A fresh set of bedtime listening picks — gentle stories, calm voices, guided meditations and soothing sounds to help you wind down at the end of the day. Every show here is free to listen to on your usual podcast app. I may earn a commission from lin...
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Stories & Voices
Meditations & Sounds
Stories & Voices
A gentle storytelling podcast hosted by Otis Gray, reading classic tales in a slow, calm voice. A good pick for listeners who like drifting off to a story rather than music or silence, with familiar tales that are easy to follow at bedtime.
Sleepy Podcast: Bedtime Stories
A slow storytelling podcast with gentle, meandering sleep stories for adults. A good pick for listeners who prefer a soft, unhurried voice and a simple story to focus on while winding down, rather than music or guided meditation.
Bore You To Sleep - Sleep Stories for Adults
A whispered storytelling podcast, with bedtime stories told in a soft, close whisper. A good pick for listeners who like quiet, intimate narration and a story-led wind-down, rather than music or meditation.
Sleep Whispers
A calm storytelling podcast where Phoebe reads classic mystery tales aloud. A good pick for listeners who like a gentle mystery plot to follow at bedtime, with familiar stories and a relaxed reading pace.
Phoebe Reads a Mystery
A calm history storytelling podcast, telling stories from the past in a slow, unhurried style. A good pick for listeners who like learning a little history while winding down, with narrative episodes that are easy to follow at bedtime.
Calm History (not A.I. & no loud ads)
Meditations & Sounds
A guided meditation podcast with slow, spoken sleep meditations. A good pick for listeners who like being talked through a wind-down, rather than stories or music alone, with calm guidance to follow at bedtime.
Tracks To Relax Sleep Meditations
A spoken-word bedtime podcast with gentle stories and calm narration. A good pick for listeners who like a soft voice and a simple story to focus on while winding down, rather than music or guided meditation.
Send Me To Sleep
A bedtime podcast mixing gentle stories, guided meditations and soothing soundscapes. A good pick for listeners who like variety in one show — a story one night, a meditation or calm sounds the next — while winding down.
Sleep Cove
An ambient instrumental music collection for bedtime listening, with soft, slow tracks and no spoken narration. A good pick for listeners who prefer music or gentle sounds over stories or guided meditation while winding down.
Dreamful Sleep Music & Instrumental Sleeping Songs
A BBC ambient sounds programme, built around slow, real-world soundscapes with little or no narration. A good pick for listeners who prefer natural sounds and quiet atmosphere over stories, voices or music while winding down.