Dan Bain's Sleepy Time Mumbles

Dan Bain's Sleepy Time Mumbles

Are podcasts TOO interesting? Need a podcast you CAN miss? Every episode Dan Bain improvises a podcast that's interesting enough to listen to, but not interesting enough to keep you awake, giving you the perfect podcast to fall asleep to.

Episodes

March 31, 2024 32 mins

Oh boy I sure bet that listening to someone disappear into a vortex of how they do the thing that you are listening to will very quickly lose it's appeal as it becomes more and more meta. Which is why it's a perfect topic for Sleepy Time Mumbles...

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Time for a guided meditation. Your mind is a Metropolitan dwelling corvid. Now let us count your nest treasures. Sounds interesting .... enough
 
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What was the process of adapting the Odyssey from a multi-book poem into a three-hander play? That sounds like it would be interesting enough to listen to, but not interesting enough to care about. 

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December 24, 2023 30 mins

All around the world children write letters to fictional beings. 
Here's some examples. 

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November 26, 2023 31 mins

Taxis used to be a thing. You would have to ring them up and talk to a person to get picked up. Can you even imagine that? Now you can on Sleepy Time Mumbles...

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October 29, 2023 34 mins

Pseudo Medieval Sword Adventure: Book One: The Hammer of Anvilston (The Raven's Keep sequence - Catalyst Rising) chapter thirty. 

Pokarth Six-swords loses one of his personality swords and visits a wizard to get a very elaborate spell with many ingredients cast to locate it.

Sound like the kind of thing that would put you to sleep? Sure is!

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October 18, 2023 34 mins

In tonight's bonus episode, I go through all the items I've ticked off my to-do list. If that sounds both intricate, specific and, entirely missable, then you've worked out exactly what Sleepy Time Mumbles is...

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September 24, 2023 41 mins

In September's episode, I attempt to remember both the order of songs and things about Radiohead's Kid A album, without any notes or having listened to it for months.  As you can imagine I either have too much detail or, not enough, which makes this a perfect episode of Sleepy Time Mumbles...

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Imagine your mind is an electronics store and all the machines, appliances, and devices are switched off and silent, in this ridiculous guided meditation on Sleepy Time Mumbles...

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August 20, 2023 29 mins

In this surprise episode I pick up a random classic novel, read a page, and then switch to another one. That sounds like a podcast you CAN miss...

Like Sleepy Time Mumbles. 
 

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This evening it's a phone-in-caller interview with a mysterious gentleman caller, y'know like in the Tennessee Williams plays.

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July 16, 2023 56 mins

I don't know if this is a good idea at all. But I compiled an hour of openings into an omnibus episode. 
Now that feels like a podcast you CAN miss...



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Will your country, city, or listening device of choice make the top 10 in download detail and statistics? See if you can stay awake to find out in this deep dive into the statistics of...

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This is a compilation episode containing the originally published episodes

  • Gossip About People You Don't Know Pt. I
  • Gossip About People You Don't Know Pt. II
  • A Toast to the Bride and Groom
  • On the Occassion of your Retirement

Listen to minute detail about people you don't know for literally hours. 

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    May 28, 2023 32 mins

    This month, while attempting to record Good News III, Dan slowly (and gently) loses his mind as recording is interrupted by his neighbour's leaf blower.

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    Have you ever craved nearly 2 hours of uninterrupted 'adventures' of Pokarth Six Swords? Well, here it is. All previously released Pseudo-medieval sword Adventures, bundled into one epic sleepy narrative mumble. 

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    April 30, 2023 32 mins

    Let's enjoy a fairy tale without any of the interesting, dramatic, murderous, or thrilling parts. All detail, no drama.

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    March 26, 2023 30 mins

    This week, several cover letters sent to publishers from books and authors that don't exist and never should.

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    February 26, 2023 35 mins

    Welcome back, friends. Thank you for your patience. As the show creaks back into production allow me to make my tedious excuses as to where it has been...

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    February 6, 2022 31 mins

    This week, some quick notes on what's happening with the rather uneven schedule, and a granular breakdown of the strategic layer of Xcom 2: War of the Chosen. On Sleepy Time Mumbles...

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