1283 – The Double Dulcet Cast | All Intros 922 – 925
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Episode 1282 – The Double Dulcet Cast | All Intros 922 – 925
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SCOOTER: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and friends beyond the binary, it’s time for the podcaster who’s gonna try to bring you some textbook lulls and pointless meanders, even though I didn’t write the textbook on lulls and pointless meanders. I may have misplaced it or put it under a leg of a chair or said, wait, is that…? Oh, no, that’s a different textbook. It just felt like that. Anyway, if I’m confusing you already, then you’re in the right place, 'cause it’s time for Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep, and here’s a couple ways we’re able to bring you this podcast on a regular basis.
INTRO: [INTRO MUSIC] Hey, are you up all night tossing, turning, mind racing? Trouble getting to sleep? Trouble staying asleep? Well, welcome. This is Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep. We do it with a bedtime story. Alls you need to do is get in bed, turn out the lights, and press Play. I’m gonna do the rest. What I’m going to attempt to do is create a safe place where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake. It could be thoughts, thoughts on your mind, thoughts you’re thinking about about the past, the present, or the future, feelings or emotions coming up for you, physical sensations, changes in time or temperature. Whatever it is, I’m gonna try to take your mind off of that and keep you company, and the way I’m gonna do it is I’m gonna send my voice across the deep, dark night.
I’m gonna use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, superfluous tangents, I’m gonna go off topic. Holy cow, am I gonna go…I’m gonna get mixed up, go back…yeah. You say, what are…did you say, ‘creaky, dulcet tones’? I’d say, no…yeah, no, yeah, I did. Sorry, I thought…yeah, that’s what I said; creaky like a door, dulcet like something sweet. It kinda balances…if it was too sweet…this is true, actually; if it was too sweet, it would be too sweet. You’d say, well, it’s an hour of just dulcet tones? Oh, no…that’s not for everybody. The Dulcet…The Double Dulcet Cast is a podcast I have not made but I’ve thought about. I tried to call it the Zippity Doo Dah Cast, but then they said you can't call it that. I tried to call it The Super Happy Cast, but then I said, well, I guess I’d have to find a new host for that.
So anyway…oh, what I’m gonna do…send my voice…oh, so if you’re new, I’m here to keep you company as you fall asleep…is the shortest version, and I keep you company by never getting to the point. But let me go into it a little bit deeper. So, if you’re new, there’s a few good things to know. If you’re a regular listener, welcome back, by the way. I don't know what it is; you just…it’s so good to see you. I don't know, there’s something different about you. I hope you know…yeah, it’s…you’re doing a good job, regular listener. Excuse me while I go to this…so, anyway, if you’re a new listener, though…thanks, regular listener…if you’re new, there’s a few things to know. One, this podcast is not for everybody, so give it a few tries.
Almost every reviewer over…I don't even know how many people said, yeah, it took two or three tries. Some people even say they had a strong dislike or much stronger than the word ‘dislike’ of the show the first time they listened to it, and then for some reason — and I guess we could talk about that — they gave it another try and then they said, oh, wait a second, I realized…I don't know, maybe…strong…so, if you’re having a strong reaction or you’re doubtful, give the show a few tries — really, you got nothing to lose other than a little bit of time — and see how it goes. But so…that’s one thing, is…I wish the show worked for everybody, I’ll be honest. That’d be pretty cool because then everybody would get a good night's sleep, because that’s something I believe you deserve. But so, what was my point in here?
I already got mixed up. So…oh, so, give the show a few tries. That’s one thing if you’re new. The other thing is while you give it a try, don’t try…don’t…you don’t need to try. This podcast is best consumed in an inactive way or low-activity. Like, if you’re trying to get the podcast to get started to put you to sleep or trying to make sense of it or trying to follow along or trying to see what I’m up to, you’re gonna be…it could…it’s better if you look at it in a fuzzy way, even though not…creaky, dulcet tones are not known to be fuzzy. Well, they are a bit fuzzy. Technically…yeah, you say, well, they are fuzzy. So, just kinda view the podcast kind of in an out-of-focus, loose way, like sand sieving through your hands or, you know, hand…sand…or water flowing through your hands.
You can't…you say, well, okay, it kinda drained out. It never formed anything. That’s kinda how I form my words and my thoughts and my concepts. So, that’s another thing. The other…the last thing is this is a podcast you don’t really need to listen to. Oh no, that’s…kinda goes with that. But…oh, that you’re…this is one of the few sleep podcasts that’s not…I’m not here to put you to sleep. I’m here to keep you company while you fall asleep. So, that might be another reason why the podcast works in a little bit different manner. I’m here to be your bud, your bore-bud, your bore-sib, your bore-cuz, your bore-bae, your bore-bestie, your bore-bruh. Whatever it is, I’m here to keep you company as you fall asleep. So…I don't know, to walk at your side. So, that’s another thing to know.
The next thing is the structure can throw…oh, and if you’re thrown off and you say, well…that’s a normal reaction. I think I kinda did normalize that, but I wanted to double-normalize it because…yeah, you say, well, the other thing I don't like about your show, Scoots, initially — and I’d say, okay, that’s totally fine; yeah, that’s why I’m here to talk to you about it — is the structure of the show. It can throw new listeners off a lot, and you may…so, I’m gonna kinda tell you why, and maybe that still won't throw…still won't make it make sense, but just kinda hear me out and then you can kind of adjust as needed.
So, the show starts off with a greeting; ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and friends beyond the binary, so that I establish that everybody’s welcome here and that it’s trying…I’m trying to create a safe place. So, that’s the first part, then there’s business. Believe it or not, that’s what keeps the show coming out twice a week, is the business, which is about four or five…six minutes or something. Then there’s an intro, and the intro is about twelve to eighteen to twenty to nineteen to seventeen to fifteen to thirteen minutes or so. You say, the introduction to the podcast? I say, yeah, the introduction to the podcast, and it’s kinda where I just…ideally it would be really…if it was a regular podcast, it would be efficient, right?
I’d say, this is The Double Dulcet Cast where we talk about something sweet and we talk about it again, and then we…it’s actually not tech…we only call it The Double Dulcet Cast 'cause then we talk about it in-depth in another way, and then we double your dulcet and we do that all over again with something else. Today we’re talking about smiling. Oh boy, for the next thirty minutes, we’re talking about smiles here on The Double Dulcet Cast. Maybe that’s what tonight’s episode will be about. I think that’s what it’s gonna have to be about now. But so…yeah, that’s interesting. But so, where was I? The Double Dulcet Cast…talking about smiling…you say, Scoots, you’re gonna be stretch…I say, oh yeah, I’ll be stretching that. Not a subject I have a good familiarity in. But actually, toinght we’ll be…we’ll come back to that.
Remind me of that one, 'cause tonight we’re talking about a textbook from childhood that I may have read before, and…oh, what was I trying to tell you about, though? Oh, structure of the show…oh, the intro. Oh, so, the intro…oh, I already went off topic when I was trying to explain what the intro is, which is what happens in the intro. The idea of the intro is…oh, if it was The Efficient Cast, like The Double Dulcet Cast, they’d say, this intro is short and sweet because it’s The Double Dulcet Cast, and that would end it after they said, we’re gonna talk about this, we’re gonna talk about it again, then we’ll talk about it this way, and that’s…let’s get on with the show. That would be The Double Dulcet Cast. Sleep With Me’s intro serves kind of a dual purpose. It welcomes new listeners…or triple-purpose? Maybe even more.
But it welcomes new listeners, gives you kind of an idea what to expect which is tough to adjust to the first time 'cause usually it doesn't…everything I’m saying now won't make sense ‘til you listen to it a third time. You say, oh, it never made any sense. So, that’s one purpose of the intro. The second purpose of the intro is that it feels like home to regular listeners. They say, oof…you know when you sigh out and there’s some sort of…you never hear about this. No one ever glorifies this type of sweat, relief sweat. There’s a type of sweat when you feel relief or that you notice after you’re relieved. So, I don't know if it’s the relief…if the sweat is related to the relief or it’s like, oh, I felt…I was sweat…I didn’t notice that sweat ‘til I was relaxed, because now I’m home.
That’s another purpose of the intro, is…oh, it’s different every time for the regular listener, but ideally there’s that undercurrent; oh, here I am in a place where Scoots doesn't make a whole lot of sense but he tries to create it. One day, he’ll have a podcast where he glorifies relief sweat. So, that’s the next purpose, and the third purpose is it gives listeners a chance to unwind and wind down, whether you’re starting your wind-down routine outside of bed or in bed. Because personally I start mine outside of bed and then I start winding down, so by the time I get in bed, then I have…it’s just…this is something I’ve been trying out for the past years or so, or maybe less. But so, I don't know, for you, you could kinda discover it.
Some listeners start it before they even brush their teeth, while they’re sitting on the couch or whatever, and then they bring their phone or they put it on…they pick up on another device where they left off. So, kinda see how it goes for you. Some listeners get in bed and they’re getting comfortable, but the twelve-to-twenty-minute intro gives us a little separation from the day, lets you…do relax and say, oh yeah, I’m home now. Scoots is trying to create a safe place for me. So, just see how it goes. There is 2% of listeners that don’t need that, that just skip right ahead to about twenty minutes and start playing the show there, so you could see how that goes.
There’s listeners that listen all night, though normally I say, if you listen all night, there’s no way for me to design a podcast, a free podcast, to listen to all night perfectly. So, it’s easier if you become a patron just 'cause…it’s just tough to design a eight-hour…it’s just not feasible. But there are people that it works for. They just play it all night, or there’s people that listen in ten-minute chunks. So, you could kinda see as you go, but the intro is that…it’s a long corridor. You say, whoa, this is the longest entryway…and I say, oh yeah, I really want you to know you’ve arrived. I call it The Endless Entryway. It does have an end. It’s interesting; the end of the entryway is at the entrance.
I guess…the entry…if we called it the entryway…entryway, I would think there would be some…should be some ents, like those tree beings, waiting for you. Or they say, well, that’s the opening…that’s the entrance to the forest. We call it the Entryway, where the ents enter. But, how did I get so mixed up? Oh, the entrance ends…oh, that ends at the…the entryway ends at the entrance. I guess that does make sense, but it ends at a beginning. I guess that is the way this intro ends. Then there’s some business; that’s how…again, how we keep the podcast coming out on a regular basis, then there will be…not quite a story.
I’ll take a look at a textbook from high school that I had and see what I could recall from the authors and stuff in there. It’s interesting 'cause it was kind of a high-school textbook…and you say, wow, this was from the eighties. It was kind of a limited purview of…they say, wait a second, this is all…but whatever. Yeah, so, I’ll take a look at this textbook, and then there will be some thank-yous at the end. So, that’s the structure of the show, and I mean, that’s mostly it. The reason I make the show is because I truly believe you deserve a good night's sleep and that your world and our world will be a better place if you do get a good night's sleep.
So, that’s one thing, and the other thing is I’ve been there. I know how it feels tossing, turning, mind racing, trouble getting to sleep, trouble staying asleep. I got all those issues. So, if I could be here to help you, it’s…it’d be my pleasure. I really would be honored to do so. So, give it a few tries. Kinda see how it goes. I really appreciate you coming by and checking out this podcast, this show, and I really hope, I really yearn and I strive, and I hope we can help you fall asleep. So, thanks again for coming by, and here’s a couple ways we keep the show going.
Hey, are you up all night tossing, turning, mind racing? Trouble getting to sleep? Trouble staying asleep? Well, welcome. This is Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep. We do it with a bedtime story. Alls you need to do is get in bed, turn out the lights, and press Play. I’m gonna do the rest. What I’m going to attempt to do is create a safe place where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake, whether it’s thoughts, things you’re thinking about, feelings, so, anything on your mind, anything you’re experiencing emotionally, or physical sensations that are coming up for you. Those are the…those are what we call the Big Three even though they cover way more. Actually, I don’t even call it the Big Three.
I just thought of that right now. But those are three general areas, but there could be other stuff like…we haven’t talked about it in a while, but buzzing lights, gently-sleeping partners, sleeping with a volume, ducks, I don’t know, maybe…or geese. What if you lived in a high…? Here’s a question that’s never come up on the podcast before…but so, we know…well, we don’t know much, but…so, we know that, okay, we can establish some things as facts that I may…generally known by Scooter that they could be facts. Birds do migrate; I know that much. There’s something called migratory bird patterns or something. They go in a general direction ‘cause they migrate from somewhere to somewhere else.
I know there’s places where they count birds ‘cause it’s like, part of the…it’s on the…’cause I’ve been to a couple places where there’s bird-counting going on, and even where…I went to one last year where…I wasn’t there for the counting season, but I saw the way…they even had signs up so that people…anyway, that’s about all I know. But I’m getting somewhere. If you’re new, I’m really going nowhere, but I’m slowly going there. So, if we establish those things, that birds do have…not all; this is…it could be an SAT question, but some birds migrate. Some birds migrate together. Some birds or most birds make noise, like a cawing or geese calling or goosing. This is a SAT question; some birds are geese but all geese are birds, right? I mean, is that…? Those are the questions that I could count on to get right.
But I think you have to…and then there would be a multiple-choice question after that. But so…okay, so, we’re there. We got those things. Okay, so, then some birds that migrate that are birds that also make noise that travel together are frequent…they go over a fly-over zone, correct? So, somewhere, there…at least it’s possible that there’s someone that lives in a home or a house or a building, a domicile — could be an apartment, could be something else — where the birds fly over a lot, and that could be something…there could be a Sleep With Me listener who…what I was saying is that could be a very specific usage of Sleep With Me, where you say, yeah, Scoots, I only listen during migration season, which is, whatever…seasonally. We do have a lot of seasonal listeners.
But you say…’cause those geese or whatever that could be…whatever. I don’t think crows migrate, but let’s just say crows are a noisy bird. No offense. Some crows are noisy; you’re right, some crows. But can you imagine if crows were migrating over your house? Particularly if they had…like, your tree was where they took…they say, okay, let’s…okay kids, we’re gonna pull into this tree, here. Stay within four or five branches, but get out your snack and you could talk to the other kids. Be sure to use the air, the restroom, and make a lot…get it out of your system. Make a lot of noise ‘cause only…the only kind of bird-calling we’re gonna be doing while we’re up…some part of my brain just broke in with breaking news for me; birds are migrating to make other birds, so they probably wouldn’t be migrating with their family.
I’d say, well, thanks. You really ruined that analogy, brain. Oh, I forgot…speaking of analogies, I’m supposed to be talking to the new listener. Well, whatever’s keeping you awake, I’m here to take your mind off of that. Believe it or not, I think that did. I mean, that’s a nice image to…except if you’re the person that lives in the house, but let’s pretend it’s a tree far, far away where even a bird…a bunch of birds on break…kinda like they pull…you pull off the interstate and you go…and there’s picnic tables and that kinda stuff. So, where was I? Okay, so, whatever’s keeping you awake, I’m here to take your mind off of that. What I’m gonna do, what I propose to do, is create a nice place just like this bird zone or a nice rest stop where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake, and I’ll take your mind off it.
It’s a safe place. I’m gonna smooth it, I’m gonna pat it, I’m gonna rub it down, I’m gonna send my voice across the deep, dark night, I’m gonna use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, creaky like that tree that the birds are in, if the birds weren’t there. You can’t hear it creaking now because the birds are all talking. Like they said, we got another forty-eight days in this, whatever, thermal, this jet stream, so make sure to get it out of your system, ‘cause…by the way, Junior, we’re not stopping for another four…I don’t know how long birds go for. I know so little, but honestly, I find you fascinating. Holy cow. Someone once said that you’re related to dinosaurs.
I mean, I think…I don’t know if that was Malcolm Gladwell or the other one that’s on the…in the movies, but…I don’t know, doesn’t Malcolm Gladwell…usually has a one-word…birds; the amazing science within our bird brain. ‘Bird brain’ comes up on this podcast a lot, the science and facts behind bird brains and how it can unlock our relationship with one another. Probably not, you’re right. Well, at least…you know, who would have thought? I don’t know if Malcolm Gladwell ever dreamed of this day that has come multiple times, but you’d say, is there any genre of books that doesn’t have fanfiction? Well, not…yeah, non-fiction books. Well, not anymore. I solved that. I wrote the first…I intended…you’re right, I intended to write the first of many books of fanfiction based on Malcolm Gladwell’s books.
I call it Sleep…the first book I called was an intro where I was supposed to be introducing a sleep podcast and then I talked about birds for a while. It was about a bird family migrating together. They were rebels. Everybody said, you’re supposed to go down there to make kids, not bring your kids on this trip. They said, why don’t you mind your own birdswax? We’re a part of this flock and we’re just trying to eat our snacks here, so please just go…keep to your branches. Our family migrates together. They say, okay, well, listen…can I just ask you a question in private? What are you gonna do with your kids when you get down there? Because that’s when nature takes hold, if you know what I’m saying.
You say, we’re birds; the process really isn’t as glamorous as the person that writes Malcolm Gladwell fiction would hold in their…anyway, he should just move on. You’re right, I should, right away. Okay, so, whatever’s keeping you awake…oh, I’m gonna send my voice across the deep, dark night…lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders — I think we’ve been on a twelve-minute pointless meander — superfluous tangents, all those things to keep you company while you fall asleep. That’s basically the show in a nutshell. By a nut in a nutshell, yes. So, a couple things to know; usually I don’t go off-topic that much that early, though…I mean, only 40…90…40% to 90% of the time. But some things to know; this podcast does take getting used to.
Most listeners that are regular listeners say it took two or three tries to get used to it. So, if you’re skeptical or doubtful or very confused, I mean, listen to…I can understand that, particularly tonight. But you may also be…well, I can picture that bird family in the tree. It’s pretty nice. It’s a pretty nice, okay image. Not particularly striking. Obviously there’s a lot of scientific mistakes in there, but it’s pleasant. I can see them passing around sandwiches or whatever…that they…I don’t know where a bird would put their…they would probably, in reality, do some gathering or something. I don’t know. But, just in this image, they have a picnic basket full of sandwiches. Yeah, the ability…they have…also, yes, they do have opposable thumbs within my mind.
Okay, so, whatever’s keeping you awake…oh, give the show a few tries and just see how it goes, ‘cause it’s very different. Some of the things that are different about it…believe it or not, this is a podcast you don’t really listen to. You may have already figured that out. You just kinda barely listen ‘cause it comes with a lot of nonsense and goofy stuff, but really, that’s here to keep you company while you fall asleep. This podcast also doesn’t put you to sleep. It just keeps you company as you drift off. That’s why I’m here about an hour, to give you plenty of time. Or if you can’t sleep and you need company or you wake up and you need company or it’s during the day and you need company, I’ll be here. I’m here to the very end of the episode. So, there’s that. So, those are two things to know.
A couple other things to know that can throw new listeners off…the structure of the show…the show starts off with a greeting; ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, friends beyond the binary, and then this episode, swamp-based beings or bird and bird families, and then there’s business. That’s how we keep the show out twice a week, is the business versus a pay wall or something like that. Then there’s a intro. Now, the intro really throws new people off, even some regular listeners. I just read a review of someone that said the whole…30% of the…or thirty minutes of the show is ads, which just isn’t accurate.
Yeah, there’s ads at the beginning, then there’s an intro that’s about twenty minutes, and it can…it’s twenty minutes of me, in some sense, getting warmed up and not getting to the point, but that’s kinda the point of the show. So, for a regular listener, the intro provides you a way to get some distance from the day and gives you a built-in part of your bedtime routine that you can kind of adjust your bedtime routine and the show to. You could start listening before you get into bed, as you’re getting ready, or whatever you’re doing to wind-down, or if you say well, the podcast is my wind down. The intro’s there to wind you down and give you…ease you into sleep. I don’t have a way, personally — and most of the listeners — of just falling asleep, like, closing your eyes and falling asleep.
For us, that’s just not an option. So, this podcast gives you something to kinda barely listen to, whether your eyes are open and you’re knitting or they’re closed and you’re just getting comfortable or you’re brushing your teeth. Whatever it is. Yeah, 2% of listeners skip ahead to twenty minutes and just get…they start the show there and they go on. So, that’s the intro, and yeah, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to new listeners or some people. You just say, so, you spend twenty minutes talking about nothing? I’d say, yeah, it’s a pretty…you’re right, and it’s a pretty important part of the show. I mean, I talk about something. This case, the one person that’s out there or multiple people out there that are living high-bird zones…that they just have never been…this is the time.
Finally, in one intro, I’m able to glam…give some Hollywood glamour to people that live in HBZs, high-bird zones, or HBT…high-bird-traffic zones, HBTZs or HB…high bird…FBMs, frequent bird…FBMZs, frequent bird migration zones. So, all of those people are getting glamorized, and then the other people out there writing Malcolm Gladwell fanfiction, especially romance or whatever…The Day I Fell in Love Throwing A Rock Through A Window and I Learned…whatever it is. Somebody out there could be writing that. They say, finally, finally I get glamorized on a sleep podcast. Or maybe there’s a even deeper form of fanfiction where there’s a fictional Malcolm Gladwell who goes home, and they say, Malcolm, I heard you got some people writing fauxmance about your stuff.
Finally, you’ve made it. There’s a spot at our dinner table for you once again that we can…that we…a mother’s dream has finally come true. One day there will be blaze…maybe there will be a tingler about a fictionalized character based on your hard research and hard work. So, it’s just ridiculous. I’m only laughing at my own ridiculousness. Oh, so that’s the…oh, yeah, the intro; it just goes on and on and on. I can’t help myself, I guess. Then after the intro is business. That’s just how podcast structure works and it’s essential to keeping the show free, then after the business is a story. Tonight it’ll be our ongoing episodically modular series, Otter Things, that you can listen to in any order.
Every episode before this would just be a prequel if you’re listening to this episode first. So…and then there’s thank-yous at the end. So, that’s the structure of the show. That’s the kinda…the only other thing you need to know is I make this show because I’ve been there, tossing, turning, mind racing, trouble getting to sleep, trouble staying asleep, bothered by birds. I mean, that’s true. There’s been many, many times I said, what in the heck is with those joyful bird sounds? They’re really getting on my nerves. I may have even used stronger language than that. So, I’ve been there. So, that’s one part of it; I want to help because I’ve been there, but the other side of it is you. You deserve a good night’s sleep. You deserve a place of solace.
If I can provide that for you, it would be my honor. So, I guess that’s really why I make the show. If you can get some rest via this podcast, I’d be happy. Now, knowing that, if you’re new, give it a few tries ‘cause it doesn’t work for everybody, particularly right away, so just see how it goes. Then in the end, I wish it did work for everyone, but some people just don’t like the show or it just isn’t effective for them because it is so different, but that actually is what ends up making it actually work for the people it works for, is like, oh, yeah, I would have never…I’m…I thought I was the only person that thought about this kind of stuff, but finally someone, like I said, glamorizes it for me.
I said, I thought I was the only one with a bare grasp of birds, but I really like them anyway. I thought I was the only one that believed in the half-science of birds, but finally there’s someone who puts it out in the public sphere. So, anyway, the main message I want to get to you is I’m glad you’re here. I really appreciate your time. I really hope I can help you get to sleep. I work really hard on the show. I yearn and I strive. So, thank you again for coming by, and here’s a couple of ways I’m able to bring this podcast twice a week.
Hey, are you up all night tossing, turning, mind racing? Trouble getting to sleep? Trouble staying asleep? Well, welcome. This is Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep. We do it with a bedtime story. Alls you need to do is get in bed, turn out the lights, and press Play. I’m gonna do the rest. What I’m going to attempt to do is create a safe place where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake. So, it could be thoughts, things you’re thinking about, things on your mind…so, thoughts, feelings, it could be physical feelings…physical…things you’re feeling physically, thoughts, feelings, physical sensations; that’s what they are.
So, thoughts or things on your…like, on your mind or in your mind, and then feelings are any emotions coming up for you, thoughts about the past, present, or future…same with the feelings and physical sensations. Could be something else though; changes in time, temperature, routine. Yeah, when I’m recording this, it’s actually…we just fell back and that’s…so, that’s always…it can throw people off. Not as much as the springing forward. You would think that if there was a year to get rid of all that, it would be 2020. I mean, 2020, we could use all the sunlight we can get, right? Am I right? But you know, they say that…I don’t know. I said, don’t most clocks reset themselves? What is the…what’s the hangup here? But I think we even tried to pass a law in California.
They said, yeah, we’ll do a…we passed, I think, a law to make a study to not change it. Say, okay, we’re gonna put a task force on that. They said, what…you need a task force to figure out…? I say, just don’t do it. Here’s the thing; time change…don’t…it changes on its own. Time just does…it keeps moving or doesn’t move at all. I don’t know, and I don’t want to think about it at bedtime. Thanks, Scoots. Yeah, you’re right. These are the kinda things that go through my head at bedtime. But I’m trying to speak out on your behalf and say, hey, let’s get this off of all of our collective plates. But so, we did fall back. I did actually get a extra hour of sleep because of it, so…the thing would be, you could do that, but just do it…can you do that fall-back thing every single night ‘til we get back to the…? There’s a proposal.
Again, no better time than the present to test…let’s just fall back every night until…permanent. What is there, thirty hours in a day? No, twenty-four hours in a day. There’s about thirty days in a month. There’s like, twenty-seven or twenty-eight days in February, though. Let’s try it on February, fall-back month, the month where we fall back every single night so you get an hour…extra hour of sleep. It may throw other things off, but these are the kinda ideas…oh, so sorry, it’s time for Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep. What I’m gonna do is I’m gonna try to take your mind off of whatever’s keeping you awake. It could be any of the things I listed. The way I’m gonna do it is I’m gonna send my voice across the deep, dark night.
I’m gonna use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, superfluous tangents. So, I’m gonna go off-topic as you’ve seen already, early. I thought I was gonna be talking about whatever I was talking about in the intro, which…oh, hinging at the hips makes me…time changes make my hips winge instead of hinge. But whatever’s keeping you awake, I’m gonna try to take your mind off of that. A couple things if you’re new or a couple things to know right upfront; one, this is a podcast that is very different. So, if you’re having a tough time or you’re wondering what is this…what is going on here? What is this person…? I say, yeah, no, that makes total sense. This podcast is a bit different and it takes a few times to get used to or to get used to so much that you stop paying attention to it.
So, if you’re skeptical or doubtful, that totally makes sense. I want to acknowledge that first because I would be if I was new to this podcast. Most reviewers do say, yeah, it takes two or three tries to get used to the fact that you don’t really pay attention to this podcast. So, that’s the first thing I think to know, is this podcast is a bit different. You don’t really listen to it. You just kinda barely listen to it. You say, uh-huh, uh-huh. Okay, yeah. Hinging at the hips, kind of like…that’s the thing. That’s the difference between a Zoom yoga class and a real one, especially if they say, well, you could turn your camera on or off. I’ll say, oh, I’ll turn it off. Then they say, oh, okay, but unmute yourselves. Then if the teacher…how come no one’s…are there yoga professors?
You say, well, I’m a…are you a yoga instructor or a yoga teacher? I’m a professor. I’m a professor of yoga. I profess…well, I guess that would be a yogi, but that’s a different kind of yoga. But when the teacher says, hinge at your hips…if it was in Zoom class, I could say, oh yeah, teach, I’m totally hinging at my hips. Oh boy, my back is…whatever you say. You say, stack those vertebrae and make yourself taller. That’s another one I can never wrap my…I say, okay, make myself taller? If I could have done that, I would have done it a long time ago. These are concepts I’m not making fun of. I really just struggle with it. I say, okay, pull your head up like you’re on a string. Seriously, I try to do those kind of things, especially when the teacher’s there.
Then the teacher…and I have a pretty…my personal boundaries extend a ways out, so then they…back when you used to take classes, which for me was like, ten years ago, they had to come and they’d say, okay, no, no, this is…your hips…or pull your shoulders back and down. I’d say, I don’t know what you’re…yeah, put your…my shoulders are down. No, no, no. Just like when a photographer says to relax and be natural, I say, okay, there’s…thanks for bringing that up. Now there’s zero…but with a Zoom class, you could say, oh boy, my hips are hinged. Oh boy, are my shoulders down and back. They’ve never been more down or back before. Okay, so what was I saying? Just barely pay attention to me. I mean, I think those kind of things qualify me for putting you to sleep, not for mastering body…I mean, I’m trying.
I’m trying to be more aware of my body. It just feels to me like my hips…but I just got one body. I don’t have…if I was an action figure…I’d say, when I play with G.I. Joes or whatever, Barbies, I can totally hinge their hips. I know exactly what you mean. Right now, I’m holding my lower back and trying to just feel. It does not feel like my hips have a hinge in there. I mean, I’m not kidding, without…isn’t that why they made the spine so flexible, so you could just roll your spine over? This was in the early days…not to go off-topic yet again, but there…Always Sunny is a show that’s been on the air for a long time, and I can still remember one of the early seasons; they were lifting something. They said, you gotta lift with your back. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed more hard in my life. No, you gotta…are you lifting with your back?
That was the joke in there. It was so good. So, anyway, okay, back to the…where was I? Oh, I was trying to tell you why not…I was trying to tell you not to listen to me. So, I think I got that covered. Just barely pay attention. Listen loosely. Also, there’s no pressure to fall asleep. I’m gonna be here for about an hour, and you could fall asleep whenever you want. That’s why the shows are so long, so you can just drift off. If you can’t sleep, I’ll be here to keep you company ‘til the very end. So, I’m here and…or if you wake up or if you need the podcast during the day. So, it’s the podcast you don’t listen to and you don’t really fall asleep to it, so, those are two things you need to know.
The other things you need to know if you’re new, right upfront — which is like, I’m already ten minutes in the show — the structure of the show is very different, clearly. The show starts off with a greeting; ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, friends beyond the binary. That way you know you’re welcome. Then there’s business, or then there’s the supporter stuff and supporting the listener stuff, then there’s business, or that’s all in the beginning, the first six minutes or so. That’s how we keep the podcast going. Then there’s an intro from about minute six to minute twenty or so, and the intro is a show within a show. The intro ideally introduces the new listener to the podcast and either helps you unwind or puts you to sleep or is part of your wind-down routine.
That can really throw new listeners off ‘cause they say, well, when’s the show gonna start? When are you gonna start talking about Mandalorian? I say, well, around twenty minutes in. Then you might listen to that. You say, well, when is it gonna get sleepy? I say, well, it kinda already…when’s the story start? I say, well, the idea of the beginning of the intro is…for a regular listener, it’s familiar because I always try to explain what the podcast is, then I go off-topic. My hips do come up every six months because I’m…I mean, I remember one of my autobiographies was gonna be The Boy With…The Boy That Didn’t Know His Hips or The Boy…I forgot what it was called, but…The Boy…Boys…Boy Whose Hips Never Hinged. The Hingeless Hips. The Tale of the Hingeless Hips.
Oh boy, was that a classic tale. The Hips Without A Hinge. Then The Hips…the sequel was even better; Unhinged Hips. Oh, boy. Then of course, the bonus content that cost extra; Unhinged Hips After Dark. Okay, so, where was I? Oh, so the intro goes on and on and on to give you some distance and help you…ease you into bedtime. But you could also skip it. Like, 2% of listeners start the show at twenty minutes, then another few…I think a couple…like, a decent amount of patrons listen to story-only episodes which is just the story portion of the show. But for most listeners, and this isn’t…you can…as you become a regular listener, you can kinda decide or it can change. Peoples’ relationship with the show changes all the time.
But you can kinda see how it goes ‘cause the image I have on my mind is that you’re easing into bedtime. You’re doing something; stretching or relaxing or doodling or petting your pets, maybe brushing your hair. I don’t know if you’re doing any exfoliating, but you could. I mean, exfoliation creates noise, I think, ‘cause…what’s microderm? Is that a thing? Or what about that…I saw this the other day…my daughter got one. I can’t remember what material it was made out of, but it’s like some sort of…like a granite roller, or maybe it’s made out of some other material that you put in the fridge or the freezer. Maybe you’re doing some granite-rolling or foam-rolling. That’s what I like to do. Oh boy, do I love foam-roll…I mean, I don’t love foam-rolling, but I do practice it.
Whatever, the podcast is part…supposed to be a part of that, that eases you into bedtime, becomes part of your bedtime routine, gives you some distance between the daytime and the nighttime so that you can…why not? ‘Cause I know for me, it’s never been easy falling asleep, so I don’t want it to be a rigmarole. Ideally I take the rigmarole out of it, but it does take some getting used to. So, the other things are…the reason I make this show…I make this show because I’ve been there. I know how it feels and what it’s like to dread going to bed or to just wonder, oh no, not…please, not again tonight.
You do some of that bargaining; please don’t let me think of all the…as I’m getting ready for bed, please don’t let me think about time and the structure of time, and please don’t let me start doing math about the twenty-four-hour…the proposal for February I made, and if that would be possible to fall back every single night. It seems reasonable, for 20…or I guess that would be 2021. How about that? We just keep…what if we redo 2020? Has anybody proposed that yet? I mean, for me, it’s November 2nd, so…you’re in the US, so when you listen to this…oh, man, I hope you’re great. But you say, what about a redo? Think about it from 2020’s perspective. 2020’s…say, can’t I get…what, are you gonna give it over to 2021? I love this idea; fall back every day.
2020…no more daylight savings or whatever, either. Give me a redo with those things. But those are the kind of things I don’t want to think about at bedtime, or at least…not think about, but ideally I prefer they go through my mind like a sieve or a sieve. Here’s just something that popped in my head; a sieve named Steve. Have I ever said that on the show? If I had to name a sieve, I would name my sieve Steve. If I had a sieve, I would name it Kiv, I guess. Yeah, Kiv, short for Kivena. So, I don’t know, I’m here to take your mind off of stuff and bring some levity to bedtime, ideally, though…yeah, and take your mind off of stuff, I guess to put a little fall-back in…you say, well, at least I can fall back into bed with Scoots and he’s gonna talk about stuff.
Tonight he’s gonna talk about The Mandalorian, he’s gonna mispronounce Timothy Olyphant’s name…I thought he would mispronounce ‘Olyphant’ or ‘Olyphant’, but instead he mispronounced ‘Timothy’. So, the intro goes on and on and so that you could fall asleep, then there’s the story. Tonight I’ll be talking about Episode 9 or Chapter 9 of The Mandalorian, The Marshal. If you haven’t seen the show or you might…don’t worry, this will be a bedtime story about…I guess…I think it’ll have probably references to Cesar Millan in it, because there’s a lot of animal training and treat-motivation, I think, going on in this show. So, we’ll talk about that, then we’ll have some thank-yous. So, that’s the structure of the show. It’s a podcast you don’t really need to listen to or pay attention to.
I make the show ‘cause I’ve been there, but also because you deserve a good night’s sleep. If you can get a good night’s sleep, you’re gonna be in a better place to live your life a little bit more fully, or just not to be grouchy. Like, I get grouchy. Holy mackerel, do I get grouchy. In the days when I’m not grouchy, my life’s a little bit better and the people I encounter, their lives are a little bit better. So, that’s what I hope I can provide. Now, like I said, this podcast doesn’t work for everybody. It’s a little bit different, so just give it a few tries and see how it goes. But I’m glad you’re here. I really, really work hard on this show. I really, really want to help you fall asleep. I appreciate you coming by, and here’s a couple of ways I’m able to make this podcast possible for you twice a week.
Hey, are you up all night tossing, turning, mind racing? Trouble getting to sleep? Trouble staying asleep? Well, welcome. This is Sleep With Me, the podcast that puts you to sleep. We do it with a bedtime story. Alls you need to do is get in bed, turn out the lights, and press Play. I’m gonna do the rest. What I’m going to attempt to do is create a safe place where you could set aside whatever’s keeping you awake whether that’s thoughts or feelings or physical sensations. So, thoughts, things on your mind that you’re thinking about…could be about the past, the present, the future, everything. I say, where do you get all these vivid images from?
Well, we’ll talk about it more, but…thoughts, it could be feelings, it could be anything emotionally coming up for you tied to thoughts or events or just feelings that are there, and it could be also physical sensations, it could be changes in time, temperature, routine; just could be your normal routine, you might work second or third or fourth shift. You know me; I’m getting that shout-out for that fourth shift and also the fifth, sixth, and seventh shifts. Also when I say ‘shift’, it sounds like I gotta make sure I say ‘shift’. Oh, here’s something I’ve never pointed out but this is something that can keep us awake, is people shifting around in bed, that beautiful, lumbering person that may be next to you, sleeping so soundly. Isn’t that always the way?
Sometimes they’re shifting or you could have a four-legged friend or a child that says…that hops in there and says, hey, make some room for me, or all of those. There could be some shifting going on. Also, wow, this is a early tangent, but this is the truth. This is another thing I haven’t pointed out. So, I’ve always…well, at least in the last…in the history of the podcast, I’ve always lived within earshot of a big freeway. Normally, in the climb-in closet or in the Harry Potter closet where I record now, I got enough moving blankets and time-of-day-wise, but if I’m sitting outside, I can normally hear the freeway, particularly where I am now. I’m pretty close to a major…a real big freeway. I think it was the same one at my old place, just a different portion of the same freeway. The old Nimitz, they call it.
People from the Bay Area…I don’t call it that because I haven’t…but sometimes people call it that, the 880. Here, they call it 880. In LA you call it the 710, the 101. Here, 880. You don’t say the 880. I wonder if you were…’cause I’ve been using one of the apps to learn Spanish, so I’m just wondering how…’cause you’d say, well, in Spanish you would say, probably the 880, the 710, or, let’s see, 880, 580, 101. But you’d say, the 5. You taking the 5 to the…? I think when I first moved there…and then in Syracuse when I…well, in Syracuse in New York City, you’d call it by its name. So, I think when I was in LA, I moved from the Bronx to LA by way of Syracuse. In Syracuse, you call it Route 81 even though…and then in New York you’d call it the Henry Hudson or the Cross Bronx. I don’t even know…I have no clue.
Maybe the Cross Bronx is part of 90 or something — I don’t frickin’ know — or 95. Then I say, well, should I take the Pomona Freeway? People would be like, I’m sorry, what? When I was in LA…well, I live right off the Pomona…Polona Freeway. Who? What? 6? You mean the 60. So, those are just a few of the things that…it’s funny; I’ve lived in three places most of my life and all three of them talked about roads in different ways, and here’s a podcast that’s supposed to be a road off to dreamland. I don’t know, I think I’ve made 900-something…30 episodes, and I never talked about…that I know of. I think I have talked about it before, maybe…maybe not in an intro, but it is a bit like…they say ‘soda’ or ‘pop’ or ‘Coke’…they call it those three things. Also, this is in the US.
But let’s see, in the M5, in the…London, in the UK, you’d say, the M5, so you’d say, the M5. But I don’t…or the M4. Sorry. Okay, the tube. You don’t say, are you gonna get in the…? You don’t say, getting in the tube. You’d say, getting in ‘the’ tube. If you’re a fish-head, you’d say, which tube are you talking about, man? Because…first tube, or…? I say, well, it depends on what I’m in the mood…usually first tube, yeah. I don’t know, but…okay, so, where am I? Oh, boy. Hey, if you’re new, welcome. What I’m gonna do is…I’m trying to take your mind off of stuff and create a safe place where you could fall asleep…whatever’s keeping you awake. Oh, you know, I went on all that talking not even to get to the point about shifting, so I’ll have to come back to that.
Talk about a meander, but that’s how I help you take your mind off of stuff. So, this is what I propose…and I’ve already done it, so this is post-proposal. Thanks for sticking around…is I’m gonna send my voice across the deep, dark night. I’m gonna use lulling, soothing, creaky, dulcet tones, pointless meanders, superfluous tangents, and I’m gonna go off-topic so that you…here’s the thing; so you don’t need to pay attention and you can fall asleep, and that’s a couple things you want to know right upfront, or ten minutes up…ten minutes is still upfront for Sleep With Me. This is a podcast you don’t really need to listen to. It’s best consumed like a background noise.
Normally, the freeway’s always going. Believe me, ‘cause at the beginning of the…beginning…not the beginning of 2020 but the beginning of the 2020 stuff, the freeway was actually quiet for a little while. I would sit out there and I’d be like, wow, it’s interesting. But otherwise that thing’s making noise 24/7, and you just kinda tune it out or it becomes a droning background noise. There’s other things; I think it rises and falls depending on the weather and the wind all those kinda things, and the humidity and my mood, because if I’m not in the mood for it, suddenly I say, well…but so, this is a podcast you kinda let drift into the background as well. So, you don’t need to pay attention. There’s also no pressure to fall asleep. The reason the shows are about an hour is so you can drift off whenever works.
Ideally you just fall asleep. You’re not even aware of it. You just kinda sit here and barely listen to me until you do. I take your mind off of stuff and you say, well, you kinda did with that stuff about the freeway, naming freeways. Yeah, that was my Traffic cover band. It didn’t last very long ‘cause I don’t play any instruments and no one knew what it meant. They said, well, why don’t you just call it Jam? I’d say, well, because that’s even more confusing. I mean, you could call it Traffic Jam, but that would be like a band that just does Traffic covers as jams. Anyway, I can’t go on this tangent ‘cause I got too many…I got…I’m front-loaded with other tangents. Okay. So, did you really…? No, I don’t even know…I don't even know…I was thinking of Wings, actually.
So, I would have been covering Wings songs as a band named after Traffic. That would have been even more awkward. Okay…oh, so, where was I? Okay, so, it’s not really here to put you to sleep, either. Just drift off at your leisure. But here’s the thing; if you can’t sleep, I’m gonna be here to the very end to keep you company, so just kinda see how it goes. But yeah, if you can’t sleep, I’ll be here. If you’re up or you wake up, you could turn the podcast back on. If you need something during the day, that’s another reason to listen, is to barely listen to me during the day. You say, wait a second, I could listen to you when I’m…I can not listen to you whenever I want? I say, yeah. For most people, they fall asleep to it, but we do have a collection of daytime listeners for…you know, I’m barely soothing.
So, that could be one of my cover names, Barely Soothing. I guess that doesn’t feel like a cover name ‘cause neither…not very many people are named Barely or Soothing. But I guess if I was the lead singer of whatever that Traffic cover band…Traffic cover band that only covers Wings songs would be…the lead singer? Barely soothing. You say, well, that actually fits because I was here to listen to Wings. Most people are like, I’ve never heard of any of those bands. I’d say, yeah, they were just a little bit before my time, but I’m aware of them. Paul McCartney was in Wings, I think. Traffic, I’m not so sure anymore. But when it popped in my head, I was picturing Paul McCartney as the lead singer of Traffic, which I’m pretty sure…maybe Steve Winwood? No. Okay, my brain said no.
Anyway, I’ll look into it, maybe. I’ll probably forget to do that. But so, a podcast you don’t really need to listen to, and it’s a podcast that doesn’t really put you to sleep. I just keep you company as you drift off. My job is to be your bore-bae, your bore-cuz, your bore-sib, your bore-bestie, your bore-bruh if you’re from San Diego and you surf. But so, those are two things. The other thing is give it a few tries. On first listen, most people have a strong, negative reaction — I mean, not always — or a neutral reaction, ‘cause this podcast is very different. I’m very strange. I have creaky, dulcet tones and pointless meanders. So, just kinda see how it goes at first. Most listeners that went out of the way to review the show, which is a…very few people do that.
Like, less than 1% or maybe even less than 0.1% review the show, and most of those people said, hey, give it two or three tries, because first it’s like, what is this? It doesn’t make any sense and you have to kinda let go, and it stops…once it…it never made any sense, but once it stops making sense, it made all the sense it needed. So, that’s kinda the other thing if you’re having a strong reaction to the show. Hopefully it works, but give it a few tries and see how it goes. If it doesn’t work for you, sleepwithmepodcast.com/nothankyou has other options. So, those are those two things. What else is out there? So, there’s…what else do you need to know? Oh, structure of the show. That could throw people off, is the show is also structured very differently.
So, I guess this is a little late to tell you, but I always do this just to help you get acquainted. So, the show starts off with a greeting; ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, friends beyond the binary, so that you know that you’re welcome and that you’re in the right place and that I’m here to help. Then there’s some resources for you, the listener, then there’s business. The ads keep the show free, just a reality thing. Then there’s Supporter Zone, then there’s the intro. So, that’s like, the first twenty minutes of the show, but most of it is just this intro where I kinda try to introduce the podcast every single time in a different way. Over 900 times I’ve done this, and I’ve never successfully introduced the podcast in a clear and concise way.
So, what we decided…whatever, 800…no, 750 episodes ago or so, is…oh, wait a second, this works for people because it gives you a chance to ease into bedtime or to get ready for bed or to get comfortable. So, the intro for the regular listener gives you some distance between the day and the night. Some listeners fall asleep, some listeners skip it, but most people, they wind-down with the show. They have…and hopefully you build your own wind-down routine and the podcast is just one part of it. You know, whether it’s doing something relaxing or playing with those chillaxing figures, whatever it is. Kinda see how it goes. Then there’s business, then there’s a story. Tonight it’ll be…the story will be a surprise for me now because I don’t know what it’s gonna be yet. Nobody’s told me.
So, that’s exciting, and then there’s thank-yous at the end. So, that’s the structure of the show. I was trying to…I was…earlier I was trying to talk about shifting, because that’s one of the things when I’m listening to the freeway that I can…that…I think I was trying to say, could that keep you up at night, shifting, people shifting cars? ‘Cause it is…it does make a noise when they’re going at a different speed, you know, and they’re making those car shifting noises. You know, all that stuff. I usually…then…I don’t know, it usually doesn’t bother me ‘cause usually, that’s when I’m actually enjoying it. But I’m sure there’s people out there that live a little bit closer or something and it comes in an inopportune time.
An inopportune time for shifting; that would be, I don’t know, when you don’t touch…I don’t know, ‘cause I never learned to use manual transmission before. Just another admission, another sign of my imperfections. So, I think that’s it, is that, yeah, give the show a few tries. I’m really glad you’re…oh, the reason I make the show. I make the show for two reasons; one, because I’ve been there, tossing and turning, and I want to shift things around, because for me it can feel very negative, lonely, and not pleasant. Hopefully I could shift the mood to something neutral. But I could put it in Neutral, and I guess it wouldn’t be shifting; I would be putting the clutch in. Oh no, my brain said there’s probably neutral…I say, okay, well, taking it out of gear.
Now, if I could shift it…your attention a little bit as you become a regular listener, maybe I could put it in a lower gear and help us wind down. But at least at first, I just want to be here for you if I can, because I know how it feels and I want to change it up. But the other side of it is you deserve a good night’s sleep. You deserve a place where you can get some decent rest, and I want that for you. So, if I can help, I’d be really honored to do so. So…and if you get a good night’s rest, the world’s gonna be a better place. So, yeah, I mean, that’s…I guess that’s it, is I’m glad you’re here. Give this show a few tries. See how it goes. Believe it or not, I work very hard. I yearn and I strive. I really want to help you fall asleep. Thanks again for coming by, and here’s a couple ways I’m able to do this for you twice a week.
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All Intros
Zip a Dee Doo Dah
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60021/10-zip-dee-doo-dah-facts-about-song-south
Migratory Bird Patterns
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/the-basics-how-why-and-where-of-bird-migration/
Daylight Savings Time
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/daylight-saving-debate.html
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/12/health/daylight-saving-time-2022-wellness/index.html
Traffic (band)
https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-story-of-traffic
https://mentalitch.com/the-story-of-traffic/
DOWN TO BUSINESS
Textbook Lulls
Deep Dark Night United
n/a
PLUGS
Sleep With Me Plus; SleepPhones; Rusty Biscuit Links; Emily Tat Artwork; Anti-Racism Resources; Ukraine Relief; Crisis Textline
SPONSORS
Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Lumen
INTRO
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- 922
- Holy cow, I’m gonna go off topic
- Creaky Dulcet Tones
- The Double Dulcet Cast
- If it’s too sweet, this podcast would be boring
- I wish the show could work for everybody
- Low-Activity Consumption
- If this podcast were dulcet, it would be efficient
- Double Your Dulcet
- We’ll talk about smiles for the next 30 minutes
- Talking about a childhood textbook
- No one ever glorifies relief sweat
- Personally, I start my wind down routine out of bed
- The Intro is a really long Corridor
- The Endless Entryway
- At the end, there are Ents
- This high school textbook from the 80s had a Limited Purview
STORY
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- 923
- The Big Three
- Buzzing Lights
- Gently Sleeping Partners
- I do know about Migratory Bird Patterns
- I know that Bird Counting does happen
- This is turning into an SAT question
- Some crows are noisy
- Imagining a Crow Family Road Trip
- My brain butted in with a Breaking News Alert
- The safe place will be like a nice rest stop
- I find migration fascinating
- “Bird Brain” comes up often in this podcast
- Malcolm Gladwell Fan Fiction
- Mind your own Bird’s Wax
- Where would a bird stow their sandwiches?
- Swamp-Based Beings (SBBs)
- Otter Things
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- High Bird Zones (HBZs)
- Frequent Bird Migration Zones (FMBZs)
- Giving glamor to little known zones
- Fan Fiction about Malcolm Gladwell’s actual life
- Every episode before this can just be a prequel
- What in the heck is with those joyful bird sounds?
- A Bare Grasp of Birds
- 924
- Thoughts vs Feelings
- We just fell back
- 2020: We can use all the sunlight we can get
- Time Change Task Force
- Let’s make February the fallback month
- Time changes make my hips whinge
- Hinging at the Hips
- Zoom Yoga vs Real Yoga
- The Yoga Professor
- I’m trying to raise my body awareness
- I know how to hinge Action Figure Hips
- When are you gonna start talking about Mandalorian?
- The Tale of the Hingeless Hips
- You could definitely exfoliate during a wind down routine
- What’s microderm?
- Granite rolling, foam rolling, whatever you like
- Bargaining with your sleeping brain
- What if we just redo 2020?
- 2020: Fall back every day
- A Sieve Named Steve
- Chapter 9 of Mandalorian
- I’ll probably talk about Cesar Milan
- 925
- Where do I get all these vivid images from?
- Shoutout to the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Shift
- Shifting in Bed
- I’ve always lived within shot of a big freeway
- The Old Nemets, 880
- In Syracuse, you’d call it by its number
- In NYC, you actually call it by its name
- Regional Dialect Differences
- In England, you use “The” for everything
- I’ll have to come back to Shift Chat
- The freeway’s always going
- Droning Background Noise (DBN)
- Freeways, my Traffic cover band
- Covering Wings songs as a band named after Traffic
- Barely Soothing, a pseudonym
- The show will make sense when it’s stops making sense
- Playing with those Chillaxin Figures
- I don’t know what tonight’s episode will be about yet
- Car Shifting Noises (CSNs)
- An Inopportune Time for Shifting
- I’ve never learned to drive Manual
- Let me put your brain into Neutral
SWM+ THANKS
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SUMMARY:
Episode: 1283
Title: The Double Dulcet Cast | All Intros 922 – 925
Deep Dark Night United: n/a
Plugs: Sleep With Me Plus; SleepPhones; Rusty Biscuit Links; Emily Tat Artwork; Anti-Racism Resources; Ukraine Relief; Crisis Textline
Sponsors: Helix Sleep; Zocdoc; Progressive; Lumen
SWM+ Thanks: n/a
Notable Language:
- 922
- Creaky Dulcet Tones
- Low-Activity Consumption
- Double Your Dulcet
- Relief Sweat
- The Endless Entryway
- Limited Purview
- 923
- The Big Three
- Migratory Bird Patterns
- Bird Brain
- Malcolm Gladwell Fan Fiction
- Mind your own Bird’s Wax
- Swamp-Based Beings (SBBs)
- High Bird Zones (HBZs)
- Frequent Bird Migration Zones (FMBZs)
- A Bare Grasp of Birds
- 924
- Whinge
- Fall Back
- Zoom Yoga
- Hinging at the Hips
- Microderm
- Exfoliation
- Sieve
- 925
- Shift
- Droning Background Noise (DBN)
- Chillaxin Figures
- Car Shifting Noises (CSNs)
- An Inopportune Time for Shifting
Notable Culture:
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- 922
- The Double Dulcet Cast
- “Zippadee Doo Dah”
- Ents / Lord of the Rings
- 923
- SAT
- Malcolm Gladwell
- Jurassic Park
- Otter Things
- 924
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- Daylight Savings Time
- Yoga
- Barbie
- GI Joe
- It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- The Mandalorian
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- The Tale of the Hingeless Hips
- Unhinged Hips: After Dark
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- 2020, in general
- Timothy Oliphant
- Cesar Milan
- 925
- Harry Poter
- Phish
- Traffic (band)
- Wings (band)
- Paul McCartney
- Steve Winwood
Notable Talking Points:
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- 922
- Holy cow, I’m gonna go off topic
- Creaky Dulcet Tones
- The Double Dulcet Cast
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- If it’s too sweet, this podcast would be boring
- I wish the show could work for everybody
- Low-Activity Consumption
- If this podcast were dulcet, it would be efficient
- Double Your Dulcet
- We’ll talk about smiles for the next 30 minutes
- Talking about a childhood textbook
- No one ever glorifies relief sweat
- Personally, I start my wind down routine out of bed
- The Intro is a really long Corridor
- The Endless Entryway
- At the end, there are Ents
- This high school textbook from the 80s had a Limited Purview
- 923
- The Big Three
- Buzzing Lights
- Gently Sleeping Partners
- I do know about Migratory Bird Patterns
- I know that Bird Counting does happen
- This is turning into an SAT question
- Some crows are noisy
- Imagining a Crow Family Road Trip
- My brain butted in with a Breaking News Alert
- The safe place will be like a nice rest stop
- I find migration fascinating
- “Bird Brain” comes up often in this podcast
- Malcolm Gladwell Fan Fiction
- Mind your own Bird’s Wax
- Where would a bird stow their sandwiches?
- Swamp-Based Beings (SBBs)
- Otter Things
-
- High Bird Zones (HBZs)
- Frequent Bird Migration Zones (FMBZs)
- Giving glamor to little known zones
- Fan Fiction about Malcolm Gladwell’s actual life
- Every episode before this can just be a prequel
- What in the heck is with those joyful bird sounds?
- A Bare Grasp of Birds
- 924
- Thoughts vs Feelings
- We just fell back
- 2020: We can use all the sunlight we can get
- Time Change Task Force
- Let’s make February the fallback month
- Time changes make my hips whinge
- Hinging at the Hips
- Zoom Yoga vs Real Yoga
- The Yoga Professor
- I’m trying to raise my body awareness
- I know how to hinge Action Figure Hips
- When are you gonna start talking about Mandalorian?
- The Tale of the Hingeless Hips
- You could definitely exfoliate during a wind down routine
- What’s microderm?
- Granite rolling, foam rolling, whatever you like
- Bargaining with your sleeping brain
- What if we just redo 2020?
- 2020: Fall back every day
- A Sieve Named Steve
- Chapter 9 of Mandalorian
- I’ll probably talk about Cesar Milan
- 925
- Where do I get all these vivid images from?
- Shoutout to the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Shift
- Shifting in Bed
- I’ve always lived within shot of a big freeway
- The Old Nemets, 880
- In Syracuse, you’d call it by its number
- In NYC, you actually call it by its name
- Regional Dialect Differences
- In England, you use “The” for everything
- I’ll have to come back to Shift Chat
- The freeway’s always going
- Droning Background Noise (DBN)
- Freeways, my Traffic cover band
- Covering Wings songs as a band named after Traffic
- Barely Soothing, a pseudonym
- The show will make sense when it’s stops making sense
- Playing with those Chillaxin Figures
- I don’t know what tonight’s episode will be about yet
- Car Shifting Noises (CSNs)
- An Inopportune Time for Shifting
- I’ve never learned to drive Manual
- Let me put your brain into Neutral
-