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May 2023
55 m

The Sleepy History of the Universe

Slumber Studios
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Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Laila Weir ✍️ Sound design: cosmic space sounds 🛰️ Includes mentions of: Outer Space, Science & Nature, History.  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight's episode takes us through perhaps the greatest historical journey that there is - the story of our universe - from it's fascinating, ever-speculated origins, to the miracul ... Show More
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