A Winter Walk, by Henry David Thoreau
Let's take a walk through wintry woods and skate down a frozen stream in this relaxing mix of prose and poetry. Thoreau captures all the beauty of a New England winter, and I hope you enjoy it. Keep t...
28 Dec 202057min
1897 Sears Roebuck and Co. Catalog, Musical Goods Department
Let's relax with this browse through the voluminous Musical Goods Department, and discover all the wonders of mandolins, music boxes and banjorines. Which is an actual thing. Who knew? Keep this podca...
21 Dec 202054min
The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran, Part 2
Tonight, we get sleepy with this second half of a philosophy classic, and discuss pleasure, pain and the power of friendship. It's like a cozy set of pajamas for your tired mind. Keep this podcast ad-...
14 Dec 202056min
Astronomy for Young Folks, by Isabel Martin Lewis, Part 3
Tonight, let's complete our sleepy voyage through the constellations as we learn about the stars seen from August through December, the ever-precessing pole star, and the wonder of novas. Heavenly! Ke...
7 Dec 202058min
Utopia, by Sir Thomas More, Part 1
Let's fall asleep with this classic of political philosophy from an executed saint, because what's more relaxing than that. Utopia details socio-economic issues that keep us up at night because...we d...
30 Nov 202052min
The History of Bread, by John Ashton, Part 1
Tonight, let's relax with the story of one of the world's most basic foods. In this reading, we sleepily sift through the grains of early bread history, from prehistoric mills to matzo-making. Tasty! ...
23 Nov 202058min
The Coming of the Fairies, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Part 5 (Final)
Tonight, we complete Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "skeptical" defense of fairies. Relax to fairy biology, fairy society, and the clairvoyant observations of one Bishop Leadbeater, whose claim to expertise...
16 Nov 20201h 11min
The Coming of the Fairies, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Part 4
Let's flit away to sleep as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle presents sightings to bolster his case that fairies are real, including one from Mrs. Violet Tweedale, owner of arguably the most English name ever. ...
9 Nov 202048min
