Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories & Meditations

A sleepy 19th century Russian satire written as a fairy tale in which two helpless government officials are saved by a hard-working muzhik. Bodhi and I ran across a patch of canyon larkspur on a hike this week, and when I went to find out more about it, it led me down an amazing internet rabbit hole filled with information about the Yuki Native Americans, this land's original inhabitants. You can...

A sleepy fairy tale with a princess, an ogre and a clever cat.  If you want to see a picture of our black cat, Ninja resting by our big pink redbud tree, Joe took a great one while he was out on a walk the other day. I put it up on the blog at https://www.listentosleep.com/blog/ninja-the-redbud/ .  If the podcast helps you sleep and you’d like to support my dream of being your bedtime st...

A slow, quiet story about the importance of being true to yourself.  You can read this story for free (along with other classics from the public domain) at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18709 .  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 liste...

A sleepy Viking tale in which Loki tricks the king of the Giants into marrying Thor. You can read this story for free (along with other classics from the public domain) at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44622 . 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...

A quiet classic about gentleness and redemption written by Frances Noyes Hart. You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18709 . 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...

A sleepy fairy tale about a king, an enchantress, and 99 princesses. You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40573 . 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://p...

Herman Melville's slow, quiet classic read in full: all 2 hours and 18 sleepy minutes of it.  You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11231 . 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 o...

A beautifully descriptive sleepy story by Katherine Mansfield about a young mother and her dinner party.  You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44385 .  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 r...

A sleepy musing on Eve's first days in Eden by Mark Twain.  You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/142 .  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 htt...

A sleepy fairy tale from ancient Hindustan about the consequences of always thinking you're right.   You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27826 .   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, plea...

A slow, quiet fairy tale about the adventures of a tiny, magical girl.  You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27826 .  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...

A sleepy Danish fairy tale with a princess, a knight and a wicked step-mother.  Download the text of this public domain story for free online at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27826 .  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...

Katherine Mansfield's beautiful, sleepy story about an overnight boat trip in 19th century New Zealand.  You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1429 .  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 rev...

A sleepy Czech fairy tale with talking animals and a princess, of course.  You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33002 .  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 becom...

A sweet, sleepy Norse fairy tale with no gods or Vikings.  You can read this story (and other public domain classics) for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8933 .  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 htt...

A bedtime story by Charles Dickens about one of his most famous characters.  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) f...

A beautiful, sleepy tale about love and loss by Mark Twain.  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...

A New Year's classic by Nathaniel Hawthorne.  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.gutenber...

A holiday classic beautifully read by actor Erik Braa. I've admired Erik's work for many years. You may know him from video games like League of Legends or Sims. He's also read some beautiful bedtime stories for the Calm app, like The Nordland Night Train which you can find in the app and on YouTube. There's a link to that story and more of his bedtime stories at https://storytime.thebraacast.com/...

The finale of the sleepy Herman Melville classic this week.  For a searchable, tagged index of all the stories 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 .  Have you made it to the end of the first three parts? If not and you'd like t...

A sleepy tale about the queen of the autumn flowers by Louisa May Alcott.  For a searchable, tagged index of all the stories 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 .  If you'd like to read the story yourself, you can download it f...

It's part three (of four) of the sleepy Herman Melville classic this week.  For a searchable, tagged index of all the stories 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 .  If you'd like to read the story for yourself, you can download...

A sleepy tale about a woodchuck who couldn't tell his left from right.  For a searchable, tagged index of all the stories 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 .  Want to read the story yourself? Download it for free at https://w...

Part Two of the sleepy Herman Melville classic.  For a searchable, tagged index of all the stories 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 the story yourself, download it for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1123...

A sleepy folk tale from Zimbabwe.  For a searchable, tagged index of all the stories 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 the story, download it for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3027 . Hosted on Acast. See...