THE BAMBI TRAP Podcast

A new investigative, 5-part, Canadian podcast explores the mysterious “Bambi Sleep” eroticized hypnosis files and its user community.

I was interviewed for this podcast and am credited as one of the experts in the show notes press release (below). I have been anxiously awaiting its release.

The first two episodes aired on Oct. 30! Listen to them here! I’m given some time in the first episode.

The third episode aired Nov. 6: Here. I’ve got a soundbite in this one.

Here is the episode trailer: https://shows.acast.com/the-bambi/episodes/introducing-the-bambi-trap

Give a listen! It’s already incredibly fascinating.

From the Show Notes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Bambi Trap Podcast: A secretive online community, mysterious hypnosis files and the people who can’t stop listening.

Five-part investigative podcast series from Halifax-based Tattle Productions explores Bambi Sleep, digital consent, identity, online communities and what happens when an internet fantasy starts affecting the real world.

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA October 2026

A mysterious collection of hypnosis audio files. An online community built around transformation, submission and identity. And a question that becomes increasingly difficult to answer: where does fantasy end and influence begin?

The Bambi Trap, takes listeners inside the strange and largely unexplored world of Bambi Sleep. The series investigates an online subculture centred around elaborate hypnosis recordings designed to transform the listener into an alternative persona known as “Bambi.”

What begins as an investigation into a niche corner of internet culture quickly opens into much bigger questions about consent, sexuality, identity, manipulation and the increasing power of digital communities to shape behaviour offline.

“The easy version of this story would be to point at something unusual on the internet and call it dangerous. We wanted to do something more difficult: understand why people are drawn to it, what the real risks are, and what Bambi Sleep tells us about the internet we’re all living in.” Saus host. Rhys Waters.

Across five episodes, The Bambi Trap traces the origins of the phenomenon, the mythology surrounding its anonymous creator, the rituals and community that have developed around the files, and the experiences of people whose involvement went far beyond casual listening.

The series also speaks with academics and specialists about hypnosis, consent, online sexual cultures and digital harm, asking whether existing ideas about informed consent are equipped for online experiences that can be repeated privately, intensively and over long periods of time.

Featured expert voices:

• Amy R. Marsh, EdD, Author/Writer, Sexologist, Hypnotist
• Professor Emily Setty, Associate Professor in Criminology, UNiversity of Surrey
• Giles Crouch, Digital and Cultural Anthropologist
  Dr Jamie Hakim, Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, King’s College London
• Mai Alnabhan, Level 2 QHHT® practitioner and certified consulting hypnotist
• Michaela Gorman, Digital Editor & Journalist

Rather than presenting Bambi Sleep simply as an internet curiosity, the documentary uses it as a case study for a much wider cultural shift.

As Al companions, algorithmic communities, immersive pornography, parasocial relationships and increasingly personalized digital experiences become commonplace, The Bambi Trap asks what happens when technology doesn’t simply entertain us, but begins actively participating in the construction of identity.

RELEASE SCHEDULE

The official trailer for The Bambi Trap will be released October 23, 2026. Episodes One and Two will premiere together on October 30, followed by:

Episode Three: November 6

Episode Four: November 13

Episode Five: November 20

Advance access to Episode One and the complete five-part series outline is available to journalists, reviewers, podcast producers and media covering digital culture, technology, sexuality, internet communities and documentary storytelling.

ABOUT TATTLE PRODUCTIONS / PODSTARTER

Tattle Productions is the premium documentary and narrative arm of Podstarter, an independent Canadian podcast production and strategy company.

Based in Nova Scotia and working with organizations and storytellers, Podstarter develops original podcasts, branded series and documentary projects designed to combine traditional broadcast storytelling with the intimacy and creative possibilities of modern audio. The team previously produced the Amazon Music Best Podcasts of 2022 Award winning Africville Forever.

MEDIA / ADVANCE LISTENING

Advance episodes, artwork, series information and interview opportunities with creator and host Rhys Waters are available on request.

For more information please contact:

Martha Swan (+1) 250 486 4946

martha@podstarter.io