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Jun 2024
47m 1s

One Thousand Paper Cranes | Best Bedtime...

Sleepiest & Geoffrey Austin Newland
About this episode

Ready to get sleepy? Join Geoffrey by the fireside for the tale of a young girl in Japan who has vowed to fold one thousand paper cranes, in the hopes it will make her wish come true. When she realises she's unlikely to meet her target, the community bands around her to lend a hand.


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The Night Falls podcast has been created to gently guide you to sleep with meditation and soothing bedtime stories. Join your host, Geoffrey Austin Newland, every Sunday and Tuesday in the mystical Night Falls, where the air tingles with magic as whispers of stories drift on the breeze along with the embers of the crackling campfire. We will begin each episode with a short meditation, before Geoffrey recounts his adventures in Night Falls, or tells a peaceful bedtime story you may recognise.


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