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Re: Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

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Post by hodgesrm »

water-data-dude wrote: post #100

I started listening to an audiobook of Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust with the best of intentions. It's high quality literature, and it unquestionably has artistic and human-ness value! However...it's become my "put this on with a 30 minute timer if I'm having trouble falling to sleep" tool. I'd probably have better luck with the physical book. The narrator, John Rowe, does an excellent job, but his voic…

I love Proust, but you need mental space to read his books. It also helps to be a little bored. That's hard to achieve while connected to the Internet.

Re: Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

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Post by hombre_fatal »

My sleep strategy has been scary story montages on Youtube, whether r/nosleep style compilations from Mortis Media or 30min short stories.

The unique selling proposition is that the inherent intrigue makes them interesting enough to listen to in the first place.

The problem with most recommendations in this thread is that I’m still awake for 10+ minutes (or much worse) while I’m laying in bed so “Sleep to physics/calculus” just isn’t going to cut it.

I wonder how many people who can listen to audio where the gimmick is that it’s so boring actually needed sleep assistance in the first place.

Re: Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

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Post by hombre_fatal »

dexterdog wrote: post #89
hdgvhicv wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Amazes me how people in a tech industry paying six figures refuse to pay a tiny percentage of their income to get rid of adverts on something that consumes so much time.

Paying for YouTube does not get rid of ads. Only using sponsor block does.

I avoid sponsorship read outs by choosing the channels I spend my time on, especially if it’s mid roll. Those people are bypassing the built in ad system and deliberately placing the read out in a place where it’s annoying for you to skip.

Re: Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

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Post by __MatrixMan__ »

BlaDeKke wrote: post #18
__MatrixMan__ wrote: post #8

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I can't fall asleep to either. I can tolerate noise, like a thunderstorm, but even construction sounds are interesting enough to keep me up with questions like: "I wonder what tool makes that sound."

The sound of a fan does it for me. Not the motor sound perse, but the blades of a powerful big fan cutting the wind. I’m addicted to it.

Me too. Got an air filter near the bed with a quiet enough motor that all I hear is the woosh. Its also handy for when nearby forest fires degrade the air quality.

Re: Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

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Post by jm4 »

gullywhumper wrote: post #77

Northwoods Baseball Radio Network is my favorite. It’s a fictional baseball league based primarily in Wisconsin. Games are called by a droning announcer. Even the fake commercials between innings are monotonous. I listen to it during the day too. I’m very tempted to score some of the games, but I’m a little worried I’d find holes like only 2 outs in an inning or missing innings in a game. https://www.sleepbaseball.co…

That’s great. Definitely going to check it out. I usually use NASCAR for this. I’m out in 10 minutes like a baby going for a car ride.

Re: Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

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Post by nine_k »

jm4 wrote: post #105
gullywhumper wrote: post #77

Northwoods Baseball Radio Network is my favorite. It’s a fictional baseball league based primarily in Wisconsin. Games are called by a droning announcer. Even the fake commercials between innings are monotonous. I listen to it during the day too. I’m very tempted to score some of the games, but I’m a little worried I’d find holes like only 2 outs in an inning or missing innings in a game. https://www.sleepbaseball.co…

That’s great. Definitely going to check it out. I usually use NASCAR for this. I’m out in 10 minutes like a baby going for a car ride.

Same effect for me. As a child, I was prone to fall asleep even during live events! The racing cars or motorbikes were interesting, but the drone of the motors brought an overwhelming drowsiness.

Re: Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

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Post by kelvinjps10 »

I was starting to get chill Until I heard this And then it hits you. That signal is at risk. It could be snatched right out of the sky. Congress has just passed the Rescissions Act of 2025, H.R.4, eliminating all federal funding for public media. At Marfa Public Radio, this means one third of our budget is disappearing. For now, everything's still humming, machinery whirring, tower broadcasting.

Now I got worried, is this actually true, wanted to look it up and now it was hard to fall asleep again. They shouldn't put stuff like that in the podcast supposed to help you sleep

Re: Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

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Post by kelvinjps10 »

What I do is to put a podcast in a language I'm learning, radio France is very good for this. I have a good level of French but my listening still needs work, at the beginning I can understand what they're saying but around the 20minutes or 30 mark my brain becomes too tired, I stop understanding and then I fall to sleep.

Re: Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

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Post by ycombinete »

jansan wrote: post #68
ycombinete wrote: post #33

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The Sleep With Me Podcast is very good. It helped my wife when she had a period of insomnia. He has a number of tricks he uses from a monoto delivery, to meandering stories where the narrative constantly interrupts itself with. So you can’t really “follow along”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_with_Me_(podcast)

Woke up too early this morning and tried it, after Mafra public radio did not work for me. This worked great, and now that I am listening to it again it is quite hilarious that I just cannot follow what he is talking about

Haha. Thats very well put!

My favourite episode (The Bear with a Comet on his Belly): https://www.sleepwithmepodcast.com/414/

Re: Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

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Post by sjs382 »

gullywhumper wrote: post #77

Northwoods Baseball Radio Network is my favorite. It’s a fictional baseball league based primarily in Wisconsin. Games are called by a droning announcer. Even the fake commercials between innings are monotonous. I listen to it during the day too. I’m very tempted to score some of the games, but I’m a little worried I’d find holes like only 2 outs in an inning or missing innings in a game. https://www.sleepbaseball.co…

Hah! I often keep a few 1-3 week-old sports podcasts around as a sleep aid.

I find that outdated previews/predictions of events that have already happened is the perfect thing to get me to doze off.

I think the 2 weeks of heavy speculation about where Giannis Antetokounmpo will be traded to has me set for another month.

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