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The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin

Episode 260

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin

You’re sure to sleep with this week’s reading of Darwin’s colossal work. We…

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Joy and Fear in Little Women

Episode 259

Joy and Fear in Little Women

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

In this weeks bedtime story, Jo March gets good news as two of her stories are pub…

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The History of Italian Masters will Help You Sleep

Episode 258

The History of Italian Masters will Help You Sleep

A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture

Indulge in a tr…

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Mysterious Strangers and Bear Men Will Carry You To Sleep

Episode 257

Mysterious Strangers and Bear Men Will Carry You To Sleep

The Wood Beyond the World by William Morris

In tonight’s story intended to help you sle…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Fall Asleep Learning About Spectroscopy and Nebulae

Episode 256

Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by David P. Todd

This is a relaxing but fascinating read. As an astronomy book published in 1922 it’s…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Dancing and Proposals in Pride and Prejudice

Episode 255

Dancing and Proposals in Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

We pick up for tonight's bedtime story where we left off in the …

2 years, 2 months ago

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Plato’s Republic. A discussion of the Just and Unjust will help you sleep.

Episode 254

 The Republic by Plato

We return again to the rhetoric and philosophy of Plato and pick up where we left off. In the long winded and rather boring…

2 years, 2 months ago

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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Episode 253

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

We pick up on this year’s bedtime edition of A Christmas Carol with Scrooge in the company of the Ghost of Ch…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Stories of Santa will help you sleep

Episode 252

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum

We continue L Frank Baum’s fables of the beginnings of Santa Claus and Christmas tradition…

2 years, 3 months ago

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Exploring the Ethics of Rhetoric will Help you Sleep

Episode 251

The ethics of rhetoric by Richard M. Weaver

An exploration of the ethics of using techniques of rhetoric to influence others. It’s a real web of l…

2 years, 3 months ago

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