Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. In this week’s episode, we talk to Prof Russell Foster.
He’s a a neuroscientist who specialises in the study of circadian rhythms and author of Life Time: The New Science of the Body Clock, and How It Can Revolutionize Your Sleep and Health (£13, Penguin).
In this episode, he explains how our circadian rhythms control functions throughout our entire bodies.
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And if that’s not enough, you can hear even more from Russell on Instant Genius Extra.
On this subscription-only show, available on Apple Podcasts, we take a deeper dive into the topics covered on Instant Genius. In this episode, Russell tells us everything we need to know about how to manage our body clocks.
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