Listening whilst falling asleep

[ChevronB19]

For various reasons, I need sound whilst falling asleep, and ditto due to waking up multiple times during the night.

My ‘flavour of choice’ is BBC history, science or nature documentaries on iplayer, in particular because there are no adverts, and of it’s a series it automatically starts the next one.

However I now know all the words.

Any alternatives?

[vetrof]

It’s also a listener to fall asleep, also a BBC sounds fan. I find old sitcoms (think Steptoe/Hancock/Dad’s Army) episodes the best.

[ChevronB19]

vetrof said:

It’s also a listener to fall asleep, also a BBC sounds fan. I find old sitcoms (think Steptoe/Hancock/Dad’s Army) episodes the best.

Good point - I forgot to say I have exhausted BBC sounds Melvyn Bragg In our Time, also excellent to fall asleep to (not implying it’s boring, just calming)

[Digger]

Is Alastair Cookes Letters From America still available?

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00f6hbp/episodes...

Edited by Digger on Monday 11th September 12:47

[thetapeworm]

DreamPeace for me:

https://dream-peace.com

It's on Spotify and various other platforms (for free) too so you can set it to switch off after it's finished or a set amount of time.

These several to choose from but as an example:

Edited by thetapeworm on Monday 11th September 13:28

[craigjm]

I just put Spotify on and set it a 30 min timer. I’m never still seam by the time it switches off

[ChevronB19]

craigjm said:

I just put Spotify on and set it a 30 min timer. I’m never still seam by the time it switches off

Unfortunately, although I love music (and have a vast vinyl collection), I find it too ‘interesting’ to fall asleep to

Ditto comedy.

Might try audible for books I’m already familiar with.

But thanks for the tips so far, and any more that arrive later!

[Digger]

Can you ask your neighbours to fire up the hoover for half an hour or so?

[Zetec-S]

When we got a new puppy earlier this year, to get through the first few nights until he settled I would stick on a "relaxing white noise podcast" on spotify. Basically a selection of rain/thunderstorms, waves, flowing streams, fans, etc (you can pick which you want to listen to). 8 hours with no adverts. Worked quite well for me, where we've had windows open at night I've used it quite a bit in this recent hot weather to drown out any outside noise.

[sicourt]

The Rest is History is a good one, if you already listen to BBC history stuff. It has ads, but you can listen on Amazon (if you had it) ad free, or join their ‘club’ which also has extra episodes.

[DKS]

I'm quite into retro tech/ computers etc. Despite actually being interested in restoring old hardware, nothing will send me to sleep like someone on youTube replacing the capacitors on a Commodore 64 or washing the key caps from an Amiga 1200.
LGR or Techmoan showing us obscure data storage from the '80s? Out like a light in under 15 mins.

[Carrierbagman]

I normally go for audible version of Remembrance of things past by Proust

Still got no idea what happens after years of listening.

[budgie smuggler]

I listen to PBS Spacetime and History Of The Universe.

I use an alternative Youtube app to avoid the adverts.

[g3org3y]

[DKS]

Not sure if people are aware, but you can download BorrowBox and 'borrow' ebooks and eaudiobooks from your local library, up to 5 at a time. The app has a built-in player with a sleep function.

[Lucas Ayde]

To be honest, almost any spoken word podcast is fine but there is a 'Random Shipping Forecast' 'channel' that has BBC shipping forecasts that are especially good.

[Panamax]

ChevronB19 said:

I need sound whilst falling asleep, and ditto due to waking up multiple times during the night. My ‘flavour of choice’ is BBC history, science or nature documentaries on iplayer, in particular because there are no adverts, and of it’s a series it automatically starts the next one.

However I now know all the words.

I'm the same. Without this "listen with mother" effect my mind switches on, starts thinking and just won't quit.

As you say, ad-free documentaries are ideal. Jim Al-Kalili is a particular favourite. Lucy Worsley can come in handy. Ray Mears too.

I think "knowing all the words" is actually a positive for falling asleep. Sometimes when I use a new one it catches my attention and defeats the whole point of the exercise...

I've switched off the series link so I don't get woken by the changeover.

[ChevronB19]

As an update to this thread, I took put a 30 day free subscription to audible yesterday.

Fell asleep to ‘The Anglo-Saxons’ by Marc Morris last night. Was still running when I woke up several times, and kept my mind from going *worry about this, now* whilst getting back to sleep. The advantage is in total out of about a 10 hour book, in all reality I’ve probably only lightly listened for a couple of hours, so rinse and repeat until I know all the words.

[Stinger70]

Crime podcasts for me. Normally just from YouTube. Get interested in some cases with a lot of controversy. I find the key is I need to be interested in what I’m listening to or I’ll just think over the top of the noise. Favourite part is when the words you’re hearing start to become abstract or you hear slightly different things than what is actually being said…. You know sleep is coming!

[Riley Blue]

Radio 4Xtra for me using an old phone, wifi and in-ear headphones. I usually pick a comedy to nod off to so it doesn't matter that I fall asleep and miss the end.