#6 - Goblin Market - Extended
This is the extended version of Goblin Market, a beautiful and bizarre poem by Christina Rossetti. It's an hour long and has no introduction. There are sounds I recorded at the creek behind my cabin in the background. 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. To read this poem and more by Christina Rosetti, you can download her public domain book for free https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16950. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10 Aug 20191h
#6 - Goblin Market
Goblin Market is a beautiful, weird, long poem by Christina Rossetti. It has a strange history and was supposedly written for children... Really? Google it if you want to know more. 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.To read this poem and more by Christina Rosetti, you can download her public domain book for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16950. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
10 Aug 201929min
#5 - The Tongue-Cut Sparrow - Extended
This is the extended version of the traditional Japanese fairy tale written by Yei Theodora Osaki. It's 45 minutes long and has no introduction and some sounds of nighttime at the creek in the background. 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/4018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3 Aug 201945min
#5 - The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
This Japanese fairy tale by Yei Theodora Ozaki tells a story about kindness, with a few demons thrown in for good measure. 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/4018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
3 Aug 201929min
#4 - The Emperor's New Clothes - Extended
An extended length (31 minutes) episode with nature sounds and no introduction. I recorded some sounds from a different part of the creek for this longer version of Episode 4, and when the story ends, the creek sounds continue to the end. I hope you like it. 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/32572. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
27 Juli 201931min
#4 - The Emperor's New Clothes
Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes has been a favorite story of mine since I was a child. It's over a hundred years old but still very relevant to our world today. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. 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/32572. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
27 Juli 201917min
#3 - Kvasir's Blood - Extended
If you like the sound of the creek in the background while I read or you'd like a longer audio file to put you to sleep, I've made an extended version of Episode 3. It has just the story, no introduction, with creek sounds underneath. When the story ends, the creek sounds continue to the end. 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 Juli 201933min
#3 - Kvasir's Blood
Here's one more viking myth to help you fall asleep, Kvasir's Blood by Abbie Farwell Brown. Next week, we'll have a more modern Scandinavian bedtime story. 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 Juli 201922min
