Best Moment: The One Thing You Should Never Do Before Bed: Dr Cheri Mah

The segment opens with a personal habit from the host. They grew up with a radio in their room, and as an adult they still look for something to play while falling asleep. They ask whether this hurts sleep quality. Dr Cheri Mah does not push back on the habit. Her view is that someone who is used to falling asleep to audio can keep doing it.

Her line is about light and stimulation, not sound. She is not in favour of having the TV on in the hour before bedtime. Part of the reason is the bright light. The other part, in her words, is that "it also can just be very psychologically stimulating." A radio or a podcast that a listener feels is helping them relax gets her approval. Asked whether the host's own podcast will help people relax, she offers a modest answer: it "might help you at least think about your sleep a bit more and challenge you to do maybe one one change tonight." The host jokingly calls this "a scientific endorsement of the podcast."