Increasingly, sports teams, especially in the NBA, are hiring "sleep coaches" to help players. This follows research that good sleep can be as beneficial as performance-enhancing drugs.

On the 21st: If Congress doesn't act soon, funding will expire for a federal healthcare program, known as CHIP, which covers roughly 180,000 children in Illinois. Plus, a new study finds there may be a genetic component to picky eating. We also discuss how a good night's sleep is important for both the body and the brain.

On the 21st: We talked to a Chicago-area rabbi about his upcoming book about drawing on ancient Jewish practices to find happiness even during difficult times. Plus, we learned about the importance of sleep when it comes to school success and how delaying high school start times can lead to several positive outcomes.

On the 21st: we talked about heroin use in Central Illinois with two Bloomington-Normal Pantagraph reporters and a Pontiac woman who was addicted for a decade and lost loved ones to the drug; we learned of the impending closure of a mental health treatment center in central Illinois; and we also talked about new guidelines for pediatric sleep, for children from infants to age 18.

We spend nearly a third of our lives asleep…but have you ever wondered why? Interestingly enough, despite years and billions of dollars in research, even leading sleep scientists still can’t answer that question. We'll listen back to a conversation Lindsey Moon had with David Randall, author of the book Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep.