Sol Invictus, Ishtar, Mithra, Pazuzu: Stories of Forgotten Gods
For tonight's bedtime story, let's explore the stories of various gods from Antiquity that once were very relevant to the societies that worshipped them, before mostly disappearing from memories: • ...
22 Mar 1h 10min
Nature Sleep Story: Wonder of Trees
This is a remake of one of our first episodes because the original sound was harsh and uneven when I started the podcast. For tonight's talk, I invite you to a long moment in the woods. We explore the...
15 Mar 1h 10min
The Myth of El Dorado
In tonight's story, I take you on a historical tour of the myth of El Dorado. I discuss what the early years of the Spanish conquest of America were like, how the encounter between older European lege...
8 Mar 1h 2min
History of the Forbidden City
In this soft-spoken bedtime story about China, I take you to the discovery of the Forbidden City. We explore this extraordinary complex and follow the history of Imperial China from the rise of the Mi...
1 Mar 1h 7min
History of Ceramics
In this soft-spoken sleep documentary, I tell you about ceramics: what pottery, earthenware, stoneware, terracotta, and porcelain are; how they appeared; and how significant they have been since prehi...
22 Feb 1h 6min
World Mythology Stories for Sleep: Ring of the Nibelung, Maya and Aztec, Hindu, Japanese, Greek
For this extra long episode, we put together various of our mythology stories. From Asia to America via Europe, all these stories reflect how humanity makes sense of the world around us, transmits wis...
15 Feb 5h 18min
History of Buddhism
This is a new version of one of our first episodes, that I remade because the sound was a bit harsh and uneven when I started the podcast. I also added a few elements to the script. In this bedtime st...
8 Feb 1h 17min
Mysteries of Space: White Dwarf, Neutron Star, Dark Matter, Hypothetical Planets (Sleepy Astronomy)
In this bedtime story, we visit different real or hypothetical space objects and phenomena. I tell you about the life cycle of stars that can leave behind a white dwarf, a neutron star (that can take ...
1 Feb 1h 9min
