Ask HN: Falling Asleep to Podcasts

Re:Ask HN: Falling Asleep to Podcasts by gadders on Friday January 07, 2022 @09:20AM (#29839368)

I started off listening to talk radio stations in the UK on my clock radio with a sleep timer when I was a teenager in the '80s, and I see listening to podcasts as an extension of that.

I use Podcast Republic on my phone linked to a set of Bluetooth sleep headphones similar to [1]

In terms of what I listen to, it's mostly factual podcasts from BBC Radio 4, or providers such as the Naked Scientist or History Today.

[1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sleep-Headphones-Bluetooth-Ultra-Th...

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Re:Ask HN: Falling Asleep to Podcasts by rangitatanz on Friday January 07, 2022 @05:31PM (#29845782)

My gf and I use these exact headphones. Have tried several others (eg sleepy phones) which are good but I found these are a perfect cost to quality ratio. I charge them maybe once per week

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Re:Ask HN: Falling Asleep to Podcasts by gadders on Monday January 10, 2022 @06:53AM (#29873384)

I think they're pretty good. Some have an annoying flashing LED that could annoy a bed sharer but could be cured with a piece of tape inside the headband, and they have occasionally abruptly woken me up with a loud "LOW BATTERY" warning.

The other issue I have noticed is the volume changes whether you are lying on the back of your head, or with your head on its side with the ear pressed against the earpiece. Short of putting some gyroscope thing inside the unit, though, I'm not sure how they could correct for that.

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