Does this episode make you sleepy? | feat. Drew Ackerman
Episode description
Is sleep giving you the cold shoulder? What if you had a bedtime buddy? A platonic pal who could slow the thoughts running through your head and lull you to sleep every night? Enter Drew Ackerman (aka Dearest Scooter).
His Sleep With Me podcast gets 3 million+ downloads every month. That’s over a hundred thousand people, every night, falling to sleep to Drew’s hypnotic voice and meandering tales. How does he do it? What’s the secret sauce to lulling a football stadium’s worth people nightly?
A few curiosities you’ll uncover in this episode:
- When it comes to putting strangers to sleep, what topics are off-limits?
- Are giant fighting monsters good for a snoozy narrative?
- What role does meandering play in a sleepy story?
Did You Know?
A lack of sleep is detrimental to our mood, creative output, and even self-control. Brain scans have shown the frontal lobe—which is responsible for self-control and gatekeeping emotional impulses—is switched off by a lack of sleep.
Credits
Curious State is a Quick and Dirty Tips podcast hosted and produced by Doug Fraser.
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