#57 - Guest Artist - Squalloscope - The Story Of The Year - Bonus Episode
Anna Kohlweis, who makes music as Squalloscope, is the guest artist on this bonus episode. She gives a beautiful reading of Hans Christian Andersen's The Story Of The Year. She has been a favorite of mine since I first heard her in 2017, and she let me include her new single for you after the introduction and before the story. This episode is a little different and a real treat. I hope you love it as much as I do. Let me know! You can find Anna's beautiful art and music at http://squalloscope.com. If you'd like to read the story, you can find it online for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27000. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
24 Jun 202030min
#56 - The Magic Apples (Part 1)
In celebration of 100,000 downloads of Listen To Sleep, we're going back to the book that started it all. It's a viking myth with some relaxing music in the background. Part one of The Magic Apples by Abbie Farwell Brown. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com. If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep. You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44622. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
20 Jun 202019min
#55 - Iola Leroy (Chapter 1)
Chapter 1 of Iola Leroy, a novel by Frances Watkins Harper. She was an abolitionist, suffragist, poet, teacher, public speaker, and writer, one of the first African American women to be published in the United States. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com. If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep. You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12352. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
18 Jun 202019min
#54 - My Escape From Slavery
In solidarity with #blacklivesmatter and to honor the life of George Floyd, this week’s story is Frederick Douglass’s classic essay, My Escape From Slavery. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com. If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep. You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/99. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
6 Jun 202044min
#53 - The Fairies of Merlin's Crag
A Scottish tale about the consequences of not respecting a fairy's home. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com. If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep. You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37532. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
30 Mai 202016min
#52 - Guest Artist - Andy The Doorbum - Prometheus And Pandora - Bonus Episode
Over the past few months, I reached out to some artists whose work I love and respect to ask them if they would be interested in reading to you. This bonus episode is read by Andy Fenstermaker, who makes music and poetry as Andy The Doorbum. He is full of heart and not afraid to dive into the darkness to shine a light or simply sit and wait for the sun to return. During the past few months of quarantine here in California, he put together a haunting and beautiful album of covers as a tribute to the music of some of his good friends. It's called Even When The Cat Comes and it's available for free at http://andythedoorbum.com. I love it, and I hope you do too. Andy reads Prometheus and Pandora. It's a classic tale with some very dark and real moments. Like some of the other stories I read here, it may not be suitable for small children, but if you like a bit of darkness as you nod off, you're going to love this. Andy also composed and played the music in this episode. If you’d like to read it yourself, you can download the story for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22693. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
27 Mai 202023min
#51 - The Sentimentality of William Tavener
A sweet slice-of-life story by Willa Cather about a family in the American West at the turn of the 19th century. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com. If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep. You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25586. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
23 Mai 202019min
#50 - When Father Brought Home The Lamp - Extended
Written in the style of Finnish Realism, this 19th century tale of a household transformed by modern technology is a sweet tale of simpler times. This extended episode includes the sound of crickets I recorded one evening this past summer up at my cabin. For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.listentosleep.com. If you'd like to support the podcast, please leave a review where you listen or become a patron at https://patreon.com/listentosleep. You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for free at http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5336. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
16 Mai 20201h 3min
