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Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

Marfa Public Radio 12 Episodes Sep 30, 2025

Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep is a sleep podcast from Marfa Public Radio. In each episode, station staff read the boring but essential documents that keep the station running, such as FCC compliance materials, NPR ethics guidelines, fundraising paperwork, and operational protocols. The goal is to lull listeners to sleep while offering a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to operate a 24/7 public radio station. It is produced by Zoe Kurland and Christopher Dyer, with Elise Pepple as executive producer.

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Welcome to A Whole Other Country Sep 30, 2025 03:17 A Whole Other Country is a new podcast from the award-winning Marfa Public Radio Studios.Back in the ‘90s, in an off-the-grid neighborhood in the mountains of Far West Texas, a wannabe vintner started his own Wild West nation. Reporter and host Zoe Kurland drives up the long, bumpy roads of the Davis Mountains to talk to a cast of neighbors and onlookers who watched the story of the stand

The Rescissions Act of 2025 read by Zoe Jul 25, 2025 01:01:30 Imagine, you’re sitting in a small radio station in the middle of the Chihuahuan Desert in Far West Texas. The air is dry and still. You’ve spent the day reporting on a long county commissioner’s meeting. Maybe you’ve edited a story about the local herbarium and its keepers. Maybe you sat in the host chair for Morning Edition and All Things Considered, reporting the weather. Perhaps, on t

The Dark Sky Ordinance read by Annie Oct 9, 2023 19:21 After a brutally hot summer, the desert weather’s easing up. You like standing outside at night, but you find it gets dark, so dark that you can’t see a thing. You yearn to read outside, yearn to knit, yearn to play a game of solitaire every once in a while. At last, you decide to install an outdoor light. But you harbor a concern— you don’t want to disturb the stars or pollute the beauti

The NPR Style Guide read by Carlos Oct 9, 2023 24:00 You’re writing up an article for the Marfa Public Radio website and you find yourself wondering… do I use an oxford comma? Is this the correct syntax for the situation? How should I go about capitalization? Should I use italics here? Can I use italics? Marfa Public Radio’s News Director, Carlos Morales has the answers to your questions. In this episode, Carlos Morales reads you the NPR S

The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 read by Elise Oct 9, 2023 22:36 It’s 1967, you find yourself in the hallowed halls of an important national institution, that happens to smell like dust and popcorn. You’re seated in a rigid chair, looking upon the senate floor. The hum of discussion fills your ears as you sink deeper into your seat on the sidelines. Senators are discussing the future of broadcasting. The public kind. In this Episode, Marfa Public Radi

The Tower Regulations Manual read by Travis Pope Oct 9, 2023 09:48 It’s a rainy night in Far West Texas— the drops hit the roof of the radio station, the pitter patter a percussive rhythm. You gaze out the window, and far away, you see lightning strike. Uh oh. You know what that means. The tower is out. In this episode, Marfa Public Radio’s station manager Travis Pope, reading a selection of The Tower Regulations Manual. To help keep Marfa Public Radio

Creative Commons Licenses read by Zoe Oct 9, 2023 25:27 You’re producing a sleep podcast for Marfa Public Radio, not unlike the one you’re listening to right now. You’re looking for music, a dulcet tune to lull your listeners into sweet sleep. You find a couple of lo-fi selections. But…can you use them? Are you allowed? Will you find yourself entangled in a stressful lawsuit around copyright infringement? In this episode, Marfa Public Radio r

The Texas Administrative Code read by Mitch Oct 9, 2023 18:38 You live in Texas. You find a phrase floating around in your mind: Texas Administrative Code. What is that? Is that a code of honor? Is it a code of conduct? Is it a secret code that gets you a discount at your favorite store? Is it a communication code, like morse? You don’t know. But Mitch Borden does know. In this episode, Marfa Public Radio’s Permian Basin Reporter Mitch Borden rea

US Postal Regulations read by Yvonne Oct 9, 2023 18:51 You’ve been sending out Marfa Public Radio merch packages all day to places near and far– tees to Tomball, caps to Cornwall, diner mugs all the way to Montreal. You’re surrounded by stacks of shirts, soft and inviting– a bed of cotton classic logo tees upon which you lay your head. You’re sending out the last order of the day and you wonder, what exactly are the postal regulations after

A Brief History of All Things Considered read by Travis Bubenik Oct 9, 2023 13:09 You’re listening to MPR in the afternoon. The program? All Things Considered. As you sink into a comfortable plush armchair, you ponder— where did this show come from? Who’s making this happen? Who has made this happen, historically? In this episode, Marfa Public Radio reporter and All Things Considered host Travis Bubenik reads a brief history of All Things Considered. To help keep Mar

FCC Rules and Policies read by Chris Oct 9, 2023 20:54 You’re the programming director at Marfa Public Radio. Someone has pitched you an idea for a new show. It’s an edgy program that may contain questionable content. Are you up to date with the current regulations? Well, you should be. The FCC requires it. In this episode, Marfa Public Radio’s Programming Director, Chris Dyer, reads the FCC Rules and Policies regarding drugs, alcohol, tobac

A Brief History of Morning Edition read by Julie Oct 9, 2023 14:28 It’s early in the morning, you reach over to your analog radio and turn the dial to hear a warm fuzz, breaking into the beginnings of your favorite program, Morning Edition. You find yourself curious– asking what is this show? Where did it come from? Who’s making this happen? Who has made this happen, historically? In this episode, Marfa Public Radio’s DJ and Morning Edition host, Julie

Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep

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