SleepTalker

This podcast feed has been hitting snooze for a while, but it’s time to pull back the covers: SleepTalker is stretching out to a two-hour weekly live radio show on Triple R. That’s a community radio station in Naarm (otherwise known as Melbourne). If you’re in the area you can listen at 102.7 FM, or you can stream it at rrr.org.au, from midnight ‘til 2am Wednesday nights (technically Thursday mornings) AEST.

Follow facebook.com/sleeptalkerradio and twitter.com/sleeptalkerpod for updates.

Music: ‘Drift’ by Daniel Birch

Links, transcript and past episodes at the SleepTalker website:

www.sleeptalkerpodcast.com

Tonight on SleepTalker, Magan Magan wanders dark Melbourne streets and finds inspiration for his writing. This episode features three of Magan's poems: ‘The Thin Line of Loneliness’, ‘Waking Up At Night’ and ‘Moon Street’.

Magan’s working on a poetry collection called ‘Writing Shame Away’. Follow him on Twitter at maganmagan9 to find out when it’s released.

A version of this piece was first heard at 'Spend the Night With All the Best', an Audiocraft/All the Best listening party in Sydney. Bec and Magan first met at last year’s National Young Writers’ Festival, where they collaborated on another version of ‘Moon Street’. You can listen to both All the Best episodes at www.allthebestradio.com , or search 'All the Best' on iTunes.

The music in this episode is from ‘Swimming With Blue Whales’ by Joseph. Head to josephbuchan.bandcamp.com for more. Joseph’s donating all the proceeds from Swimming With Blue Whales to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.

Links and past episodes at the SleepTalker website:

www.sleeptalkerpodcast.com

Tom Adams and his wife, Lillian Henley, are collaborating on a “gig-theatre” show about Tom’s sleeptalking and sleepwalking.

Tonight on SleepTalker, we hear some of the sleepy mumblings keeping Lillian awake, and Tom talks about the inspiration for the show Elephant & Castle.

Elephant & Castle launches next year. Head to www.tom-adams.co.uk for updates (while you’re there, have a read of Tom’s blog and listen to more of his nighttime recordings).

I’ll also send an update about Elephant & Castle in my newsletter; from now on, I’ll be sending out an email with links to the best sleepy art, music, writing and podcasts I can find. Head to www.sleeptalkerpodcast.com/newsletter to sign up.

SleepTalker is produced by Bec Fary.

Music credits:

‘Heterotropic (Where We Used to Belong)’ by Bad Bats

‘Blood Petal’ by Blue Dot Sessions

‘The Dream’ by Project 5am

‘Pianofrozebeat’ by Meri Leeworthy

Britta listens in while her partner Jon talks through the night.

Britta Jorgensen is a Melbourne-based independent radio producer. Head to www.brittajorgensen.com to learn more about her work.

Music credits:

‘Dream Colours’ by Lee Rosevere

‘Evergreen and Resinous’ by Pineresin

‘Dream 2’ by Tonality Star

This is the first in a two-part series about sleep talking. Next time, we’ll find out how midnight mumblings are inspiring a London musical.

Jon Tjhia designed SleepTalker’s gorgeous new logo and website: www.sleeptalkerpodcast.com is where you’ll find past episodes, find out how to subscribe, and find our contact details if you want to get in touch.

Tonight on SleepTalker, Paige Leacey willingly keeps herself awake and tries to find out what happens to our bodies when we miss out on rest.

This story (then called ‘Sleep Tight’) first aired on All the Best, in an episode called ‘In the Red’. Head to www.sleeptalkerpodcast.com to find a link to the original. That’s also where you’ll find links to follow Paige on Twitter and Instagram.

This episode was produced by Paige Leacey, with help from Selena Shannon.

Music credits:

‘Cosmic Drifting’, ‘Waves of Sleep’ and ‘Dream Colours’ by Lee Rosevere

‘Almost Heaven’ and ‘Summer’s End’ by Homage

'Mother Cavern' by Bad Bats

Eleanor Wales says narcolepsy is “the worst of both worlds”; she can’t stay awake, but she doesn’t get enough restful sleep either.

Head to www.falling-asleep.com for more about Eleanor, including blog posts, articles and infographics about living with narcolepsy.

Music credits:

‘Here Be Dragons With Dreams’ by Studio Noir

‘The Dream’ by Project 5am

‘Shelters’ and ‘Pianofrozebeat’ by Meri Leeworthy

SleepTalker is produced by Bec Fary. Visit www.sleeptalkerpodcast.com for more episodes, and email [email protected] if you’d like to share what happens in your head after dark.

Tonight on SleepTalker, we’ll hear a story from last year. Bec talks to Declan Mulcahy, director of ____day Night’s Dream, about his theatrical exploration of the dreaming mind. Declan recruited seven performers to write their dreams into an immersive play, where the audience followed the cast through the night and into dreamland.

____day Night’s Dream returns at this year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival; from September 22nd, Declan takes over a Melbourne apartment with a new set of dream adaptations. Head to www.daynightsdream.com for tickets, and to find out more about the show.

A version of this story (then called ‘Creative Freedom’) first aired on All the Best, in an episode called ‘In Your Dreams’. For that episode, Bec spoke to people whose dreams followed them well into their waking hours. Head to www.sleeptalkerpodcast.com to find a link to the original.

SleepTalker is produced by Bec Fary.

Music credits:

‘South Sea Syndrome’ by Scissors For Sparrow

‘Dream 5’ and ‘Dream 7’ by Tonality Star

With thanks to Declan Mulcahy and the original ____day Night’s Dream cast:

Liam Bellman-Sharpe

Rachael Besselink

Scout Boxall

Iryna Byelyayeva

Rémy Chadwick

James Christensen

Daniel Holmes

Tonight on SleepTalker, we’re writing in our sleep with Clem Bastow. Clem is a freelance journalist and screenwriter, whose Daily Life article “Why I need to sleep naked, alone, and for as long as possible” inspired this episode. Head to www.sleeptalkerpodcast.com to find a link to the original article.

SleepTalker is produced by Bec Fary.

Music credits:

‘Tiptoe’ by Yeyey

‘Inscencer’ by P C III

‘I Will Come Out of My Den’ by Min-Y-Llan

‘Mother Cavern’ by Bad Bats

For a transcript of this episode, head to www.sleeptalkerpodcast.com

Tonight on SleepTalker, we’re saying “goodnight” at the start because we’re listening to a podcast that’s really hard to hear the end of. In this episode, Bec chats to Drew Ackerman, AKA Dearest Scooter, host of Sleep With Me.

Sleep With Me is a podcast of “bedtime stories for grown-ups”. Three times a week, Drew records and uploads lulling, meandering tales to try to help his listeners drift. Head to www.sleepwithmepodcast.com to hear more of Drew’s work.

SleepTalker is produced by Bec Fary. Head to www.sleeptalkerpodcast.com for a transcript of this episode, and to listen to past episodes.

Music credits:

‘Drift’ by Charlie Salas-Humara

Sleep With Me podcast music by Christopher Postill

‘Pitter Pattern’ and ‘Top of the Hill, Bottom of the Valley’ by Scissors for Sparrow

Clips from Sleep With Me were taken from:

Episode 3, 363, 384 and 387

Tonight on SleepTalker, we hear from Heather Joan Day.

Heather's story, Tears For Fears of the Dark, was published in the first issue of Alien She Zine. Head to www.twitter.com/emo_flowers to follow Heather.

Produced by Bec Fary. Music by Scissors For Sparrow.

www.sleeptalkerpodcast.com