http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lpy5QO8Z67g

Yea! Please Please Please post the name/artist of the song starting up between these two segments. Please (did I say please?)

Clearly I'm way behind (just discovered the awesomeness that is Radiolab podcasts), but I just heard this story and I wanted to hug Hannah. I've been there myself and know exactly how she was feeling. Not sure if you read these comments, Hannah, but I was feeling your pain! Here's hoping you've been getting more sleep in the last couple of years.

i, too, am dying to know what song that was! even though i'm 3 years late in listening.

Whats the song just before the Dream segment? Please, there should be an hour on why music affects people like this. Many have asked. I'll buy it, I promise. If it was a one off for the show by an intern, then I need to email that intern.

What is the song playing between this segment and the one after??

Yes, please tell us what the song is that comes in at 40:00 It's great. It sounds a bit like Luminous Beings

This is so perfect I almost couldn't listen to it. I'm so glad my kids sleep these days, and hope Dominic does, too, by now.

What is the song between this segment and the next?

what is the song that plays between segments?

I have a two year old who mostly sleeps through the night these days. The first year was hellish--I can completely connect with what Hanna Palin is going through.
She mentioned that she becomes angry when she is sleep deprived. I too have had a great deal of anger, really intense homicidal anger, in the periods of sleep deprivation. I'm normally a pretty well adjusted, calm person. I'd be interested to learn more about why being tired leads to such intense anger. What is anger, and why do we feel it so intensely when we are profoundly tired?

I enjoyed this piece but it left several unanswered questions.

For instance, one hypothesis presented was that "tiredness" was due to the brain not being able to sort everything out (and jumbled proteins...).

But yesterday I worked out 2 hours a the gym, got 7 hours of sleep, and am exhausted today. (I didn't dream about working out either). Couldn't sleep just be a more efficient way of resting the physical body? People get tired doing hard physical activity. Obviously the body needs to recuperate. This can't be associated with the brain working things out... why wasn't this purpose of sleep examined.

As a student, I've observed that, when I get just one or two hours less than what I should, I am unbelievably sleepy the next day. However, when I get somewhere around four to five hours, I feel chipper and not as groggy. Of course I just feel terrible if I keep the latter up, but is there a reason for this?
And also, what is the song that plays during the break between deprivation and dreams?

Great stuff. Its been awhile since I've been sleep deprived by a toddler, but worrying and waiting for a teenager to come home very late at night has a similar effect. How do we get the little housekeepers in our brains to become more efficient, cleaning up more quickly so we can feel refreshed on even a couple of hours of sleep?

Good luck to Hannah and family!