Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

(marfapublicradio.org)

108 points | by reaperducer 3 hours ago

17 comments

  • colemannerd 55 minutes ago
    Marfa is an amazing little town. I was there 3 months ago; while it is out of the way, even as a visitor, everyone is nice and genuinely there to provide an amazing artistic experience. If you ever want to experience the actual weird, southwestern, cowboy country, go to Marfa. And have a drink outside this public radio station. It's quite a nice getaway.
  • wxw 2 hours ago
    > It's a sleep podcast wherein we read you the boring documents essential to our jobs, in the hopes we might lull you into slumber.

    What a great idea, I feel li... zzz

  • jpmontez 1 hour ago
    One of my greatest memories is performing at the Chinati Foundation. Marfa is such a gem with tons of cool people just being creative out in the desert.
    • dfee 1 hour ago
      agreed, it's a gem. wasn't familiar with Chianti, though!
  • adi_kurian 1 hour ago
    Just thinking about that little big neck of the world puts me to sleep. In the best of ways. I love West Texas.
  • oniony 32 minutes ago
    I wonder why the telephone number read aloud, and that on the web page, are different.
  • greybox555 1 hour ago
    fastsleep.app does kinda similar thing... but instead of long podcasts, you are given something to imagine at a time interval.

    Like if you hear "calm river", imagine that. If you hear "heavy rain over a tree", imagine that.

    In short → Close your eyes, listen & imagine.

    • aaarrm 1 hour ago
      I wasn't able to find this, is it iPhone only?
      • alwa 57 minutes ago
        I may have missed the joke but no, https://fastsleep.app/ is not iPhone only!
      • greybox555 54 minutes ago
        It's a progressive web app (you may install and use it both on android and ios) Simply visit the page and click Install. This may even be used without installation though... Even no sign-up is required to try this.
  • zippyman55 2 hours ago
    I’d like to filter the offerings to get the most monotonic voice
  • initramfs 2 hours ago
    clicks fingers instead of clapping.
  • chriscjcj 1 hour ago
    "Do you lay awake wondering what FCC compliance entails?"

    I guessing FCC compliance doesn't involve knowing the difference between lay and lie. Or maybe they fell asleep in English class. X-p

    • msla 38 minutes ago
      > knowing the difference between lay and lie.

      I'm guessing you're not a linguist, and have no knowledge of academic linguistics.

    • dylan604 43 minutes ago
      Tell me you're not a Texan without telling me you're not a Texan.
      • zippyman55 10 minutes ago
        I’d tell you what state I am from but do not want to embarrass you.
  • ElijahLynn 38 minutes ago
    Listening now, after a day long coding binge, and I need to wind down.

    It has a decent sleepy background vibe to it too. Reminds me of Joe Perra Talks You To Sleep (Adult Swim). I dig it!

  • roguequery-dev 2 hours ago
    What a brilliant idea. I’m here fo…zzz.
  • lostmsu 2 hours ago
    I am using https://www.youtube.com/@EpicNate for the same purpose. Works like a charm.
  • a34729t 1 hour ago
    Meh, not math finance. Thats literally lorezapam.
  • fsckboy 1 hour ago
    i want a sleep app that reads me things that will put me to sleep, but i need it to track when i may have gone to sleep, or more importantly when I have not, so i can restart the next night past the point i've listened to. but it needs to be some crazy simple UI, i don't want the light on my phone to turn on, i don't want to fiddle, just skip forward, skip back, that's about it

    there's all sorts of stuff that is dry but interesting that I'd like to plow through over time, a few paragraphs a day would suit me fine

    • scrapcode 1 hour ago
      I think it'd be an outstanding feature on the iPhone to turn off audiobooks/podcasts at ~5 min into sleep or whatever. Seems like they already have the data via the Watch...
    • iamflimflam1 1 hour ago
      If you have AirPods there’s a “Pause media when falling asleep” switch.
    • cauefcr 1 hour ago
      audiobook software is almost there, I've used cozy like that myself
  • khimaros 1 hour ago
    another is "Sleep With Me" by Dearest Scooter which are nonsensical steam of consciousness monologues.
  • alex1138 2 hours ago
    Am I the only one that can't fall asleep to music? I need human voice rhythms, so podcasts, or whatever. The downside is not learning anything from the podcast because I'm asleep and it works its way into dreams sporadically
    • __MatrixMan__ 1 hour ago
      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."
      • BlaDeKke 1 hour ago
        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.