The Snooze Button EXPRESS Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-snooze-button-express The Snooze Button EXPRESS is the short-form 9-minute version of The Snooze Button podcast. In North America alone, there are about 100 million people with sleep issues. Maybe you're one of them. Every week, veteran broadcaster Neil Hedley sits down with celebrities, high achievers and the world's top neuroscientists to try and find answers to his own 30-year battle with sleep issues in the hope that he might find an answer that works for you, too. 2022 The Snooze Button. All Rights Reserved. 7bf59695-6934-52b5-afc0-f31983ed36d8 yes en Mon, 19 Oct 2026 03:05:05 -0400 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 03:06:41 -0400 https://thesnoozebutton.com/podcast/ https://img.transistorcdn.com/-iqfrHjpUz3HoyLoYdzVHSmcE6DCI0epch_23u_dfC4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82NjZj/MDM1YTAyM2UwYzg3/Yzc2YjMwMjY5ODBh/NzNkZC5qcGc.jpg The Snooze Button EXPRESS https://thesnoozebutton.com/podcast/ episodic The Snooze Button The Snooze Button EXPRESS is the short-form 9-minute version of The Snooze Button podcast. In North America alone, there are about 100 million people with sleep issues. Maybe you're one of them. Every week, veteran broadcaster Neil Hedley sits down with celebrities, high achievers and the world's top neuroscientists to try and find answers to his own 30-year battle with sleep issues in the hope that he might find an answer that works for you, too. The Snooze Button EXPRESS is the short-form 9-minute version of The Snooze Button podcast. Neil Hedley No No The Pineal Gland, Anxiety and Sleep — EXPRESS The Pineal Gland, Anxiety and Sleep — EXPRESS full 8f3f14fc-c90a-4b4d-8066-ca1f28352294 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e051a1db What happens when a small brain structure associated with melatonin appears to relate to sleep differently in young people experiencing anxiety?

In this nine-minute EXPRESS edition, Neil Hedley shares highlights from his conversation with Florida International University neuroscientist Dr. Aaron Mattfeld about the pineal gland, anxiety, adolescent sleep, and what the findings may mean.

The research found an association, not proof that a larger gland causes sleeplessness; melatonin production was not measured directly.

Want the full conversation? Listen to the complete interview with Dr. Aaron Mattfeld on The Snooze Button.

Research: Scientific Reports study on anxiety, pineal parenchymal volume, and sleep.

Dr. Mattfeld's faculty profile · The Snooze Button website.

Next week: Dr. Jamie Zeitzer on what your sleep tracker can—and cannot—tell you.

]]> What happens when a small brain structure associated with melatonin appears to relate to sleep differently in young people experiencing anxiety?

In this nine-minute EXPRESS edition, Neil Hedley shares highlights from his conversation with Florida International University neuroscientist Dr. Aaron Mattfeld about the pineal gland, anxiety, adolescent sleep, and what the findings may mean.

The research found an association, not proof that a larger gland causes sleeplessness; melatonin production was not measured directly.

Want the full conversation? Listen to the complete interview with Dr. Aaron Mattfeld on The Snooze Button.

Research: Scientific Reports study on anxiety, pineal parenchymal volume, and sleep.

Dr. Mattfeld's faculty profile · The Snooze Button website.

Next week: Dr. Jamie Zeitzer on what your sleep tracker can—and cannot—tell you.

]]> Mon, 19 Oct 2026 03:05:00 -0400 Neil Hedley Neil Hedley 541 What happens when a small brain structure associated with melatonin appears to relate to sleep differently in young people experiencing anxiety?

In this nine-minute EXPRESS edition, Neil Hedley shares highlights from his conversation with Florida International University neuroscientist Dr. Aaron Mattfeld about the pineal gland, anxiety, adolescent sleep, and what the findings may mean.

The research found an association, not proof that a larger gland causes sleeplessness; melatonin production was not measured directly.

Want the full conversation? Listen to the complete interview with Dr. Aaron Mattfeld on The Snooze Button.

Research: Scientific Reports study on anxiety, pineal parenchymal volume, and sleep.

Dr. Mattfeld's faculty profile · The Snooze Button website.

Next week: Dr. Jamie Zeitzer on what your sleep tracker can—and cannot—tell you.

]]> pineal gland, adolescent sleep, anxiety, melatonin, Aaron Mattfeld, EXPRESS No Sleep and Athletic Performance 19 19 Sleep and Athletic Performance full eeb8371f-4d5c-40f4-b7b8-9c95dafcd50f https://share.transistor.fm/s/482af269 Neil is joined again by one of the giants in the sleep world, Behavioral Sleep Medicine specialist Dr. Michael Grandner, the Director of Sleep & Health at the University of Arizona, talking about the impact sleep can have on athletic performance, and a new paper he co-authored that gets into the specifics of performance in a number of sports at a number of levels.

Bottom line: You want the team you play for to win Sunday? Maybe take those extra hours in the gym and use some of that time to grab some ZZZs.

]]> Neil is joined again by one of the giants in the sleep world, Behavioral Sleep Medicine specialist Dr. Michael Grandner, the Director of Sleep & Health at the University of Arizona, talking about the impact sleep can have on athletic performance, and a new paper he co-authored that gets into the specifics of performance in a number of sports at a number of levels.

Bottom line: You want the team you play for to win Sunday? Maybe take those extra hours in the gym and use some of that time to grab some ZZZs.

]]> Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:38:22 -0500 Neil Hedley Neil Hedley 540 Neil is joined again by one of the giants in the sleep world, Behavioral Sleep Medicine specialist Dr. Michael Grandner, the Director of Sleep & Health at the University of Arizona, talking about the impact sleep can have on athletic performance, and a new paper he co-authored that gets into the specifics of performance in a number of sports at a number of levels.

Bottom line: You want the team you play for to win Sunday? Maybe take those extra hours in the gym and use some of that time to grab some ZZZs.

]]> No Falling Asleep In A Foxhole 18 18 Falling Asleep In A Foxhole full c0c81b9f-1f8e-4257-b37f-0bce5ae2d27a https://share.transistor.fm/s/df666533 Major General Melvin Spiese (RET, USMC) has had more to do with how the men and women of the US Marine Corps are trained than perhaps anyone else.

Here, he talks with Neil about how training our fighting forces has evolved over the years, how the training has shifted to the area above the neck, and how sleep impacts our soldiers.

]]> Major General Melvin Spiese (RET, USMC) has had more to do with how the men and women of the US Marine Corps are trained than perhaps anyone else.

Here, he talks with Neil about how training our fighting forces has evolved over the years, how the training has shifted to the area above the neck, and how sleep impacts our soldiers.

]]> Sat, 01 Aug 2020 04:30:00 -0400 Neil Hedley Neil Hedley 540 Major General Melvin Spiese (RET, USMC) has had more to do with how the men and women of the US Marine Corps are trained than perhaps anyone else.

Here, he talks with Neil about how training our fighting forces has evolved over the years, how the training has shifted to the area above the neck, and how sleep impacts our soldiers.

]]> No Waking Up With the Country's #1 Morning Radio Show 17 17 Waking Up With the Country's #1 Morning Radio Show full 1884aced-d242-4188-be72-a8f818c10f1e https://share.transistor.fm/s/2c551824 Erin Davis and Mike Cooper had the #1 morning radio show in Canada for about a decade.

You’ll hear the chemistry that put them there while they talk to Neil about sleep, friendship and morning radio.

LINKAPALOOZA:

Erin’s remarkable book, “Mourning Has Broken”

Erin’s website

Erin Davis on Twitter

]]> Erin Davis and Mike Cooper had the #1 morning radio show in Canada for about a decade.

You’ll hear the chemistry that put them there while they talk to Neil about sleep, friendship and morning radio.

LINKAPALOOZA:

Erin’s remarkable book, “Mourning Has Broken”

Erin’s website

Erin Davis on Twitter

]]> Tue, 14 Jan 2020 04:30:00 -0500 Neil Hedley Neil Hedley 540 Erin Davis and Mike Cooper had the #1 morning radio show in Canada for about a decade.

You’ll hear the chemistry that put them there while they talk to Neil about sleep, friendship and morning radio.

LINKAPALOOZA:

Erin’s remarkable book, “Mourning Has Broken”

Erin’s website

Erin Davis on Twitter

]]> No Stress, Trauma, PTSD and Sleep 16 16 Stress, Trauma, PTSD and Sleep full dea0ebda-5e19-4832-b608-a459655348f9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/2065fd4e U.S. Army veteran and award-winning author Liz Stanley talks with Neil about her new book, Widen the Window – Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma, and how better sleep can contribute to resilience and recovery. They also flip the script and talk about the impact PTSD and stress can have on your sleep.

LINKAPALOOZA:

Widen the Window on Amazon (affiliate link)

Elizabeth’s website

]]> U.S. Army veteran and award-winning author Liz Stanley talks with Neil about her new book, Widen the Window – Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma, and how better sleep can contribute to resilience and recovery. They also flip the script and talk about the impact PTSD and stress can have on your sleep.

LINKAPALOOZA:

Widen the Window on Amazon (affiliate link)

Elizabeth’s website

]]> Mon, 16 Dec 2019 04:30:00 -0500 Neil Hedley Neil Hedley 540 U.S. Army veteran and award-winning author Liz Stanley talks with Neil about her new book, Widen the Window – Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma, and how better sleep can contribute to resilience and recovery. They also flip the script and talk about the impact PTSD and stress can have on your sleep.

LINKAPALOOZA:

Widen the Window on Amazon (affiliate link)

Elizabeth’s website

]]> No Meditation and Sleep Part One 15 15 Meditation and Sleep Part One full 2c86ce5c-e28c-47c7-8b9c-c92f7bd3230d https://share.transistor.fm/s/6d8e8557 Dr. Tucker Peck joins Neil to talk about - among other things - the intersection of sleep and meditation.

LINKAPALOOZA

MeditateWithTucker.com

DrugFreeSleep.com - remember the discount code 'Snooze' to get 1/3 off!

]]> Dr. Tucker Peck joins Neil to talk about - among other things - the intersection of sleep and meditation.

LINKAPALOOZA

MeditateWithTucker.com

DrugFreeSleep.com - remember the discount code 'Snooze' to get 1/3 off!

]]> Mon, 09 Dec 2019 04:30:00 -0500 Neil Hedley Neil Hedley 540 Dr. Tucker Peck joins Neil to talk about - among other things - the intersection of sleep and meditation.

LINKAPALOOZA

MeditateWithTucker.com

DrugFreeSleep.com - remember the discount code 'Snooze' to get 1/3 off!

]]> No Paul Reiser & Helen Hunt 14 14 Paul Reiser & Helen Hunt full a5c7f4a3-7b5b-41c8-9b5e-3eb061f78ee7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f7011a86 "Mad About You" is back on television, and Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt are here to talk about the series' resumption, about the "cry it out" episode where they sleep-train their baby.

]]> "Mad About You" is back on television, and Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt are here to talk about the series' resumption, about the "cry it out" episode where they sleep-train their baby.

]]> Mon, 02 Dec 2019 16:00:00 -0500 Neil Hedley Neil Hedley 540 "Mad About You" is back on television, and Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt are here to talk about the series' resumption, about the "cry it out" episode where they sleep-train their baby.

]]> No #12 - Dr. Guy Leschziner, "The Nocturnal Brain" 12 12 #12 - Dr. Guy Leschziner, "The Nocturnal Brain" full thesnoozebuttonexpress.podbean.com/12-dr-guy-leschziner-the-nocturnal-brain-820f0dbef568fa397e1564e5db73b14f https://share.transistor.fm/s/cf122c2b Sleep is a mysterious thing, in terms of just what happens in your brain. How do you explain people who walk in their sleep? Talk in their sleep? Or ride motorcycles? Or worse?

Dr. Guy Leschziner's new book, "The Nocturnal Brain", shows just how much we still have to learn.

]]> Sleep is a mysterious thing, in terms of just what happens in your brain. How do you explain people who walk in their sleep? Talk in their sleep? Or ride motorcycles? Or worse?

Dr. Guy Leschziner's new book, "The Nocturnal Brain", shows just how much we still have to learn.

]]> Mon, 18 Nov 2019 04:30:00 -0500 The Snooze Button EXPRESS The Snooze Button EXPRESS 541 Sleep is a mysterious thing, in terms of just what happens in your brain. How do you explain people who walk in their sleep? Talk in their sleep? Or ride motorcycles? Or worse?

Dr. Guy Leschziner's new book, "The Nocturnal Brain", shows just how much we still have to learn.

]]> No #11 - John Watson, Sleep Radio 11 11 #11 - John Watson, Sleep Radio full thesnoozebuttonexpress.podbean.com/11-john-watson-sleep-radio-1573849568-c481982735182e8c644410d00316a5ff https://share.transistor.fm/s/c0501901 He's got listeners in more countries than he even knew existed. And for them, what John Watson is doing is making a huge difference.

John runs an online radio station that plays relaxation music and binaural beats to tens of thousands of people every month.

We talk about how the project started, where it's headed and how musicians can get their material played online.

# # #

LINKAPALOOZA

Email: sleepradio@watsons.co.nzWeb: www.sleepradio.co.nzSocial media: Facebook | Twitter

Please help Sleep Radio stay on-air by clicking here.

]]> He's got listeners in more countries than he even knew existed. And for them, what John Watson is doing is making a huge difference.

John runs an online radio station that plays relaxation music and binaural beats to tens of thousands of people every month.

We talk about how the project started, where it's headed and how musicians can get their material played online.

# # #

LINKAPALOOZA

Email: sleepradio@watsons.co.nzWeb: www.sleepradio.co.nzSocial media: Facebook | Twitter

Please help Sleep Radio stay on-air by clicking here.

]]> Fri, 15 Nov 2019 19:26:08 -0500 The Snooze Button EXPRESS The Snooze Button EXPRESS 541 He's got listeners in more countries than he even knew existed. And for them, what John Watson is doing is making a huge difference.

John runs an online radio station that plays relaxation music and binaural beats to tens of thousands of people every month.

We talk about how the project started, where it's headed and how musicians can get their material played online.

# # #

LINKAPALOOZA

Email: sleepradio@watsons.co.nzWeb: www.sleepradio.co.nzSocial media: Facebook | Twitter

Please help Sleep Radio stay on-air by clicking here.

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