💤 Title: #1450 – Whisper Let Me Bore You to Sleep – 2nd October 2025
https://www.jasonnewland.com/
🕰 Duration: 55 minutes, 55 seconds
🎤 Speaker: Jason Newland
📍 Transcript link
🌙 Summary: This episode of "Let Me Bore You to Sleep" is a slow, rambling monologue from Jason Newland, perfect for falling asleep to. It includes:
🧠 Stream-of-Consciousness & Rambling Thoughts
- Jason talks about checking his podcast stats right after waking up and jokes about not being able to spell or see properly in the morning.
- He’s concerned about his squeaky desk possibly annoying the neighbors.
- Casual updates about his Facebook group and his usual call for questions for the upcoming “Q&A Friday.”
😴 Dream Recollection (A large portion of the episode) Jason recalls a vivid, surreal dream where:
- He’s stranded in a foreign country (possibly India) with a group of people.
- Someone asks him to pay 10,000 (not pounds, unspecified currency) for 10 people.
- He agrees but then realizes he can’t access his money because his bank might block international transactions.
- He plans to transfer funds to a friend’s account but finds out his friend also didn’t inform their bank.
- Eventually, they stay in strange concrete structures by the sea.
- Later in the dream, he’s sweeping up after what seems like a party and reflects that this could be a metaphor for “clearing out the past.”
🌀 Meta-dreaming: At one point, he becomes aware he's dreaming while still dreaming — observing and interpreting the metaphor from within the dream.
🎨 ChatGPT Image Frustrations Jason shares his struggles using ChatGPT to generate an image for a podcast episode:
- He wanted an image with 9 world flags to thank listeners worldwide.
- He humorously vents about ChatGPT giving him the wrong image sizes (square instead of 1400x1200) and incorrect flags.
- The worst offender: the Mexican flag. Instead of an eagle with a snake, he ends up with what looks like “a bowl of rice” or a “hazelnut.”
🌍 Listener Appreciation
- He emphasizes his gratitude to listeners across different countries and platforms.
- Mentions a specific listener, Philomena, who joined the Facebook group recently.
🎥 Nicole Kidman Deep Dive Jason spirals into a long reflection about Nicole Kidman:
- Reminisces about movies she was in, especially The Others — which he loved.
- Complains about not finding a proper filmography listing online.
- Lists other Kidman movies he hasn’t seen because he’s not into romantic dramas or serious films.
- Recalls she starred in Bewitched and was surprised to remember it.
- Shares feelings of nostalgia seeing once-youthful actors now older.
🎶 The Dinosaur Song Mystery
- Jason obsesses over a vague memory of a 90s song involving dinosaurs sung by a famous model or actress.
- He can't remember the name and gets frustrated Googling it, mistakenly recalling “Walk the Dinosaur” by Was (Not Was), but insists there was another version.
- Laments how the internet "sometimes forgets things," even ones he thinks were big hits.
🍳 Closing Thoughts
- After nearly an hour of gentle rambling, Jason wraps up with his signature kind message:
- “Be kind to yourself, you deserve to be happy.”
- “Be gentle with yourself, you deserve to feel safe.”
- “Lots of love.”
☁️ Overall Vibe: Soft, comforting, reflective, and slightly surreal — full of tangents and daydreams, perfect for sleep or deep relaxation. It’s quintessential Jason: a meandering blend of dreams, personal musings, technical annoyances, and heartfelt appreciation for his audience.
