Oct. 7, 2025
(no music) #1455 Let me bore you to sleep
💤 "Let Me Bore You to Sleep" - Oct 7, 2025 Host: Jason Newland Theme: A personal and meandering bedtime monologue designed to lull listeners to sleep through gentle, low-energy rambling. 🐶 Opening Moments - Jason welcomes listeners to his podcast...
💤 "Let Me Bore You to Sleep" - Oct 7, 2025
Host: Jason Newland
Theme: A personal and meandering bedtime monologue designed to lull listeners to sleep through gentle, low-energy rambling.
🐶 Opening Moments
Host: Jason Newland
Theme: A personal and meandering bedtime monologue designed to lull listeners to sleep through gentle, low-energy rambling.
🐶 Opening Moments
- Jason welcomes listeners to his podcast and introduces himself.
- His dog, Vinnie, features immediately with whining for more sausages.
- The tone is light, cozy, and conversational from the start.
- Jason muses on the day—confirms it is Monday, Oct 6, 2025, even though he initially questions it.
- He introduces the theme of the day: Website promotion.
- Jason shares he's been working on:
- Collecting comments and reviews from YouTube and Facebook to post on his website.
- He estimates 250+ reviews now on the site.
- Mentions humorous fake review by "Vinnie" complaining that Jason ignores him.
- Thanks Paul for a kind PayPal donation.
- Shoutouts to Laura, Christine, and others from his community for their support and feedback.
- Encourages listeners to submit questions for the upcoming Q&A Friday (Oct 10, 2025).
- Sets up analytics on his website for the first time.
- Is pleasantly surprised to learn people are visiting.
- Launches two Facebook ads:
- To promote his podcast website.
- To promote the "Let Me Bore You to Sleep" Facebook group.
- Shares early results:
- A few dozen views but no link clicks yet.
- Ads cost about 34–44 pence so far.
- Talks about getting locked out of Facebook while setting up the ads.
- Surprised by Facebook group engagement increase (451%).
- Frustrated by trying to find old comments over 7 years of posts.
- Discusses using insights and stats from his Facebook group and website.
- Discusses cravings for chocolate, Cornettos, and strawberry yogurt.
- Shares quirky stories about feeding Vinnie bits of ice cream.
- Recalls pouring yogurt on his own head in a vlog during a “manic” 2011 phase.
- Gave away a relatively new Android phone to a neighbor.
- Staunchly prefers iPhones and doesn’t want to relearn Android.
- Reminisces about spending £200 on YouTube ads years ago and being banned.
- Feels his format doesn’t quite match the YouTube “style” but keeps uploading podcasts there.
- Shares humorous gripes about:
- AI-generated Facebook posts & Quora content.
- People complaining about music or background noises in his podcasts.
- Strange questions and spam on the internet.
- Shares numerous stories of asking women out at work, most ending in rejection.
- One notable story about being asked out by a former counselling client, which he declined due to ethics.
- Discusses feelings of missed connections, awkward elevator moments, and office gossip.
- Emphasizes the emotional risks and awkwardness of workplace romance.
- Jason consistently mixes self-deprecating humor and sarcasm, even in mundane moments (e.g., admiring his own fart jokes or calling Vinnie a “cheeky monkey”).
- Regularly breaks into playful voices or pretends to be other characters.
- Reads and jokes about supposed “interesting psychological facts” found online.
- Examples: “Looking at someone's mouth means they want to kiss you” or “opposites don't attract.”
- Uses them as a springboard for philosophical reflection and more personal stories.
- Jason shares past experiences working as a counsellor.
- Reflects on:
- Ethical responsibilities.
- Emotional challenges of ending client relationships.
- How mental health services dried up due to lack of funding.
- His own regret about missed romantic opportunities.
- Encourages self-kindness:
"Be kind to yourself, because you do deserve to be happy. Be gentle with yourself. You deserve to feel safe." - Ends with a warm sign-off: “Lots of love, bye.”
- Wandering, relaxed storytelling.
- Warm humor and introspection.
- No pressure, no agenda—just soothing human connection through meandering thought.