I enjoy writing blogs. Having the freedom to write creatively about sleep science is … freeing! And it’s so nice sometimes to break the chains, boundaries and limitations set by scientific writing.

But in the past month I’ve had a couple of people - whom I respect - say to me:

“You should do a podcast”

It just so happens that this process in underway …

But it won’t be done via WINK - it will rest in the good hands at …

Sleep Cycle

Sleep Cycle have begun their own podcast channel on Apple Podcasts.

Already you have the chance to listen to various sorts of relaxation music and sleep stories. Soon, they’ll be releasing a series of short mini-podcasts about my journey researching the connections between technology and sleep.

And then …

From January 2024, Sleep Cycle will release episodes of me interviewing experts in the sleep sciences about poignant topic. These folks are on the frontier of sleep science, discovering new findings that take a while for the public to find out.

And part of the plan with these sleep expert podcast episodes, is that there will be a section title “Ask Dr Mike”, where I will answer your questions. Any questions. But it’s gotta be about sleep.

They say there is no such thing as a stupid question. And if there is, then I’ll take advantage of it and provide a stupid answer.

But I suspect there’s a bunch of you out there who are pretty sleep savvy, but yearn to know more - indeed, you may have heard some ‘fact’ about sleep, but wish for me to fact check it? Or maybe ask for the breakdown of a new or old study. The choice is yours.

So, here’s what to do:

• Record your question as an audio file. You can simply do this on your phone, or use free software on your computer (eg, Audacity).

• Make sure to introduce yourself before you ask your question. Say your first name, and where you’re from.

• Then send me an email with your audio file attached at askdrmike@sleepcycle.com

I plan to listen to every single question sent to me, and I’d love to play as many of them in these podcast episodes. So unlike Led Zeppelin’s song Ramble On - think first about how you’ll phrase your question, and then ask it as focused as you can - ie, less than 12 seconds.

There’s only one caveat - I don’t do dream interpretation. For that, Ask Dr Google.

For everything else Ask …

• Dr Mike