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A Sleepy Mail Spectacular!

Episode 142

Your insomnia will be challenged by tonight’s bedtime readings and we have not one, but two tomes about the operation of a mail service. Details of t…

4 years, 4 months ago

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Get Some Sleep as we prepare for The Last Man

Episode 141

Not too much happens in this episode, so I’m sure you won’t have any trouble sleeping. Apparently this is an apocalyptic novel, but so far it’s just …

4 years, 4 months ago

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You won’t be too scared to sleep! –The Book of Halloween

Episode 140

Be warned, this episode about the history of Halloween gets a bit dark, bit I don’t think it’s anything too disturbing. You’ll be fast asleep as stor…

4 years, 4 months ago

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A Few Night’s Sleep in a Stately House – 139 – Pride and Prejudice

Episode 139

A lot of sleep happens in this episode as Jane Bennet catches a cold. Also a lot of real Mean Girls stuff going on. But hopefully you’re asleep befor…

4 years, 5 months ago

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Sleep Lies in the Hills – 138 – The Hill of Adventure

Episode 138

Things were getting exciting when last we left this sleepy story, but life has settled down for our protagonists as they get to know their neighbours…

4 years, 5 months ago

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Evolve the Ability to Sleep – 137 – On the Origin of Species…

Episode 137

Sleep is important on an evolutionary scale, but it’s a struggle for us in the year of 2021. Maybe the writings and musings of Charles Darwin can hel…

4 years, 5 months ago

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Sleepy Time Stories get sad – 136 – Little Women, Part 04

Episode 136

While most Little Women readings have been funny and charming, things take a serious turn in tonight’s bedtime story. All ends well, despite some clo…

4 years, 5 months ago

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Sleepy Sciences! - 135 – Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies

Tonight, we start with a deep history of the science of astronomy, back to the beginning of recorded history. And it’s both gripping and soporific. S…

4 years, 6 months ago

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134 – Rides on Railways are a Guarantee of a Solid Sleep

Episode 134

The long, long story of the development of the British Railway system is probably not interesting enough to keep you awake, as the soporific story of…

4 years, 6 months ago

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133 – Fall asleep with Wuthering Heights

Episode 133

Our narrator meets up with Mr Heathcliff and family, but invites himself around and makes things very awkward. We learn a bit of family history, whic…

4 years, 6 months ago

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