What Happens to Your Body When You Don't Sleep for 72 Hours

Stan stays awake for 72 hours, in a sleep lab with doctors watching, and we follow what happens inside his body hour by hour: sleep pressure and caffeine, the "drunk" brain at hour 17, the angry and hungry brain at hour 24, parts of the brain falling asleep at hour 36, and hallucinations at hour 72. Plus the 1959 DJ who stayed awake in a glass booth, the twist about whether sleep loss can kill, and the true story of the teenager who stayed awake for 11 days.