Episode 077—Take a Nap, Plant a Tree
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:
Gorvett, Zaria. “The Forgotten Medieval Habit of 'Two Sleeps'.” BBC Future, BBC, 9 Jan. 2022, https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220107-the-lost-medieval-habit-of-biphasic-sleep.
Wangari Maathai – Biographical. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2022. Tue. 25 Jan 2022. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2004/maathai/biographical/>
“Wangari Maathai Biography.” UNESCO Women in African History, UNESCO, https://en.unesco.org/womeninafrica/wangari-maathai/biography.
“Wangari Maathai.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wangari-Maathai.
“Wangari Maathai.” The Green Belt Movement, https://www.greenbeltmovement.org/wangari-maathai.
“Wangari Maathai.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Jan. 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wangari_Maathai.
CREDITS: Original Theme: Garreth Spinn
Original Art: Sarah Cruz
Animations: The Banditry Co.
SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.