Episodes
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Letâs journey to sleep with Henry David Thoreau as he explores the back of beyond in Maine, ponders the fate of forests, visits some barely-there towns, andâŠgets accosted by politicians? Talk about timing!
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Read âThe Maine Woodsâ at Project Gutenberg here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42500
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Letâs celebrate the spooky season with more from this history of lycanthropy and a long chapter of wolfish folktales. Bears, hares, and dogs drinking cider are also mentioned. Honestly, the human imagination is so delightfully weird.
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Read âThe Book of Werewolvesâ at Project Gutenberg here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5324
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Letâs sail the seas of sleep with more from this marvelous travelogue from the South Seas. This time, we encounter a waterspout and get happily marooned on an idyllic island. Cast away your cares, friends. Itâs a lovely tale.
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Read âFaery Lands of the South Seasâ at Project Gutenberg here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54479
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Letâs fall asleep with a new reading from this wonderful look into our universe. This time, we contemplate the phases of the moon, the life and death of the stars, and our position in this vast and whirling universe. The stuff of starry visions indeed!
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Read âAstronomy for Young Folksâ at Project Gutenberg here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45112
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Letâs fall asleep with a new listener request! This time, we travel back in time to learn the origins of that most pleasant and cozy of places, the country inn. From manors to monasteries and pilgrimage houses, itâs quite a relaxing trip.
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Read âOld Country Inns of Englandâ at Project Gutenberg here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44382
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Letâs close out our month of new versions of old episodes with a fresh recording of our very first foray into the 1897 Sears, Roebuck & Co. Consumers Guide. In this episode, we trip through the Drugs Department, and what a trip it is. How anyone survived 19th-century medicine, I cannot say.
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Letâs relax with a new recording of a very old episode from a book I had completely forgotten about! Tonight, we learn what constitutes âthinking,â ponder clouds and forks in the road, and consider the similarity between children and scientists. Cutting edge stuff for 1910!
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Letâs relax with another new recording of a very old episodeâPart One of a fave on this podcast. In this first episode from Mrs. B, we learn the duties of the mistress of the house, from rising early to hiring servants and wearing pleasing color combos. Frankly, itâs enough to send anyone to sleep with exhaustion!
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Read âThe Book of Household Managementâ at Project Gutenberg here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10136
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Letâs relax and sleep with a shiny new recording of a very old episode. This time, dreamy sleep awaits our travel and list lovers as we read a schedule of transatlantic steamer sailings from 1925. You may recognize a few famous names if you stay awake long enough. Bon voyage!
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Letâs relax and sleep with the first of some fresh new recordings of very, very old episodes. This time, we learn what architecture covers, what we should study, and why putting buildings in healthy spots is a good idea. Obvious? Apparently not!
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Read âThe Ten Books on Architectureâ at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20239
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Letâs relax and sleep with more history of the British Isles from the wonderful Bede. This time, we wander through four centuries of Roman influence, build some walls, and learn about Saint Alban, who got a miraculous drink on a hill!
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Read âEcclesiastical History of Englandâ at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38326
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Letâs continue a month of requests from our Patreon raffle winners with more about the operation of agricultural machinery. This time, some Q&A and a surprisingly excellent scientific explanation of the states of matter. Steamy!
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Read âFarm Engines and How To Run Themâ at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43867
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Letâs continue a month of requests from our Patreon raffle winners with more about the physical characteristics of animal classes. This time, we learn about camels, chameleons, and the totally-not-made-up manticore. Science!
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Read âHistory of Animalsâ at Project Gutenberg:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59058
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Letâs kick off a month of requests from our Patreon raffle winners with more about the delicious staff of life. This time, bread baking for (19th century) beginners, yeasty science, and the complexities of communion wafers. Tasty!
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Read âThe History of Breadâ at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53219
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Letâs relax and sleep with more about Einsteinâs theories of relativity, how geometry gets messy on a sphere, the validity of measuring with eels, and a bit about Pythagoras, who feared beans. Who knew?
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Read âThe ABC of Relativityâ at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67104
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Letâs relax and sleep with more about the origins of that magical medium, movies! This time, we explore motion, mess with gelatin, and call âAction!â on the development of celluloid film thanks to one George Eastman.
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Read âMoving Picturesâ at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67972
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Letâs relax and sleep with more from this solo journey by sailboat. This time, we cross the Atlantic, serenade dolphins, andâŠa seafaring ghost saves our narrator from a cheese-induced fever? Sure, why not. I donât write them, friends.
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Read âSailing Alone Around the Worldâ at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6317
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Letâs relax and sleep with more from a classic that combines mathematics and social commentary with pointed angularity. This time, our narrator is inducted into that most secret of secretsâŠthree dimensions. Why, itâs madness, I tell you.
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Read âFlatlandâ at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/201
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Letâs celebrate our 300th episode and 10 MILLION listens with a bit of fireworks! That sounds exciting, but itâs really just a sleepy catalog of firework displays in England up to the 19th century. Flaming dragon battles and âphilosophical fireworksâ are somewhat mentioned, so thatâs fun.
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Read âPyrotechnicsâ at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64922
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Letâs return to a political classic and learn more about how to govern as a prince. This time, we hear why neither the rich nor the mercenary can be trusted, why itâs easy to earn the peopleâs faith by being nice, and the excellent word âdastardyâ is used.
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Read âThe Princeâ at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1232
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