The Federalist Papers, by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison
Let Alexander Hamilton and his compatriots spark a revolution of sleep with arguments in favor of ratifying the US Constitution. If these Federalist Papers prove anything, it's that predicting what wi...
1 Juli 20191h 4min
Experiments in Alternating Current, by Nikola Tesla, Reading 1
Flow into the current of sleep on the genius of Nikola Tesla and his experiments in alternating electrical current. It runs our lives, but most of us have no clue how it works. This reading won't do a...
24 Juni 201945min
Original Stories, by Mary Wollstonecraft, Reading 1
[Apologies, audio now corrected!] Relax to this spectacularly boring book by Mary Wollstonecraft, famed for her ideas about feminism, and not at all famed for her writing for children. If you manage t...
17 Juni 201956min
The Advancement of Learning, by Francis Bacon, Reading 1
Lean into languor with "The Advancement of Learning," by great Elizabethan thinker Sir Francis Bacon, one of the originators of the scientific method. This honestly might be the densest thing I've eve...
10 Juni 201950min
Mount Everest, The Reconnaissance of 1921, Reading 1
Drift away through the Himalaya with the first major expedition to study Mount Everest, highest of high peaks in the Roof of the World. Why tackle Everest? If you can stay awake long enough, you may f...
3 Juni 201951min
The Coming of the Fairies, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Reading 1
Let your thoughts flit away as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the great Sherlock Holmes, tries to prove that actual fairies exist. No, really! It's a fascinating exercise in (not so) critical thin...
27 Maj 201955min
The Blazing World, by Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, Reading 1
Drift off on a voyage of relaxation with one of the foundation texts of science fiction and fantasy--"The Blazing World," written by Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, in 1668. Imaginative worl...
20 Maj 20191h
Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tze, Reading 1
This week we fulfill a listener request, and relax to one of the world's earliest and most influential philosophical texts, the Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tze. If you stay awake long enough, perhaps you'll ...
13 Maj 201939min
