The Arabian Nights (Audiobook) — Part 1

This episode begins a new audiobook series within Learn While Sleeping, featuring Husain Haddawy’s translation of The Arabian Nights, based on the earliest surviving Arabic manuscript tradition.

In Episode 1, we start where the Nights themselves begin:

🌙 Prologue: The Story of King Shahriyar and Shahrazad, His Vizier’s Daughter
The iconic frame narrative that introduces Shahrazad and the cycle of storytelling that unfolds across one thousand and one nights.

🌙 The Tale of the Ox and the Donkey
A sharp, fable-like tale of jealousy, wit, and consequence — the first story Shahrazad tells to delay her fate.

🌙 The Tale of the Merchant and His Wife (beginning)
The opening movement toward the larger cycle of the Merchant and the Demon, which will continue in the next episode.

This series follows the original order and structure of Haddawy’s edition, preserving the rhythm of oral storytelling — stories nested within stories, unfolding night by night.

Ideal for:
• Falling asleep to classic literature
• Lovers of folklore, myth, and Middle Eastern storytelling
• Calm listening, language rhythm, and immersive narration

✨ New episodes will continue with The Story of the Merchant and the Demon, followed by The Fisherman and the Demon, and beyond.

Listen slowly. Drift gently. Let the stories keep you awake — just long enough.

Tämä jakso on lisätty Podme-palveluun avoimen RSS-syötteen kautta eikä se ole Podmen omaa tuotantoa. Siksi jakso saattaa sisältää mainontaa.

Jaksot(11)

The Time Travel Party! (You're Invited)

In 2009, Stephen Hawking held a party with:✨ Champagne🎉 Decorations🕰 EXACT coordinates in spacetime❗No invitations were sent out until after the party already happenedHe did this deliberately.Becaus...

3 Joulu 202540min

Cozy Stories about Cloning and Sequencing: Fall Episode

Welcome to the Fall Special 🍁 — a calm night of science and storytelling.Drift into sleep as we explore The Secret Life of DNA and RNA — the molecular foundations of life.Learn how hydrogen bonds hol...

6 Marras 20251h 20min

Could We Really Survive on Mars? The Science Behind The Martian and Aliens

If you were stranded on Mars like in The Martian, could you really survive?In this episode, we unpack the science of habitability — the delicate balance of temperature, atmosphere, energy, and chemist...

6 Marras 20251h 1min

🌌 Fall Asleep to the History of Computers | Relaxing Computer Science Lecture

😴 Struggle to fall asleep? Let this calm Computer Science lecture guide you into rest.In this episode, we’ll gently walk through the history of computers—from the abacus and the Antikythera mechanism...

3 Loka 20252h

🧬 Genetics Made Simple: DNA, Chromosomes & Replication Explained for Sleep 😴📖

Drift off while learning the foundations of genetics in a calm, relaxing way. 🌙✨In this episode, we explore the blueprint of life — from the tiniest DNA nucleotides 🧬, to genes and chromosomes 📚, t...

3 Loka 20252h

The Immune Response: A Sleepy Exploration

Fall asleep peacefully while learning about your body’s immune system.In this calming sleep podcast, we gently explain innate immunity — the body’s first line of defense against infection.You’ll hear ...

2 Loka 20251h 59min

Immunology: A Story For Bedtime

Welcome to this calming journey through the foundations ofimmunobiology.In this episode, we drift through the origins of immunology, the cells and organs of the immune system, and the first innate def...

10 Syys 20251h 57min