Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Thomas Jones ✍️ Sound effects: car driving on road 🚗  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we return to one of our earliest episodes - from late 2019. Reykjadalur is a spectacular geothermal valley in Iceland that you can hike through, reaching a point where the natural waters that run through the mountains are the perfect temperature to bathe in. 😴 Get Slee...

Narrator: Chloe De Burgh 🇬🇧 Writer: Frankie Regalia ✍️ Sound effects: woodland ambience, birdsong 🌳🐦‍⬛  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be following a lady named Gwen as she explores the secrets of Epping Forest and the legends of fairies that reside there. 😴 Includes mentions of: Summer, Walking, Fantastical Creatures, Food, Family, Grandparents, Nostalgia.  Enjoy various...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Kathleen Fowlds ✍️ Sound effects: distant city hum, crickets 🏙️ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we continue our travels in Nigeria, West Africa, as we take a tranquil journey through Benin City and immerse ourselves in its rich culture. 😴 Includes mentions of: Travel, History, Colonialism, Art, City.  Get Sleepy Premium Listen completely ad-free and access ou...

Narrator: Heather Foster 🇺🇸  Writer: Angela Wood ✍️ Sound effects: car driving on highway 🚙  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, on a balmy summer evening in the late 1950s, we’ll watch the screen from the front seat of a classic Chevrolet, snuggled beneath a cosy blanket. 😴 Includes mentions of: Time Travel, Americana, Driving, Cinema, Summer, Food, Nostalgia, Children.  Get Sleepy Premium List...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Kathleen Fowlds ✍️ Sound effects: distant busy city, car horns 🏙️ 🚘  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll explore the vibrant city of Lagos, in Nigeria – a place full of wonder, colour, and character. 😴 Includes mentions of: Travel, Bus, Food, Beverages, Morning, City.  Tonight's sponsor: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Live your best lif...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Alexandra Turney ✍️ Sound effects: water fountain ⛲️ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’re bringing together three stories from our series set in The Peacock House. With a combination of intuition, understanding and helpful clues, we’ll wander through this great estate and enjoy all it has to offer. 😴 Get Sleepy Premium Listen completely ad-free and access o...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Shady Grove Oliver ✍️ Sound effects: rainy morning 🌧️  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we have our very first Friday night encore episode, where we'll dip into the archives to bring you some of our all-time favourites from past years. What better way to start than with a return to the original Rainy Day Bakery episode – where we'll meet Lily and friends for th...

Narrator: Jessika Downes-Gössl 🇬🇧 Writer: Mersiha Bruncevic ✍️ Sound effects: birdsong, garden warbler 🐦🐦‍⬛  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’re going on a magical quest with Queen Seraphina and a mysterious white doe. They’ll join forces with the fairies to restore dreams and peaceful sleep to Seraphina’s kingdom. 😴 Includes mentions of: Fairytale, Animals, Fantastical Elements, Fantast...

Get Sleepy is now coming to you 5 nights a week! Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Alexandra Turney ✍️ Sound effects: crickets 🌌  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, at long last – after 10 years of war, and another 10 years of travelling – Odysseus is about to set foot back on his homeland of Ithaca. 😴 Includes mentions of: Mythology, Literature & Literary History, Bodies of Water, Religious Tr...

Get Sleepy is now coming to you 5 nights a week! Narrator: Nadine Brown 🇬🇧 Writer: Jo Steer ✍️ Sound design: rolling waves, voices, gulls 🌊🗣️🐦  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll journey back in time for a visit to 1950s Brighton, on the south-east coast of England. We’ll learn all about this historic resort as we explore the town in its heyday. 😴 Includes mentions of: Nostalgia, Bodies...

Get Sleepy - now coming to you 5 nights a week! Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️ Sound design: birdsong, cars on gravel 🐦🚙  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight's story is inspired by a request from a lovely listener. You'll enjoy an accessible visit to a peaceful wildlife preserve, where you can see everything from tropical birds to lions and elephants. 😴 Includes mentions of...

Narrator: Vanessa Labrie 🇨🇦  Writer: MJ Lyons ✍️ Sound design: garden birdsong 🐦‍⬛🤖  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be visiting a town on the day of the summer solstice, where a little girl is about to make friends with a gardening robot. 😴 Includes mentions of: Summer, Fantastical Elements, Children, Plants, Robots. Watch, listen and comment on this episode on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get Sle...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Frankie Regalia ✍️ Sound design: meadow ambience, birdsong 🐝 🐦  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’re continuing our marvellous Norse mythology series. This time, we'll join Freyja as she embarks on an adventure in the name of a devoted follower. We will get an insight into her world, her duties, and her power. 😴 Includes mentions of: Magic, Divination, Ani...

Narrators: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 & Heather Foster 🇺🇸  Writers: Jo Steer & Alicia Steffann ✍️ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight's special bonus story is something a little bit different. It takes the form of an email exchange between two friends – one in the UK, and one in the United States. 😴 Includes mentions of: Friendship, Dogs, Food, Beverages, Halloween, Christmas.  Watch, listen and comment on t...

Narrator: Elizabeth Grace 🇬🇧 Writer: Shauna-Marie Henry ✍️ Sound design: woodland ambience 🌲🐦  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be visiting Freya the witch in her cottage. It’s a lovely place to spend a summer. 😴 Includes mentions of: Witches, Magic, Fantasy, Cats, Beverages, Food, Summer.  Watch, listen and comment on this episode on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get Sleepy YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. And...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Laila Weir ✍️ Sound design: rainforest ambience 🦜🌴  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, in the last of our three-part series, we’ll travel to the lush rainforest in Volcanoes National Park, on the Big Island of Hawai’i. 😴 Includes mentions of: Travel, History, Science & Nature, Walking. Watch, listen and comment on this episode on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get Sleepy YouTub...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Jo Steer ✍️ Sound design: morning birdsong, distant waves, distant traffic 🐦 🌊 🏍️  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’re travelling to Greece in the late 1970s, where Lizzy and her friends are enjoying the summer of a lifetime. 😴 Includes mentions of: Travel, Nostalgia, Summer, Beach, Swimming, Food, City, Coffee, Friendship.  Watch, listen and comment on t...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Laila Weir ✍️ Sound design: waves crashing on the shore 🌊  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, in the second of three stories, we’ll explore an early Hawaiian royal area and sacred grounds, which are now a U.S. National Historical Park. 😴 Includes mentions of: Travel, History, Science & Nature, Religious Traditions, Archaeology, Walking.  Watch, listen and comme...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Alexandra Turney ✍️ Sound effects: crickets 🌌  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, Odysseus recounts more adventures, including encounters with the Sirens, the monsters Scylla and Charybdis, and the fateful incident with the Sun God’s cattle. 😴 Includes mentions of: Mythology, Literature & Literary History, Bodies of Water, Underworld, Death, Ghosts, Fantastical...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Laila Weir ✍️ Sound design: floating on the sea 🌊  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll begin a three-part journey to a few of Hawaii’s natural wonders, first travelling to the beautiful world of coral reefs. We’ll be plunging into the cool waters just offshore to snorkel around and observe all the magical creatures there. 😴 Includes mentions of: Animals, F...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Frankie Regalia ✍️ Sound effects: crickets 🌾  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we will accompany Thor on a legendary fishing trip where he catches more than just a few fish. We will let the god of thunder do the heavy lifting whilst we relax and fall asleep. 😴 Includes mentions of: Fish, Fishing, Friendship, Underwater Scenes, Fantastical Creatures, Fantastic...

Narrator: Chloe De Burgh 🇬🇧Writer: Shauna-Marie Henry ✍️Sound effects: cheerful birdsong 🐦‍⬛  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll be travelling to distant lands with twin brothers Richard and Henry, and their magical swing. 😴 Includes mentions of: Children, Parents, Siblings, Family, Fantastical Elements, Magic, Food.  Watch, listen and comment on this episode on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get Sleepy YouTu...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Kathleen Fowlds ✍️ Sound design: cicadas, evening birdsong 🌅 🐦‍⬛  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’re returning to Morocco for another relaxing adventure to conclude our two-part journey. This time, we’re visiting a geological wonder – a rock formation known as Imi n’Ifri Natural Bridge. 😴 Includes mentions of: Walking, Hiking, Beverages, Heights. Watch,...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Kathleen Fowlds ✍️ Sound design: African birdsong 🦜🌴  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll embark on the first of a two-part journey exploring some of Morocco’s natural wonders. We begin in the Rif Mountains in northern Morocco. Nestled in these mountains is a hidden gem – the Akchour waterfalls. 😴 Includes mentions of: Walking, Hiking, Bodies of Water, Sw...

Narrator: Heather Foster 🇺🇸 Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️Sound design: busy city street, heavy rain 🏙️ 🌧️  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we're in Washington D.C. with a history teacher named Natalie. She'll be exploring the Museum of American History, and in particular, its collection of gowns worn by historical First Ladies. 😴 Includes mentions of: US History, Fashion, Gender, Roaring Twentie...