EPISODE · Jul 26, 2026 · 46 MIN
ASMR Sleep Aid: Soviet Submarine Hull Inspection Standards (Insomnia Relief)
from Deeply Unimportant: Sleep Stories for Racing Minds · host Dallas Kachan
Sleep well to a boring, deep voice — a deep sleep ASMR sleep aid for relaxation, insomnia relief and racing minds that need to fall asleep. Tonight, escape the demands of modern life and retreat into the cold, methodical bureaucracy of mid-century naval engineering. We examine the 1986 Soviet State Standard—Gosudarstvenny Standart GOST 14782-86—which dictated non-destructive weld testing across coastal Soviet shipyards. We silence an anxious, racing mind by immersing it in acoustic attenuation concepts, angular probe sweeping routines, and unyielding administrative data. Deeply Unimportant is a sleeping aid for minds that need structure to drift off. An alternative to CBT therapy, it employs a form of what sleep scientists call a "cognitive shuffle" that can overcome mind racing thoughts at night. No whispers or fairy tales; just an ordered, structured, boring voice of a real life former newscaster reading material that doesn't matter. If this show works for you, follow it in your podcast player, rate it 5 stars and/or leave a review. It helps others learn about it. This version of the show is ad-supported. Ads play at the beginning of the episode, but nowhere else as you drift off. Subscribe for ad-free episodes, long versions that run all night, and infinite loops that work offline. Visit https://deeplyunimportant.com to subscribe or gift a subscription to a fellow over-thinker.
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