Feb 27, 2023
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. 😊
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Feb 20, 2023
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. 😊
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Feb 13, 2023
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)
Feb 6, 2023
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 17th Century perspective, even nodding at germ theory. But you’ll be nodding off well before then as the soporific discussion with the Empresses various...