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077 - Take a Nap, Plant a Tree

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Everything you've ever been told about sleep is wrong. Take it from Cass, she's now a sleep history expert* teaching us all about biphasic and polyphasic sleep and how, of course, capitalism has ruined the party again. Then, Nat introduces us to Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai who made an economical and ecological impact one tree at a time. (*no she isn't)

Monophasic, Biphasic & Polyphasic Sleep Schedules
Depiction of communal sleeping in middle ages
More medieval communal sleeping
Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai & her nobel prize
The Green Belt volunteers hard at work

SOURCES:

Sleep: BBC
Wangari Maathai: NobelPrize.org, UNESCO, The Green Belt Movement, Wikipedia, Encyclopedia Britannica

More detailed sources on our website.

SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Twitter & Instagram

SUPPORT: Support us on Patreon to help fuel our next episode.

MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’!

CREDITS:
Original Theme: Garreth Spinn
Original Art: Sarah Cruz
Animations & Addtl Design: The Banditry Co.

About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.

SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.

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Everything you've ever been told about sleep is wrong. Take it from Cass, she's now a sleep history expert* teaching us all about biphasic and polyphasic sleep and how, of course, capitalism has ruined the party again. Then, Nat introduces us to Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai who made an economical and ecological impact one tree at a time. (*no she isn't)

Monophasic, Biphasic & Polyphasic Sleep Schedules
Depiction of communal sleeping in middle ages
More medieval communal sleeping
Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai & her nobel prize
The Green Belt volunteers hard at work

SOURCES:

Sleep: BBC
Wangari Maathai: NobelPrize.org, UNESCO, The Green Belt Movement, Wikipedia, Encyclopedia Britannica

More detailed sources on our website.

SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on Twitter & Instagram

SUPPORT: Support us on Patreon to help fuel our next episode.

MERCH: Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’!

CREDITS:
Original Theme: Garreth Spinn
Original Art: Sarah Cruz
Animations & Addtl Design: The Banditry Co.

About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.

SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.

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