Welcome to Boring History to Sleep — the only show where falling asleep in the middle is not only allowed… it’s encouraged. Each episode takes you on a slow, uneventful stroll through the most yawn-worthy corners of the past: treaties nobody remembers, kings who ruled for three weeks, and revolutions that never really got started. Delivered in the softest, most sleep-inducing voice we could find, this show is like warm milk with a side of ancient trivia. Perfect for insomniacs, history nerds ...
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Struggling with insomnia or just need something calm to fall asleep to? “Boring History to Sleep” is the perfect podcast to help you relax and drift off while listening to real historical facts. Each episode is told in a slow, soothing voice, with a monotone pace designed to quiet your mind and help you sleep deeply. We explore the dull, uneventful — yet oddly fascinating — parts of history: daily life in Medieval Europe, ancient Roman routines, how people survived without electricity, and m ...
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You deserve a good night's sleep...or whatever. Relax and unwind while award-winning radio host and podcaster, Sloane Spencer, lulls you with boring retellings about bands and musicians beloved by Gen X. Start with a familiar meditation to train your brain that it's time to sleep, then settle in and drift off with a low, mellow, sometimes whispering history lesson about the best bands to ever make your mixed tapes. Sleep with Rock Stars, the Gen X sleep podcast.
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The definitive podcast for all things Gettysburg, covering the history of the Battle of Gettysburg, author/historian interviews, and a weekly live show that explores the world of Addressing Gettysburg and informs visitors of what there is for them to do when they get to town.
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On Pod Save The People, host DeRay Mckesson explores social justice, culture, politics – and the various ways they all collide – with cohosts Myles E. Johnson and Sharhonda Bossier. Each Tuesday, the crew digs into the current events driving the political discourse – bringing cultural context, actionable insights, and a hot take or two – to help empower listeners to engage as thoughtful members of their communities…and their group chats. Alongside special guests, the show uplifts overlooked ...
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Home of Extreme Midwestern Appreciation Frankly, the narrative is boring-- "Why would anybody live in the Midwest? It's flat, boring, and nothing but cornfields."--a cliche that, in 2021, officially became the catalyst for More Than Corn. Tired of the same old tune, we've set out to show that the Midwest is not as bad as some people might think. Yes, there's corn (and a ton of other agriculture, too--you're welcome). Each week we go into, and beyond, the cornfields to bring you conversations ...
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Welcome to Bore2Snore — the podcast that dares to be deliberately dull. Each episode features an artificially intelligent narrator reading, in the flattest and most soothing monotone imaginable, a long and unnecessarily detailed essay on an exceptionally uninteresting topic. From the subtle social significance of gravel to the lifecycle of dust, from the administrative history of paperclips to the etymology of beige, Bore2Snore is designed to do exactly what its title promises: bore you… all ...
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Marfa Public Radio is literally never asleep. It operates 24/7 (except when lightning strikes) and there’s so much that goes on behind the scenes to make this happen– fundraising, compliance, protocols, emergency response, maintenance…the list goes on and on. Do you lay awake wondering what FCC compliance entails? Ever wondered what NPR's code of journalistic ethics involves for the newsroom? We may never be able to explain what it takes to operate the station, but we can put you to sleep tr ...
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Boring History For Sleep | Why You Wouldn't Survive a Day in the Wild West
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36:55Wild West life was nothing like the glamorous stories told in films. In this soft-spoken sleep-history episode, we explore why the American frontier was one of the hardest, most dangerous places a person could ever live. From relentless heat to freezing nights, from lawless conflicts to exhausting labour, survival in the Wild West required strength…
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Boring History For Sleep | Secrets of Angkor Wat: What Really Happened to the Khmer Empire 👀🌿
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4:01:52🏛️🌄 Deep in the Cambodian jungle rises Angkor Wat — a stone masterpiece built by a civilization powerful enough to reshape the landscape itself. For centuries it stood as the heart of the Khmer Empire, its towers reflecting the heavens while its walls whispered stories of gods, kings, and worlds long forgotten. Tonight, close your eyes and wander t…
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Boring History For Sleep | The Napoleonic Wars (1805–1814) ⚔️🇫🇷
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3:44:43⚔️ Napoleon’s rise reshaped Europe, rewriting borders and rewriting destiny through brilliance, ambition, and catastrophic miscalculations. Battles raged from Spain to Russia, but the empire’s collapse was as sudden as its rise. Tonight, drift across battlefields, palaces, and snowy roads as the world changes under one man’s ambition.…
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The WORST Thing About Being Rich in Medieval Times | Boring History For Sleep
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41:03Being rich in medieval times wasn’t the dream it appears to be. In fact, wealth came with dangers, burdens, and expectations far more terrifying than anything peasants faced. In this soft-spoken sleep-history episode, we explore the dark side of medieval luxury — a world where privilege often meant suffering, fear, and constant vulnerability.From s…
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Boring History For Sleep | The First Crusade: A Journey of Faith, Fear & Fire 🌙⚔️
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3:31:39🕯️⚔️ In 1095, a single speech in France sparked one of the most dramatic movements in medieval history — a march of thousands toward a distant and holy city. Knights, peasants, pilgrims, and wanderers crossed continents, driven by faith, fear, opportunity, and rumor, shaping a conflict far bigger than they understood. Tonight, close your eyes and f…
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Why it SUCKED to be a Serf in Medieval Europe | Boring History For Sleep
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35:58Why It Sucked to Be a Serf in Medieval Europe becomes shockingly clear as this calm sleep-history episode takes you into the unforgiving reality of daily life under feudal rule. Far from the romanticized stories of knights and castles, being a serf meant endless labor, harsh punishments, crushing poverty, and a life controlled by your lord from bir…
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Boring History For Sleep | How Three Cities Designed the Modern World 🌍💡
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3:36:52🌍🕯️ Long before modern nations existed, three extraordinary cities laid the foundations of how we think, rule, build, and live today. From law and writing to democracy, astronomy, roads, maps, and architecture — these ancient centers shaped human civilization in ways that still echo through every city on Earth. Tonight, close your eyes and wander t…
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Boring History For Sleep | Why YOU Wouldn't Survive the Dancing Plague in Medieval Europe
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41:08Boring History For Sleep reveals the chilling truth behind why YOU wouldn't survive the Medieval Dancing Plague, one of the most disturbing and unexplained epidemics in European history. In this calm, sleep-friendly narration, you’ll discover how an entire town was consumed by nonstop, uncontrollable dancing that pushed victims to exhaustion, colla…
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Boring History For Sleep | How Medieval People Celebrated Christmas 🎄🕯️ (Feasts, Frost & Holy Days)
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3:51:16🎄🕯️ In the Middle Ages, Christmas wasn’t just a single day — it was a long season of feasting, fasting, carols, and traditions that blended faith with winter survival. Villagers filled cold stone churches with candlelight, nobles hosted noisy banquets, and entire towns paused their work to enjoy rare warmth, food, and community. Tonight, close your…
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Boring History For Sleep | The Hidden LGBTQ+ Stories of British Royal History 👑🕯️
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3:08:21👑🌈 For centuries, royal biographers whispered about relationships, letters, and friendships that didn’t fit the strict expectations of the British court. In an era when LGBTQ+ people faced secrecy and danger, some royals lived lives full of coded affection, hidden emotions, and quiet rebellion against the world around them. Tonight, close your eyes…
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Boring History For Sleep | Why You Wouldn't Last a Day in Medieval Torture Chambers
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38:01Medieval torture chambers were some of the most terrifying spaces in the history of human punishment. In this calm, soft-spoken sleep-history episode, we explore what truly happened inside these cold, echoing rooms where pain, fear, and confession shaped medieval justice.As you settle in for the night, you’ll drift through the unsettling reality of…
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Boring History For Sleep | The Global Saga of Cannabis: Thousands of Years in One Story 🌍🔥
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3:43:19🌿🕯️ Long before modern debates, cannabis quietly traveled across continents, serving as medicine, fiber, ritual incense, and an everyday household plant. From ancient China and India to the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas, civilizations used it for healing, textiles, rope, food, and ceremony long before anyone argued about it. Tonight, close …
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Boring History For Sleep | Why YOU Wouldn't Survive a Day as a Spartan Warrior
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40:00A Spartan warrior wasn’t just a soldier—they were the product of one of the harshest, most unforgiving training systems in human history. In this calm sleep-history episode, we explore why surviving even a single day in ancient Sparta would be nearly impossible for the modern person.From brutal childhood training to constant hunger, pain, disciplin…
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Boring History For Sleep | Rise & Fall of the Soviet Union 🕯️🟥 (1917–1991)
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3:53:34🌍🕯️ The story of the Soviet Union spans revolutions, leaders, wars, and a political experiment that reshaped the entire world. From the fall of the Romanovs to Lenin’s rise, Stalin’s terror, Cold War tensions, and the final collapse in 1991, the USSR’s history is both extraordinary and deeply tragic. Tonight, close your eyes and drift through the q…
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Death row prisoners granted clemency under Biden now brace as the Trump administration rolls out retaliatory prison policies. Podcast influencers who made millions glamorizing “wild births” are now tied to infant deaths across the globe, as investigations reveal a deadly pipeline of anti-medical radicalization. And Gen Z’s viral “quarter-zip moveme…
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Sleep with Rock Stars: Talking Heads Rock You to Sleep
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30:27Summary This episode is a deep dive into the gloriously weird world of Talking Heads, the band that made it cool to be intellectual, awkward, and funky all at once. We rewind to 1975, when art school kids ditched the sketchbooks and picked up guitars, birthing a band that would go on to blend punk, funk, art rock, and world beats into something tot…
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Boring History For Sleep | Why it sucked to be a medieval plague survivor
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36:49A medieval plague survivor didn’t walk into a better world—they stepped into chaos, hunger, despair, and a society struggling to rebuild itself from ashes. In this calming sleep-history episode, we explore what daily life truly felt like after the Black Death: abandoned villages, collapsing economies, food shortages, lingering sickness, superstitio…
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Boring History For Sleep | Housewives, Doctors & Pills: The Tranquilizer Era 😴💊
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3:59:12💊📺 In the 1950s and 60s, America fell under the spell of a new promise — a pill that could smooth emotions, erase anxiety, and make life feel effortlessly calm. Doctors handed out tranquilizers like candy, advertisements glamorized them, and millions of people quietly slipped into dependency before anyone realized the cost. Tonight, close your eyes…
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Boring History For Sleep | Why You Wouldn't Survive The Volcanic Winter of 536 AD
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39:36The volcanic winter of 536 AD is often called the darkest year in human history—and for good reason. This slow-paced, calming sleep story explores what life was truly like when a mysterious volcanic eruption plunged the world into cold, famine, disease, and nearly two years without sunlight.In this relaxing narration, you’ll drift through the daily…
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Boring History For Sleep | Pompeii: When an Entire City Became a Memory 💀🔥
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4:06:55🌋🕯️ On a warm morning in 79 CE, the people of Pompeii lived ordinary lives beneath a mountain they believed was harmless. When Vesuvius erupted, everything stopped at once, preserving homes, streets, and final moments in layers of ash thicker than memory. Tonight, close your eyes and wander through a silent city where time froze — a place where anc…
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Boring History For Sleep | Why You Wouldn't Last a Day as a Victorian Farmer
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38:45Boring History For Sleep | Why You Wouldn't Last a Day as a Victorian Farmer takes you into the exhausting, uncomfortable, and often unforgiving world of rural life during the 19th century. In this slow-paced, soft-spoken sleep story, you’ll discover the real daily routine of a Victorian farmer—far beyond the romanticized paintings and nostalgic st…
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Boring History For Sleep | When Syphilis First Hit Europe: The 1495 Epidemic 🕯️💀
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3:58:39📜🕯️ In 1495, a mysterious new disease swept through Europe, spreading fear faster than any army could march. Doctors were baffled, soldiers were terrified, and cities struggled to understand an illness unlike anything they had ever seen. Tonight, drift into the quieter corners of this historical crisis — a moment when medicine was powerless, rumors…
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Boring History For Sleep | Why it Sucked to Be a Gold Miner in the Wild West
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39:05Boring History For Sleep | Why It Sucked to Be a Gold Miner in the Wild West takes you into the harsh, dirty, exhausting, and often miserable reality of life during the American Gold Rush. In this slow-paced, soft-spoken sleep story, you’ll discover what really awaited gold miners far beyond the myths of fortune, adventure, and wide-open opportunit…
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Boring History For Sleep | The AIDS Crisis: The People, the Science, the Fight 🕯️💊
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4:06:31🧬🌍 The AIDS epidemic reshaped the world — medically, socially, and emotionally — beginning in the early 1980s and leaving a legacy that still echoes today. Scientists fought to understand a mysterious new virus, communities battled fear and stigma, and people around the world faced unimaginable loss while demanding action and compassion. Close your…
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Ask A Gettysburg Guide #118- The 20th Massachusetts- Ralph Siegel and Zack Fry
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2:47:43Step into the world of the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry — the famed "Harvard Regiment" — as we explore their gripping story at the Battle of Gettysburg in **Ask A Gettysburg Guide #118**. This regiment, composed largely of Harvard-educated officers and Massachusetts volunteers, marched onto the fields of Gettysburg not knowing how decisive…
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Boring History For Sleep | Why YOU Wouldn't Survive a Day in Ancient Greece
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38:58Boring History for Sleep | Why YOU Wouldn't Survive a Day in Ancient Greece takes you into the uncomfortable, gritty, and often overlooked realities of daily life in the ancient world. In this soft-spoken, slow-paced narration, you’ll discover what living in Classical Greece was really like—far beyond the glorified myths, marble statues, and heroic…
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Boring History For Sleep | Why You Wouldn’t Survive a Week in the Court of the Dark Queens
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38:11Boring History for Sleep | Why You Wouldn’t Survive a Week in the Court of the Dark Queens takes you into one of the most intimidating and unforgiving environments of medieval history. In this slow-paced, soft-spoken narration, you’ll quietly explore the harsh expectations, political traps, dangerous rivalries, and daily struggles faced by anyone l…
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Boring History For Sleep | Cocaine: A Dark History of Power, Money & Myth 💀🔥
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4:01:32🍃💊 Long before it became infamous, cocaine began as a sacred Andean plant — chewed quietly by ancient people for strength, ritual, and survival. Over centuries, explorers, scientists, doctors, and empires transformed it from a leaf into a global obsession, reshaping medicine, crime, and culture. Close your eyes and drift through a history both fasc…
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Send us a text Thanksgiving playlist--check. Thanksgiving facts and trivia--check. If you're on the road, traveling to Grandma's house we hope you enjoy this fun Thanksgiving episode. We also hope everyone enjoys a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving with food, fun, family, and friends. #Thanksgiving #MidwestThanksgiving #ThanksgivingTravel #MidwestLif…
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Boring History For Sleep | How Pompeii's LAST DAY Froze Romans Forever
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38:17Boring History for Sleep – How Pompeii's Last Day Froze Romans Forever takes you into one of the most haunting and unforgettable moments of the ancient world. In this calm, slow-paced narration, you’ll explore what life in Pompeii looked like in its final hours—just before Mount Vesuvius erupted and covered the city in ash, preserving its citizens …
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Boring History For Sleep | WW2 Facts You’ve Never Heard
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4:04:57🕯️🌍 World War II was one of the most intense events in human history — but hidden beneath the battles are quiet stories, strange coincidences, and surprising details that feel more dreamy than frightening. From forgotten inventions to bizarre accidents and peaceful moments in the middle of chaos, these soft WW2 facts will gently pull your mind away…
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Boring History For Sleep | You're Born in 1495 Europe During the Deadly Syphilis Outbreak
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39:00Boring History for Sleep – Born in 1495 Europe During the Deadly Syphilis Outbreak takes you back to a terrifying and often overlooked chapter of Renaissance history. In this slow, soft-spoken narration, you’ll explore what everyday life looked like when a mysterious and deadly disease swept across Europe with no cure, no understanding, and no merc…
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Boring History For Sleep | British Royals and Their Secret Addictions EXPOSED 👑😱
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3:59:37🕯️👑 Behind silks, palaces, and perfect portraits, some British royals hid addictions and obsessions stranger than the scandals that made the newspapers. From unusual habits to full-blown fixations, their private lives were far messier — and far more human — than history likes to admit. Close your eyes and step behind the velvet curtain into the roy…
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Boring History For Sleep | Why It SUCKED To Be A Saxon During The Norman Conquest
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40:41Boring History for Sleep – Why It Sucked To Be a Saxon During the Norman Conquest dives into one of the most uncomfortable eras in medieval English history. Daily life for Saxons during William the Conqueror’s takeover was harsh, uncertain, and often brutally unfair.In this sleepy, slow-paced narration, you’ll explore how the Norman invasion change…
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Boring History For Sleep | How We Lost the Greatest Library Ever Built 😩📚
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3:23:23📚🔥 The Library of Alexandria was once the brightest mind on Earth — a place where scholars dreamed, argued, and gathered every scrap of human knowledge they could find. For centuries it grew like a living brain, collecting scrolls from ships, philosophers, kings, and wanderers… until politics, war, and time slowly turned brilliance into ash. Tonigh…
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Boring History For Sleep | Adolf Hitler: The Fall of the Third Reich 🕯️💣
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4:03:03📜🕯️ Adolf Hitler’s life remains one of the darkest and most consequential stories in modern history — a rise from obscurity to absolute power, built on violence, propaganda, and hatred. His leadership plunged the world into war, caused immeasurable suffering, and left a legacy that serves only as a warning of how dangerous a single ideology can bec…
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Boring History For Sleep | Neanderthals: The Guys Who Invented Bad Decisions 🪓😬
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3:47:52💀🔥 Neanderthals weren’t the quiet, thoughtful cave philosophers you see in museums — they were walking chaos machines built like tanks and powered by pure impulse. They invented bad decisions, picked fights with animals ten times their size, and somehow survived on a diet that was 90% meat and 10% “let’s see if this kills me.” Their lives were loud…
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Boring History For Sleep | Why Medieval Winters Destroyed Lives
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38:01The Brutal Cold That Changed Everything – Boring History For Sleep | Why Medieval Winters Destroyed Lives takes you on a quiet, slow, and peaceful journey through one of the harshest realities of the Middle Ages. Far from the romantic version of medieval life, winters brought hunger, disease, freezing nights, and real fear for survival.In this soft…
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Boring History For Sleep | Royal Addictions: The Dark Side of British Monarchy 👀👑
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4:01:46🍷 Behind the polished portraits and royal etiquette, some British monarchs fought battles far darker than any war — with their own addictions, vices, and self-destructive habits. From kings who couldn’t put down the bottle to princes undone by excess, these stories reveal a monarchy far messier, more human, and more chaotic than the history books a…
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The REAL King Arthur Story That History Books Hide | Boring History For Sleep
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39:58The Hidden Truth Behind the Legend – The REAL King Arthur Story That History Books Hide takes you on a soft, slow journey into one of the most famous myths in British history. Forget the glowing legends and heroic tales — this bedtime episode gently uncovers the real, complicated figure behind the Arthurian story. Told in a quiet, sleep-friendly na…
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Boring History For Sleep | How Humans Accidentally Domesticated Cats… Twice 🐈⬛🤦♂️
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3:29:16🐈⬛✨ Humans didn’t tame cats — cats simply showed up, judged us, and decided we were acceptable roommates. We domesticated them once in the ancient Near East, lost them to the wild, and then somehow ended up doing it all over again thousands of years later. Now close your eyes and drift into the quiet, purring history of the world’s most aloof comp…
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In this episode, we explore the quiet, understated world of park benches. From their placement and construction to the slow, subtle changes they endure through weather and time, join us for a long, monotonous reflection on a simple feature of everyday outdoor life. Perfect for relaxing, zoning out, or falling asleep.…
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Send us a text Grab your plate and get in line--it's family Thanksgiving potluck time! We're sharing our take on the essential components of a Midwestern family Thanksgiving gathering and explaining why it takes an extra hour, at least, to get out the door and get home. Whether you're a seasoned host or a nervous newbie, this episode is your hilari…
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Why Life Was BRUTAL During the Wars of the Roses | Boring History For Sleep
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39:38Medieval Survival Was No Joke – Why Life Was BRUTAL During the Wars of the Roses takes you on a quiet, slow-paced journey through one of the most violent and unstable periods in English history. While kings and nobles fought for power, ordinary people faced famine, disease, crushing taxes, roaming armies, and constant uncertainty. Told in a calm, s…
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Boring History For Sleep | Imperial China Was Not Built for You 🏮😬
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3:22:36🍵💀 Imperial China looked elegant in paintings — silk robes, poetry, perfectly trimmed gardens — but daily life was a whole different dynasty. Between strict social rules, exhausting labor, terrifying punishments, and a bureaucracy that made everything harder, most people spent more time surviving than admiring the scenery. One wrong bow, one wrong …
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The Gettysburg Address: Then, Now, and For All Time | with Bob Steenstra
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2:20:39🇺🇸 **The Gettysburg Address: Then, Now, and Forever** 🇺🇸 In this powerful episode of **Addressing Gettysburg**, Licensed Battlefield Guide **Bob Steenstra** joins Matt and Mikey B for an in-depth exploration of Abraham Lincoln's timeless masterpiece—the **Gettysburg Address**. 🔥 **What did Lincoln really mean in 1863?** 🔥 **Why do his 272 words sti…
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Boring History For Sleep | Why it Sucked to be a Peasant in Dark Age Britain
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36:09The Harsh Reality of Medieval Life – Why it Sucked to be a Peasant in Dark Age Britain takes you on a slow, peaceful journey through the struggles, discomforts, and daily hardships ordinary people faced hundreds of years ago. Told in a soft, sleep-friendly style, this episode explores what life was really like for peasants: poor living conditions, …
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Boring History For Sleep | Lust, Shame & Scandal Behind Medieval Closed Doors 👀🌑
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3:44:59🕯️😈 Medieval Europe preached purity by day… but lived a very different story after dark. Behind monastery walls, castle gates, and timbered village houses, people battled temptation, broke rules, whispered secrets, and confessed sins they hoped no one would ever repeat. The Church tried to control desire, but rumor, scandal, and human nature spread…
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Why YOU Wouldn't Survive the North Pole in a WW1 Submarine | Boring History For Sleep
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38:42The Brutal Truth About Survival – Why YOU Wouldn't Survive the North Pole in a WW1 Submarine takes you on a slow, calming journey into one of the harshest environments imaginable. In this sleepy history episode, we explore what life was really like aboard early submarines navigating beneath the icy waters of the North Pole during World War I. Disco…
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