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Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

Jonathan responds to your texts and tweets, is joined in studio for all the latest science stories for Newsround and speaks to one of our two guests featured on the show. Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Johnathan McCrea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.   You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'

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Futureproof Extra: Covid Dreams

You’re probably sick of the term “the new normal” - we know we are. Of course, when the first global pandemic in human history hits, you expect things to change.  But one thing you may not have expected was for your dreams to change and yet that is what many people have reported. So what’s going on? Deirdre Barrett is Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author of 'The Committee of Sleep' and 'Pandemic Dreams', she joins Jonathan to discuss. Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Johnathan McCrea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.