This guy will get you to sleep, seriously

This episode delves into the world of audio sleep aids, focusing on a guest who uses his monotone voice to help listeners fall asleep.

1. Benjamin Boster uses his exceptionally monotonous voice to create a sleep-inducing environment for his listeners.
2. His podcast, "I Can't Sleep," features readings of mundane Wikipedia articles on topics like soil, ATMs, and the galaxy.
3. Despite its dull content, the podcast is incredibly popular, indicating a significant demand for alternative sleep aids.
4. The episode provides humorous insights into daily digital encounters and the impact of technology on daily life.
5. It also touches on the behind-the-scenes aspects of podcast advertising and content creation.

1: Introduction

Kim Komando introduces the episode's theme and guest, Benjamin Boster. She highlights the unique premise of Benjamin's podcast which is designed to bore listeners to sleep. Kim Komando: "Today we have a guest whose voice is so dull, it will put you to sleep!"

2: Deep Dive with Benjamin Boster

Kim and Benjamin discuss the inception of "I Can't Sleep" and how mundane topics can have a calming effect. Benjamin Boster: "It started in 2018 when I realized my voice had this effect on people."

3: Listener Interactions

The hosts explore how the podcast has affected listeners and discuss specific episodes that have been particularly effective. Kim Komando: "So, what are the fan favorites when it comes to putting them to sleep?"

1. Explore Audio Sleep Aids: If you struggle with sleep, consider audio solutions like sleep podcasts or white noise machines.
2. Consider the Content: Not all content needs to be engaging; sometimes, the duller, the better for relaxation.
3. Podcast Potential: For budding podcasters, unique and niche content can attract a dedicated audience.
4. Voice Power: The tone and cadence of your voice can be a powerful tool in media.
5. Innovative Solutions: Don't be afraid to think outside the box—unconventional ideas can lead to success.

Can't seem to get to bed? Benjamin Boster reads dry Wikipedia articles to help people catch some Z's on his 'I Can't Sleep' podcast. Bad sleepers say he's changed their lives. Plus, woman duped by Keanu Reeves deepfake, U.S. military used fake Cisco routers, and new Apple iPads.

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Speaker A
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Kim Commando
Hey, it's Kim Commando today, your daily podcast to keep you up to date with all things digital and beyond. And I'd love to have you be a part of our podcast. You can make an appointment to speak with me. Just head over to commando.com. And on the top right, there's a button that says email. Kim, fill that out, and that's it. Survey says, jen Zers, a quarter, or 25% of all 18 to 34 year olds have never, ever answered their phone.

Speaker C
That's hilarious.

Kim Commando
Okay, 25%.

Speaker C
I get it. I absolutely get it. And unless it's my kid's mom or a family member, I don't answer my phone either.

Kim Commando
You don't know? I don't.

Speaker C
If a number pops on your phone and it doesn't have that potential spam on it, and it's like, from.

Kim Commando
I don't answer.

Speaker C
Lafayette. Yeah, I'm not answering.

Kim Commando
I don't answer it. But 25% never, never answer their phone. Never ever.

Speaker C
I mean, to text them.

Kim Commando
Oh, yeah. So you text them. I mean, that's just the way it happened. I mean, you know, but you start thinking about, like, the invention of the smartphone, how much it has just changed our life. I mean, then go back to the invention of the telephone, how it just totally changed everybody's life. But the invention of the first phone wasn't important. Why? But what was more important was the invention of the second phone.

Speaker C
Yeah, the first phone was like, who do I call? I only have my phone.

Kim Commando
That's why people always say the invention of the first phone was really big. No, it really was the invention of the second phone.

Speaker C
Yeah, you don't have nothing until you got that second phone.

Kim Commando
See, it's like, this is like the transference of just pure intellect that happens every single Kim commando today podcast. I mean. I mean, you are just so much smarter for being here that instead of me paying you, you should really be paying me.

Speaker C
Yeah, you're gonna start charging for this. I wasn't unaware of this plan.

Kim Commando
Yeah, you were gonna have to. Yeah, you're gonna pay me now.

Speaker C
Oh, great.

Kim Commando
What do you think?

Speaker C
Sounds like a winner.

Kim Commando
Because after all, it is your three times a week fun podcast about all.

Speaker C
Things digital, Monday, Wednesday, Friday.

Kim Commando
And I'm Kim Commando, America's beloved digital goddess, here with you once again. We have to throw that in every once in a while. You know why?

Speaker C
Branding.

Kim Commando
Well, it's not just branding. It's trademark, because I own the trademark.

Speaker C
So if you stop using it, you lose the trademark.

Kim Commando
Yes.

Speaker C
I didn't know that.

Kim Commando
So that's why I have to throw it in.

Speaker C
Can you do it anywhere? Being in the grocery store, like, getting some frozen peas. I'm like, I'm the digital goddess.

Kim Commando
By the way, you know, we're having this political hoo ha thingy at our house on Friday night.

Speaker C
A political hoo ha thingy.

Kim Commando
And so I'm thinking, like, maybe I should just walk around and just say, hello, I'm the digital goddess.

Speaker C
Well, it could be tax exempt if you did it that way.

Kim Commando
Oh, 100%. I didn't even think of that.

Speaker C
Totally work related.

Kim Commando
Now we have this guy coming on the pod today, and he's really boring.

Speaker C
Oh, good.

Kim Commando
He's exceptionally brilliant.

Speaker C
Those are some of my favorite guests.

Kim Commando
Yes. It's like. And he's so boring that he has a podcast with hundreds of thousands of listeners.

Speaker C
What a great idea he had.

Kim Commando
It is.

Speaker C
It's really brilliant.

Kim Commando
It's just. It is. Don't tell anybody what it is. I won't, but it's gonna be really something. What do you have coming up?

Speaker C
We have a crazy story about a woman and some tech support. She needed some tech support. She went to the Internet, and when the Internet found out why, they were all laughing at her.

Kim Commando
No.

Speaker C
Yeah. It's crazy, though. It's crazy.

Kim Commando
We're going to be talking about a letter from our listener. Email.

Speaker C
Okay. Hopefully, it's a little more positive than Monday's letter.

Kim Commando
I know.

Speaker C
Heartbroken for that guy.

Kim Commando
Okay, well, this one isn't. This one's pretty bad.

Speaker C
Oh, no.

Kim Commando
Okay. I just want you to think about it, okay? What if instead of me being all wholesome. Mom. Apple pie.

Speaker C
Right.

Kim Commando
The flag.

Speaker C
So this is things you are. You're describing yourself.

Kim Commando
Yes. You know, never, ever throwing a curse word around.

Speaker C
Absolutely not. I heard you stub your toe. You're like, darn tootin'I.

Kim Commando
Don't think I've ever said darn tootin'you. Know, and it was, you know. So when Ian was. Well, when Ian was about two, we were going to. I was going driving up 24th street, then he was, of course, in the back in his car seat, and this guy just cut right in front of me, just like, right in front of me. And I slammed on the brakes, and out of the backseat, I hear the f bomb.

Speaker C
He yelled it.

Kim Commando
Yeah, but it was, like, perfect timing, perfect situation.

Speaker C
So it wasn't. He'd heard it a couple of times.

Kim Commando
I think he did.

Speaker C
Previous to that, he did.

Kim Commando
And then when he was at all Saints school, the headmaster calls me up. She says, you know, kim, our language is indicative of our character.

Speaker C
Really?

Kim Commando
I'm getting a whole lecture, and I'm being like, where was she that I said something. Okay. And then apparently she heard you say something. No, that's what I was thinking.

Speaker C
Right.

Kim Commando
And then she. I said, well, what happened? You know? Cause she's giving me this whole lecture. I'm like, I'm busy. Just tell me what it is. She says, you know, ian said a curse word.

Speaker C
Uh oh.

Kim Commando
In the bathroom.

Speaker C
Which one?

Kim Commando
It's the s word instead of poopoo.

Speaker C
Oh, okay, okay.

Kim Commando
And he was, like, six.

Speaker C
And how often did you swear in front of your child?

Kim Commando
Okay. And so he. So I'm thinking, like, what I really wanted to say. So then she said, you know, you need to come down and we need to talk to Ian and bring your husband and all this other stuff. And it was like, right at the tip of my tongue, I wanted to say, go. What did the little bee say? But I couldn't do it.

Speaker C
No, it wasn't a good joke just for you.

Kim Commando
So she says, you know, she goes. She goes, I did already talk to Ian about it. And she said. She said, you really need to talk to your husband about his. Ian threw dad under the bus.

Speaker C
Only always blame the man.

Kim Commando
So instead of me being this wholesome person, what if I was making money as a side hustle on onlyfans naked? Yeah.

Speaker C
What if. What if you think you'd be have a lot of subscribers? 500,000. Like the newsletter. That's a way to spice up the newsletter right there.

Kim Commando
You know what? How about you go on onlyfans?

Speaker C
No one wants to see that. No, no one.

Kim Commando
No.

Speaker C
My son is ten, and he's heard me swear one time.

Kim Commando
I can't. You know what?

Speaker C
And we were in peril when I did it.

Kim Commando
Well, you know, I got better over time.

Speaker C
I do not believe that for a nanosecond.

Kim Commando
Ah, crap. Let's go ahead and do this podcast. Here are the top five things you need to know. What's happening about tech right now in this story. I did some research on this guy in Florida. Was sentenced to 78 months for running a counterfeit scam that generated $100 million in revenue.

Speaker C
Whoo.

Kim Commando
Okay. He was selling fake Cisco, networking deer, and routers. Wait a minute.

Speaker C
Can I pull back the curtain for a second? I submitted this story last week, and your response was, that's boring.

Kim Commando
Okay. Cause all the new stuff is coming out.

Speaker C
Okay, let's give me the new stuff. Okay.

Kim Commando
Cause he was selling it to the military.

Speaker C
Mm hmm.

Kim Commando
Okay. And the military is buying all this fake stuff. Okay. You know where they were buying it? On eBay.

Speaker C
Yes.

Kim Commando
Oh, my gosh. So the military is buying their gear on eBay.

Speaker C
I know. And we always hear those things about military budgets. Like, they spend $50,000 for one screw. Well, yeah. Cause they're losing out on auctions. They're getting outbid by some nerd in Kansas that's trying to buy the Cisco routers. Why are they buying used things on eBay?

Kim Commando
This is like, military.

Speaker C
This is our protection.

Kim Commando
You know what? We need to save some money. Go on eBay.

Speaker C
But this is how.

Kim Commando
Just go ahead and buy that.

Speaker C
This guy had five accounts on eBay, and he was making millions of dollars, and they were. They were buying.

Kim Commando
Well, now he says he has ten eBay accounts.

Speaker C
Okay, so it's updated.

Kim Commando
He had 19 different companies and 15 Amazon storefronts.

Speaker C
And he would get old parts and rebrand it, and it was all junk.

Kim Commando
Right. And then sell it.

Speaker C
Gosh, that's crazy.

Kim Commando
Yeah. Legitimate versions of the products would have sold for over $1 billion.

Speaker C
Right. And he's only getting 10% of it with 100 million.

Kim Commando
You know, this is a big operation. This is a big operation that he.

Speaker C
That also tells you how much Cisco is actually making. Yeah, for sure.

Kim Commando
So PSA, do not buy used networking gear. Okay.

Speaker C
And that PSA was for you. Federal government.

Kim Commando
Yes. There's another scam that's making around. You may have already enabled on your bank accounts automatic deposits, so somebody can automatically put money into your bank account.

Speaker C
Right.

Kim Commando
Sounds like a good deal.

Speaker C
Right now you have to have that turned on for, like, Zelle and transactions like that. Correct, correct.

Kim Commando
Okay. But there's also the global. Just let anybody send me money. So fraudsters are going to send you money, and you're like, whoa, I just got, like, $1,500.

Speaker C
I'm in. I love free money.

Kim Commando
Okay. And then they're like, oh, darn it. Can you send it back to us?

Speaker C
No.

Kim Commando
Okay, so if you send it back to them this whole transaction time, you're gonna be out the $1500.

Speaker C
Well, I'm not sending it back. I don't have to worry about it.

Kim Commando
So don't click any random links. Okay. Okay. And, you know, don't send it back.

Speaker C
No. Cause it's not real anyway, so it doesn't matter.

Kim Commando
Now. This is really. This is a disheartening story. A woman in Colorado is convinced that she is in a relationship with Keanu Reeves, okay. Since 2022. And she's given him $5,000 in gift cards because I guess that whole minority report, this movie just didn't make it for him.

Speaker C
He just hasn't got his money on the back end yet. He's waiting for the money on the back end.

Kim Commando
Now she is convinced. I mean, I watched. I saw a report. She's convinced that she is having this relationship with Keanu Reeves.

Speaker C
She's going to have John wick's baby. I mean, they are in love.

Kim Commando
They are. You know, she says the only thing. The only thing that's going to disprove it is if Keanu Reeves would actually come to her house.

Speaker C
And do what? Babe, I'm not interested. Like, what is he supposed to do?

Kim Commando
Can Yana believe this?

Speaker C
That was a reach. Far reach. That joke was on the top shelf, and you had to reach for it.

Kim Commando
Uh huh. But you laughed.

Speaker C
I did.

Kim Commando
All right. I told you it's gonna happen. Told you not to buy an iPad. Told you. Told you.

Speaker C
I didn't. I listened.

Kim Commando
Okay. This past week, Apple says yes. We have some brand new iPads, a 13 inch iPad air with an M two chip, the first iPad Pro with an OLED display. And they now have an iPad, a ten inch one or 10th generation that starts at $349. Now the big deal. I don't know if. Did you see the. I was actually watching the announcement, which, you know, is so exciting.

Speaker C
Quit bragging.

Kim Commando
I mean, everybody gets so excited. I mean, it's like, you know, it has a lightning port. Yes. It has a volume button. It's so disgusting to watch these.

Speaker C
Didn't they get rid of the headphone jack? Like, that was the biggest thing everybody's mad about.

Kim Commando
They're always mad about the head. You don't need a headphone jack.

Speaker C
If you have a child, you do.

Kim Commando
Why?

Speaker C
First of all, what was that look? Whoa. That was stern. Because you're not going to entrust your child to plug in and charge any sort of headphone to Bluetooth. Connect to it. My kids get, like, 25 minutes of screen time. 100% of the time, their headphones would be dead. I have to have a headphone jack.

Kim Commando
Is that. It's necessary.

Speaker C
It's necessary.

Kim Commando
They have a new, upgraded magic keyboard. Ooh, guess what it has. You ready?

Speaker C
No, I'm not.

Kim Commando
It has function keys.

Speaker C
It finally did it.

Kim Commando
And wait, the touchpad's bigger.

Speaker C
Did the Apple stock go up by 800% after this announcement?

Kim Commando
And the new Apple pen, you can charge it by putting it on your iPad.

Speaker C
You know what's funny is you're mocking all these. But there's people legitimately excited.

Kim Commando
I know they are. They know they are.

Speaker C
Do you have a price on the new Pro?

Kim Commando
$4,800.

Speaker C
I mean, yeah, it's gonna be expensive.

Kim Commando
You know what they're. What they're really trying to do is say, that's gonna be a lot like your MacBook.

Speaker C
Okay.

Kim Commando
So be between the magic keyboard and your big old iPad. And really, it is nothing more than a MacBook at that point.

Speaker C
Yeah, when it's that large.

Kim Commando
It is. You start buying all this stuff next week. I am not gonna be buying anything. No. I don't know why. I mean, I need this.

Speaker C
How old is it?

Kim Commando
This one is probably two years old. Yeah.

Speaker C
It's a good life for an iPad.

Kim Commando
And I like to buy my iPads using credit card points. I don't know why it's always something that. It's like.

Speaker C
That's a quirk.

Kim Commando
It is. It is a quirk.

Speaker C
Only buy iPads with credit card points. Sorry. You need a new iPad. We don't got enough points yet. Fly to Jamaica and then we can get a new iPad.

Kim Commando
Exactly. You know, I have a friend of mine who actually did that.

Speaker C
What? Flew somewhere to get points?

Kim Commando
Yes. I talked to him and I said, where are you? And he said, I'm in Tampa. Lives in Miami. I'm like, what are you doing in Tampa? He's like, oh, we figured out that if we and his wife, if they flew to Tampa from Miami, they would have enough points for a first class upgrade to go to Paris.

Speaker C
You can just buy points.

Kim Commando
Okay, but let me tell you, he's a billionaire.

Speaker C
Oh, he's one of those.

Kim Commando
And I'm like, really? You did that?

Speaker C
You know a billionaire?

Kim Commando
Yeah, I do. I do.

Speaker C
I want to know a billionaire. Can you introduce me?

Kim Commando
No. All right. This has to be finally coming in at number five. The stupidest thing that I've heard somebody do in a long time.

Speaker C
Okay.

Kim Commando
Woman by the name of Rhonda Deaver. She's a regular at Smith's Cafe in Kinston, North Carolina. She goes there every week after her doctor's appointment. Every week. Just has a little snack, a little lunch. She likes the biscuits, gravy, you know, chicken waffles, whatever that is. And this particular time, she goes there every week, she leaves her credit card. Okay, so, like, forgets it. Yeah, she forgets her credit card. She pays, leaves, and she's like. She gets home and she gets a call from the restaurant and says, hey, rhonda. Cause, you know, everybody knows.

Speaker C
You sure you'll be there that often?

Kim Commando
You left your credit card. She's like, oh, you know, I'll be right there. I'll be right there to. To come pick it up. Now, what the restaurant manager didn't tell the server is that he was going to call Rhonda. So the server takes a picture of Rhonda's credit card front and back and puts it up on a Facebook group and says, rhonda, come catch your credit card.

Speaker C
No.

Kim Commando
Okay.

Speaker C
What a doll. Okay.

Kim Commando
And within, like, a half hour, Rhonda, it broke. Rhonda's credit card is going like, cha ching, cha ching, cha ching, cha ching, cha ching.

Speaker C
That's insane, isn't it? Do we know the age of the server that put it up on Facebook?

Kim Commando
It looked to be a person in their early twenties.

Speaker C
Okay, good. As long as it's someone who's, you know, you have the built in excuse. I didn't realize. But you're 20, okay? You're also in the workforce. This is unbelievable.

Kim Commando
Okay? And this person is probably gonna reproduce at some point.

Speaker C
No, we should not. We should block them. One of the charges on that card should have been a vasectomy.

Kim Commando
Rhonda, you left your credit card.

Speaker C
Help me, Rhonda. Oh, my word. What an idiot.

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Kim Commando
Hey, it's Kim Commando. Today you can get our podcast two ways. One, as just an audio podcast, and we love you for that. Or two, as a video podcast where you get to see, you know, what I'm wearing today, what my fit looks like. I tried to change it up every day. Today is a dress.

Speaker C
Were you just bragging that you change your clothes every day?

Kim Commando
Yes.

Speaker C
Oh, I changed my clothes, too.

Kim Commando
Well, I changed my outfit. I mean, actually, I purposely pick an outfit that I think is going to be, you know, something that people would like to see.

Speaker C
Do you ever go, I've already worn that on camera.

Kim Commando
Yes.

Speaker C
Really?

Kim Commando
Yes, I do. I do. Now, this particular dress, I've been told by maddy upstairs that she said this would be a great date night dress.

Speaker C
Okay.

Kim Commando
Because it's like, it's attractive.

Speaker C
It looks a little western, too. Like, you could go to a country show or line dancing.

Kim Commando
Oh, I could go line dancing.

Speaker C
You and Barry out there line dancing?

Kim Commando
Yes.

Speaker C
If you told Barry, hey, let's go line dancing, he would go out and buy boots, spurs, hat, big old buckle.

Kim Commando
We have to have the entire outfit for that. You should have seen when we went fly fishing. I mean, he looked like he was just ready.

Speaker C
He probably spent, like, $20,000 in crap.

Kim Commando
No, he wanted to.

Speaker C
But you wouldn't let him.

Kim Commando
No. I went down to the front desk and I said, you know, we're going fly fishing, and we need, like, the right gear.

Speaker C
Mm hmm.

Kim Commando
Is. Do you have any place where we could rent it? Yeah.

Speaker C
Cause you're never doing this.

Kim Commando
What she said, she goes, I have a whole closet full from where people have left it. Would you like to go through it? I'm like, absolutely.

Speaker C
That's awesome.

Kim Commando
Yeah. And I saw. I looked good, too.

Speaker C
Yeah, you guys were all decked out, and it was free.

Kim Commando
Yeah. And that's when I told you I caught my ear. It was so awful.

Speaker C
All right, I interrupted you. Go ahead and finish the podcast.

Kim Commando
But no, so we're talking about with the podcast, like, comment, share, comment, leave a good review, subscribe, subscribe, follow whatever you want to do. We got all these things that we need to say.

Speaker C
Yeah, it's a lot. You guys should just know by now and just do it.

Kim Commando
Or just send us money.

Speaker C
Don't have to go that far.

Kim Commando
Okay. That's.

Speaker C
Just follow, like, share and comment.

Kim Commando
All right. You know, normally, we like to have very exciting guests. People that, you know, have changed the world.

Speaker C
Right.

Kim Commando
People that are, you know, invigorating and influential. Yes. Okay. Our guest here on. On Kim commando day, he's. He's not that guy.

Speaker C
No.

Kim Commando
I mean, you know, I mean, he's inspirational.

Speaker C
Okay.

Kim Commando
But he's boring. Yeah.

Speaker C
That's when I was told who the guest was gonna be. Just so you know, this guy's really boring.

Kim Commando
Yeah.

Speaker C
Why are we putting him on the show, then?

Kim Commando
Yeah. And that's what I was telling Maddie that, too. I said, maddie, are you sure? Like, we should put him on. She's like, he's boring, but I think he'll be good.

Speaker C
All right.

Kim Commando
His name is Benjamin Boster and hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people. He has a lot more twitch followers than we do.

Speaker C
And he's boring.

Kim Commando
Yeah. They tune into his podcast called I can't sleep. And what he does is he reads the worst Wikipedia articles. That's what he does. We're talking about, like, about crows, soil, ATM's the galaxy, Larry King. Hello, Phoenix. Ben just bores people to sleep. Here's a clip of him talking about soil.

Benjamin Boster
Soil consists of a solid phase of minerals and organic matter, the soil matrix, as well as a porous phase that holds gases, the soil, atmosphere, and water. The soil solution.

Speaker C
Yeah, that's boring.

Kim Commando
I'm falling asleep. I'm just ready.

Speaker C
Pretty boring. I mean, it's Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not for entertainment purposes, okay?

Kim Commando
This isn't a hobby for Ben. It's his job. This is his job. And he supports his family.

Speaker C
By being boring.

Kim Commando
By being boring. And joining us right now is boring. Ben. Hi, Ben. Hi, everybody.

Benjamin Boster
How are you?

Kim Commando
So when did you realize that your voice could put people to sleep?

Benjamin Boster
Oh, it's been a talent for a number of years, but the last time it happened was about 2018 into 2018, talking with my boss and he, that he, after telling him something super important, he said, I'm sorry, your voice is too soothing. It put me to sleep. I don't know what you just said. So that was maybe the point to say, maybe there's something to do with this.

Kim Commando
And so you thought, heck, I could make a podcast out of this, really.

Benjamin Boster
Kind of, it was kind of the perfect combination of those comments of watching an episode of Parks and rec about a radio show that was happening. And there was technology at the time called Anchor FM that allowed you to upload and start a podcast for free. And just all of those hit at the same time. And I thought, let's try this and see if it actually works.

Speaker C
So now when you're going to launch this and you're going to put together, you're putting people to sleep. Podcast. Why Wikipedia? Why, of all the resources to choose from, did you pick Wikipedia?

Benjamin Boster
You know, at first I was just trying to think, what's something that's mundane and boring and started looking at things like, you know, vests that people wear at Walmart as workers or roads or rubber or, you know, just things that are just so mundane, and then realize that those topics are found in a more open source sort of vein through Wikipedia than trying to either create it myself or trying to find other sources that I'd have to worry about copyright.

Kim Commando
Yeah, that's a good idea because you don't have to worry about any copyrights with that. Right.

Speaker C
And you don't have to do any of the work. All you have to do is read.

Kim Commando
Jeff.

Benjamin Boster
Nope. That makes it much easier for finding content and then just jumping in and having a good read with it.

Kim Commando
So are there particular standout topics that people are like, wow, that one was really effective.

Benjamin Boster
There are. So you mentioned galaxy, Andrew. That's been a top episode for a number of listeners. A lot of people like the space or thinking about things outside the earth. And then there's even those that are like marine animals. Like, jellyfish was surprisingly really popular with people, and I think it had to do with the number of eyes that jellyfish have that I did not know about before I read that article. So things like that, it's. It just kind of spans the gamut.

Speaker C
Now, how long is a normal episode? And do people tell you how long it usually takes for them to fall asleep? How many minutes into the episode?

Kim Commando
Yes.

Benjamin Boster
So each episode ranges from about 30 to 45 minutes. And it usually takes people between five and ten minutes to nod off. Um, I've got comments from people who are saying, it seems like it had been a good episode, but I don't know, I was out in five minutes before it really even got started.

Kim Commando
You know, a lot of people have trouble sleeping. I mean, I don't. I just hit my head. His pillow. I'm like, out. But I could see how this could be wildly popular. When did you know, like, okay, this is really going to be something.

Benjamin Boster
It took a number of years, actually. It started as fairly slow as most things do and just kept seeing it go up and up with people listening and telling friends about it. And about a year or so ago, I started working with a company to help with the ad side of things and cross promotion and things like that. And we started to try and do more episodes. And there's always that fear that you might oversaturate the market if you're doing too much and things along those lines. But then, you know, we just would experiment. At one point, I was doing four episodes a week, and that was too much. And then we pared it back down to what seemed like a healthy three days a week, Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday night sort of experience. But that number that the graph just keeps going up. So the more people hear about it, the more they listen, the more they enjoy just falling asleep to content.

Speaker C
So I was thinking about this when I was reading and getting information for the interview. You may have something the most unvaluable piece of media space. In the middle of a podcast, there are commercial that plays. It's called a mid roll. Your mid roll spot is worthless because everyone's already asleep by the time they get to that commercial. Do you have advertising on the podcast? And it is all in the beginning.

Benjamin Boster
All in the beginning.

Speaker C
Yes.

Benjamin Boster
That was one of the things we sorted out, was we realized people are falling asleep fast. So if we do mid rolls, you're just not going to have any sleep.

Speaker C
Yeah. No one will hear it.

Kim Commando
You know what? That's true. I was. No post rolls, no nothing.

Speaker C
It's worthless.

Kim Commando
That is. That's incredible. That is incredible. And so what do you think? What do you think, Benjamin? What makes your voice so soothing?

Benjamin Boster
Oh, that's a. That's a deep subject. I think there's a combination of a few things, right? There's the physicality of just the body and the tone of the voice. But then there's also a sort of cadence. Andrew, I did it.

Kim Commando
Nailed it.

Benjamin Boster
Sorry, I'm back. That sort of cadence. And it just helps with people just to pay attention just enough to say, oh, you're going to read about Lord of the Rings. I like Lord of the Rings. It just. It just doesn't hold their attention long enough. So I don't know. I'm sure there's some physiological aspect to it. There's just the fact that people can focus for a moment and wind down a tiny bit.

Kim Commando
That's true.

Benjamin Boster
Let their brain stop wandering around so much and focus on one thing for a little bit to give them permission.

Kim Commando
To let go and not sitting there scrolling on insta. Yeah. Or anything else along the way. So I understand that you're going to be reading my Wikipedia entry.

Benjamin Boster
Yes.

Speaker C
Oh, excellent.

Kim Commando
Excellent. Let's hear it.

Benjamin Boster
Are you ready to fall asleep to that one?

Kim Commando
I am. I'm tired now.

Benjamin Boster
At the stage. Yes. Kimberly Ann Commando is an american radio personality and the host of two daily radio shows and one weekend radio show about consumer technology. On her weekly call in show, she provides advice about technology, gadgets, websites, smartphone apps, and Internet security.

Speaker C
The pause was key there.

Kim Commando
Yeah. You know what?

Speaker C
That pause is so smart.

Kim Commando
You know what? You are amazing, Ben. That is. It is. I mean, you know, I've been in broadcasting for a long time. I never thought of doing a podcast or a show reading Wikipedia entry.

Speaker C
No. And I've never. I've been in for 25 years in radio. No program director has come up to me and said, you know, people would like you more if you're more boring. That's never happened. But you figured it out.

Kim Commando
So what? So, last question, Ben. What does your family think? Like, when you go to, like, family reunions, you know, and everybody's like, so how are you and what are you doing? I mean, people say, like, wow, this is really great. Or, you know, when are you going to get a real job?

Benjamin Boster
There's always that sense that people may be wondering, is this. This going to be really a long term thing? But generally, my family's been very supportive and ask lots of questions or curious. I come from a entrepreneurial minded sort of family, and so I've got a lot of siblings and relatives who also think in those veins, and they get excited thinking, you know, maybe this is something that could be possible, too, for things that they do right, the side projects they work on. And always that sort of hope of being able to make it more than it is.

Kim Commando
You know what? There's a whole line of merch for sure.

Speaker C
I mean, pajamas. You absolutely need to start spelling selling pajamas.

Kim Commando
Sleep masks, melatonin. Okay. Kim commando show newsletters.

Speaker C
It's not Kim commando.

Kim Commando
Okay, sorry, sorry.

Speaker C
It's about Ben.

Kim Commando
I'm sorry. Hey, Ben, thanks for joining us again. The name of the podcast. I can't sleep. I can't sleep. Now you can with Ben reading Wikipedia.

Speaker C
I have to fall asleep with audio.

Kim Commando
Do you? Yeah.

Speaker C
Have to. I'm gonna try him. I'm gonna give it a shot. Yeah. Cause normally I just pick something that I've heard before or light music, classical. I'm gonna see if it works. I'll report back.

Kim Commando
Are you gonna listen to the Kim Commando Wikipedia news entry? No, no.

Speaker C
I'm gonna go with, what was it? Walmart jackets or the vest they wear at Walmart. That's what I'm gonna start with.

Kim Commando
Soil.

Speaker A
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Speaker C
One. It's it one's easy.

Kim Commando
Actually, we might be making it five.

Speaker C
Really?

Kim Commando
Yes. At least five.

Speaker C
Why is that?

Kim Commando
Because of all the bots.

Speaker C
Oh, okay.

Kim Commando
So. So it may. It's either one or five because a.

Speaker C
Bot can sign up, open one, then click something. Unsubscribe.

Kim Commando
Yeah, right. Exactly. So it's. So we're gonna make it. In order to, like, battle the bots, we have to just up the ante a little bit.

Speaker C
Okay.

Kim Commando
We don't want to give the iPhone to a bot.

Speaker C
No, no. What's a bot gonna do with an iPhone?

Kim Commando
No.

Speaker C
Eat it.

Kim Commando
I was looking at some of the entries, and then people think, like, they're really clever. Like, let's say their name is, like, johnsmithmail. So it's like, johnsmith one at Gmail, johnsmith two mail. I'm like, oh, come on.

Speaker C
That didn't fool you.

Kim Commando
Didn't fool us. Didn't fool us. So again, you can enter@winfromkim.com once again, that's winfromkim.com. Now, you've heard me talk about here on not just Kim commando today, but also the Kim commando show. And you know this, Andrew, that I read every note that gets sent to.

Speaker C
Me, and she then takes screen caps of them and sends them to all of us to read as well.

Kim Commando
And, you know, every once in a while, there are some good ones that pass my screen. I'm also using these as maybe some fodder for my Daily Mail article.

Speaker C
Yes.

Kim Commando
Which now there's a new weekly column. So excited about this. Ask Kim. And so if you are a Daily Mail reader right now, it says, tech expert Kim sometimes says, dear Kim, sometimes just as tech expert, we're trying to, like, work with the editors on how exactly that works. And so I'm taking some of those questions and then also answering them in the Daily Mail. And here's one that I haven't submitted to the Daily Mail yet.

Speaker C
Okay.

Kim Commando
But I thought we should talk about it. Hi, Kim. How should a man handle the situation if he accidentally discovers that his boss, a woman, has a very, very, very provocative onlyfans account? And now he finds it extremely difficult to work under her due to this discovery. You can call me Larry, but that's not my real name. Okay, so Larry's hanging out on onlyfans.

Speaker C
And he can't work for her anymore because he finds her too attractive or can only connect with to her what.

Kim Commando
He'S seen on onlyfans or maybe it's a case of once you see something, you can't unsee it.

Speaker C
Right. Interesting. What a unique situation.

Kim Commando
So.

Speaker C
I know. I.

Kim Commando
Okay, what if you saw pictures of Beth naked?

Speaker C
Right. She's my co host on iHear radios, KC radio station.

Kim Commando
We do mornings, and she's doing a lot more.

Speaker C
Yeah.

Kim Commando
Than just mornings. Oh, that. Only fans count.

Speaker C
I don't think it would affect me. But that's my personality type. Right. Obviously, with him it would have, but I. You could walk in here naked and then put your dress on and get ready for the show. I've been in plays, and, you know, it's all part of it. It wouldn't affect me because I know it's a business thing, but now, onlyfans, I mean, that's a little step forward, right?

Kim Commando
Yes.

Speaker C
That's sexual. I don't think it would affect me, though. I think it passed it pretty easy.

Kim Commando
Yeah.

Speaker C
I mean, you're an adult. Caveat's an adult. I'm an adult. It's no big deal.

Kim Commando
He must be attracted to her.

Speaker C
That's what I'm saying. That's where I think it lies. Is that whatever he saw, he likes. And that's when he sees her. He connects. It's now, lust is the emotion that's between the two of.

Kim Commando
So it's not embarrassment, right?

Speaker C
It's lust.

Kim Commando
Yes. And he's. So he's looking at her, and then his mind, she's saying, like, let's talk about paradigms and goals. And he's like, yeah, I've got some paradigms and goals right here, baby.

Speaker C
Right over here. Um, I mean, easily, it could be. You could go to your company and say, listen, I have a personal issue with my manager. That has nothing to do with them. They are completely innocent. My personal issue. Is there any way I can move departments? Move to a different manager, work with someone else?

Kim Commando
Yeah.

Speaker C
Cause you're not gonna get them in trouble then.

Kim Commando
Yes. I mean, you're not. You're not gonna get them in trouble, and you're.

Speaker C
You're owning it.

Kim Commando
Right.

Speaker C
That's really the only way to. Cause, I mean, now I'm just wondering.

Kim Commando
Like, wonder, like, what she thinks. I mean, she must be okay with it if everybody in the company.

Speaker C
Well, there's her. We've seen so many stories, though, of women who have secret onlyfans. And, like, that school teacher, she had an Onlyfans account, and she was covering her face, so she was trying to keep it secret. Once it came out, obviously, she used it as publicity. And her onlyfans exploded.

Kim Commando
Exactly.

Speaker C
And she could quit her job, but I don't know, she could be just doing it for exhibitionism and not for just the profit of it.

Kim Commando
Yeah, I guess it's risky, though.

Speaker C
I mean, she made a risky decision that I'm sure she's aware that could blow up in her face at any minute.

Kim Commando
Well, you know what? I'm trying to get an Onlyfans creator on the show, okay? There's one gal that we were talking to. I think Maddie might be able to get her where she only does feet. She only shows her feet.

Speaker C
So would we interview her toes?

Kim Commando
And she, um. And she. So, in what I had read about her is that her most requested, uh, act, I guess you'd say, is for her to take off her nail polish. Off her toes and to put on nail polish on her toes with hot pink freaks.

Speaker C
You're wearing hot pink right now.

Kim Commando
And on my toes, too. I'm not showing my feet because I did that once. I have. My people are buying my feet pictures on the Internet. So weird.

Speaker C
It's weird.

Kim Commando
So weird.

Speaker C
And I say they're freaks. But whatever you're into is what you're into.

Kim Commando
I really don't want to joke, do anything for you.

Speaker C
It doesn't do anything for me, but I'm sure there's things that I find attractive that other people are. Like what?

Kim Commando
Oh, hot pink. Oh, that's getting me hot.

Speaker C
Keep putting it on there, baby. You're gonna have to do a second coat for daddy.

Kim Commando
No top coat for you.

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Hey, it's Kim Commando today. Just a quick reminder that you can get the Kim commando show. That's right, commercial free on Apple Podcasts, as well as on Spotify and also part of that whole commando community membership. Now, let me tell you why you need to get the Kim commando show on Apple and on Spotify. Because it's commercial free. That's number one at Commando community. You also get access to the Q and a message board. So if you have any questions along the way on anything digital, we're gonna help you out there. And it's just a few bucks a month, and we give discounts to anybody. It doesn't matter. Just check the boxes. You're old.

Speaker C
Lower the price. Your teacher, anything.

Kim Commando
You're a police officer. I don't care what you are.

Speaker C
Left handed, doesn't matter.

Kim Commando
You like hot pink nail polish on toes. It doesn't matter. Again. So you can sign up over@commando.com but you really should subscribe to the show, especially because we hear from people all the time that, you know, my radio station used to carry it. They changed the time. I used to drive to work. I don't drive to work anymore, whatever it is. So just, you can always get the show. And let me tell you something, the show is the best show out there. It really is.

Speaker C
I'm surprised you would think your own show is the best show out there.

Kim Commando
It is. It is. I mean, I can say that with all confidence because I have listened to the other shows, and they are horrible.

Speaker C
Horrible.

Kim Commando
I was listening to one a couple of weeks ago, and I'm not going to say who it is because I don't want to embarrass the guy. Okay. There's a guy clue, and somebody calls in. It's like, you know, I was wondering about USB chargers, which is the best USB charger. And he's sitting there talking for, like, ten minutes about USB chargers.

Speaker C
So boring.

Kim Commando
And then says, oh, I'm gonna go over to wire cutter, which is the New York Times review page. And then he starts reading.

Speaker C
So it's not even his own advice. It's someone else's advice.

Kim Commando
Mike sitting there going, oh, my God, it's awful. So awful. So awful. Anyway, so make sure that you get the show. You can also find your local station@commando.com. Because that's really important.

Speaker C
Yeah, it is. Support those local affiliates.

Kim Commando
Yes, because radio is important. You know, they're trying to get AM radio out of the cars, which is.

Speaker C
So stupid, so ridiculous.

Kim Commando
I mean, because, you know, at the end of the day, if there's really a big emergency, I mean, if. Do you think your cell phone's going to work?

Speaker C
Right. And you could be in a part of your state or your city where you only get an AM reception.

Kim Commando
I know, and I'm so my new car that I got does not have an AM radio.

Speaker C
Are you serious?

Kim Commando
Yeah.

Speaker C
I didn't even know that existed.

Kim Commando
Does not have an AM radio.

Speaker C
That's heartbreaking.

Kim Commando
And it's not an ev.

Speaker C
No.

Kim Commando
Because they're saying, like, oh, the aim radio. It's like it goes against the electronics and the drive. Powered train, whatever.

Speaker C
No, it doesn't.

Kim Commando
Yes.

Speaker C
It's just like, you can't use a cell phone or you're flying a plane because it's gonna crash the plane. None of it's true.

Kim Commando
None of that's true.

Speaker C
All right, I got a story for you.

Kim Commando
Yes.

Speaker C
Do you use Firefox?

Kim Commando
No.

Speaker C
You know that you use safari as your browser?

Kim Commando
Yes.

Speaker C
Okay.

Kim Commando
Or chrome.

Speaker C
Do you use tabs?

Kim Commando
A hundred percent.

Speaker C
How many tabs would you say you have open today at any given time?

Kim Commando
Well, today I looked up and Mike is. I was going through all the news with Maddie this morning, and I had opened, I would say, over 25 tabs.

Speaker C
That's a lot to manage.

Kim Commando
Yes.

Speaker C
Well, there's a woman named Hazel, and she went on the Internet. She's actually in it.

Kim Commando
Okay.

Speaker C
But she couldn't figure out this issue because she went to open her firefox and it would not restore her last session with all her open tabs. And she put it on Twitter or X or whatever it's called. And people were, oh, just go profile cache. Just go and find the profile cache. You can find your profile from yesterday. You're all good. She went back on. Thank you so much. I thought I was gonna lose myself.

Kim Commando
Did you say cache?

Speaker C
Did he ask cash? Thank you. I thought she said, thank you so much. I thought I was gonna lose my 7470 tabs that I had open on Firefox. Really? 7470 taps. Two and a half years of using that browser. She never closed a tab. I don't even know what that would look like.

Kim Commando
I wonder how often she changes her underwear.

Speaker C
Now, the story was interested. Well, this has got to be slowing down her computer, right?

Kim Commando
For sure.

Speaker C
There's 7470 tabs. So they went to Mozilla. They went to Firefox, and they said, what kind of damage is she doing? Nothing. No damage. Your tabs take up, like, 70 megabytes. And this woman had. She says it's like her own personal time machine. She can go back six, seven months and see what she was looking at, what she was working on.

Kim Commando
Okay, that's just weird.

Speaker C
That is weird.

Kim Commando
That's weird. What's weirder?

Speaker C
Wanting to see someone paint their toenails hot pink or someone who keeps 7470 tabs open on their computer.

Kim Commando
I'm gonna go with the tabs.

Speaker C
Yeah. I get the foot, though.

Kim Commando
Control, shift w. What's that? Well, if you're on windows, control shift w will close all your tabs.

Speaker C
All of them.

Kim Commando
Command, shift w. So I wouldn't like somebody just go over her house and just go.

Speaker C
She knows how to recover them now. They're never going anywhere.

Kim Commando
Okay, so if you're listening to the audio version of the podcast, I just want to show we're going to be playing a couple of videos.

Speaker C
Okay?

Kim Commando
Okay. So. And if you are watching, don't forget you can also get the audio version. So if you are listening right now to Kim Commando today, thank you for joining us. And you can continue to listen. We're gonna be talking about some videos. You may be able to figure out what's going on, but if you really wanna see the videos, you're gonna have to go to YouTube.com kimcommando. All right, so we've been talking about cybertrucks and how people are trying to get views by putting things like carrots and zucchinis in the frunk to see what happens.

Speaker C
Cause the frunk is having issues with the sensor. When there's something in the way, it's supposed to stop and open, but it's closing.

Kim Commando
So here's a guy who's trying out. But first, I'm going to test it out with this stick.

Speaker C
This is exactly what I'm going to do with my finger.

Kim Commando
I'm going to put it right there. And.

Speaker C
Hopefully my finger doesn't break like that.

Benjamin Boster
But let's find out.

Kim Commando
Hopefully it doesn't break.

Speaker C
Another shot. We're closing the cybertruck.

Kim Commando
I'm going to put my finger flat right here and see what happens. Ready? Ready? Ready. Okay. Oh. Ow. Okay.

Speaker C
Oh, my God. What are you doing?

Kim Commando
Okay.

Speaker C
I can't even move. My finger broke, actually broken it.

Kim Commando
Yeah, he broke his finger.

Speaker C
Look how bad that puncture is, you idiot.

Kim Commando
Okay. He broke his finger.

Speaker C
We just had a guy on Monday showed a video, closed the frunk on his finger, and he said, it hurt. And someone's like, well, I can top that. I'm a bigger idiot than you.

Kim Commando
And then one more video. This is a. Because this got my attention on Instagram because, as you know, I went to Japan. And this is the difference between crossing the street in Japan versus crossing the street in the United States. There's a deer watch. The deer is going to bow as. Thank you. Okay. If you cross the street any. You watch the kids cross the streets in Japan, they bow.

Speaker C
Now that's America.

Kim Commando
Now it's America.

Speaker C
Yeah, a little bit different. This guy giving a middle finger. There's no bow there?

Kim Commando
No, there's no bow.

Speaker C
So every time you're supposed to use the crosswalk, if there's another car there, you bow to them? Of course. Thank you for not hitting me.

Kim Commando
Yes.

Speaker C
All right.

Kim Commando
Not thank you for not. It's just that it's a respect. Cause they stopped. It's a very respectful society.

Speaker C
This basically means thank you for not hitting me.

Kim Commando
I know it doesn't.

Speaker C
It's american translation.

Kim Commando
Well, it's better than the guy giving the guy a finger.

Speaker C
Yeah, yeah, I'll translate that. But we can't say that out loud on the podcast.

Kim Commando
I could said it to your six year old.

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