Podcast Episodes

The Lamplighters: An Evening in Gaslit London

Episode 22

A calm, slow telling of a true story to help you drift off. An evening on the gas-lit streets of Westminster and Covent Garden. The story follows Lon…

22 hours ago

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The Mary Celeste: A Quiet Ship at Sea

Episode 21

A calm, slow telling of a true story to help you drift off. A wooden brigantine built on the Bay of Fundy and found adrift in the Atlantic in 1872. I…

1 day, 22 hours ago

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The Rideau Canal: A Summer Passage Through the Locks

Episode 20

A calm, slow telling of a true story to help you drift off. A chain of lakes, rivers and hand-worked locks between Ottawa and Kingston. The story cov…

2 days, 23 hours ago

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Apollo 13: The Long Way Home

Episode 19

A calm, slow telling of a true story to help you drift off. A spacecraft far from home, and a team on the ground working through the night. The story…

3 days, 23 hours ago

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The Franklin Expedition: Two Ships in the Ice

Episode 18

A calm, slow telling of a true story to help you drift off. The Franklin expedition: two ships in the Arctic ice, a note left in a cairn, and the sea…

4 days, 23 hours ago

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The Rosetta Stone: Three Kinds of Writing

Episode 17

A calm, slow telling of a true story to help you drift off. The Rosetta Stone: a delta port, a fort, a dark slab with three kinds of writing, a docto…

5 days, 23 hours ago

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Tutankhamun: The Step in the Sand

Episode 16

A calm, slow telling of a true story to help you drift off. The finding of Tutankhamun's tomb: a dry valley in pale cliffs, an artist turned archaeol…

6 days, 23 hours ago

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Heinrich Schliemann: The Hill Above the Plain

Episode 15

A calm, slow telling of a true story to help you drift off. Heinrich Schliemann and the hill of Hisarlik: a pastor's son from northern Germany, a cle…

1 week ago

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The Klondike Gold Rush: The Long Road to the Creeks

Episode 14

A calm, slow telling of a true story to help you drift off. The Klondike gold rush: a river valley in the Yukon, a small party that found gold in a c…

1 week, 1 day ago

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Carrying the Canoe Through the Shield

Episode 13

A calm, slow telling of a true story to help you drift off. The portages of the fur trade: the ancient rock and countless lakes of the Canadian Shiel…

1 week, 2 days ago

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