Autism | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Autism Spectrum and Neurodiversity
It’s the tail end of Autism Acceptance Month, and you’re still awake, so this feels like decent timing. This episode takes a calm, steady look at autism, what it is, how it’s understood today, and why...
1 Touko 32min
Poodles | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Misunderstood Genius Dog Breed
Can’t sleep and somehow thinking about dogs? Fair enough, let’s talk about poodles, the curly coated overachievers of the dog world. In this episode, you’ll learn where poodles actually come from (hin...
29 Huhti 33min
Coraline | Can't Sleep? Learn How This Stop-Motion Movie Was Made
Still awake? Might as well learn how this movie actually got made. In this episode, Benjamin Boster reads about Coraline(2009) and focuses on the production side of things. Henry Selick directed the p...
27 Huhti 34min
Fractals | Can't Sleep? Learn About Nature's Infinite Patterns
Can’t sleep, and your brain has decided now is the perfect time for geometry? Great. In this episode, Benjamin Boster calmly reads about fractals, the endlessly repeating patterns that show up in math...
24 Huhti 32min
Ancient Rome | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Roman Empire
Can’t sleep, so you may as well spend some time with the Romans, who somehow turned roads, law, politics, and organized ambition into a whole civilization. In this calm, steady episode, you’ll hear ab...
22 Huhti 33min
The Standard Model of Particle Physics | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Building Blocks of Everything
Can’t sleep, so naturally this is the perfect time to get into the grand, deeply reasonable mess known as particle physics. In this episode, you’ll get a calm, steady look at the Standard Model, inclu...
20 Huhti 36min
Elephants | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Largest Land Animals on Earth
In this episode, Benjamin reads about Elephants — the history, key details, and the parts most people never think to look up. It's a relaxed reading designed to give your mind something steady to foll...
17 Huhti 34min
Hot Air Balloon | Can't Sleep? Learn About the First Aircraft to Carry Humans
Can’t sleep? Yeah, that tracks. Might as well learn how hot air balloons work while you’re here. This episode covers the basics of hot air balloon flight, a little history, and why heating air somehow...
15 Huhti 33min
