Sleep Deprived Podcast

Sleep deprived podcast is a podcast run by Astrosist, Apandah, Jschlatt, and Mikasacus. The 'cast is now around 140 episodes long, and feautures many arcs.

The first act was the "Beginning Arc (1-6)" in where the podcasters were genuinely sleep deprived. Throughout the history of the podcast, "sleep deprived" has been referenced less and become more of a branding thing. Jschlatt and his friend Mikasacus were the first on the podcast, followed by Apandah and then Astrosist. The first episode was notable for the apparent sleep deprivation and Schlatt having to leave comedically early. Early on in the show, the mic quality was much worse leading to it being hard to distinguish between the crew, particularly Astro and Panda. Early running jokes included "Hillary Clinton globule", an infamous video in which Hillary Clinton spat a green blob into a cup of water, and "Burger Plane", where Mikasacus introduced the idea of a plane that could fly over impoverished areas, dropping burgers with parachutes.

The second arc was the "Golden Arc (7-90)" in where the show was at its' arguably best. The show featured many guests around this period and some of the best bits. The bits include the "Ninja Superbowl" bit in where they imagine a Superbowl in where Ninja performs on a cross, "Schlatt and Discord" in where Schlatt continues pushing back telling why he dislikes platform Discord until eventually whenever he agrees to do it the episode is mostly silent excluding occasional rustling from the podcast members, and their claim of being owned by Peter MSNBC. This arc makes up for all of the lousier bits.

The third arc was the "Transition Arc (91-101)" where Jschlatt left the show. The vibe began to slowly shift from more campy to professional (in the sense that the show became more structured and less spontaneous.) Astro has seemingly more taken over the role of host in Schlatt's place. Bits from this era include the introduction of "mewing" and "gooning".

The fourth and current arc is the "Season 2 Arc (102-present)" which was has waxed and waned in entertainment value. I found Astro initially a tad obnoxious, but I feel they have gotten better at sharing the spotlight with Mika and Panda, and the chemistry between Astro and Mika has gone from conflicting to understanding. Panda has unfortunately tuned out more as of recently.

As for the other content... 1. Gaming videos have been fun for the most part. I really enjoy the Mario Party series and Gartic Phone/Jackbox videos. 2. I'm unable to afford the Patreon content (which is embarrassing) and haven't watched the Mika/Astro spinoff podcast due to my disagreement with their music taste.

Overall, this is a very entertaining podcast with a lot of personality. If an SDP member reads all of this, I implore you to bring Moist back for another episode or do a collab with Chuckle Sandwich (Ted and Panda interacting is going to set off a chain reaction that destroys the world).

Edit: I had forgotten they already had Ted on because they rarely have guests. Regardless, would still be enjoyable.

This podcast is honestly just feels like I'm talking at a public Discord call without all the bad stuff that happens in a public Discord call.

At first, I came here because of Schlatt, but the more you listen to the podcast, and especially the gaming videos, the more you get interested in the other hosts: Panda, Aztro, and Mika.

Their chemistry is just something I haven't really seen in a while. They're mean to each other but wholeheartedly care for each other so it never feels uncomfortable. The gaming videos especially just make it even more like I'm watching people at a Discord call.

If you're a Schlatt fan, then you'll enjoy it. But watch it more, and get to know the other hosts, then you'll really like it.