Sleepy Time Tales - Bedtime Stories for Sleep and Relaxation

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 by Charles Mackay We pick up with the financial resurrection of Regency period France, but the bubble is about to burst. Is the tension building, or are you drifting away to sleep? Happy sleeping. 😊 Story (06:06) Need help with a Podcast? As you know I left my job at the end of July to spend more time with my family. To earn a living, I have s...

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Mary meets the source of the mysterious crying she’s heard. To find that the master of the house has a mysterious sickly son. She helps him fall asleep, and their conversation will help you relax and get your own rest. Happy sleeping. 😊 Story (06:30) Need help with a Podcast? As you know I left my job at the end of July to spend more time with my famil...

The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton This episode we go into excruciating detail about how rivers erode and develop equilibrium with the landscape they run through. It’s interesting if dry, but it will definitely help you fall asleep. Happy sleeping. 😊 Story (06:30) (04:53) Need help with a Podcast? As you know I left my job at the end of July to spend more time with my family. To ear...

The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World by Duchess Margaret Cavendish This 1666 proto-sci-fi novel explores philosophy and science from a 17 th Century perspective, even nodding at germ theory. But you’ll be nodding off well before then as the soporific discussion with the Empresses various forms of Beast Man drone on. Happy sleeping. 😊 Story (07:12) Need help with a Podcast? As...

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin Relax and get ready for a cozy night in with this week's episode of the Sleepy Time Tales Podcast! Tonight we continue our exploration of the work of Charles Darwin. Ever wanted to know the selection pressures on animals or plants? And what factors prevent explosive population growth? No? Don’t blame you and luckily you’ll b...

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Relax and get ready for a cozy night in with this week's episode of the Sleepy Time Tales Podcast! Tonight I am reading Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Join me as we look at this classic novel from the point of view of four sisters growing up in New England during the 19th century. We’re off to a picnic, party games and a tense game of croquet. This episode...

Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by David P. Todd In this week’s podcast, we’ll be helping you fall asleep while telling you about the history and development of the telescope. Reflectors vs refractors, chromatic aberration, these are the topics that will help you get a good night’s sleep. Story (08:14) !!Magic Mind Partnership announcement!! I’m absolutely thrilled to announce our pa...

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Tonight’s bedtime podcast to help you sleep is all about Lizzy Bennet learning more about Mr Darcy than she thought possible, and finding herself the target of Mr Collins’ affections, to her shock. Story (08:17) !!Magic Mind Partnership announcement!! I’m absolutely thrilled to announce our partnership with Magic Mind. A macha based energy shot that gives you ene...

The Republic by Plato Plato has Socrates and friends debating Justice. And it’s just as boring as you’d think. I don’t usually make guarantees, but tonight’s podcast will help you sleep. Story (08:27) !!Magic Mind Partnership announcement!! I’m absolutely thrilled to announce our partnership with Magic Mind. A macha based energy shot that gives you energy and helps your concentration. I’ve persona...

New Year Poetry Collection to Help You Sleep A collection of New Year Poems, mostly from lesser known poets, brought to you with thanks for your support over more than 200 episodes! And brought to you by Magic Mind The News-Boy's Dream Of The New Year by Kate Seymour Maclean The New-Year Babe by John Bannister Tabb New-Year’s Eve And New-Year’s Day by Bessie Rayner Parkes The Death of the Old...

The book of the ancient Greeks by Dorothy Mills Stories of the gods and their origins and natures to help the sleepless get some rest at bedtime. Story (08:19) !!Magic Mind Partnership announcement!! I’m absolutely thrilled to announce our partnership with Magic Mind. A macha based energy shot that gives you energy and helps your concentration. I’ve personally tried the shots and I can attest to t...

A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens We pick up as Scrooge loses his great romance in Christmas Past and move into a visit to the Cratchits in Christmas Present. Story (08:00) Need help with a Podcast? As you know I left my job at the end of July to spend more time with my family. To earn a living, I have started a company to edit and produce podcasts. Fr...

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum Back to our yearly visit with Claus as we learn about how he developed his friendship with the reindeer and began travelling further. Story (07:10) Need help with a Podcast? As you know I left my job at the end of July to spend more time with my family. To earn a living, I have started a company to edit and produce podcasts. From basic podcas...

Old Glass and How to Collect it by J. Sydney Lewis We go into slumber inducing detail tonight as we learn more about the innovations of English Glass. You will definitely fall asleep to tonight’s podcast because I could barely stay awake recording. Story (06:59) Need help with a Podcast? As you know I left my job at the end of July to spend more time with my family. To earn a living, I have starte...

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens We pick up this week where we left off, at a strange dinner party. But the evening takes a turn to the macabre. Story (06:57) Need help with a Podcast? As you know I left my job at the end of July to spend more time with my family. To earn a living, I have started a company to edit and produce podcasts. From basic podcast edits to full handling of all post-prod...

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 by Charles Mackay Story for Relaxation and Sleep, ASMR Get your rest as you fall asleep learning this week about financial events in post-revolutionary France, and how everyone fell for get rich schemes. Story (05:12) Need help with a Podcast? As you know I left my job at the end of July to spend more time with my family. To earn a living, I ha...

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë In this week's sleepy time podcast we find Heathcliff and Cathy’s relationship is tested at a fraught Christmas celebration. Story (07:26) Need help with a Podcast? As you know I left my job at the end of July to spend more time with my family. To earn a living, I have started a company to edit and produce podcasts. From basic podcast edits to full handling of...

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Mary and Dickon are hard at work in her garden, when she gets summoned to see her intimidating uncle after lunch. Story (07:24) Need help with a Podcast? As you know I left my job at the end of July to spend more time with my family. To earn a living, I have started a company to edit and produce podcasts. From basic podcast edits to full handling of all...

The Book of Hallowe'en by Ruth Edna Kelley will help sleep come We pick up for tonight’s sleep podcast with the many and overlapping Halloween and Samhain traditions of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and various English counties. Find out the beginning of bobbing for apples and what was with the cabbages? This sleepy bedtime story will answer some of your questions. If you stay awake long enough Sto...

The Book of Hallowe'en by Ruth Edna Kelley will help sleep come While tonight's origins of Halloween may be slightly creepy, they will still help sleep come as I tell the Irish and Scottish Myths in the most boring way possible. Story (07:23) Need help with a Podcast? As you know I left my job at the end of July to spend more time with my family. To earn a living, I have started a company...

The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton This week's podcast will help you sleep, while teaching you about ground water and water's effects on the landscape with streams and waterfalls. Story (08:11) Need a Podcast Editor? I’ve taken the step of leaving my hospitality industry job to spend more time with my family. So if you or someone you know needs a podcast edited, drop me a lin...

The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World by The Duchess of Newcastle Need help going to sleep? This 17th Century sci-fi predecessor is interesting but dry and a great recipe for a good night's sleep. The Empress of the blazing world is consulting with her counsellors to learn as much about the nature of the world as possible. But you will be well rested before getting very far....

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin I'm sure this podcast episode will help you fall asleep. This section was so boring I could barely remember what it was about hen time came to write these show notes. :D What’s the difference between a species and a variety? After reading through this, I still have no idea. Yep, this will help you fall asleep. Story (07:10)...

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott This is the bedtime story podcast for you as we return once again to Little Women. The girls are being taught a lesson on independence, and interdependence, but I'm pretty sure you'll be asleep by the time they learn the errors of their ways. Story (07:49) Need a Podcast Editor? I’ve taken the step of leaving my hospitality industry job to spend more time...

Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by David P. Todd Tonight's sleepy story is the tale of how Edmond Halley discovered the comet that was named after him. There's a lot of talk of calculating the mass of astronomical objects and explaining their movement in this podcast episode. We learn about the life of Halley and his importance to his contemporaries, but you'll fall aslee...