Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Part 1
This week we start a relaxing, 3-part journey to 19th century Edinburgh with native son Robert Louis Stevenson. Towers and tenements, hills and a Hall of Lost Steps, it's a sleepy trip for your tired...
12 Loka 202055min
Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton, Part 5 (Valets and Maids)
Tonight, we return to one of your favorite books, and head downstairs into the sleepy realm of service. What are the infinite duties of the lady's maid? How do you pack a trunk? Black a boot? Clean a ...
5 Loka 202048min
The Principles of Chemistry, by Dmitry Mendeleev, Part 2
Tonight, return to the sleepy halls of science with more from this foundational work on chemistry. The philosopher's stone, phlogiston, and the first periodic table for our list-lovers—this relaxing b...
28 Syys 202056min
Flatland, by Edwin A. Abbott, Part 1
Tonight, travel a straight line to sleep with this combination of mathematical musing and social satire. Victorian classism has never had such a dull, dreamy edge. Keep this podcast ad-free and relaxe...
21 Syys 202059min
The North Pole, by Robert E. Peary, Part 2
Tonight let's return to a relaxing travelogue and continue with Robert Peary's detailed account of the search for the North Pole. Trials, triumphs and...a plan to pipe soup across the Arctic? This boo...
14 Syys 202056min
Lost Episode! A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 2
Tonight, we relax with The Lost H.G. Wells Episode, which mysteriously vanished six weeks after its release back in 2019. Why? Who knows! But this sleepy history of our marvelous world, from the appea...
7 Syys 202051min
Walden, by Henry David Thoreau, Part 2
It's our 100th episode! Let's return to the relaxing words of Thoreau's classic, wander the quiet woods, meet some interesting characters, and fall to sleep with thoughts on civil disobedience. Good t...
31 Elo 202056min
An Account of Egypt, by Herodotus, Part 1
Take a relaxing journey with Greek historian Herodotus as he reveals the wonders of Egypt. Clothing, crocodiles, calculations—all the sleep-inducing details of the ancient world are here. Keep this po...
24 Elo 202051min
