To Sleep, Perchance to Dream

Neurologists Charles Pollak, Director of the Weill Cornell Center for Sleep Medicine in Manhattan, and Ronald Chervin, Director of the Sleep Disorders Center at the University of Michigan, tell us how to get a good night’s sleep. We’ll look at the science of sleep, from sleep stages to sleep disorders, and find out what sleep really does for us. Then, when Helen Hunt, Hilary Swank, and Michael Clarke Duncan won Academy Awards, they each thanked acting coach Larry Moss for his guidance. He joins us to share some of his insights on teaching, and tells us about his new book, The Intent to Live. Next, Rabbi Mark Borovitz re-examines his years of criminal activity and his time in prison, before the spiritual awakening that urged him to change his life and become a rabbi at age 50. And, each Friday in February we’re re-airing an archival interview to celebrate Leonard's 20th anniversary at WNYC. Today, we’ll hear an archival interview with Canadian writer Alice Munro from 2002. She tells Leonard about her prolific career and her 10th collection of short stories, Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage.