Ramteen Arablui

And we've been exploring the personal and how it's changed history. From the politics of smell to the history of love, one man's quest to end aging, and now the content of our dreams.

And we've been exploring the personal and how it's changed history. From the politics of smell to the history of love, one man's quest to end aging, and now the content of our dreams.

I'm Ramteen Arablui, and on this episode of ThruLine from NPR, we're taking a journey through the history of dreams.

I'm Ramteen Arablui, and on this episode of ThruLine from NPR, we're taking a journey through the history of dreams.

I'm Ramteen Arablui, and on this episode of ThruLine from NPR, we're taking a journey through the history of dreams.

Phase one, the brain slows down, the body relaxes, muscles twitch.

Phase one, the brain slows down, the body relaxes, muscles twitch.

Phase one, the brain slows down, the body relaxes, muscles twitch.

Phase two, body temperature drops, bursts of brain activity happen in waves, your eyes stop moving, your muscles relax. Everything slows down. And then, about 90 minutes after you fall asleep, rapid eye movements start. You enter your first cycle of REM sleep.

Phase two, body temperature drops, bursts of brain activity happen in waves, your eyes stop moving, your muscles relax. Everything slows down. And then, about 90 minutes after you fall asleep, rapid eye movements start. You enter your first cycle of REM sleep.

Phase two, body temperature drops, bursts of brain activity happen in waves, your eyes stop moving, your muscles relax. Everything slows down. And then, about 90 minutes after you fall asleep, rapid eye movements start. You enter your first cycle of REM sleep.

The first one is short, but the cycles get longer and longer as you move in and out of deep sleep and dreaming sleep.

The first one is short, but the cycles get longer and longer as you move in and out of deep sleep and dreaming sleep.

The first one is short, but the cycles get longer and longer as you move in and out of deep sleep and dreaming sleep.

Zora Neale Hurston, the celebrated early 20th century novelist, wrote a sentence that has always stuck with me. The dream is the truth. These five words express a grand idea that our dreams can reveal truths to us that we cannot access when we're awake. It's a place where we're completely free from the confines of our self-awareness.

Zora Neale Hurston, the celebrated early 20th century novelist, wrote a sentence that has always stuck with me. The dream is the truth. These five words express a grand idea that our dreams can reveal truths to us that we cannot access when we're awake. It's a place where we're completely free from the confines of our self-awareness.

Zora Neale Hurston, the celebrated early 20th century novelist, wrote a sentence that has always stuck with me. The dream is the truth. These five words express a grand idea that our dreams can reveal truths to us that we cannot access when we're awake. It's a place where we're completely free from the confines of our self-awareness.

And when we try to make sense of our dreams, we can find meaning in our own thoughts and desires. According to Siddhartha Ribeiro, for thousands of years, we humans have made art, technology, and imagined new futures inspired by the dreams we experience almost every night.

And when we try to make sense of our dreams, we can find meaning in our own thoughts and desires. According to Siddhartha Ribeiro, for thousands of years, we humans have made art, technology, and imagined new futures inspired by the dreams we experience almost every night.

And when we try to make sense of our dreams, we can find meaning in our own thoughts and desires. According to Siddhartha Ribeiro, for thousands of years, we humans have made art, technology, and imagined new futures inspired by the dreams we experience almost every night.