What podcasts do you listen to when you go to sleep?

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poppyedwardsPE@reddit

Right now I'm listening to The Cows Are Mad about mad cow disease, it's super interesting and the cadence is just slow enough that it sends me right to sleep haha

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saywherefore@reddit

The Blindboy podcast is great for falling asleep to as it's just one person talking and he has an excellent voice and not too many ads or other noises.

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Recovering_Insomniac@reddit

My current favorite is Sleepy Journeys through History

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sheepandlambs@reddit

If I can't sleep what I tend to do is read Wikipedia articles on my phone. It's good for learning new things, and I know when I'm drifting off when reading becomes difficult.

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Avdee2000@reddit

Have you tried the ‘ I can’t sleep’ podcast? He reads Wikipedia articles about different topics

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pileaphil@reddit

I have a browser on my phone that blocks YouTube ads, and it's handy for listening to history videos. I like ones that talk about what life was like for normal people in different eras.

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Upset_Measurement_31@reddit

No such thing as a fish, must be on.my 5th re-listen at least. It's not boring at all, but they've all got pretty chill voices and I enjoy actually learning something interesting until I fall asleep!

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LilacRose32@reddit

In Our Time! There are loads of episodes and it is the right level of interesting to fall asleep to

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blueincubus@reddit

Genuinely the best, depending on your mood you can pick something so completely obscure, with so little to connect to that it lulls you to sleep.

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What makes it the best for me is that they always book actual experts. It’s not worth the risk for me to listen to a regular journalist/podcaster babble on about obscure topics at bedtime, because I’m scared that eventually they will touch on something I know about and I’ll be kept awake by the irritation of listening to them being wrong.

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amboandy@reddit

And some bonus material from Melvin and his guests?

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LilacRose32@reddit

I like to know who opts for coffee and who chooses tea

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amboandy@reddit

Simon has a very limited rider, I once heard an Irish academic ask for "something a bit stronger".

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walphriggum69@reddit

Real survival stories or the crux: survival stories. I liked mr ballen but I found some of them too scary lol.

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HealthyWhereas3982@reddit

Hugh Bonneville reading Sherlock Holmes stories (BBC Sounds). Very soothing, and while I want to listen to the story it sends me right to sleep. Sorry Hugh!

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Critical-Project7283@reddit

Ones without ads....

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PipBin@reddit

I like 50 Things that Made the Modern Economy. Interesting and dull at the same time. But only 15 minutes long. It’s on the BBC sounds app.

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EllieW47@reddit

Most things I have heard before work. I like some BBC comedy ones. The unbelievable truth, Mark Steel's in Town, Natalie Hayes stands up for the classics... They had a brilliant podcast a few years ago called "the boring talks", it was actually quite engaging in a gentle, non taxing way.

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SaltPomegranate4@reddit

Yes! I listened to a fascinating episode of that once.

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cordlesspizza@reddit

This paranormal life, Casefile, Stuff they don’t want you to know and The rest is history are good rotations!

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peebee24@reddit

Stephen Fry reading Harry Potter. Especially good for me as I know exactly what is going to happen so it’s doesn’t keep me interested enough to keep me awake. The trick is to play it just about loud enough so you can hear it.

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abbieadeva@reddit

I also fall asleep to this. And his Mythos and Heros audiobooks.

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hermitbear@reddit

Stephen has a habit of shouting something in his Hermione voice just as I’m about to nod off and it jolts me right up

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AccomplishedGap6985@reddit

I listen to the crackpots on LBC. Four in the morning with that bloke who used to be on Sky Sports is pure gold.

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BuckfastAndHairballs@reddit

I like Boring History for Sleep. I don't even find it boring though just calm

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jesussays51@reddit

The Short History of… on bbc sounds

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Lost-Statement5130@reddit

I came here to say this, that was always my go to on Spotify a couple of years ago. I enjoy the detail within each episode. History Daily was another one I became a big fan of, as well as Scoundrel: History's Forgotten Villains

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Samwiser86@reddit

Mark Gagnons Camp and side camps

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OmegaSMP300M@reddit

RSK XFM

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uneasy-chicken@reddit

Nothing much happens is good

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vytalsynz@reddit

I love this

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b135702@reddit

I second Nothing Much Happens!

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MaximusSydney@reddit

The best podcast in the world of course: Three Bean Salad.

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abktt@reddit

I love audiobooks of older stories like Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Because it was written in the late 1800s the language is obviously a bit different to modern day language and that kind of puts me to sleep as I don’t follow it as easily as a more modern book.

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SkyPilotOne@reddit

Try the [History Of English](https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/) podcast. I started listening to it for the information but it sent me to sleep a number of times.

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axolotltheswede@reddit

I like this one too - he's american if it matters - the material is interesting if you like deep dive linguistics and his voice is calm and soothing almost a touch monotone - recommend

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Live-Negotiation3743@reddit

Podcast called sleep with me. This guy tells stories that don’t go anywhere and you can’t follow them but it stops you feeling alone. It’s great haha.

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hrfr5858@reddit

Seconded. I've only made it to the end of an episode once.

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Think-Job-5728@reddit

I listen to Get Sleepy, they read stories but they’re so mundane you just fall straight to sleep!!

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abktt@reddit

This works for me too. They had one story about Atlantis that I’ve literally never heard the end of and I’ve listened to it about 50 times, it’s like a sleeping pill!

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Smiley_Dub@reddit

This is tooooo funny. Must give it a try. 😁😁😁

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Think-Job-5728@reddit

Honestly I can’t tell you really what any of them are about, I’m asleep before they even finish the breathing exercises 😆

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DepartureAwkward5002@reddit

Rsk xfm is good, they talk such shit that it makes it easier to switch off to. Only downside is Ricky Gervais' loud laugh may occasionally wake you up just as you're falling asleep. I also quite like listening to the rest is history, and infinite monkey cage is also pretty good. Also, not a podcast, but on YouTube you can find a recorded audio book version of a 19th century travel book called wild wales. I've listened to it a few times and it's fascinating but also really calming. The narrator has a really soothing voice. It's basically a victorian gentleman's account of his journey through Wales, recording his interactions with the different people he meets on his journey and sharing his experiences and insights, showing the attitudes of the time. I've fallen asleep listening to it many times.

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Mysterious_Escape421@reddit

Fellow saucer drinkers looking to recruit more saucer drinkers

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Pembleton8@reddit

Can he hear us?

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DepartureAwkward5002@reddit

Soundest station in the area

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Disastrous_Meat5657@reddit

Case file. I’m asleep in minutes

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Dazzling-Market6811@reddit

I listen to classic books on Sleepy Book Shelf - works a treat for me

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DeaconBlueDignity@reddit

I listen to the recordings of Limmy’s streams. Occasionally get woken up by some mad music or a game but it works for me

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TheForksUseTheForks@reddit

I don't listen to podcasts when trying to sleep. Do you have any idea how insane that idea is? No wonder people don't get enough sleep.

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IAM_THE_LIZARD_QUEEN@reddit

Some people need background noise to sleep, the only "insane" thing here is acting so incredulous that not everyone is the same as you.

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TheForksUseTheForks@reddit

Background noise is understandable. A podcast is not. Literally designed to stimulate your brain ..

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IAM_THE_LIZARD_QUEEN@reddit

>Literally designed to stimulate your brain .. Apart from the many, **many**, podcasts out there that are designed to help you get to sleep.

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TheForksUseTheForks@reddit

You can't read books and try to sleep at the same time.

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peebee24@reddit

Lots of people find some background noise helpful to sleep. This is apparent from a very young age e.g babies falling asleep to the sound of the vacuum cleaner

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bnnyrabbit@reddit

rain or prayers

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_TheThinkingMan_@reddit

Compilations of older radio shows that are on YouTube: Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant & Karl Pilkington on XFM Nick Abbott on LBC

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Pembleton8@reddit

Weak observations, poorly performed

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Cannabis_Sir@reddit

I listen to old episodes of Art Bell Coast to coast

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smartief1@reddit

I have the big bang theory on tv via netflix. Or via my phone. It's my comfort show

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baby_oopsie_daisy@reddit

I listen to old episodes of Mr ballen

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not-my-circus1992@reddit

My husband and I listen to Astrum :)

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MissingLink101@reddit

Have you tried just using white noise? We use a fan in the summer and white noise machine/box the rest of the year.

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FamSender@reddit

Heavyweight by Jonathan Goldstein. Tend to re-listen to one I’ve already listened to so that I don’t get engrossed and stay awake.

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