
Talking Sleep
Hosted by Dr Seema Khosla and Seema Khosla · AASM
4.9from 122 ratings
- 146
- Episodes
- 13
- Transcribed
- 122
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Talking Sleep
The vast field of sleep medicine is always evolving. Listen to Talking Sleep, a podcast of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), to keep up on the latest developments in clinical sleep medicine and sleep disorders. Our host, Dr. Seema Khosla, medical director of the North Dakota Center for Sleep in Fargo, will take an in-depth look at issues impacting the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders. Episodes will feature conversations with clinicians, researchers, sleep team members and other health care experts working to help us sleep well so we can live well.
- Publisher
- AASM
- Category
- health & fitness · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 29 Apr 2020
- Latest episode
- 25 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
13 of 146 episodes have a transcript.

25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Oxytocin and Social Cataplexy

11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Patient Advocacy in Sleep Medicine

28 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Residual AHI vs Objective Testing: Which is Accurate?
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Oxytocin and Social Cataplexy
Published 25 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Okay. So tell me what, like, what does chemogenetics mean? Chemogenetics generally refers to the ability to target a specific type of neuron. Okay. With, with a drug, with another chemical. That makes sense. So we could peripherally inject a drug. and it would target that specific receptor. Oh, that's cool. Okay. And then what about optogenetics? What's that? Optogenetics is another way to manipulate the activity level of a population of neurons, but with light, not with a drug. So we could provide an optical fiber and target a specific region that was expressing a light sensitive channel, and then we could activate or inhibit those neurons. […]
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- Carrie Mahoney
- Matt Horsnell
- Emma Cooksey
- Julie Flygare
- Dr Sahil Chopra
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 80 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 42 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 31 / 100
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- Quality
- 25
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 95
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Who hosts Talking Sleep?
Dr Seema Khosla and Seema Khosla host the show. Published by AASM.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
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