Mar 5

Much More Happens - Spring Favorites (Encore)

Our stories tonight lead you through the vernal season, from the drizzly cool days of March, the on-again/off-again sunlight of April, and into the blossom filled environ of May. There will be long walks in the fresh air, seeds planted and flower beds raked, sweet treats from the ... Show More

9h 14m

Mar 5

Catnap (Encore)

Originally Aired: March 5th, 2023 (Season 11, Episode 10) Our story tonight is called Catnap and it’s a story about Marmalade the cat and Crumb the dog as they find ways to play through the winter. It’s also about a spark of something sweet that begins to grow between friends, a ... Show More

31m 14s

Mar 2

Paczki Day at the Bakery

Our story tonight is called Paczki Day at the Bakery, and it’s a story about a bustling morning in a shop downtown. It’s also about rose hip jam and powdered sugar, wax paper and yearly traditions that have lasted for as long as anyone can remember, a line stretching down the sid ... Show More

36m 57s

Feb 2024

A Little Romance

Our stories today all hold a seed of love and romance for the villagers of Nothing Much. We’ll start with our title story, on a walk downtown as the not-quite spring sunshine warms hearts and faces. We’ll find a photo hiding in the back of a wallet and initials carved into a benc ... Show More

30m 18s

May 2023

Wild Flowers Worth Knowing, by Neltje Blanchan, Part 3

Let's return to the flower-filled fields of sleep and learn about insect-charming orchids, blistering buttercups, and pinks of the killing kind. Nature is a cruel mistress! <p class="MsoNorm ... Show More

57m 26s

Jul 2022

Wake Up and Snail the Roses

Today's episode is about a snail named Norman and a group of roses in a garden. Follow along as roses Blush and Bashful learn a difficult lesson about the value of confidence and inner beauty. Draw us a picture of what you think any of the characters in this story look like, and ... Show More

20m 1s

Dec 2020

Rosemary Rodriguez

On the evening of October 6, 2019, Rosemary Rodriguez went to dinner with her boyfriend and her mother. On the way home, they dropped Rosemary's mother off and headed to her boyfriend's home. According to her boyfriend, Rosemary left his residence in Longview, T ... Show More

1h 18m

Aug 2022

Wild Flowers Worth Knowing, by Neltje Blanchan, Part 2

Let's sink into the fields of sleep with more from this lovely and informative book on the varied beauty of wildflowers. A few may smell of corpses, but they're no less wonders of nature! Help us stay 100% listener-supported and ad-free for all! Patreon: ... Show More

50m 11s

Jun 2023

Spices, Their HIstories, by Robert O. Fielding (Part 3–Conclusion)

Let's finish our tour of the sleepy world of spices, learn about grains of paradise (my favorite medieval spice), and reveal the connection between saffron and…crocodiles? Sure, w ... Show More

44m 29s

Nov 2020

The Tale of Buster Bumblebee 🐝

👋 Hello friends! By request we have shared a slightly longer than normal story. We hope you enjoy. Please don't hesitate to reach out to us at hello@sleeptightstories.org with suggestions, feedback or to just say hello. This is a story of a bumblebee who is very lazy. He lives w ... Show More

27m 57s

Aug 2019

Rumpelstiltskin (Rebroadcast)

Please enjoy this rerelease of one of our very first episodes, originally titled “Margaret and Henry and the Room Full of Hay”. Stay tuned for new episodes next week! If you would like to support Stories Podcast, you can leave us a five star review on iTunes, tell all your friend ... Show More

32m 31s

Oct 2020

The Fairies and the Dandelion 🧚🏽‍♀️

👋 Hello friends! If you find value in our sleep stories, please consider supporting our podcast and our goal to develop original calming entertainment for kids. In return you receive ad-free stories, exclusive content, video stories and more. This is a bedtime story about how Da ... Show More

10m 2s

Rosemary For Remembrance (Encore)