Science Primers, by Thomas Henry Huxley, Reading 1
Tonight, let's find our happy place and sleep with this reading from an introduction to science basics, written by one of the 19th century's greatest science champions. Stay awake long enough, and you...
23 Maalis 202048min
The Practice and Science of Drawing, by Harold Speed, Reading 1
Let's rest, relax and sleep with this lovely discourse about drawing. Which is mostly about art theory for the entire hour, if I'm honest. Mr. Speed was slow to get to the actual "drawing" part. Want ...
16 Maalis 202051min
The Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton, Reading 4 (In The Kitchen)
Tonight, we return to the wisdom of Mrs. Beeton, and relax with her discussion of a well-equipped kitchen, the perfection of weights and measures, and...the history of Pompeii? Sure, why not. Want to ...
9 Maalis 202056min
The British Navy Book, by Cyril Field, Reading 1
Tonight, let's ride the relaxing waves of history and float through the history of the British Navy. From wee hide coracles to the sea-faring dragons of the Vikings, it's a lovely shanty of sleep. W...
2 Maalis 202046min
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars: Claudius, by Suetonius
This evening, let's relax to the life of the Roman Emperor Claudius, immortalized as both a genius and an unstable imbecile unfit for any duty whatsoever, proving that nothing in politics ever changes...
24 Helmi 202051min
Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tzu, Reading 2
Tonight, let's relax with the second half of one of the world's most influential philosophical texts, the Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tzu. The journey of a thousand dreams begins with a single snore. Want ...
17 Helmi 202052min
On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin, Reading 1
Tonight let's overcome sleeplessness with Darwin's revolutionary classic of evolutionary theory, which sounds a lot more riveting than this text actually is. Want to support us? Neat! Here's how: Beco...
10 Helmi 202057min
A Study of Shakespeare, by Algernon Charles Swinburne
Let's relax to the metrical musings of a great Victorian poet about a great Elizabethan playwright, in a wordy work that is mostly about how other Shakespearean scholars are...not great. Want to suppo...
3 Helmi 202054min
