Podcast Episodes

Sleepy Steam Trains: A Soothing Reading of Rides on Railways – Repair, Construction & Calm Travel Tales

If you're lying awake tonight, let the slow, droning account of 19th-century steam trains rock you to sleep. This episode features a particularly une…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Soothing Bird Stories for Sleep “Birds and Their Nests" by Mary Howitt | Bedtime Tales of Jackdaws, Wagtails & Doves

Struggling to fall asleep? Let the gentle, unhurried reading of Birds and Their Nests by Mary Howitt lull you into a deep, peaceful slumber. This pod…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Sleepy Time Podcast: The Great Gatsby – Chapter 5 (Gatsby Reunites with Daisy) | Boring Bedtime Stories to Help You Sleep

🎙️ Sleepy Time Podcast: The Great Gatsby – Chapter 5 (Gatsby Reunites with Daisy) | Boring Bedtime Stories to Help You Sleep 😴

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Strugglin…

1 year ago

The Book of the Ancient Greeks – A Sleepy Telling of Xerxes’ Invasion

Drift into the ancient world with this tranquil retelling of one of history's most epic clashes. As the Persian King Xerxes leads his vast army into …

1 year ago

After the Party - Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

Step into the quiet aftermath of a gathering where unspoken tensions linger in the air. This week’s Sleepy Time Story brings you Virginia Woolf’s Nig…

1 year ago

The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory by George Saintsbury

Apologies for the Latin pronunciations as I share the history of literature and languages, and the study thereof to help you sleep.

You’re sure to be …

1 year ago

On the Nautilus - Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

Things settle down as you prepare for sleep. M. Arronax and his companions are safe, if confused on board the Nautilus as they meet Nemo and learn ab…

1 year, 1 month ago

The Homes of Egypt - Manual of Egyptian Archaeology 01

Tonight, drift back in time to the golden sands of Ancient Egypt, where the Nile’s gentle currents shaped lives and homes for both commoners and nobl…

1 year, 1 month ago

Fallout of the South Sea Bubble - Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions

This week’s boring non fiction is the ideal sleep aid as we learn about the many people who were fined for their part in the South Sea Bubble. Peers,…

1 year, 1 month ago

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett – Colin’s Day Out

It’s all happening in this week’s bedtime story as the children prepare to take Colin out to the Secret Garden for the first time.

There’s a lot of ex…

1 year, 1 month ago