The Ministry of the Counting Sheep

How does our Culture Affects our Sleep?

Join Aliya Amor to learn from osmosis, absorb the information from the world around us while we switch to our unconscious brains. Learn about how our culture affects our sleep while easing into a guided sleep meditation to relax you into dreamland.

Stories from When the World was New

Join Keira Ash as they reads out stories from When the World was New: Stories of the Sahtu Dene by George Blondin and they creates ASMR sounds from her beading supplies.

Somnolent X

This podcast is a speculative rendering of what a consumer-grade stasis chamber made in 2169 called ‘Somnolent x™’ would sound like. Constructed using various AI voice models, field recordings taken from around lək̓ʷəŋən territories, and FM synthesizers. Artist Matt Howells hopes that this piece of audio guides the listener from motion to stillness, while also giving them space to think critically about profit-driven wellness products. 

The Sleep History of Sheep and Fibre Arts

Travel through time with Monster Boy as he describes sheep and human’s relationship to these domestic animals. Monster Boy narrates how we gather this wool and all the different ways we have found to use it over thousands of years. All while Monster Boy works on his own wool, needle felted project in the background. 

Nocturne – Bach & The Soundscape

Leave behind the buzz of the city and enter the nocturnal world of crickets, owls, foxes, hawk-cuckoos, and nightjars with Alex Chen. Guided on a sonic journey with J.S. Bach’s aria Schlummert ein, cross paths with nighttime wildlife making their nightly rounds. 
 

Voyager Golden Record

Listen to curator, Regan Shrumm, explain the concept of the podcast and launch into the sounds of the Voyager One Golden Record. Sent into orbit in 1977 by NASA, the Voyager Golden Record was created as a way to communicate to extraterrestrial life forms. Filled with music, sounds, and images of human life, the record is currently the furthest human-made object from Earth.