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Smologies with Alie Ward

CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS with Katherine Hatcher

3/6/202625 min

Ahh, Daylight Savings Time: Does it mess with us? What time should you go to bed? How dark is dark enough? The wonderful and hilarious Dr. Katherine Hatcher got her PhD in hormones, sleep cycles and circadian rhythms, and helps Alie understand why she should make better sleep habits. We also chat about a tiny magical area in our brains that acts as your body's Big Ben. By the end of the episode, you'll be in footie pajamas eager to change your whole life.

A donation went to the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native...

Clips

Abolish Daylight Savings Time
When Body Clocks Desynchronize
There’s No Single Circadian Rhythm
How Blind People Sense Daylight
Fixing Your Sleep Rhythm
Night Owls, Larks, And Aging
Hormones And Clocks Loop Back

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

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  3. Alie Ward· Host0:59

    Oh, hey, it's your invisible aligners you don't wear anywhere near 22 hours a day, and they know it, and you know it. Ally Ward. Good morning, or good evening. This is another episode of Smologies. And if you are new around here, Smologies are shorter kid-friendly episodes of our Ologies classics. We have cut them down into more bite-size lengths, and we have also made them kid-safe, classroom-safe, G-rated. This one, this one is a dream of an episode. Why do you wake up when you do? Why do you go to

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