Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep
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Marfa Public Radio's fall membership drive podcast reads boring work documents to lull you to sleep.
Hosted by Zoe Kurland and Christopher Dyer, the podcast reads essential but dull documents like FCC compliance rules and NPR's journalistic ethics code. It aims to put listeners to sleep, then ask them to donate upon waking to keep the station running 24/7. Latest episode covers The Rescissions Act of 2025, read by Zoe.
What commenters are saying
Commenters largely praised the idea, likening it to other sleep podcasts like "Sleep With Me" and "Boring Books for Bedtime." Some noted the irony that their own boring selections (e.g., farm engine manuals) turned out fascinating, though they found Marfa's documents genuinely soporific. Others shared personal sleep audio preferences, from fan noises to nonsensical monologues. A few criticized the site's geoblocking via Cloudfront.