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Hosted by Chris Winter, MD · health · EN-US
No holds barred, unscripted discussion on a wide range of sleep topics - from sleep disorders to current research and controversies in the field. No topic is off limits! Dr. Chris Winter is a clinician, a board certified neurologist and double boarded sleep specialist with 30 years of clinical experience. He is the author of The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child, and is a popular consultant and speaker, working for many professional sports teams. He is well known for his unique perspective and ability to demystify sleep, all of which he brings to Sleep Unplugged.
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Signup to Generate a PitchNo holds barred, unscripted discussion on a wide range of sleep topics - from sleep disorders to current research and controversies in the field. No topic is off limits! Dr. Chris Winter is a clinician, a board certified neurologist and double boarded sleep specialist with 30 years of clinical experience.
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter is hosted by Chris Winter, MD. The show has published 229 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "#227 - Top 10 Sleep Threat Power Rankings: Take You To The Top" (26 October 2026, 46 minutes), "#225 - Orexin Agonist Update: The Big Reward is Here (Lifting Humanity Higher)" (12 October 2026, 47 minutes), and "#224 - Why Do All Insomnia Therapies “Work”?: Tryin So Hard To Make the Grade" (5 October 2026, 43 minutes).
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 229 episodes.
Booking probability for Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter's contact route on record: public web form.
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Chris Winter, MD hosts Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter, a health podcast with 229 episodes published.
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Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
Dr. Saema Tahir (@thenycsleepdoctor) joins me for another countdown of the Top 10 Sleep Threats. From social media sleep hacks and nightly Benadryl to the dangers of relying on sleep trackers and chatbots for medical...
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
Last November on Episode 178, we talked about three companies racing to bring orexin agonists to people with narcolepsy. In less than a year, one of those drugs has been approved, another company has been bought for...
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
Imagine a sleep study where picturing yourself diving in a submarine boosted deep sleep by 81%, yet nobody slept a minute longer. It's a real result, and it points to an uncomfortable idea: with the right design, almost...
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
Dr. Valerie Cacho (@drvalsleepgal) joins me for another countdown of the Top 10 Sleep Threats, and her list asks a question we should all be asking more often: Have we actually figured out what is disrupting someone’s...
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
A courtroom, an insurance formula, and a supermarket receipt don't usually belong in the same sentence — but together they answer the question this episode is built around: what does a bad night's sleep actually cost...
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
A few days ago, we did an experiment to see how well AI could interview me about sleep. In this bonus episode, I reveal the original attempt which was a bit all over the place. The interview was much more personal and...
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
What happens when the interviewer knows nearly everything you have said publicly and has zero fear of challenging or offending you? In this unusual episode of Sleep Unplugged, I turn over all control of the podcast to...
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
A Massachusetts courtroom just produced something that almost never survives into public record: a near-complete paper trail of one woman's psychiatric care in the three months before catastrophe. Her diary, her phone...
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
Dr. Alison Kole is taking on sleepmaxxing, ChatGPT, and the sleep-industrial complex in her Top 10 Sleep Threat list. In this episode we will: Explore why patients sometimes arrive at the sleep clinic with their story...
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
Nobody blinks when a doctor says you'll be on blood pressure medication for the rest of your life. Say the same sentence about an antidepressant, or Zepbound, and responses are quite different. This episode digs into...
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
Our current gig economy did not just create new jobs, it expanded a whole new category of night worker, from rideshare drivers to online freelancers to overnight fulfillment teams. Today (or tonight rather), our bodies...
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
Nasal strips have been a fixture in pharmacy aisles and on athletes' faces for decades, sold on the promise of easier breathing, but the peer-reviewed evidence often tells a different story than the packaging does. We...
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
Ten million prescriptions a year, and most of them aren't for what the drug was built to treat. Seroquel started life as an antipsychotic — engineered to quiet psychosis, not close your eyes. Somewhere along the way it...
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
Most "top sleep threats" lists stick to one lane — pediatric or adult, clinical or cultural. Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown's list refuses to. It jumps from kids' airways to menopause to AI chatbots, and by the end a pattern...
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
Every June, thousands of sleep researchers descend on one city and quietly rewrite what we think we know about a third of our lives. This year it was Baltimore's turn, for the 40th annual SLEEP meeting — and the data...
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
Deep sleep and REM sleep get lumped together as "good sleep," but they're almost opposite states — one is the quietest your brain gets all night, the other is nearly as active as being awake. In this episode we pull the...
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
We tend to think of insomnia and sleep apnea as two completely different sleep disorders. One means you can't sleep. The other means you stop breathing. Simple, right? Not so fast. In reality, many people with sleep...
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
This week marks the 12th month we have put out the Top 10 Sleep Threats Power Rankings, and this week, we have a special guest assessor, Upneet Chawla, MD (@sleeping.beauty_md). Upneet is an internist and...
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
Sleep duration has always been the headline number in sleep science, but mounting research is pushing the conversation toward something less obvious: how consistent your timing is from night to night. In this episode we...
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
Menopause has always been linked to sleep disruption, but the story has changed dramatically since we last covered it in episode 3. Hot flashes and night sweats still matter, but newer research is pushing us to think...
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