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Sleepy

519 – The Good Companions

Sleepy

Otis Gray

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.73.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Zzz . . . Drift off to this bedtime reading of "The Good Companions" by J.B. Priestly zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/sleepyradio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page.  Awesome Sleepy sponsor deals: GreenChef: GreenChef.com/50sleepy and use code "50sleepy" to get fifty percent off your first month, then twenty percent off for two months.  Avocado: AvacadoGreenMattress.com/SLEEPY for 15% off.  Quince: Go to Quince.com/sleepy for free shipping and 365-day returns BetterHelp: Visit BetterHelp.com/SLEEPY today to get 10% off your first month. ButcherBox: Sign up at butcherbox.com/sleepy and use code "sleepy" OneSkin: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code SLEEPY at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.oneskin.co/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ #oneskinpod GhostBed: Go to GhostBed.com/sleepy and use promo code “SLEEPY” at checkout for 50% off! Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at Shopify.com/otis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Holland and Barrett's big payday event has landed.

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So now's a good time to check in with your body.

0:35.1

Low on energy.

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Tummy gurgling.

0:56.0

Struggling to focus. Maybe your body's asking for a little more support. This payday, give it what it needs. With buy one, get one free, and offers on over 1,000 favourites online, plus hundreds of can't miss offers in store. Shop now, in store, online and on the app. Back your body. Holland and Barrett. Selected lines only, range varies online and in store ends 5th of may see website for details hey my name's odis gray and you're listening

1:04.2

to sleepy a podcast where I read old books to help you get to sleep.

1:22.5

Oh, tonight got a story from a brand new author that we've never read in the show which I've

1:30.7

been doing a lot lately and I really enjoy finding new authors to read even after 500 episodes

1:40.6

so I think you're really going to like falling deep asleep to this story tonight.

1:49.6

And before we get to the bedtime reading, I just want to profoundly thank all of our new patrons on

1:56.3

patreon.com, which is a website where you can pledge a couple bucks for an ad-free version of Sleepy.

2:05.2

So, this week's incredible new patrons, Ted Gizuski, Tiff, Marcia Gooddrum, Shv and Ava, Diane Dahlich, Ag, and Brenda Behan.

2:28.9

Thank you all so, so much for being a part of making this show. It really, really means a lot to have you.

2:36.1

So thank you.

2:39.2

And if you don't know, the names that I just read are brand new patrons of Sleepy on Patreon,

2:46.8

which is a site that allows you to directly support people who make stuff that you like.

2:54.2

So if you like sleepy and maybe it's helped to get a better night's rest and become part of your routine,

3:04.0

then maybe you would like to be a patron of the show in exchange for cool perks.

3:11.7

Like I said, at $2 a month, you get an ad-free version of the show. At $5, you get over 50 episodes

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