Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep
reaperducer
127 points
31 comments
June 28, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (17 comments)
initramfs
clicks fingers instead of clapping.
wxw
> 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
lostmsu
I am using https://www.youtube.com/@EpicNate for the same purpose. Works like a charm.
roguequery-dev
What a brilliant idea. I’m here fo…zzz.
zippyman55
I’d like to filter the offerings to get the most monotonic voice
alex1138
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
jpmontez
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.
khimaros
another is "Sleep With Me" by Dearest Scooter which are nonsensical steam of consciousness monologues.
greybox555
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.
chriscjcj
"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
fsckboy
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
adi_kurian
Just thinking about that little big neck of the world puts me to sleep. In the best of ways. I love West Texas.
a34729t
Meh, not math finance. Thats literally lorezapam.
colemannerd
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.
ElijahLynn
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!
oniony
I wonder why the telephone number read aloud, and that on the web page, are different.
lIl-IIIl
There is a similar podcast, "Boring Books for Bedtime": https://www.boringbookspod.com/episodes . The problem with that podcast is that most of their selections are genuinely interesting - I even listened to them on long drives (e.g. "Origin of Species"). Even something I thought would boring like or "Farm Engines and how to Run" them turned out to be fascinating. This one, on the other hand, seems to be genuinely boring. I couldn't get past the intro.