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Sleeping with Celebrities — 202 episodes
Is This Heaven? No, It’s Iowa and NPR’s Danielle Kurtzleben Talking Field of Dreams
Let’s Go to Trader Joe’s with Dan Mintz. That Will Be Nice.
Dulcé Sloan Knows Every Trope, Archetype, and Inevitable Plot Point of K-Dramas
Comedian Anjelah Johnson-Reyes Used to Garden and Remembers It Fondly and At Some Length
Rebecca Sugar: Creator of Steven Universe, Knower of Earthen Building Techniques
Live From SF Sketchfest with John DiMaggio, Moshe Kasher, and Meredith Edgar
A Lot of Work Goes Into Eliza Coupe’s Spiritual Practice, But Not If You’re Just Listening To It For Sleep Reasons
MaxFunDrive 2026 BoCo Preview: Soundscapes - Runyon Canyon Hiking Trail
Bonus Mini-Sode: Bigfoot Guys, Aliens Guys, and That’s the Two Types of Guys w/ Drea Clark
Sleeping with the U.S. Constitution featuring SO MANY STARS
MaxFunDrive 2026 BoCo Preview: Ambient Soundscape by Daniel William Gonzalez - Vanishing Point
Bonus Mini-Sode: Walking Friendly Dogs on a Nice Day, Part 2
MaxFunDrive 2026 BoCo Preview: Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Oprah Winfrey, Kim Jong Un, Pretty Much. And Blaine Capatch
Rob Huebel and His Sure-Fire Completely Doomed Business Ideas
Bonus Mini-Sode: Walking Friendly Dogs on a Nice Day, Part 1
Casters on Casters: John Moe and Brenda Snell
Hrishikesh Hirway: Song Exploder / Paper Explorer
Martha Kelly Has More Thoughts Than You Might Have Realized About Alvin & the Chipmunks
Sam Sanders Puts Together Audio Shows and Makes Peace with the Beasts. Metaphorically.
Holding Your Horses, Your Actual Horses, Not a Metaphor, with Jennifer Hale
Damian Young from The Comeback Knows More About Neckerchiefs Than You Do
Inglourious Basterd Paul Rust Made Collages as a Kid and Just Never Stopped
Stephnie Weir Struggled Making Special Napkins to Give to Billy Crystal
Jordan Morris on Godzilla Taxonomy and Canonical Use of “Skreeonk.”
Simeon Lipman from Antiques Roadshow Tells You At Great Length About Baseball Cards
Vella Lovell Slowly and Carefully Introduces a New Cat to an Old Cat
Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hütz Walks You Through the Downstroke Part of Playing Guitar
A Discussion of Bigfoot with Todd Stashwick That Gets a Bit Too Exciting But Then Calms Down
Jordan Carlos Lives in New York City and Drives an Actual Car
Rachael Yamagata On The Importance of Backyard Vigilance
Akilah Hughes Guides You To Just Barely Interesting Things on Social Media
150th Episode: More All-Star Guests Who Excelled at Understanding the Assignment
Hanging Out at Airports with Roxane Gay (RERUN)
Jon Lovett Will Not Reveal How All of America Could Collapse
Jodie Sweetin’s Full House of Legos
Bridger Winegar Needs a New iPhone and Will Consider ALL Options
Comic Myq Kaplan Could Use Some Advice. Columns. I Mean, He Likes Advice Columns.
Let’s Go to a Concert with Wendi McLendon-Covey
Eddie Pepitone Is One Purchase Away from Happiness
You’ll Sleep Better Knowing Inspector Gamache is on the Case, Says Allison Raskin
Halloween is Here. Let’s Rank Witches with Lindy West and Meagan Hatcher-Mays
Zach Reino and Jessica McKenna Love Musical Theater and Its Regulations, and Tiki Bars
Amber Nash Takes You To Vermont. Well, a Catalog About Vermont, Anyway.
Actor/Comedian Steve Agee Has Seen Meatballs Way More Times Than You Have
A Very Gentle and Mellow Tour of D.C. Hardcore with Roman Mars
Nathan Pyle, Strange Planets, Hour Long Blocks of Old Commercials, and Rescue Dogs
How To Stack Tacos and Burgers With J. Kenji López-Alt Until You Conk Out
Baron Vaughn’s Ken Burns Effect
Ravi V. Patel’s Fitness Routine, Which Frankly Makes Us Tired Just Hearing About It
Patrick McEnroe and Melissa Errico, Stars of, Respectively, Tennis and Broadway
Kendahl Landreth and Jordan Myrick Gently Realign Your Chihuahua Perspectives
Ana Marie Cox on the Architectural Styles of Texas Homes of the Seventies and Eighties
Listener Winter Burnett Tours Two Laundromats in Morris, IL
Demi Adejuyigbe’s Well-Developed Interest in Film Photography
Meet Your Nocturnal Animal Friends with Janet Varney
The Many, Many Cats That Have Belonged to Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go’s. Many Cats.
Paget Brewster: Star of Screen, Stage, and Barnyard Bone Broth
John Hodgman Attempts To Memorize All of Maine’s Coastal Islands (RERUN)
Julie Klausner Tours You Through Her Pleasant and Less-Than-Pleasant Massages
Chris Duffy and the Joy of Sox
NPR’s Tamara Keith Has Strong Yet Soothing Opinions On Pie
Tamara Yajia: Brad Pitt’s Charcuterie Pal
Hanif Abdurraqib Has 90 Band Shirts. Which We Think You’ll Agree Is a Lot.
Nate DiMeo of The Memory Palace Has THOUGHTS on Sports Team Names and Logos
NPR’s Linda Holmes Takes You on a Sleepy Tour of Beverly Hills, 90210
Comedian, Actor, and Podcaster Sierra Katow Gently Takes You Grocery Shopping
Hanging Out at Airports with Roxane Gay
Campin’ About with Allan McLeod of Walkin’ About
Philosophy Tube’s Abigail Thorn Takes You Scuba Diving
Queen Priyanka on Crazy-Ass Dog Ownership
BONUS MINI-SODE: Naps with Normies: Bikram Chatterji
BONUS MINI-SODE: Naps with Normies: April Pendergraft
Astronaut and Dog Lover Leland Melvin on Dogs, Space, and Building Campers
BONUS MINI-SODE: Naps with Normies: Danny Baruela
BONUS CONTENT PREVIEW: The Celebrity Parade of Dreams Supershow
BONUS MINI-SODE: Naps with Normies: Swish
BEDTIME STORY MINI-SODE: Ducky the Dog and His Many Couches
BEDTIME STORY MINI-SODE: The All-Iguana Band
A Soothing Nighttime Edition with Steve Inskeep of NPR’s Morning Edition
BEDTIME STORY MINI-SODE: Louie the Tugboat’s Teriyaki Restaurant
BEDTIME STORY MINI-SODE: Ed’s House of Many Onions (and Dancing)
A Calm and Soothing Trip to Escape Rooms with Mary Holland
Just Picking Up Some Stuff at the Drugstore with Samantha Irby
Unapologetic Love For Cabbage Patch Kids with Mike O’Connell
Warm and Pleasant Thoughts of Summer Camp with Anna Sale
Organizing Bookshelves with Mallory O’Meara and Brea Grant
Super Bowl Special with Chris Kluwe, NFL Punting Legend
Jamie Loftus Learns Capitalism Through NeoPets
Langston Kerman Explains Complicated Board Games to You
Jonathan Ames Stays Cool Talking About Russian Bathhouses
Jon Gabrus Has Thoughts on Tomorrow’s Breakfast Sandwiches
100th Episode: All-Star Guests Who Exceled at Understanding the Assignment
Having a Lovely Time at Family Style Restaurants with Blaine Capatch
Comedian Jenny Yang’s Kitchen Is Full of Mechanical Contraptions
Ophira Eisenberg Has Strong Opinions on Poutine and About All of Canada, Really
Comedian Billy Wayne Davis is Fine Squatting While Objects Get Thrown at Him
Amy Tan’s Backyard Birdfeeder Ecosystem of Drama
Paul Reiser is Mad About Luggage
Comedian, Podcaster, and Low-Stakes Poker Player Andrew Ti Bets You’ll Fall Asleep
Matt Braunger Loves Taylor Swift’s Middle-Age Man Albums. Hear That, SEO?
Lachy Gillespie of The Wiggles Loves Tennis and Putting You to Sleep
Dan McCoy Is Not Miserly In His Love For Uncle Scrooge McDuck
Lennon Parham Guides You Through Her CD Binders
Strong But Gentle Salad Opinions with Kyle Bornheimer
Mara Wilson Goes to Boarding School
Griffin Newman and His Muppet Action Figure Collection. Yes, Really.
Jessica St. Clair Offers You Bedtime Francophilia
Fall Asleep with the Gang from the Magic Tavern
Alison Rosen's Fowl Life
Rhett Miller: Please Don’t Call Disc Golf ‘Frolf’
Comedian Todd Barry Reveals the Not-At-All-Shocking Truth About Airline Miles
John Hodgman Attempts To Memorize All of Maine’s Coastal Islands
Josh Gondelman Gets Bizzy
How Things Used To Be vs. How They Are Now with Laura Merli and Sarah Hester Ross
Michelle Biloon, Kevin Avery, and the Applications (Apps, the young people call them) on their Telephones
Helen Hong and Chicken Husbandry in South Central Los Angeles
Jill Moe, Crop Art Royalty at the Minnesota State Fair
David Plotz’s Tour of D.C.’s Civil War Forts and Fortifications
Brian Stack (Conan, Colbert) on Mild Encounters with Pleasant Celebrities
Chris Fairbanks on the Intricacies of Skateboarding on an Artificial Hip at Costco
Jenny Lawson’s Enormous Army of Dolls
Comedian Rachel Feinstein Has Tons of Firefighters In Her House But Don’t Worry She’s Okay
Nate Corddry Explains the Intricacies of Tabletop Baseball Until You Pass Out
Comedian Emily Fleming Has Tips For Cleaning Toys
Comedian Richard Sarvate Understands How Email Actually Works
Bill Corbett on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and Also On ZZ Top
Julia Duffy, from Newhart and Palm Royale, Has Just Read This Great Book
Lindy West Slows Down By Watching Others Play Video Games Fast
Comedian Ray Ellin Imagines Being in a Little House, Possibly One on the Prairie
Marsha Warfield from Night Court, Who Believes in She-sus
Rob Haze Has Many More Sneakers Than You Do
BONUS MINI-SODE 10: Unscripted Bedtime Stories: Dickey Simpkins the Wallaby Starts a Podcast
BONUS CONTENT PREVIEW: Let's Talk About the Weather
BONUS MINI-SODE 9: Unscripted Bedtime Stories: A Muskrat Takes a Long Disco Nap
John Darnielle Spills the Tea About Tea
BONUS MINI-SODE 8: Unscripted Bedtime Stories: Anson the Dragon's High School Reunion
BONUS MINI-SODE 7: Unscripted Bedtime Stories: Inventing a Board Game with Hiram and Gretel
BONUS MINI-SODE 6: Unscripted Bedtime Stories: Going with Jill to get Tacos
BONUS MINI-SODE 5: Unscripted Bedtime Stories: Leonard the Sea Turtle Dreams of a Career Change
BONUS MINI-SODE 4: Unscripted Bedtime Stories: Norman is a Pangolin Who Dances the Cha-Cha
Alan Tudyk? More Like Alan Yardsticks. (He Collects Yardsticks.)
BONUS MINI-SODE 3: Unscripted Bedtime Stories: Nadine the Hard-Working Duck on a Farm
BONUS MINI-SODE 2: Unscripted Bedtime Stories: Clomp, the Littlest Giant
BONUS MINI-SODE: Unscripted Bedtime Stories: The Owl of Nebraska
Go Fact Yourself #MaxFunDrive Kick-off Spectacular featuring Jackie Kashian, Jeremy Bent, John Moe, and Dan McCoy
Alex Schmidt, Katie Goldin, and Their Non-Secretly Non-Fascinating Pets
Steve Almond: The Dad Compactor
Oscar Montoya Says Rice is the Offensive Lineman of Grains
Stefanie Wilder-Taylor and Cecily Knobler Are a Barenaked Ladies Fan Club
Dessa: Queen of Beats... and Buttercream Flowers
John-Luke Roberts Is a Pigeon Activist
Laurie Kilmartin is an Accidental Anime Fangirl
Sandeep Parikh: Wartime HOA President
Jason Pargin is a Rabbit Person
John Moe Meets Salem Sue: An ND Road Trip
Rob Harvilla’s Open Mic Setlist Circa Late 90s
Linda Holmes and the Malcontents of Melrose Place
A Clockwise Tour of Wales with Ben Partridge
An Abbreviated History of the Holy Roman Empire with Guy Branum
The Tragicomic Theater Career of Gianmarco Soresi
Stephen Tobolowsky and the Most Boring Man in the World
Ranking Presidential Pets with Rebecca Shaw and Ben Kronengold
Exploring Paris with Polyglot Negin Farsad
Aparna Nancherla Is the Indie Coffee Shop of Comedy
Phoebe Judge: Hardcore Clammer
Felicia Day Has a Lazy Flap
Five Dates & Five Concerts with Cameron Esposito
Steven Page & All His 1983 Bar Mitzvah Gifts
Julie Goldman and Brandy Howard Fight Against Toxic Load
Zak Orth Rolls His T-shirts
Frank Conniff Found Redemption at Arby’s after White Castle Rejection
Kristin Hersh Woke Up in a Field and Didn’t Know Where Her Bandmates Were
Jo Firestone Has Ten Favorite Candies
Emily Heller Doesn’t Have a Lawn Anymore
Dave Hill’s Favorite Jerseys Are Sweaters
Andrew Child Writes Where the Deer & Antelope Play
Don’t Underestimate Crows w/ Halle Kiefer and Alison Leiby
John Ross Bowie Makes Three Baguettes
Michael Ian Black on Cunning Two-Letter Scrabble Plays
A Sleep-Safe Audio Slide Show of Janie and Paul’s Icelandic Vacation
An Audio Slide Show of Janie and Paul’s Icelandic Vacation
One Thousand Sodas with Chris Gethard
Andy Kindler Makes One Cup of Coffee
Don’t Go Down the Clown Rabbit Hole with Susan Orlean
Molly Wood Lets Her Actuary Flag Fly
One on None Basketball in Harlem w/ Gary Gulman
Bayonne: Gateway to the Past with James Urbaniak
Sara Schaefer Says Size Matters
Jean Grae Loves a Good Silk Market
Baratunde Thurston’s Quest to Make Perfect, Clear Ice
Randy and Jason Sklar Explain Sports Portals
Broti Gupta Knows a Lot About Cincinnati’s Kenwood Mall
Jonathan Katz, Amateur Table Tennis Hustler and Champion
Scott Thompson Is a Proud Porridge Man
Linda Holmes and the Malcontents of Melrose Place
Maria Bamford Has a Parking Problem and Is Making Amends
Bonus Content Preview: A Snowy Spring Nature Walk
How to Plan a Disney World Vacation with Justin McElroy
How to Build a Home Studio w/ Open Mike Eagle
RadioLab’s Lulu Miller Says You Don’t Know What It’s Like to Be a Bat
Andy Daly Tends His Own Lawn
Coming soon: Sleeping with Celebrities