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Love Island's Dark Secret: They Controlled Our Sleep

From Modern Wisdom · May 25, 2026

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Love Island's Dark Secret: They Controlled Our Sleep

Mostly Wise: Matt McCusker, Andrew Huberman & Tom Segura - … · May 25, 2026 TV & Film

Love Island producers removed all clocks, changed car radio times, and took watches away from contestants to control their sleep-wake cycles. Chris Williamson connected this to Huberman's research on how manipulating sleep scores shapes behavior — Love Island was running an unsanctioned circadian experiment on its cast.