(music) (10 hours) #1443 Let me bore you to sleep
"#1443 Let Me Bore You to Sleep – 27th September 2025" 🕒 Duration: 1 hour, 19 minutes 👤 Speaker: Jason Newland 🐾 Frequent guest appearances: Vinny (his dog) 🐶 🔗 View Transcript 🧠 Main Theme: Jason offers a slow-paced, stream-of-consciousness update...
"#1443 Let Me Bore You to Sleep – 27th September 2025"
🕒 Duration: 1 hour, 19 minutes
👤 Speaker: Jason Newland
🐾 Frequent guest appearances: Vinny (his dog) 🐶
🔗 View Transcript
🧠 Main Theme: Jason offers a slow-paced, stream-of-consciousness update on his week, focusing on technical struggles with podcast distribution, website updates, and reflections on his recording process — all delivered in his signature hypnotic, meandering tone to help listeners drift off to sleep.
📌 Key Points & Topics Covered: 🛠️ 1. Podcast Hosting Chaos
- Jason spent the entire week resolving issues with Apple Podcasts, where his episodes were no longer updating.
- He suspects the issue stemmed from too many duplicate podcast feeds, confusing Apple’s indexing system.
- After a lot of trial-and-error and ChatGPT-assisted research, he narrowed it down to one active podcast per title (e.g. Let Me Bore You to Sleep, Hypnosis for Sleeping Deeply, etc.).
- He made the decision to shut down letmeboreyoutosleep.com due to cost and revert back to his long-standing domain jasonnewland.com.
- The new site includes:
- Embedded players for streaming
- Transcription links (like this one!)
- Links to major podcast platforms: Apple, Spotify, etc.
- Plans to add direct MP3 download buttons for each recording.
- Vinny chased a fly unsuccessfully all day.
- He prefers rotten apples off the ground to fresh ones bought from the store.
- Jason talks gently to Vinny, offering affection and sharing food (but not salad).
- He checks podcast analytics and notes:
- Historically, 84% of his listeners came from Apple Podcasts.
- Recently, usage has shifted:
- Podcast Addict: 37%
- Apple Podcasts: 33%
- Overcast: 20%
- Other platforms include Spotify, Castbox, iVoox, Amazon, Deezer, etc.
- Jason tests how well his podcasts show up on Google, Bing, and podcast directories.
- Finds outdated listings and duplicate feeds that are no longer functional.
- Starts adding clean, direct Apple Podcast links on his site for all 8 active shows.
- Add a page to his site with clearly listed podcast links by platform.
- Continue updating his podcast pages on Facebook and other socials.
- Improve download functionality to make access easier for listeners.
- Jason’s speech remains soothing and meandering, filled with tangents, tech frustration, light humor, and gentle interactions with Vinny.
- There are long stretches where he quietly narrates what he's doing on the computer, adding to the hypnotic tone.
- He also touches on his YouTube channel growth, nostalgic memories of earlier podcasting days, and quirky listener messages.
- “He likes apples with maggots in them, but won’t touch the ones I buy for him.”
- “Maybe my desk needs a good screw… I mean, tightened screw!”
- Reflects on the "emotional bond" with a coat rack knob that recently fell off: “We didn’t know each other that well anyway…”
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