The Snooze Button EXPRESS has the sleepytime goodness of The Snooze Button podcast, just jammed into a highlight reel that's exactly nine minutes long.

This week, Erin Davis and Drift take over The Snooze Button podcast, with Erin fresh from last year's induction into the Broadcasters Hall of Fame. She spent decades waking people up with a smile on one of North America's largest radio morning shows. But now, she focuses on the other end of the sleep experience. Erin's new podcast, Drift, features peaceful bedtime stories to help soothe you toward a comfortable night's rest.

We kick off our third season of The Snooze Button Express with the return of Dr. Chris Winter, sleep specialist and author of The Rested Child. In the full 40-minute conversation from The Snooze Button podcast, Chris and Neil get into everything from setting a specific bedtime for kids, to school start times, to smart cribs. They even get into the "cry it out" episode of Mad About You, Simone Biles, and 102 mph fastballs. The Snooze Button Express is your weekly 9-minute highlight package.

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Neil is joined again by one of the giants in the sleep world, Behavioral Sleep Medicine specialist Dr. Michael Grandner, the Director of Sleep & Health at the University of Arizona, talking about the impact sleep can have on athletic performance, and a new paper he co-authored that gets into the specifics of performance in a number of sports at a number of levels. Bottom line: You want the team you play for to win Sunday? Maybe take those extra hours in the gym and use some of that time to grab some ZZZs.

Major General Melvin Spiese (RET, USMC) has had more to do with how the men and women of the US Marine Corps are trained than perhaps anyone else. Here, he talks with Neil about how training our fighting forces has evolved over the years, how the training has shifted to the area above the neck, and how sleep impacts our soldiers.

Erin Davis and Mike Cooper had the #1 morning radio show in Canada for about a decade. You’ll hear the chemistry that put them there while they talk to Neil about sleep, friendship and morning radio. LINKAPALOOZA: Erin’s remarkable book, “Mourning Has Broken” Erin’s website Erin Davis on Twitter

U.S. Army veteran and award-winning author Liz Stanley talks with Neil about her new book, Widen the Window – Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma, and how better sleep can contribute to resilience and recovery. They also flip the script and talk about the impact PTSD and stress can have on your sleep. LINKAPALOOZA: Widen the Window on Amazon (affiliate link) Elizabeth’s website

Dr. Tucker Peck joins Neil to talk about - among other things - the intersection of sleep and meditation. LINKAPALOOZA MeditateWithTucker.com DrugFreeSleep.com - remember the discount code 'Snooze' to get 1/3 off!

"Mad About You" is back on television, and Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt are here to talk about the series' resumption, about the "cry it out" episode where they sleep-train their baby.