Drifting Off with Joe Pera: A Sleep Podcast

Drifting Off with Joe Pera: A Sleep Podcast

Drifting Off With Joe Pera is an evening comedy podcast from comedian Joe Pera and composer Ryan Dann. With low-key jokes, immersive soundscapes, and relaxing phone conversations, Joe’s narration and Ryan’s sound design will help you unwind and perhaps even fall asleep. Featuring guest composers and interviews with interesting folks. Produced by Grant Farsi for Chestnut Walnut. Link to Joe's Shows: https://joepera.com/shows/ Merch: https://joepera.merchtable.com/ Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/DriftingOffwithJoePera Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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April 22, 2025 68 mins

The full recording from the 'Drifting Off Live' performance on February 24th, 2024. While the podcast is on hiatus, we figured we'd release this show featuring new material, sections from the podcast performed live, and some sleep pieces from friends, all accompanied by the band, Hour and Ryan Dann.


Joe will be in Vegas, SLC, Texas, Tulsa, and Omaha City this July - joepera.com/shows


Music from the band Hour (Michael Cormier-...

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Joe continues his bedtime drinks experiment while on tour in Canada with help from Carmen Christopher, back pain expert.*


*please be skeptical of medical advice given by comedians.


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Music & sound design by Ryan Dann 


Co-written by Joe Pera and Carmen Christopher


Check out Carmen's standup s...

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February 3, 2025 23 mins

Imagine... you are walking down the street in France. Yes, France. Shout out to the Sainte-Geneviève Library.


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Music & sound design by Ryan Dann


Written by Joe Pera


Produced by Grant Farsi for Chestnut Walnut


All Episodes are free and ad-free on Patreon. Each month we’ll also post 1 Max Drift Ep...

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January 13, 2025 26 mins

Talking about wind - wind through wheatfields, wind in hair, wind blowing you around in a hot air balloon...the list goes on. It's a good episode.


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Music & sound design by Ryan Dann


Co-written by Joe Pera and Matt Barats 


Additional music by Elori Saxl 


Earth Focus (Original Score) by Elori Saxl

https://open.spotify.com/album/4CXZqn8Jl...

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January 10, 2025 59 secs

Comedian Joe Pera & Ryan Dann's Sleep Podcast returns next Monday... 



All Episodes are free and ad-free on Patreon. Each month we’ll also post 1 Max Drift Episode (an 8 hour extended version) and 2 Readings to Doze To (30 min readings) for paid subscribers.This month Joe is reading 'My Antonia', that you can either appreciate as literature or just some white noise to fall asleep to.



Here’s the link: https://p...

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Hello Drifters,


It’s Joe, with a note for the Spring.


I hope your April has been good and that you’ve got your garden plotted out. If not, there’s still time and I am glad for that because personally, I’m not sure what to do with the special bean seeds I received from some nice people at my show in Kalamazoo.


For a stretch in Spring ’22, I was ending tour shows by tossing out seed...

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April 4, 2024 12 mins

As you may have heard, Drifting Off is on a brief hiatus. But in the meantime, here's the first episode of Ryan's new project - the Holland Patent Postal Union. The 2nd episode is also live everywhere you get your podcasts. 



Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/3EVtibpTN4cNun9t0Hn3vd

Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/holland-patent-postal-union/id1730609828 

Youtube - http://www.youtube....

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Drifting Off Live in Brooklyn, February 24th: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/joe-pera/578625?afflky=Murmrr



I am excited to share with you this new episode, a trip to a place where it is currently summer, Australia. 



Not that you and I are afraid of the cold but a number of coincidences have been pointing me towards that weird southern continent lately so I figured we’d see what it’s about. I called some come...

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A return to favorite subject matter, here's an episode to ring in the Holidays. Joe shares a poem he wrote about trees and reads 'The Fir Tree' by Hans Christian Andersen. Plenty more as well.


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https://patreon.com/DriftingOffwithJoePera


Gu...

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Disclaimer: Waterfall TV was intended as a relaxing visual experience, but for those of you who would prefer to imagine the falls, we made this audio version. If you enjoy what you hear, Waterfall TV can be watched on YouTube or the Drifting Off Patreon page. Hope you will consider supporting and enjoy the episode...


I've been collecting footage on tour and with the help of Marty Schousboe and an incredible score by Michael Nau,...

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Tom Delgado (NYC Tour Guide & Joe's old roommate) shares some spooky stories from New York City's history. Plus Ana Fabrega (Los Espookys) talks about home invasion.


Subscribe on Patreon to get episodes early and to access 8 Hour Max-Drift Versions. Plus, we depend on listener support since there are no ads https://www.patreon.com/DriftingOffwithJoePera


Check out Tom's Youtube and IG for more NYC History.

Youtube...

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Karima Walker's clarinet score inspires some thoughts on local music stores, Lucille Ball, and woodland animals.


Subscribe on Patreon to get episodes early and to access 8 Hour Max-Drift Versions. Plus, we depend on listener support since there are no ads https://www.patreon.com/DriftingOffwithJoePera


Original Music by Karima Walker. 


Editing and Sound Design by Ryan Dann. 


Featuring Ben Boyar from Northt...

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Tonight's episode comes from some of the books and articles sitting around my desk. It's simple but I hope in a good way, like cheese and crackers.


Subscribe on Patreon to get episodes early and to access 8 Hour Max-Drift Versions. Plus, we depend on listener support since there are no ads:


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Music by Ryan Dann. 


Produced by Grant Farsi for Chestnut Walnut 


In th...

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Sleep podcast about going for late night drives and underwater


Music by Ryan Dann. Featuring Peter Sohn and Jack Bensinger.


8 Hour Extended Versions of all episodes are available here: https://www.patreon.com/DriftingOffwithJoePera


Check out Jack's podcast Joy Tactics - https://www.patreon.com/joytactics


Produced by Grant Farsi for Chestnut Walnut


Hosted on Acast. S...

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After 5 weeks on tour, I come home to some interesting messages on my answering machine. Featuring Todd Barry and the music by Yo La Tengo. Hopefully, there'll be more calls from friends than spam.


Support the show on Patreon for access to 8 hour Extended Versions and Interviews: https://www.patreon.com/DriftingOffwithJoePera


Yo La Tengo's new album 'This Stupid World' and tour tickets here: https://yolatengo.com/


Todd Bar...

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Reflections on Ireland from a rainy flat.


Support the show on Patreon for access to 8 hour Extended Versions and Interviews: https://www.patreon.com/DriftingOffwithJoePera.


Original Music by Julianna Barwick. Sound Design and Additional Music by Ryan Dann. Featuring Dr. Art Hughes and Daniel Simonsen 


If you are interested in Art's work, here is the book he recommended: http://www.benmadiganpress.com/engli...

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Me and my slow reflexes got back into video games after a decade-long break. Figured I would share some thoughts as well as my appreciation for Red Dead Redemption 2. I know I barely scratched the surface but talking with actor Roger Clark (Arthur Morgan) was incredible and the original music by Dan Deacon is too.



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A dive into the history of clock chimes. Plus a call with Carmen Christopher of FX's The Bear on how to negotiate with club bouncers.



Please consider supporting the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DriftingOffwithJoePera



Music by Michael Cormier-O'Leary. Sound Design and Additional Music by Ryan Dann. Featuring Carmen Christopher.



Michael Cormier O'Leary's got a new album out May 5th: https://www.mirico...

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February 5, 2023 15 mins

Episode about soup. Joe makes a pot of soup, talks about soup, makes a phone call with Jo Firestone about soup.



Music by Ryan Dann, featuring Jo Firestone. Plus calls with Ike Ufomadu, Devin Bockrath, Ulaize Hernandez-Troyas, and Brad Howe.



Produced by Grant Farsi for Chestnut Walnut.





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January 31, 2023 1 min

A brief introduction to Drifting off with Joe Pera, a sleep podcast.



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Subscribe to the youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@JoePeraComedy.



https://joepera.com/


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