{"id":4272,"date":"2025-11-02T05:44:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T05:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/do-we-get-enough-sleep-the-global-story-podcast-bbc-world-service\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T05:44:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T05:44:38","slug":"do-we-get-enough-sleep-the-global-story-podcast-bbc-world-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/do-we-get-enough-sleep-the-global-story-podcast-bbc-world-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Do we get enough sleep? &#8211; The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XQ767LlrDc0?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>We spend around a third of our lives sleeping. But many people struggle with insomnia or have difficulty staying asleep, and research shows that bad sleep can increase the risk of multiple health conditions. How harmful is bad sleep to our health? And what can we do about it?<\/p>\n<p>Click here to subscribe to our channel \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/bbc.in\/3VyyriM<\/p>\n<p>Jonny Dymond speaks with Professor Russell Foster, Director of the Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute at the University of Oxford, and author and sleep expert Dr Nerina Ramlakhan about how people can get enough sleep.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Intro<br \/>\n01:02 How did you sleep?<br \/>\n01:24 What are circadian rhythms?<br \/>\n02:07 What&#8217;s the optimal amount of sleep?<br \/>\n02:59 What causes poor sleep?<br \/>\n04:15 &#8220;We&#8217;ve lost the ability to slow down&#8221;<br \/>\n06:10 Anxiety and sleep<br \/>\n06:48 Waking up at night should not be a problem<br \/>\n07:55 Is bad sleep bad for you?<br \/>\n09:24 Sleep and mental health<br \/>\n10:24 Poor sleep and dementia<br \/>\n11:25 The importance of daylight<br \/>\n12:09 Nightshifts and sleep patterns<br \/>\n14:25 Top tips for sleep<br \/>\n17:33 Phones v books<br \/>\n18:26 Goodbye<\/p>\n<p>Image credit: Getty\/Guido Mieth<\/p>\n<p>Watch more episodes of The Global Story here \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4dvK8UQS79GwGLDl94Z3gkt<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to more episodes of The Global Story here. Making sense of the news with our experts around the world. Insights you can trust, Monday to Friday, from the BBC \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd  https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/w13xtvsd\/episodes\/downloads<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nThis is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel.<br \/>\nIf you like what we do, you can also find us here:<br \/>\nInstagram \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bbcworldservice<br \/>\nTwitter \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbcworldservice<br \/>\nFacebook \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/facebook.com\/bbcworldservice<br \/>\nBBC World Service website \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/worldserviceradio<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for watching and subscribing!<br \/>\n#BBCWorldService #WorldService #sleep #sleepbetter<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XQ767LlrDc0\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spend around a third of our lives sleeping. 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