Podcast Corner: Joe Pera will help put you to sleep 

The American comedian's new series is aimed at helping you to wind down, and even has an episode recorded in Ireland

Joe Pera presents the Drifting Offv podcast. (Picture: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

Joe Pera is an interesting character, known for his gentle sketches with Adult Swim that you can find down the YouTube wormhole. He also might be the last voice that people hear as they drift off to sleep. The 2019 video ‘Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep for 10 Hours’ has over 10m views. We’ve talked about sleepytime podcasts before but there’s something about Pera’s clipped tones and yawnsome drawl that gets our eyelids shuttering - think Fr Stone if he was from Buffalo, New York.

Pera was in Ireland a couple of months ago for a standup show and since released a special edition of his latest podcast, Drifting Off. It’s “an evening comedy podcast” from Pera and composer Ryan Dann.