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Stuff You Should Know · September 22, 2026 · 49m

Our Big Fat Dream Episode

Josh and Chuck finally dedicate an entire episode to dreams, the one sleep-related topic they hadn’t covered after doing shows on lucid dreaming, night terrors, sleepwalking, and sleep paralysis. The episode explores what dreams are, why we have them, and what science currently understands about the dreaming brain.

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Preview

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The hosts complete their sleep-series with dreams
Chuck and Josh have previously explored lucid dreaming, night terrors, sleepwalking, and sleep paralysis, and now fill the last major gap by talking about everyday dreams.
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Dreams as a universal human experience
The episode discusses the near-universality of dreaming and what the latest science says about why we dream.

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