Something not high energy, and interesting but not too interesting lol
Examples I've been enjoying include 99% Invisible, Ologies, and Common Descent
I just posted something you might like actually
https://www.oldgodsofappalachia.com/episodes
(I like falling asleep to cosmic horror shit yes I am weird)
Also since it is sort of adjacent check out Trillbilly Worker's Party
Stuff You Should Know is a podcast by some well-meaning, curious, kind of dumb dudes from Atlanta. Libs but that doesn't seem to be a disqualifier. Anyways they have very gentle and calm voices and basically have done a straight up book report-style podcast for like fifteen years and have done basically every topic.
They have the right voices to fall asleep to because they never get so excited they change their register and seem to like each other. Kind, friendly energy. It's also easy to fall asleep to because you don't have to hang on every word because they usually don't really know too much about what they're talking about so it never really matters if you hear the next part because you'd have to fact check it anyways
The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan is over a decade (edit: typo) old but it's ideal for that. He has an incredibly relaxing voice, and even though I'm legitimately interested in Roman history I would find myself drifting off sometimes. The audio quality in the early episodes aren't great but he gets a better mic later.
Drifting Off with Joe Pera a sleep podcast.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOg1r3RmAaWkKAJVrVpQYCS2BBmzfX2B5
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drifting-off-with-joe-pera/id1669125364
https://www.patreon.com/DriftingOffwithJoePera
Episode 1, every episode is the first episode of a podcast. It's like 90% improv. Might be my favorite podcast.
I like Hey Riddle Riddle if improv comedy is something you like. Both for falling asleep and listening while awake.
Fall of Civilization. His voice is absolutely soothing and the topics of how certain people found these lost Civilizations and then how they fell into ruin is super interesting.
Last Podcast on the Left. They talk about serial killers, but the subject matter doesn't bother me. It's a topic that I'm ok with not catching all the details after I fall asleep.
Damn, I tried to get into it years ago. It must be good because they still going at it, but couldn't stand the multiple mfs talking at once about random bs.
Yeah, I sometimes listen during the day and want to scream at the clowns to shut up and let the narrative move ahead. Luckily, I tend to go to sleep with a strong buzz or straight up drunk and then it doesn't bother me.
Same, I've tried this one a few times, and I'm just annoyed every time.
I recognize the irony of this, but sometimes I like to fall asleep to the No Sleep podcast.
I subbed just last week, haven't listened to many episodes, but it's been good.
Not a podcast, but it's nice, & it works. https://www.radiotunes.com/guitar
Welcome To Nightvale but with the "weather" and intro-outro edited out
