Listen "How technology affects our sleep"
Episode Synopsis
The way we sleep has dramatically changed in recent years.
Our alarm clock used to be the only piece of tech we associated with sleep, but we now have apps that track our sleep, evaluate its quality, and how much more or less we may need on a day-to-day basis.
But how do all of these advances in sleep-orientated actually technology affect us?
Katie Coveney is a senior lecturer in Sociology at Loughborough University in the UK & a medical sociologist with expertise in social and ethical aspects of medicine and health care. Catherine has just co-authored 'Technosleep: Frontiers, Fictions, Futures', a book that examines the relationship between sleep and technology.
She joins Jonathan to discuss.
Our alarm clock used to be the only piece of tech we associated with sleep, but we now have apps that track our sleep, evaluate its quality, and how much more or less we may need on a day-to-day basis.
But how do all of these advances in sleep-orientated actually technology affect us?
Katie Coveney is a senior lecturer in Sociology at Loughborough University in the UK & a medical sociologist with expertise in social and ethical aspects of medicine and health care. Catherine has just co-authored 'Technosleep: Frontiers, Fictions, Futures', a book that examines the relationship between sleep and technology.
She joins Jonathan to discuss.
More episodes of the podcast Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea
Extra: Earth’s Early Wildfires
06/01/2026
The Surprising Flaws of Evolution
04/01/2026
Sustaining human life on the Moon and Mars
04/01/2026
Extra: CAR T-Cell Therapy (Best of)
30/12/2025
Extra: Is butt breathing achievable?
16/12/2025
The winter hibernation gene in animals
13/12/2025
Extra: Vitamin D is linked to BMI?
09/12/2025
ZARZA We are Zarza, the prestigious firm behind major projects in information technology.