Drift off with this calm bedtime reading about Christmas Eve, created to ease insomnia and bring a sense of peace during the holiday season. In this soothing episode, Benjamin explores the traditions, history, and cultural celebrations of Christmas Eve across the world. His steady, comforting narration turns festive details into peaceful storytelling, helpin ... Show More
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The Standard Model of Particle Physics | Sleep Podcast for Insomnia
Can’t sleep, so naturally this is the perfect time to get into the grand, deeply reasonable mess known as particle physics. In this episode, you’ll get a calm, steady look at the Standard Model, including the fundamental particles, the forces they interact through, and how physic ... Show More
36m 48s
Apr 15
Hot Air Balloon | Gentle Reading for Sleep
Can’t sleep? Yeah, that tracks. Might as well learn how hot air balloons work while you’re here. This episode covers the basics of hot air balloon flight, a little history, and why heating air somehow equals floating. Calm, steady reading, no effort required, just enough real inf ... Show More
33m 58s
Nov 2024
169 - How To Navigate The Holidays
<p>Happy Thanksgiving! With Thanksgiving kicking off the holiday season, we are entering a season of life where we are busier than normal, more stressed, around food more often, and out of normal routines. </p>
<p>In this episode we do our annual talk about how you can navigate t ... Show More
59m 23s
Oct 2024
A Victorian Halloween Party
Narrator: Heather Foster 🇺🇸
Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️
Sound design: autumn birdsong, clopping horse hooves 🐦🐴
Includes mentions of: Food, Children, Eerie Scenes, Autumn, Romance, History, Halloween, Friendship, Literature & Literary History, Ghost Stories.
Welcome back, sl ... Show More
1h 2m
Zzz. . . Conk out to this midweek short story by Guy de Maupassant – "The Necklace" zzz For an ad-free version of Sleepy, go to patreon.com/sleepyradio and donate $2! Or click the blue Sleepy lo ... Show More
