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Life Examined

How the global pandemic has impacted our dreams?

Hosted by Jonathan Bastian May. 23, 2020 Coronavirus
“Help I can’t wake up."

“Help I can’t wake up." Illustration by Deirdre Barrett

Deirdre Barrett, dream researcher and assistant professor of psychology at Harvard University, joins KCRW’s Jonathan Bastian to discuss how the prolonged global pandemic has impacted the way we dream. Why are we having such vivid dreams at this time  — and why are so many of us dreaming about bugs and jail cells? 

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Host:

Jonathan Bastian

Producer:

Andrea Brody

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