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Came here to recommend the same thing. Incredibly relaxing, funny, and wholesome.
If I remember the name correctly, "Sleep With Me" is designed specifically for this purpose.
Yup and they gave a large archive too! Other recommendations: Nothing much happens, and Boring books for bedtime.
The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan is over a decade (edit: typo) old but it's ideal for that. He has an incredibly relaxing voice, and even though I'm legitimately interested in Roman history I would find myself drifting off sometimes. The audio quality in the early episodes aren't great but he gets a better mic later.
Episode 1, every episode is the first episode of a podcast. It's like 90% improv. Might be my favorite podcast.
I like Levar Burton Reads. His voice is so soothing. You can pick a story with a topic you are less interested in for nighttime listening since there are plenty to choose from.
I'd recommend the Welcome to Night Vale podcast. It's an audio play that presents itself as a local radio news station for a town called Night Vale, where all sorts of weird and spooky things happen but are all totally normal and mundane to the people there. It's very entertaining, and because all the "bits" are told like very short little news segments. Each story is pretty much self-contained and not intrinsically related to anything else, so it's easy enough to tune in and out while you fall asleep, and you won't really be missing anything "important".
I love Startalk Radio for this. Itβs very interesting, funny and they make breaks every couple of minutes with a jingle that triggers me to wake up slightly with enough focus to take my headphones off and then fall asleep
I usually listen to any podcast with tech bros talking about tech because it is fun enough but completely inconsequential, so I donβt miss anything when I fall asleep. Examples: Accidental Tech Podcast, Upstream, Cortex, Waveform
Ah yes, the famous Mac Pro segment.
Fall of Civilization. His voice is absolutely soothing and the topics of how certain people found these lost Civilizations and then how they fell into ruin is super interesting.
Huge +1 to this. Also North 02 on YouTube.
I've always found RadioLab cozy, especially episodes from when it was still at its peak.
Also, not a podcast, but old-time radio is great for this. On a similar note, check out Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour.
Thank you for this post !
I recognize the irony of this, but sometimes I like to fall asleep to the No Sleep podcast.
I subbed just last week, haven't listened to many episodes, but it's been good.
Clarkesworld Magazine and anything from Skyboat Media.
Kate Baker narrates the former, Stephen Rudniki a lot of the latterβs content and both deliver sonorous, resonant readings that are easy to nod off with.
Rome was pretty boring and so long.
My kids like Bedtime Explorers and no lie it puts me to sleep.
Smashing Security or Darknet Diaries. I always put them on before bed and fall asleep. I have to relisten from the latest bit I remember to make sure I get all the information.
Any book read by Samuel West, his voice is very relaxing.