to help seniors feel loved during this time of isolation and chaos. Members of the community are welcome to share their talents with the assisted-living residents as they become drive-by musicians. Here to tell us all about it is JustServe specialist Lynnadele Nielsen!   The Benefits of a Medical Clown (0:32:37) The atmosphere in hospitals across the country these days has been gloomier than usual. There's little room for laughter amidst the hordes of COVID patients in New York and some rising numbers in other cities. But what if laughter had healing capacities? We've all heard that laughter is the best medicine, but I think many of us would also prefer taking morphine over watching Seinfeld to manage our pain. But what would you say to a visit from a professional medical clown? Around the world these clowns are dedicating their careers to bringing humor and fun to hospital patients. Joining us today to share his past experience is Matthew A. Wilson, a former medical clown and Emmy-award winning performer, who spent years at the bed sides of terminally ill children giving them, their families, and the hospital staff something to laugh about.   Quarantine Dreams (0:52:48) Something's going on with our dreams. Maybe you've seen the #covidnightmares or #pandemicdreamstrending on Twitter and wondered what it was. Or perhaps you've been experiencing it yourself. Either way, since quarantine has started, people having been more intense, more vivid dreams, and, are remembering them. Here to discuss this phenomenon and her research into it is Harvard dream researcher and author of “The Committee of Sleep,” Dr. Deirdre Barrett.   Golfing to Help Kids (1:09:12) If you're looking for a fun service opportunity this week, it's time to “tee up”! Just like any sport, golf provides an opportunity for kids to learn about and arm themselves with the tools they need to handle the ups and downs of life. And one organization is taking full advantage of this teaching opportunity. The First Tee is an organization that holds golf clinics to not only teach golf skills but life skills. Beth Harman grew up participating in The First Tee and now works for the organization. We wanted to hear more about her experiences and how we can get involved, so we've invited her onto the show to tell us more about this unique service opportunity.   Charitable Giving During COVID-19 (1:26:50) You know that feeling you get when you have an extra granola bar in your car that you're able to give to someone on the side of the road who is asking for food? Or that feeling when you give a struggling friend a big hug? There is something really special and uniting about giving our time, talents, resources or money to others in need. And now, more than ever, people need our assistance. Today, to tell us a little bit about how charities have been affected by the pandemic, and more importantly, and how we can get involved especially now, is philanthropist and board member of over 10 major charities, Jean Shafiroff.

Kim Thelwell discusses her charity organization, Lynnadele Nielsen talks about supporting quarantined elderly, Matt Wilson explains the benefits of medical clowns, Deirdre Barrett discusses how COVID-19 affects dreams, Beth Harman talks about helping struggling kids, Jean Shafiroff talks about charitable giving.

Deirdre Barrett, dream researcher and assistant professor of psychology at Harvard University, joins KCRW’s Jonathan Bastian to discuss how the prolonged global pandemic has impacted the way we dream. Why are we having such vivid dreams at this time  — and why are so many of us dreaming about bugs and jail cells? 

Deirdre Barrett, dream researcher and assistant professor of psychology at Harvard University, joins KCRW’s Jonathan Bastian to discuss how the prolonged global pandemic has impacted the way we dream. Why are we having such vivid dreams at this time  — and why are so many of us dreaming about bugs and jail cells? 

Can you turn off a nightmare? Our intrepid science reporters, Jeanna and Mindy take a step into the subconscious to unpick this week’s mystery.  Below you can find links to further reading on the topic discussed in this episode. Mystery: Can you ‘turn off’ a nightmare?  (https://www.livescience.com/turn-off-nightmares.html) Nightmares affect everyone, but not everybody remembers what they dream about  Some medications like beta blockers are linked with frequent nightmares INTERVIEW with Dr. Deirdre Barrett, a Harvard dream researcher and author of “The Committee of Sleep” Don’t forget to subscribe! You can find more answers to life’s little mysteries at the Live Science website (https://www.livescience.com/) and you can follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/LiveScience) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/livescience/) too. Tell us what your life’s little mysteries are at forums.livescience.com (https://forums.livescience.com/) .   Music by Chad Crouch - Algorithms Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/)

This week Sami and Aleen are joined by dreams expert Dr. Deirdre Barrett, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, to talk about why our dreams have gotten so f*cking weird since the pandemic took over our lives. They start with a chat about how dreams actually work, and why keeping a dream journal could unlock the meaning behind your anxiety. Dr. Barrett shares her opinion on the representation of dreams in movies like Inception, and tells us where some of our dreams actually come from… turns out you’re not the only one thinking about bugs while you sleep (and not the murder hornet kind). Plus, she fills us in on just how many times we dream each night and what it all means. Then Aleen and Sami take over and reflect on their own quarantine anxieties of late. Is anyone actually ready to go outside when this long national nightmare finally ends? They tell us why enjoying your food during lockdown is actually more gratifying than obsessing over it, and close the show with a DST-community Non Scale Win of the week. Thanks to our sponsors! Daily Burn: Get fit, they say. Stay active, they say. But the gyms are closed! Give at-home workouts a try with Daily Burn. Sign up at dailyburn.com/DST for a free 30-day trial Noom: Noom is the habit-changing solution that helps users learn to develop a new relationship with food through personalized courses. What do you have to lose? Visit noom.com/DST to start your trial today

Think you’ve been having exceptionally strange dreams lately? Harvard psychologist Deirdre Barrett says it’s not a figment of your imagination. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harvard medical school psychologist Dr Deirdre Barrett has collected in a dream survey during the pandemic.

Have you been having bizarre dreams lately? CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to Harvard dream researcher Deirdre Barrett about her Covid-19 dream survey and what happens when we close our eyes during this global crisis. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Are you experiencing vivid and unusual dreams? Deirdre Barrett, assistant professor of psychology at Harvard University and author of The Committee of Sleep, has collected and analyzed dreams from the survivors of traumatic events, including the September 11 World Trade Center attacks. She has been recently featured in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, speaking on the effects the COVID-19 pandemic is having on dreamers around the world. Her research across multiple countries will blow your mind.

Deirdre Barrett, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School joins The Roe Conn Show to explain why during this time of quarantine, your dreams may be stranger. Follow your favorite Roe Conn Show characters on Twitter: Follow @RoeConn Follow @kpowell720Follow @LaurenLapkaFollow @kgfrankenthal And be sure to follow Roe […]

Author Thomas Aiello, Valdosta State University, on a unanimous jury. Wolfgang Ketterle, MIT, on the kilo change. Ted Stankowich, Cal State, on animal adaptation. Peter Leimgruber, Conservation Biologist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology, on saving Asian elephants. Jarica Watts, BYU, on poetry during WWI. Deirdre Barrett, Harvard University, on lucid dreaming.

Sleep—who’s getting some? Not all of you, it seems, since sleep is one of the most asked about topics. Quality and quantity matter, and you want real answers.We’ve created a multimedia sleep series for you as part of Better Sleep Month. Each Tuesday in May, you’ll find compelling interviews from Bulletproof Radio, cool articles from our blog, and a batch of lively videos. we’re bringing you the best Bulletproof tips and tools we have, so you can start sleeping better. Listen, read or view—whatever helps you get your own piece of the night.This is part 2 of a four-part Better Sleep Month series on Bulletproof Radio. On this reworked and upgraded episode, we revisit Dr. Deirdre Barrett’s conversation with Dave about dreams—how to remember them, interpret them, and use a dream incubator to put them to good use.If you want to get in touch with your dreams, you’ve got to be sleeping more. “We dream about every 90 minutes,” Dr. Barrett says, “But each dream period gets much longer than the preceding one, so if you sleep four hours instead of eight, you're not getting half your dream time. You're getting only 20 percent of your dream time. So, short sleeping hurts us in a lot of ways, but it impacts dreaming sleep more than the other forms of sleep.”Enjoy the show—and check back next Tuesday for part 3 of our Better Sleep Month series. On the Bulletproof BlogLucid Dreaming Supplements: How They Work: https://blog.bulletproof.com/lucid-dreaming-supplements/ This Yoga Nidra Routine Will Make You Feel Like You Got a Full Night’s Sleep: https://blog.bulletproof.com/yoga-nidra-guided-sleep-meditation/ On Bulletproof YouTubeYoga Nidra Meditation Video: 21-Minutes To Dynamic Sleep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbsLWd_p6PIKava: Why Nature’s Xanax Is Making a Comeback - Audio Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpQmhdieWe4 Bulletproof Sleep EssentialsHow to Sleep Better: Science-Backed Sleep Hacks to Wake Up Ready to Go https://blog.bulletproof.com/how-to-sleep-better/ Losing Sleep Wrecks Your Gut. Here’s What You Can Do About It https://blog.bulletproof.com/sleep-gut-health/ Bulletproof Sleep Solutions https://www.bulletproof.com/pages/sleep-solutions?_ga=2.243816773.1197737880.1556569239-2046335956.1556569239 Bulletproof 30-Day Sleep Challenge (Here’s you’ll find the Bulletproof Sleep Roadmap, sleep log, and a printable sleep checklist.) https://blog.bulletproof.com/30-day-sleep-challenge/

Sleep—who’s getting some? Not all of you, it seems, since sleep is one of the most asked about topics. Quality and quantity matter, and you want real answers.We’ve created a multimedia sleep series for you as part of Better Sleep Month. Each Tuesday in May, you’ll find compelling interviews from Bulletproof Radio, cool articles from our blog, and a batch of lively videos. we’re bringing you the best Bulletproof tips and tools we have, so you can start sleeping better. Listen, read or view—whatever helps you get your own piece of the night.This is part 2 of a four-part Better Sleep Month series on Bulletproof Radio. On this reworked and upgraded episode, we revisit Dr. Deirdre Barrett’s conversation with Dave about dreams—how to remember them, interpret them, and use a dream incubator to put them to good use.If you want to get in touch with your dreams, you’ve got to be sleeping more. “We dream about every 90 minutes,” Dr. Barrett says, “But each dream period gets much longer than the preceding one, so if you sleep four hours instead of eight, you're not getting half your dream time. You're getting only 20 percent of your dream time. So, short sleeping hurts us in a lot of ways, but it impacts dreaming sleep more than the other forms of sleep.”Enjoy the show—and check back next Tuesday for part 3 of our Better Sleep Month series. On the Bulletproof BlogLucid Dreaming Supplements: How They Work: https://blog.bulletproof.com/lucid-dreaming-supplements/ This Yoga Nidra Routine Will Make You Feel Like You Got a Full Night’s Sleep: https://blog.bulletproof.com/yoga-nidra-guided-sleep-meditation/ On Bulletproof YouTubeYoga Nidra Meditation Video: 21-Minutes To Dynamic Sleep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbsLWd_p6PIKava: Why Nature’s Xanax Is Making a Comeback - Audio Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpQmhdieWe4 Bulletproof Sleep EssentialsHow to Sleep Better: Science-Backed Sleep Hacks to Wake Up Ready to Go https://blog.bulletproof.com/how-to-sleep-better/ Losing Sleep Wrecks Your Gut. Here’s What You Can Do About It https://blog.bulletproof.com/sleep-gut-health/ Bulletproof Sleep Solutions https://www.bulletproof.com/pages/sleep-solutions?_ga=2.243816773.1197737880.1556569239-2046335956.1556569239 Bulletproof 30-Day Sleep Challenge (Here’s you’ll find the Bulletproof Sleep Roadmap, sleep log, and a printable sleep checklist.) https://blog.bulletproof.com/30-day-sleep-challenge/

More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/philosophy-sleep. "Blessed are the sleepy ones," writes Nietzsche, "for they shall soon drop off." Sleep is an extraordinarily, albeit profoundly odd, phenomenon, yet we seem to accept prolonged nightly blackouts without question. Still, sleep has played a major role in philosophical thought, with the likes of Aristotle, Locke, and Leibniz putting forth theories about just what exactly sleep and dreams are. So what is the purpose of sleeping and dreaming? How can we distinguish wakefulness from sleep, as Descartes wondered? Do we experience dreams consciously? And do we sleep to live, or live to sleep? Ken and guest co-host Jorah Danenberg stay up with Deirdre Barrett from the Harvard Medical School, author of "The Committee of Sleep: How Artists, Scientists, and Athletes Use Their Dreams for Creative Problem Solving."

We all dream yet many of us don’t know what to make of our nocturnal adventures. Dream scholar Deirdre Barrett, PhD, explains why we dream and what our dreams may be trying to tell us. She also offers tips on how to better remember your dreams to harness the power of your sleeping mind. APA is currently seeking proposals for APA 2020, click here to learn more https://convention.apa.org/proposals

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Have you seen you pet twitch, move or mumble while they sleep. Could they be dreaming? Harvard Professor and Dream Researcher Dr. Deirdre Barrett shares what she knows about pet dreams.

Dreams are such a cool concept. One second, you're flying across the Sahara desert, and the next you're being chased by blue goblins. In this episode, I get to speak with dream expert Deirdre Barrett about the psychology of dreams, as well as some cool tricks to dream more vividly.

Is your body trying to tell you something as you sleep? Harvard Psychologist Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D. confirms what people have always known; answers, ideas, and inspiration can come while we sleep.Dr. Barrett has spent her career studying the science of dreaming and has some compelling insights on how you can first remember your dreams, then make them work for you!Enjoy the show!

Is your body trying to tell you something as you sleep? Harvard Psychologist Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D. confirms what people have always known; answers, ideas, and inspiration can come while we sleep.Dr. Barrett has spent her career studying the science of dreaming and has some compelling insights on how you can first remember your dreams, then make them work for you!Enjoy the show!

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This week on Lighten Up special guest and dream expert Cynthia Richmond joins Bonnie Wirth to discuss how our dreams can help us to understand what the subconscious mind is directing and guiding us towards. Each and every night we have access to our own personal psychotherapist; meaningful dreams that awaken us to our core beliefs, desires, hopes and fears. A conversation to help translate our dreams to heal, love and accept what is and ourselves even more.

I spoke with author Deirdre Barrett about three of her books: The Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams, Trauma and Dreams, and The Committee of Sleep: How Artists, Scientists, and Athletes Use Their Dreams for Creative Problem Solving-And How You Can Too. 

03-30-10 – Deirdre Barrett, Supernormal Stimuli, Dick Criswell by Nightwatch Radio

Join Kathryn and Deirdre Barrett, Harvard Medical School Psychology Professor and author of ‘Waistland', as they tackle the obesity and fitness crisis from an evolutionary standpoint. Zoos across America post signs saying 'Don't Feed the Animals'. We humans respect these orders, allowing veterinarians to prescribe just the right balanced diet for the lions, koalas and snakes. Meanwhile, we stop for chips, sodas and hot dogs on our way out of the zoo! Also joining Kathryn is Dr. Laura Berman, a leader in the field of sexual therapy who has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, Fox News and CNN. They will discuss Safe Sex: New Pillow Talk for Partners. Dr. Berman, a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times is also the star of the hit show ‘Sexual Healing', a Showtime original documentary series following real-life couples through one week of therapy with her at the Berman Center. She ‘knows all too well about the tough conversations partners should have about sexually transmitted diseases'.

Join Kathryn and Deirdre Barrett, Harvard Medical School Psychology Professor and author of ‘Waistland', as they tackle the obesity and fitness crisis from an evolutionary standpoint. Zoos across America post signs saying 'Don't Feed the Animals'. We humans respect these orders, allowing veterinarians to prescribe just the right balanced diet for the lions, koalas and snakes. Meanwhile, we stop for chips, sodas and hot dogs on our way out of the zoo! Also joining Kathryn is Dr. Laura Berman, a leader in the field of sexual therapy who has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, Fox News and CNN. They will discuss Safe Sex: New Pillow Talk for Partners. Dr. Berman, a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times is also the star of the hit show ‘Sexual Healing', a Showtime original documentary series following real-life couples through one week of therapy with her at the Berman Center. She ‘knows all too well about the tough conversations partners should have about sexually transmitted diseases'.

Mental Help Net (www.mentalhelp.net) presents the Wise Counsel Podcast (wisecounsel.mentalhelp.net), hosted by David Van Nuys, Ph.D. "Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D. on her book 'Waistland'", posted October 1, 2007. Through her book 'Waistland' and in this interview, Dr. Deirdre Barrett, a Psychologist specializing in Behavioral Medicine at Harvard Medical School, talks about some of the currently prevalent wrong ideas and myths that make it difficult for people to become motivated to lose weight and make healthy food choices. The worst idea out there is that people should trust their instincts when making food choices. This idea is dangerous becuase our instincts were set up during a time in human history when all foods were obtained through active hunting and gathering of naturally occuring food resources. Dietary fat and sugar was very scarce and we evolved to crave these diet elements so as to motivate us to pursue these elements which are necessary in small proportions for good nutrition. Today, fats and sugars are both commonplace (making them too easy to get) and highly refined (which reduces their nutritional content). We are still attracted to these elements, but now they make us fat and often set us up for lifestyle related diseases.