In the 1600s, Samuel Pepys kept a diary, and of everything he wrote about, including the Great Plague of London and the Great Fire of London fair, one thing that is remembered, so many hundreds of years later, is a delicious night of sleep he had in 1661.
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Exercise Tips from NPR’s LifeKit: Could Watching TV Actually Help You Get Moving?
For “Move Happier,” Gretchen talks with Marielle Segarra, host of NPR’s Life Kit, about ditching the all-or-nothing rule, making the most of everyday activities, and the importance of smell and lighting. Episode highlights: Reduce friction: set out your gear the night before [00: ... Show More
32m 42s
Oct 17
More Happier: Do you “Get to” or do you “Have to?”
We discuss the happiness of a trip with old friends, a way to reframe the task of taking our pills, and a surprising fact about GLP-1s. Episode highlights Something Making Us Happier—Say “I’ve made this plan, come if you can,” & reframe prescriptions as “I’m lucky to live when my ... Show More
29m 20s
May 2019
Samuel Pepys, Beyond the Diary
We’re coming up on the 350th anniversary of Pepys’ last diary entry, written May 31, 1669, so it seemed like a good time to take a closer look not just at the diary, but also at who Pepys was beyond his famous chronicle of life in 17th-century London. Learn more about your ad-cho ... Show More
36m 1s
Jan 2024
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift - Extended Episode - Adventure Sleep Story
<p>Tonight's sleep story is Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Published in 1726, it is the story of Lemuel Gulliver, "First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships". In this episode, Gulliver recounts the early years of his life and what happened when he was shipwrecke ... Show More
1h 4m
Dec 2021
Christmas with Charles Dickens
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we're going back in time to a wintry London in 1837, where we'll spend time with one of the most famous writers in history, Charles Dickens. As well as learning more about the man himself, we'll also learn to embrace the beauty of the little th ... Show More
52m 10s
Zzzz . . . Sleep soundly to this novel "Diary of a Provincial Lady" by E.M. Delafield zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy logo on the banner of this Spotify page. Awesome Sle ... Show More
