
The Guardians of Sleep takes a fresh look at the landscape of dream life. Built out of conversations with the public and encompassing work by scientists, artists, and philosophers, this podcast explores how dreaming serves as an integral psychological process that helps us work through the struggles we face in our waking lives.
Hosted by Dr. Sharon Sliwinski, creator of the Museum of Dreams.
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 12 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Category | Society & Culture | ||||

In this episode, the award-winning Palestinian-American novelist, poet, and clinical psychologist, Hala Alyan, speaks with guest host Jouzian Wahhab about how she works with dream material in both her writing and clinical work. Season 2 of Guardians ... more
In this episode, Dr. Amy Shawanda, an Indigenous health scholar from McGill University, discusses Anishnaabe methods for working with dream knowledge and the concept of baawaajige—the space of dreaming. Dr. Shawanda describes the importance of integr... more
Have you ever wondered why—and when—dreams stopped being treated as an important source of knowledge in Western societies? In this episode, host Sharon Sliwinski speaks with Edward McGushin, Professor of Philosophy at Stonehill College, about how dre... more
This episode features Abigail Echo-Hawk, an international leader in Indigenous public health research and the decolonization of data.
In this episode, Echo-Hawk speaks with Dr. Sofia Locklear about how her trailblazing work on Murdered and Missing ... more
Season 2 of Guardians of Sleep delves into the colonial history that devalued dream life and highlights contemporary Indigenous methods for attending the knowledge offered in these experiences. Guests include Abigail Echo-Hawk, Edward McGushin, Lewis... more
In this final episode of our first season, we present some of our concluding thoughts about how dreaming served as a mental resource during the Covid-19 pandemic. Topics include how dreams return us to early childhood memories, how they draw on share... more
In this episode we hear from Ruby who dreams of aliens and tunnels as a way to represent her experience of the pandemic. The focus also turns to the interaction between Ruby and her interviewer: What kind of listening is required to attune to a stran... more
In this episode we hear from Pinny, a documentary filmmaker, and her 9-year-old daughter, Iris. Mother and daughter share the ability to lucid dream. This episode is part of larger project investigating how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the drea... more
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