Today

In the Map Room (Encore)

Originally aired July 7, 2020 (Season 6, Episode 1) Our story tonight is called In the Map Room, and it’s a story about the pleasures of looking at the world drawn out on paper. It’s also about a gasp of koi fish in a pond, a bike ride that leads somewhere surprising, and the vie ... Show More

30m 13s

Jul 6

Out and Back

Our story tonight is called Out and Back, and it’s a story about a calm way to cap a long summer day. It’s also about hickory trees and fresh hay in the field, katydids and kickstands, and letting your senses fill with the sights and sounds around you, being here while here is ha ... Show More

35m 2s

Jul 2

The Evening of the 4th (Encore)

Originally aired July 7, 2025 (Season 16, Episode 2) Our story tonight is called The Evening of the 4th, and it’s a story about a day-long event that ends with a picnic and a concert on the grass. It’s also about hand pies and potato salad, a busy kitchen full of aproned voluntee ... Show More

32m 33s

Jun 2025

Spending Time, In the Early Summer

Our stories today take us through some ways folks in the Village are spending their days and evening in the early summer. We’ll start by laying the table under the string lights in the garden and pulling up chairs with friends in The Dinner Bell. Then we’ll see where the night ta ... Show More

38m 3s

Jul 2024

Pasta, The River, and A Sunken Garden

Our stories today lean into the romance and sentimental feelings of the summer. We’ll start with In the Kitchen, During a Storm, as the wind picks up and the Pomodoro sauce simmers on the stove. This story, by the way, mentions alcohol, in case that doesn’t work for you and you n ... Show More

36m 4s

Jul 2025

Pasta, The River, and a Sunken Garden (Encore)

Originally presented as Episode 29, July 8, 2024 Our stories today lean into the romance and sentimental feelings of the summer. We’ll start with In the Kitchen, During a Storm, as the wind picks up and the Pomodoro sauce simmers on the stove. This story, by the way, mentions alc ... Show More

36m 3s

Jun 2025

The Library and Slow Living

Our stories today take us through some ways folks in the Village are spending their days and evenings in the early summer. We’ll start by laying the table under the string lights in the garden and pulling up chairs with friends in The Dinner Bell. Then we’ll see where the night t ... Show More

35m 35s

Jul 2023

Summer in The Meadow | Sleep Story for Grown Ups | Sleepy Summer Journey

Unwind as you meander through a meadow in the summertime, learning of each flower that you pass. This edutainment bedtime story will soothe and comfort you and gently lull you into sleep. 🔥 Download and install our FREE apphttp://bit.ly/SoothingPodSupport the showThank you for l ... Show More

38m 25s

Jul 2024

Summer at the Inn

Our stories today center around the Inn by the lake and a busy summer day for the Innkeeper. We’ll follow her from the moment she wakes up, up in her third floor bedroom, through her morning duties, serving coffee cake on the screened in back porch. Then we’ll join her as she fil ... Show More

34m 31s

Jun 2025

Wind, Rain, and Hummingbirds (Encore)

Originally presented as Episode 26, June 10, 2024 Our stories today celebrate some of the joys of being outside in the changing weather of the summer. First in Wind and Wildflowers, we’ll hike the trail behind the house, listen for woodpeckers, and watch the grasses sway in the w ... Show More

31m 51s

Jun 2021

#115 - An Impossible Enchantment

<p>A sleepy fairy tale with all the usual suspects; a king, a prince, a princess and some fairies. </p><p>It's summer here on the mountain and one of my best friends is visiting so we're spending the warm afternoons down by the swimming hole. You can see a picture and read a ... Show More

43m 57s

Jul 2022

A Summer Romance | Romantic Love Sleep Story for Grown Ups | Bedtime Stories

Join a painter and a writer as they fall in love on the first day of summer on a beautiful island. Dream away with romantic sleep stories for grown ups that will lull you into relaxing sleep. 🔥 Download and install our FREE apphttp://bit.ly/SoothingPodSupport the showThank you f ... Show More

50m 20s

Feb 2025

By the Shores of Silver Lake (Chapter 11 & 12) Relaxing Bedtime Story

Tonight, join me for a relaxing bedtime reading of a few more chapters from By the Shores of Silver Lake, the next book in the beloved Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. In this episode, we’ll journey with the Ingalls family as they begin their new adventure on the Dako ... Show More

37m 34s

Summer Nights