My brain needs old panel shows on in the background to work.

I've noticed something weird about myself lately. I literally cannot focus on my work or even just chill out unless I have an old episode of QI or Mock the Week playing quietly on my laptop. It's not even that I'm watching it, it's just the noise of it is comforting.

My girlfriend thinks I'm mad she needs total silence and it got me thinking, what do other people use? It has to be something I've seen a million times before so I dont get distracted by the actual content.

Just curious what other people's 'brain-soothing' noise is. Is it music, a specific tv show, podcasts?