Description

💤  "Let Me Bore You to Sleep" - Oct 6, 2025

Host: Jason Newland
Theme: A personal and meandering bedtime monologue designed to lull listeners to sleep through gentle, low-energy rambling.

🐶 Opening Moments

• Jason welcomes listeners to his podcast and introduces himself.
• His dog, Vinnie, features immediately with whining for more sausages.
• The tone is light, cozy, and conversational from the start.

📅 What Day Is It Again?

• Jason muses on the day—confirms it is Monday, Oct 6, 2025, even though he initially questions it.
• He introduces the theme of the day: Website promotion.

🌐 Website & Review Updates

• Jason shares he's been working on:
  • Collecting comments and reviews from YouTube and Facebook to post on his website.
  • He estimates 250+ reviews now on the site.
  • Mentions humorous fake review by "Vinnie" complaining that Jason ignores him.

🙏 Shoutouts & Thank Yous

• Thanks Paul for a kind PayPal donation.
• Shoutouts to Laura, Christine, and others from his community for their support and feedback.
• Encourages listeners to submit questions for the upcoming Q&A Friday (Oct 10, 2025).

📊 Website Analytics & Facebook Ads

• Sets up analytics on his website for the first time.
  • Is pleasantly surprised to learn people are visiting.
• Launches two Facebook ads:
  1. To promote his podcast website.
  2. To promote the "Let Me Bore You to Sleep" Facebook group.
• Shares early results:
  • A few dozen views but no link clicks yet.
  • Ads cost about 34–44 pence so far.

📱 Reflections on Tech & Social Media

• Talks about getting locked out of Facebook while setting up the ads.
• Surprised by Facebook group engagement increase (451%).
• Frustrated by trying to find old comments over 7 years of posts.
• Discusses using insights and stats from his Facebook group and website.

🍦 Food, Ice Cream, and Yogurt Rants

• Discusses cravings for chocolate, Cornettos, and strawberry yogurt.
• Shares quirky stories about feeding Vinnie bits of ice cream.
• Recalls pouring yogurt on his own head in a vlog during a “manic” 2011 phase.

📱 Android vs Apple

• Gave away a relatively new Android phone to a neighbor.
• Staunchly prefers iPhones and doesn’t want to relearn Android.

💬 Reflections on YouTube & Viewership

• Reminisces about spending £200 on YouTube ads years ago and being banned.
• Feels his format doesn’t quite match the YouTube “style” but keeps uploading podcasts there.

🤓 Commentary on Online Culture

• Shares humorous gripes about:
  • AI-generated Facebook posts & Quora content.
  • People complaining about music or background noises in his podcasts.
  • Strange questions and spam on the internet.

💘 Work-Based Relationships & Dating Tales A significant portion is a long, nostalgic reflection on past romantic relationships and workplace crushes:

• Shares numerous stories of asking women out at work, most ending in rejection.
• One notable story about being asked out by a former counselling client, which he declined due to ethics.
• Discusses feelings of missed connections, awkward elevator moments, and office gossip.
• Emphasizes the emotional risks and awkwardness of workplace romance.

🤡 Humor & Sarcasm

• Jason consistently mixes self-deprecating humor and sarcasm, even in mundane moments (e.g., admiring his own fart jokes or calling Vinnie a “cheeky monkey”).
• Regularly breaks into playful voices or pretends to be other characters.

💡 Random Psychology “Facts”

• Reads and jokes about supposed “interesting psychological facts” found online.
  • Examples: “Looking at someone's mouth means they want to kiss you” or “opposites don't attract.”
• Uses them as a springboard for philosophical reflection and more personal stories.

🧠 Mental Health & Counselling Insights

• Jason shares past experiences working as a counsellor.
• Reflects on:
  • Ethical responsibilities.
  • Emotional challenges of ending client relationships.
  • How mental health services dried up due to lack of funding.
  • His own regret about missed romantic opportunities.

🎤 Closing Thoughts

• Encourages self-kindness:
  "Be kind to yourself, because you do deserve to be happy. Be gentle with yourself. You deserve to feel safe."
• Ends with a warm sign-off: “Lots of love, bye.”

🧘‍♂️ Overall Vibe This is classic Jason Newland:

• Wandering, relaxed storytelling.
• Warm humor and introspection.
• No pressure, no agenda—just soothing human connection through meandering thought.