Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries

In this bedtime science story, I tell you about Earth during the Pleistocene (aka "the Ice Age"). We explore what the planet was like, its geography, its climate, its fauna (especially the megafauna o...

21 Apr 20241h 11min

In this episode, I take you on a tour of lost Maya cities and to the discovery of the main aspects of their civilization: history, culture, architecture, art, religion, astronomy, society… We will vis...

14 Apr 20241h 9min

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest (and only) survivor of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, as defined by the Greeks in Antiquity. But when, how, and why was such an extravagant structure b...

7 Apr 202450min

Tonight, drift on the seven seas with us as we explore the history of pirates: in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Modern Times; from the Mediterranean Sea to the China Seas, the Baltic Sea and the Cari...

31 Mars 20241h 2min

In this week's story, we explore the significance attached to various colors throughout history, how pigments and dyes were made and with what surprising ingredients and how the status of colors chang...

24 Mars 20241h 3min

We launched a Patreon page for people who wish to support this podcast and get more of it. Sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/lightsoutlibrary621 "More" means: episodes without ads, an option wit...

23 Mars 20241min

This soft-spoken sleep talk tells the story of the Aeneid and explains its historical and political significance. Join me and we will follow Aeneas on his adventures from Troy, which he had to endure ...

17 Mars 202455min

This episode is about the history of dinosaurs: what are they? When did they appear? How did they rule the Earth's continents for 150 million years? What happened to them? Tonight, I tell you about di...

10 Mars 202450min