This is my favorite app to fall asleep to. Even when I don’t fall asleep, I really like the stories. Sometimes I stay up to hear the stories. Regardless, though, most times I am asleep and fall asleep before the story ends. I absolutely love her voice and the cadence. I wished she did stories by day so that I could hear them. But I purposely do not listen to her in the day because I wish for this to be my nighttime routine.

I still get ads. I pay for ad free Premium. This happens frequently. How do I get Premium service reliably? VERY frustrating.

Thank you for continuing to make Sherlock Holmes episodes, I re-listen often they are my absolute favorite. I don’t understand the people complaining about the ads, just skip them.

Stories are read at the perfect pace and Taesha’s voice is soothing!

This podcast helps me relax and go to sleep. Her voice is soothing and stories are unique.

Of all the sleep story podcasts, this is our favorite purely due to he beautiful, relaxing voice. It’s deep and she reads at the perfect cadence, it’s very calming but not artificially dragging out words. I never make it to the end of an episode, I’m asleep long before.

I’m confused. For sleep?

Taesha’s voice is so soothing, and I love the variety of stories. I almost always fall asleep part way through, but I often come back to relisten to stories because so many of them are lovely to hear. Absolutely one of my faves!

I was really looking forward to trying this out but the cadence of the narration and the pauses gave me actual anxiety. Only until I tuned it off . Unfortunately I found nothing comforting about it and so wish I had. It sounds as though the narrator is trying to hard to emphasize every word and in do so has no flow

I almost always fall asleep, but even when I don’t, I sincerely enjoy the content and tone of the storytelling

Muffled sound bad audio quality

Not to pile on but I can’t hear the person properly; they sound muffled. I really wanted to hear the story. Thanks for the effort.

The sound is terrible. What a shame.

An important aspect of narrating a bedtime tale is to read slowly and clearly so as to encourage sleep. ( I should not have to strain to understand what is being said). The narrator of this episode spoke so quickly it was impossible for me to relax and calm my mind. Please speak more slowly. The stories on this podcast are wonderful to hear for promoting sleep.

Taesha’s voice is comfortable, mellow and great for making a story (that could be seen as old and stuffy like A Conan-Doyle) sound new and interesting. But does calm your mind and take you to another place where you can relax to sleep.

I really enjoy listening to this podcast as I fall asleep. The podcaster has a soothing voice that is perfect to listen to. I use the free version that has ads at the beginning. The volume of the ads is louder than the podcast, which can be alarming when I’m in bed trying to sleep, but I just skip over them to get to the story and I’m asleep in no time.

Isn’t relaxing at all, sounds like AI

This sounds like a computer voice. Terrible annunciation. Couldn't listen to the whole story its so bad.

The speaker literally sounds like a robot. Not soothing.

Wonderful taste in literature! I also enjoy the host’s soothing voice. There are ads in the beginning but only the beginning. Really great sleep podcast 😴

I’m not sound engineer here but the ads are incredibly ‘loud’ as a proportion of the podcast volume. So stop making the podcast ‘quiet.’ Give them the same relative volume. Then I adjust the volume to get the right level and it’s all even. Yeah?

I listen to this - and when i want crime I listen to True Crime for Bedtime bc I’m a weirdo who likes true crime before bed

I enjoy this podcast, and skip the ads in the beginning, like many others do. I find Taesha’s voice soothing, but as many others have posted, it’s just too fast to be relaxing. I adjust the speed to .75.

I found recently this podcast and listen to it when I find Nothing Much Happens is not quite distracting enough. I love Taesha’s soothing voice. The stories are perfect for shutting off my thoughts until I fall asleep. The ads are in the beginning but once the story starts, the volume is perfect. My favorite stories are Sherlock Holmes as I like mysteries but I will make my way through all of them eventually. Keep up the great work Taesha and thank you for my restful sleep!❤️

Not sure who is reading me to sleep, but it’s called “JUST SLEEP”…so a loud putrid ad just as I’m about to doze off defeats the purpose. No thanks. 🥴

Very much enjoy the voice, reading style, and story selection. It really helps me wind down and fall asleep. Thank you for continuing to read these classics. Excited for the Virginia Woolf episode.

I love these stories and listen to them in the bath while winding down. I like the pace and readers voice. I always know the ads will come at the beginning as the host explains each episode. Most unpaid podcasts have ads, it’s how the host makes a little bit of money usually to barely cover expenses. Just skip past them and then relax. The amount of people complaining is so odd when other sleep podcasts also have them at the beginning.

I was so excited when I heard her low, deep speaking voice. But then she was speaking so fast! I can’t turn my brain off to sleep if I’m constantly trying to keep up with what she’s saying. Please, just speak low, slowly and softly. Why is it so hard to find a sleep podcast that has this?

Why is the narrator reading so fast?? Had to turn it off because it sounds like she’s reading on 1.25x speed. It’s so bizarre.

Worst sleep story podcast. Loud ads!!!!

The ads that interrupt the podcast have abrupt loud percussion that literally woke me back up and startled me. Kind of defeats the purpose!

The stories are great, and her voice is soothing, but the ads are so LOUD that it destroys the effect. I find it really hard to calm down after a shouty ad. Please lower the volume!

I listen 👂 to the podcast on my iPod touch. 1. The stories are long. 2. It’s soothing and relaxing 😌 3. The intro is very nice 👍

On my phone it kinda sounds sped up and robotic, what speed should I listen to it on too? Love this podcast though. -very confused listener

This podcast is the first podcast I’ve ever listened to. I really enjoy it. As a child, my dad read me bedtime stories from Childcraft encyclopedia. Now, I often wake up in the middle of the night with my days worries on my mind. This podcast has the same effect of my dad reading me a bedtime story. It takes my mind to the story and allows me to relax and fall asleep. The stories are interesting enough to wrap your mind around and allow you to stop thinking about real life. The readers voice is nice and even toned. This allows me to fall asleep.

I’m able to drift right off to sleep. Thank you so much for your podcast.

I’ve been using this sleep cast for over a year now and took a small break now that my schedule has changed. I was surprised to come back and try a sleep story and hear ads! This podcast was a godsend when I was experiencing insomnia. I’ve even recommended it to several friends who also love it. The readers voice is perfect, so I’m disappointed to know that I have to pay to listen to a story with no “outside” noise (ads). I’ve tried SEVERAL different sleep podcasts for adults and this one was the best.

I'm not even through a single episode, I just had to stop and express my gratitude for a calm, strong female voice. So many female artists who offer stories or meditations sound super nasally, way up in the throat, super-high-pitched, and cutesy, as if they're trying to sound like some cosmic cartoon fairy. If that's your jam, you're in luck, there's a lot out there. I prefer to hear a grownup woman who at some point discovered the fine - and apparently highly mysterious - art of speaking from the diaphragm. I like to hear 'strong, competent, knows how to breathe' in a presenter's voice. It isn't necessarily about pitch. Someone with a naturally higher-pitched vocal range who sits up straight and projects their voice properly will still sound strong, competent, and pleasant to the ear. I confess a preference for contralto speaking voices, as with this presenter, but it's more about technique. There's a precise, measured way of speaking here, and I really appreciate it. In my book, this presenter earns the 'She could read me the phone book...' award.

Perfect cadence allows for following the story just enough to drift off to, there is a soothing depth to Taesha’s voice. The best stories are selected, and the lengths are perfect especially if you struggle getting to sleep! I had issues with other sleep podcasts that would wander off into mumbling which made me strain to listen because the mumbling was actually distracting, but Taesha does perfectly to speak clearly! This is by far the most soothing sleep story podcast I’ve found. Such a blessing! For anyone complaining about the speed of Taesha’s voice; if you put the podcast speed to .75x you might find it more enjoyable. I don’t know if Taesha’s voice gets sped up in post production, but there are times that her voice does speed up and setting the speed at .75x restores the natural sounding speed.

Good stories, but simply read too fast for falling asleep. I’ll check back in a while to see if they’re more soothing.

Thank you! This podcast is so helpful. I appreciate the simplicity of your approach and your clarity of purpose. Mission accomplished! You help me sleep. (And I like the stories, too!)

Her calming voice gently lulls me to sleep.

I love these classics and the delivery is the perfect combination of understandable and not overly emotional. I am very comforted by Ms Glasgow’s voice.

I am intrigued by the stories but I can’t stay awake through them. Usually I replay them the next day. Beautiful, beautiful… voice…..zzzzzz………

Wonderful, soothing voice. Great short stories to help me to snuggle in, relax and eventually fall asleep. I rarely make it through the whole story, so you must be doing something right. Thank you!

You are awesome!!

Your voice is perfect! Smooth, mellow & not too high. Thank you for this podcast. It really does help me fall to sleep.

Love it!!! 😁

I love the classic stories and simplicity of how she introduces the podcast. Short intro and right into a soothing telling of the classics. Coffee coming your way, that’s my kind of payment too 😉 Thank you!

Too much for trying to sleep.