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Boring Books for Bedtime is a weekly sleep podcast in which we calmly, quietly read something rather boring to silence the brain chatter keeping you awake. Think Aristotle, Thoreau, and whoever wrote the 1897 Sears Catalog—mostly nonfiction, mostly old, a perfect blend of vaguely-but-not-too interesting. If you're on Team Sleepless, lie back, take a deep breath, and let us read you to rest.
- 294 - 1890 Gardiner and Co. Seed Annual 1: Flower Novelties
Tonight, let’s celebrate the sleepy splendors of spring and go shopping for the latest in floral novelties offered by Gardiner & Co. in their seed annual. Apparently, in 1890, Japanese delights were all the rage.
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Mon, 06 May 2024 - 50min - 293 - Relaxation Rewind! How to Listen to Music, by Henry E. Krehbiel, Part 1
Tonight, while your reader recovers from a snuffly illness, let’s rewind to 2021 and fall into the rhythm of sleep with a book that works hard to put meaning into music, but mostly just manages to make it boring. So…kind of perfect, really.
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Mon, 29 Apr 2024 - 47min - 292 - Our National Parks, by John Muir, Part 4
Let’s celebrate Earth Day with more from Muir’s poetic ode to the spectacular natural wonders of North America. This time, we complete our relaxing tour of Yellowstone and head to beautiful Yosemite, the jewel of the Sierras. Truly the stuff of dreams.
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Mon, 22 Apr 2024 - 53min - 291 - Handbook on Cheese Making, by George E. Newell, Part 2
Let’s return to the relaxing world of dairy products and learn more about the design of a good curing room, dividing profits among your producers, and what makes a great cheese. Hint: it’s definitely not skim milk!
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Mon, 15 Apr 2024 - 49min - 290 - Mars and Its Canals, by Percival Lowell, Part 3
Let’s return to this sleep-inducing exploration, and speculation, about the Red Planet. This time, we learn about seasonal fluctuations of the poles and how they do or don’t mirror our own. Which is exactly as interesting as it sounds.
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Mon, 08 Apr 2024 - 51min - 289 - Practical Mind Reading, by William Walker Atkinson, Part 3 (Conclusion)
Let’s find our mental rapport with sleep as we conclude this, uh, scientific guide to mind reading, learn how to find cards and drive a wagon while blindfolded, and discover how naughty charlatans dupe the public. Fake mind readers, you say? Impossible!
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Mon, 01 Apr 2024 - 1h 03min - 288 - The Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith, Part 3
Let’s spend our way to sleep as we learn more about the concept of value, why pounds are silver instead of gold, and how rent should be charged in corn rather than coin. Truly priceless boredom!
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Mon, 25 Mar 2024 - 49min - 287 - Mount Everest, the Reconnaissance of 1921, Part 4
Let’s climb the slopes of sleep as we continue this history-making journey to study the world’s mightiest mountain. This time, our yaks run wild, we eat dumplings, cross quicksand, and take the first photo of a lama. Dreamy adventure awaits!
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Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 49min - 286 - Cassell's Book of Birds, Part 5 - Parrots Continued
Let’s fly away to sleep with more about beautiful birds and that fantastic family of feathered friends, the parrots. This time, we marvel at lovebirds, cockatoos, and the curious kakapo. Adorable!
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Mon, 11 Mar 2024 - 58min - 285 - Science in the Kitchen, by Mrs. E.E. Kellogg, Part 1
Let’s relax and sleep as one of the Kellogg clan takes the fun out of food through a heady combination of 19th-century food chemistry and moralizing about the perils of spices. Lovers of flavor beware!
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Mon, 04 Mar 2024 - 46min - 284 - The Problems of Philosophy, by Bertrand Russell, Part 3
Let’s calm our minds and relax with more deep thoughts about the nature of reality, what knowledge is, whether the past exists at all, and why the sun may not rise tomorrow. It probably will, though, so not to worry.
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Mon, 26 Feb 2024 - 54min - 283 - Cottages; or Hints on Economical Building, Part 2
Let’s relax with more advice about building cozy cottages, decorating with simplicity and style, and how to dig a well that doesn’t fill with poisonous sewage. Which…seems like a good idea, really.
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Mon, 19 Feb 2024 - 51min - 282 - On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin, Part 5
In our annual celebration of Darwin Day, let’s enjoy a relaxing read from this foundational text of science. This time, we finally get to natural selection, what it is, what it isn’t, and why birds are so very, very pretty.
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Mon, 12 Feb 2024 - 55min - 281 - The Voyage of The Bounty to the South Sea, by William Bligh, Part 2
Let’s continue the infamous voyage of HMS Bounty, which so far isn’t too exciting. This time, lots of latitude and longitude marking, Fletcher Christian gets a promotion, we see a whale, and the attempt to round Cape Horn is...something less than successful.
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Mon, 05 Feb 2024 - 48min - 280 - Bicycling for Ladies, by Maria E. Ward, Part 3
Let’s relax and sleep to advice about the latest fad, bicycling! We learn the art of efficient pedaling, passing safely, and climbing a hill with power and ease. Don’t forget to pack your butter sandwiches.
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Mon, 29 Jan 2024 - 53min - 279 - Astronomy for Young Folks, by Isabel Martin Lewis, Part 8
Tonight, we relax and sleep with knowledge about Earth’s magnetism, why the sky is blue, how rainbows happen, and the origin of auroras that paint northern and southern skies. Lovely!
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Mon, 22 Jan 2024 - 53min - 278 - A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 7
In tonight’s relaxing read, we cover the philosophies of Buddha, Confucius, and Lao Tse, then swing back to the origins of the Roman Empire, all in less than an hour. Short history indeed!
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Mon, 15 Jan 2024 - 49min - 277 - Our Cats and All About Them, by Harrison Weir, Part 2
Let’s fall asleep to more about nature’s supreme relaxers—cats! This time, we learn about the trainability of cats, the traits of three longhair breeds, and a tale about a deaf cat with a happy ending.
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Mon, 08 Jan 2024 - 46min - 276 - Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to Antiquities, Part 6
Let’s kick off 2024 with another sleepy stroll across the sands of time to ancient Egypt. This time, we unravel the labyrinth of Saqqara, see how pyramids changed, and head to the vaunted Valley of the Kings. Dreamy!
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Mon, 01 Jan 2024 - 54min - 275 - Where the Forest Murmurs, by Fiona Macleod, Part 1
Let’s set aside the commercial noise of the holidays and relax with this walk through the forest, appreciate the glories revealed by winter, and consider the turning of the year through the rhythms of life. Lovely!
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Mon, 25 Dec 2023 - 45min - 274 - The 1945 Sears Christmas Book, Part 2
Let’s head back to 1945 and see what’s on everyone’s Christmas list from Sears. This time, toys for the little scientist, holiday decorations, sporting gear, magazines, and the dream of every young man . . . slacks!
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Mon, 18 Dec 2023 - 50min - 273 - Frye's Practical Candy Maker, by G.V. Frye, Part 2
Let’s fall into a sweet sleep with more from the world of fine candy-making. This time, we learn to craft classy treats like Coconut Potatoes, Boston Chips, Baby Cream, and Strings of Comfort. I am not making any of those up.
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Mon, 11 Dec 2023 - 53min - 272 - A Select Collection of Valuable and Curious Arts, Part 1
Let’s relax with detailed instructions for the arts of gilding, silvering, and the making of curious inks and secret messages, all of which involve more muskrats, honey, and wolf’s teeth than one might expect.
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Mon, 04 Dec 2023 - 50min - 271 - Sailing Alone Around the World, by Captain Joshua Slocum, Part 1
Let’s wrap up Listener Request Month with the chronicle of the first solo sailing voyage around the world. Sail to sleep aboard the Spray as our captain builds his ship and starts an adventure most only dream of.
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Mon, 27 Nov 2023 - 43min - 270 - The Railway Travellers' Handy Book, Part 1
Let’s continue Listener Request Month with this delightfully thorough guide to train journeys. From reading a timetable to choosing the right portmanteau and hiring someone to throw gravel at your window, every practicality is considered.
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Mon, 20 Nov 2023 - 52min - 269 - The Architecture of Country Houses, by A.J. Downing - Part 1
Let’s continue Listener Request Month with this guide to country buildings, by which I mean a treatise on the morality of housing, the meaning of beauty, and the art of proportion. Whatever it is, it’s relaxing!
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Mon, 13 Nov 2023 - 50min - 268 - The Aeneid, by Virgil, Translated by John Dryden, Part 1
Let’s kick off Listener Request Month with this classic, our first full “verse” offering. Scheming gods, shipwrecks, and heroic speeches, it’s everything you want from an epic you just pretended to read in school.
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Mon, 06 Nov 2023 - 48min - 267 - The Book of Werewolves, by Sabine Baring-Gould, Part 2
Let’s slip into spooky sleep with more about the origins of the werewolf, including Scandinavian berserkers and greedy nobles. Your brain will quietly howl with boredom.
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Mon, 30 Oct 2023 - 53min - 266 - The History of Bread, by John Ashton, Part 4
Let’s relax with more carby goodness as we learn about naughty bakers, how flour is made, and the terrible reputations of millers. Also, charts of chemical percentages, and I mangle some Chaucer. What *can't* bread do?
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Mon, 23 Oct 2023 - 51min - 265 - Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Part 2
Let’s continue this sleepy journey through the mountains of France and encounter cantankerous farmers, lovely vistas, and the legendary Beast of Gevaudan, which ends rather anti-climactically, as legends so often do.
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Mon, 16 Oct 2023 - 51min - 264 - The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli, Part 2
Let’s drift off to more from this classic of politics. If you aren’t backstabbing and being backstabbed, are you even governing? Not in 16th-century Europe, apparently!
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Mon, 09 Oct 2023 - 53min - 263 - Studying Art Abroad and How to Do It Cheaply, by Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, Part 1
This week, we pack a trunk and head to Europe to practice art on a budget, learn where to live economically, who to study with, and the importance of taking your oldest underwear.
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Mon, 02 Oct 2023 - 53min - 262 - Ten Acres Enough, by James Miller, Part 3
Let’s run away to the country and relax with more from this guide to the simple life, which seems to involve an inordinate amount of weeding. Also, blackberries of unusual size!
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Mon, 25 Sep 2023 - 56min - 261 - Etiquette, by Emily Post, Part 5
Let’s relax with more from Mrs. Emily Post as she advises us on making calls, the art of social climbing, and the niceties of leaving one’s card. Truly a calling card for sleep!
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Mon, 18 Sep 2023 - 53min - 260 - How to Produce Amateur Plays, by Barrett H. Clark, Part 1
Let’s relax and sleep with advice on staging a play, including roles behind the curtain, choosing actors, and blocking the action, courtesy of a scene from Oscar Wilde. The drama!
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Mon, 11 Sep 2023 - 57min - 259 - The ABC of Relativity, by Bertrand Russell, Part 3
Let's relax with some sleep-inducing science and learn why space-time is neither space nor time, but so much more. If you’re not entirely sure what the “more” is, never mind. You’ll be asleep anyway.
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Mon, 04 Sep 2023 - 54min - 258 - Our National Parks, by John Muir, Part 3
Let’s continue our relaxing hike through Yellowstone National Park, marvel at geysers and hot springs, imagine prehistoric forests, and appreciate the beauty off the beaten path. Dreamy!
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Mon, 28 Aug 2023 - 52min - 257 - The Book of Household Management, by Mrs. Isabella Beeton, Part 10 - Soups and More Soups
Let’s learn more from Mrs. Beeton about vegetable soups and their ingredients, all of which will be ruined by hours-long boiling. Also, the Prince of Wales is honored with tiny turnip balls.
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Mon, 21 Aug 2023 - 52min - 256 - The Hive and the Honey-Bee, by Rev. L.L. Langstroth, Part 3
Tonight, let’s relax with more from the fascinating world of bees and learn all about murderous queens, busy workers, growing larvae, and lazy drones. It’s all sweet honey for your sleepy mind.
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Mon, 14 Aug 2023 - 54min - 255 - Mount Everest, the Reconnaissance of 1921, Part 3
Let’s continue our sleepy sojourn to Everest and enjoy the flowers of Tibet, pursue timid gazelles, visit monasteries, endure a mutiny and a tragedy, and fire some drunken cooks. Adventurous!
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Mon, 07 Aug 2023 - 1h 00min - 254 - Ecclesiastical History of Britain, by The Venerable Bede, Part 1
Let’s relax with the spread of Christianity in Britain, penned by a saint who was actually there. But first, a preface, an intro, and a biography of the blessed Bede! We do get to the history eventually, but you’ll probably be asleep.
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Mon, 31 Jul 2023 - 58min - 253 - Hand-book on Cheesemaking, by George Newell, Part 1
Let’s relax and sleep to more 19th-century know-how, and learn how to set up a cheese factory, get milk to curdle, and appreciate our buddy, lactic acid.
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Mon, 24 Jul 2023 - 53min - 252 - Our 250th Episode! Sears Roebuck and Co. Modern Homes Catalog, Part 1
Let’s take a relaxing shop through some of Sears’ lesser-known offerings—houses! From Craftsmans to cottages or an entire apartment building, it can all be delivered to you, guaranteed.
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Mon, 17 Jul 2023 - 52min - 251 - The Natural History of Pliny the Elder, Part 2
Let’s return to Pliny’s relaxing opus and learn about the seasons, planting schedules, and the best time to buy a winter cloak so you don’t get price gouged. It’s all written in the stars!
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Mon, 10 Jul 2023 - 52min - 250 - Pyrotechnics - The History and Art of Firework Making, Part 1
Let’s relax and sleep with quiet thoughts on a loud art, including speculation on Eastern origins, deadly Greek fire, and every mention of fireworks in Europe for a thousand years (no, really).
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Mon, 03 Jul 2023 - 57min - 249 - On Horsemanship, by Xenophon, Part 1
By listener request, let’s relax and sleep with this guide to the purchasing, care, and training of horses in Ancient Greece. To sum up, hooves are everything, and kindness counts. Good advice!
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Mon, 26 Jun 2023 - 57min - 248 - The Art of Money Getting, by P.T. Barnum, Part 1
Let’s hear from the world’s greatest showman how to live a wealthy, happy life. Sleepy spoiler alert: do things you’re good at, don’t envy others, and spend less than you make. Talk about boring!
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Mon, 19 Jun 2023 - 51min - 247 - Symmes Theory of Concentric Spheres, Showing That The Earth Is Hollow, Part 3
Let’s continue with this sleepy theory about the Earth and how fish migrations absolutely, positively prove that it must be hollow. What other explanation could there be? None, says Symmes!
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Mon, 12 Jun 2023 - 51min - 246 - Spices, Their HIstories, by Robert O. Fielding (Part 3–Conclusion)
Let’s finish our tour of the sleepy world of spices, learn about grains of paradise (my favorite medieval spice), and reveal the connection between saffron and…crocodiles? Sure, why not.
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Mon, 05 Jun 2023 - 44min - 245 - American Pomology, by Dr. J.A. Warder, Part 2
Let’s relax and sleep with more about apple history, creating hybrids, and the validity of Van Mons’ theories of propagation. Yeah, I don’t know either, but I guess he was big in Belgium.
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Mon, 29 May 2023 - 49min - 244 - Our Cats and All About Them, by Harrison Weir, Part 1
Let's relax with a subject near and dear to your reader’s heart—cats! Drift off to the intelligence of felines, the first cat show, and drama at the Cat Club. Scandalous!
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Mon, 22 May 2023 - 53min - 243 - The Ethics of Aristotle, Part 2
Let’s return to Aristotle’s classic on the purpose of life. What’s it all for, anyway? No real answers here tonight, alas, but at least he can help us sleep through the confusion.
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Mon, 15 May 2023 - 55min - 242 - Wild Flowers Worth Knowing, by Neltje Blanchan, Part 3
Let's return to the flower-filled fields of sleep and learn about insect-charming orchids, blistering buttercups, and pinks of the killing kind. Nature is a cruel mistress!
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Mon, 08 May 2023 - 57min - 241 - A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 6
In more from this sleepy history, we take a tour of the glories of Greece and Persia, the brief blaze of Alexander, and the intellectual legacy of the Golden Age. Dreamy!
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Mon, 01 May 2023 - 46min - 240 - Harding's Lessons on Drawing, by J.D. Harding, Part 1
Let’s fall asleep to schooling in the fine art of drawing. We learn how to hold a pencil and draw a line, but only after the kind of lengthy introduction at which 19th century writers excelled. My favorite!
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Mon, 24 Apr 2023 - 44min - 239 - The Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith, Part 2
Let’s sleep through the stress of Tax Day with more from this capital classic, learn the history of money, how diamonds are dumb, and why a cow’s worth of salt is…really too much salt.
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Mon, 17 Apr 2023 - 47min - 238 - The 1916 Burpee's Seed Catalog, Part 1
Let’s take a sleepy browse through this marvelous catalog, just in time for spring. Vegetables, flowers, and novelties for the garden abound from America’s finest purveyor of plants.
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Mon, 10 Apr 2023 - 52min - 237 - Relaxation Rewind! The Voyage of The Bounty to the South Sea, by William Bligh, Part 1
In this remastered episode from the wayback, let’s take a relaxing trip aboard the good ship Bounty, which maybe you’ve heard of? It’s all breadfruit and bad weather (so far). Sleep ahoy!
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Mon, 03 Apr 2023 - 54min - 236 - How to See the British Museum in Four Visits, by W.B. Jerrold, Part 2
Let’s return to the British Museum of the 19th century and complete our sleepy tour of birds of the world, from ducks to dodos. It’s case after case of curiosities for your tired mind!
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Mon, 27 Mar 2023 - 53min - 235 - Frye's Practical Candy Maker, by GV Frye, Part 1
Let’s relax into delicious dreams with this guide to confectionery. Learn the correct stripes for stick candy, the construction of “strawberry rock,” and the stages of sugar. Sweet!
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Mon, 20 Mar 2023 - 48min - 234 - Astronomy for Young Folks, by Isabel Martin Lewis, Part 7
Let's return to more sleepy science and ponder life on the moon, the makeup of meteorites, and the long, strange lives of comets as they wander through our universe. Spacey!
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Mon, 13 Mar 2023 - 50min - 233 - Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Part 1
Let's begin a sleepy trip through the mountains of France, in which our novice author invents a sleeping bag, buys a donkey, and answers the question, “What could go wrong?”
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Mon, 06 Mar 2023 - 50min - 232 - Relaxation Rewind! Biographical Sketch of Henry David Thoreau, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let’s trip back in time two years ago (!!) and relax with this newly remastered paean of praise from one transcendentalist to another. We should all be so lucky to be spoken of like this.
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Mon, 27 Feb 2023 - 1h 08min - 231 - Etiquette, by Emily Post, Part 4
Let’s relax and sleep with more from Mrs. Post as she instructs us in the art of conversation, thinking before we speak, and avoiding unforgivable pretentiousness. Useful!
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Mon, 20 Feb 2023 - 49min - 230 - On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin, Part 4
Drift to sleep with science as Darwin himself defines natural selection and the interconnectedness of all things. Also, we hear the archaic word “humble-bees,” which is adorable.
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Mon, 13 Feb 2023 - 54min - 229 - The Problems of Philosophy, by Bertrand Russell, Part 2
This week let’s be lulled to sleep by deep thoughts about the nature of matter, and whether things exist if we’re not thinking about them. Who knows! It's philosophy.
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Mon, 06 Feb 2023 - 46min - 228 - Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to Antiquities, Part 5
Let’s return to the sleepy sands of Egypt and learn all about tombs and pyramids. Secret passages, sarcophagi, and ghostly snacks will give your dreams something to feast on.
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Mon, 30 Jan 2023 - 49min - 227 - Art in Needlework: Embroidery, by Lewis Day and Mary Buckle, Part 1
Let’s stitch our way to sleep with this handbook to the intricacies of embroidery. We’ll work our way through some basic stitches, learn a bit of history, and admire the art of craft.
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Mon, 23 Jan 2023 - 53min - 226 - The Principles of Chemistry, by Dmitri Mendeleev, Part 4
Let’s relax and sleep with more from a foundation of science. This time, we explore fundamentals of water, moisture, and the near-magical properties of solubility. Equations alert!
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Mon, 16 Jan 2023 - 47min - 225 - The English Renaissance of Art, by Oscar Wilde, Part 1
Let’s relax with some aesthetic art ponderings from one of the greats of the late 19th century. It’s all Pre-Raphaelites and poetry, plus a poke at the English, as Wilde was wont.
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Mon, 09 Jan 2023 - 48min - 224 - Faery Lands of the South Seas, by Hall & Nordhoff, Part 2
Let’s fight off winter’s chill with this relaxing return to the South Pacific. This time, we drift among Polynesian atolls, reflect on solitude, and learn about a friendly giant ghost dog. Dreamy!
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Mon, 02 Jan 2023 - 58min - 223 - Relaxation Rewind! A Winter Walk, by Henry David Thoreau
For this week of comfy pants and leftovers, let’s relax with a remastered fave and take a sleepy stroll through wintry woods. It’s a lovely meditation on a world asleep yet alive, and I hope you enjoy it.
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Mon, 26 Dec 2022 - 56min - 222 - The 1945 Sears Christmas Book, Part 1
Let’s relax and sleep with some shopping for the first Christmas after World War II. From fancy watches to educational toys and gaily wrapped vitamins, Sears has everything you need for a happy holiday.
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Mon, 19 Dec 2022 - 53min - 221 - The Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton, Part 9 - Soups and Ingredients
Let’s curl up with a sleepy bowl of soup as the inimitable Mrs. Beeton walks us through recipes and the history of vegetables. If you aren’t boiling your carrots for three hours, are you even cooking?
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Mon, 12 Dec 2022 - 50min - 220 - In New England Fields & Woods, by Rowland Robinson, Part 1
This week, let’s relax and sleep amidst the snow-covered trees of New England, meditate on the hare, and enjoy the intricate histories written in a wood pile. It’s a particularly lovely one, friends. Enjoy!
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Tue, 06 Dec 2022 - 56min - 219 - Cassell's Book of Birds, Part 4: Parrots Continued
Let’s relax and sleep with more about the clever parrot family, learn of celebrated chatty birds, and remind ourselves why getting a talking bird from a sailor isn’t always the best idea. Salty!
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Mon, 28 Nov 2022 - 48min - 218 - Farm Engines & How to Run Them, Part 5
Let’s relax and sleep with more from this much-requested guide for engineers. This time, we answer a long list of frequently asked questions and learn all the ways to blow up a boiler. Useful!
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Mon, 21 Nov 2022 - 45min - 217 - Flatland, by Edwin A. Abbott, Part 3
This week, by multiple requests, let’s trip back into Flatland, hear about the mighty Circles, and take a confounding journey to Lineland. What is the “world” anyway? It’s just a matter of perspective.
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Mon, 14 Nov 2022 - 55min - 216 - The ABC of Relativity, by Bertrand Russell, Part 2
Let’s relax and sleep with more mysteries of relativity, like the speed of light, why time isn’t time, and how a fake train robbery reveals that simultaneity doesn’t exist. Except when it does.
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Mon, 07 Nov 2022 - 53min - 215 - The Book of Werewolves, by Sabine Baring-Gould, Part 1
Let’s relax and sleep with this totally true and accurate history of werewolves in ancient Greece, Rome, and the Norse sagas. Curiously, few actual werewolves get mentioned, but someone does get turned into a yarn spinner. Spooky!
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Mon, 31 Oct 2022 - 53min - 214 - Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius, Part 4
For our Four-Year Anniversary (wow!), let’s relax and sleep with more from Marcus Aurelius, including some thoughts about smelly armpits. Hey, personal diaries can't all be gems of wisdom.
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Mon, 24 Oct 2022 - 51min - 213 - Spices, Their Histories, Part 2
Let’s relax with more from one of our most requested books, hear the histories of ginger, mustard, nutmeg, and mace, and learn how to fake them all. Looking at you, naughty Connecticut!
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Mon, 17 Oct 2022 - 51min - 212 - Ten Acres Enough, by Edmund Morris, Part 2
We’re back from break! Let’s relax with more from a 19th century guide to running away to the country. This time, we buy a farm, fight peach worms, and praise the wisdom of wives, as one should.
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Mon, 10 Oct 2022 - 53min - 211 - Relaxation Rewind! Science Primers, by Thomas Henry Huxley, Part 1
In this remastered episode, let's relax and sleep with this intro to science basics from one of the 19th century's greatest science champions. Also, we learn why water is a liquid!
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Mon, 03 Oct 2022 - 45min - 210 - Relaxation Rewind! Bad Drains and How to Test Them, Part 1
In this remastered episode, let's relax with practical advice about modern plumbing systems. And by modern, I mean 19th century. Indoor plumbing has come a long way, thank goodness!
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Mon, 26 Sep 2022 - 56min - 209 - Relaxation Rewind! A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf, by John Muir, Part 1
In this newly remastered episode, let's rest beneath the trees with one of the first environmentalists. His relaxed rambles from Indiana to Florida contain quiet caves, sleepy groves, and a rucksack full of rhapsodies about nature's beauties.
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Mon, 19 Sep 2022 - 54min - 208 - Relaxation Rewind! The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli, Part 1
In this newly remastered episode, rule over sleep with the pithy prose of Machiavelli. But first, a very long introduction to our author and the twisted papal politics of 15th century Italy. Yawn!
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Mon, 12 Sep 2022 - 56min - 207 - Relaxation Rewind! The Color of a Great City, by Theodore Dreiser, Part 1
In this newly remastered episode, let’s journey back to New York City in the early 1900s with one of America’s great writers and his dreamy portrait of the city that never sleeps. Fingers crossed you will!
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Mon, 05 Sep 2022 - 49min - 206 - Etiquette, by Emily Post, Part 3
Let’s return to this manual of manners, and learn how to pay a check, walk down a theater aisle, and navigate the social complexities of the opera box. Also, just…be nice. Good advice!
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Mon, 29 Aug 2022 - 50min - 205 - Wild Flowers Worth Knowing, by Neltje Blanchan, Part 2
Let’s sink into the fields of sleep with more from this lovely and informative book on the varied beauty of wildflowers. A few may smell of corpses, but they’re no less wonders of nature!
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Mon, 22 Aug 2022 - 50min - 204 - The Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith, Part 1
Let’s relax with a much-requested book and drift off as Mr. Smith defines the division of labor, details the connections of commerce, and takes a swipe at the lie of meritocracy. Economical!
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Mon, 15 Aug 2022 - 53min - 203 - The South American Tour, by Annie S. Peck, Part 1, REMASTERED
Let’s rewind to 2020 with a remastered version of this marvelous travelogue from an equally marvelous woman. Experience all the dreamy wonders of South America for a mere $1,000. Or more if you’re fancy and like magazines and air conditioning.
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Mon, 08 Aug 2022 - 51min - 202 - Cottages, or HInts on Economical Building, Part 1
For our 200th episode, let’s get cozy and relax with advice on planning the perfect cottage. Which apparently includes a library, billiard room, and nursery. Sleepy simplicity!
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Mon, 01 Aug 2022 - 49min - 201 - The Book of Household Management, by Isabella Beeton, Part 8 - Cookery
Let’s return to a sleepy favorite and relax with Mrs. Beeton's thoughts on a cook’s duties, French vocabulary, and asparagus. Also, we learn to make Bread Soup. Yay?
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Mon, 25 Jul 2022 - 55min - 200 - Astronomy for Young Folks, by Isabel Martin Lewis, Part 6
Let’s celebrate the JWST with more from one of my favorite sleepy books. We hear about Jupiter’s moons, dissect Saturn’s rings, and consider whether the Moon could harbor life. Dreamy!
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Mon, 18 Jul 2022 - 48min - 199 - Common Sense, by Thomas Paine, Part 2
Let’s continue with our revolutionary relaxation courtesy of Thomas Paine, who has even more thoughts on breaking up with Britain and replacement systems for the republic. Yawn!
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Mon, 11 Jul 2022 - 56min - 198 - Common Sense, by Thomas Paine, Part 1
Let’s relax and sleep with this treatise on human rights and the failure of monarchical systems to reflect or ensure them. Plus, a lot of chatter that ties kings to…original sin? Whew!
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Mon, 04 Jul 2022 - 54min - 197 - An Account of Egypt, by Herodotus, Part 2
Let’s travel the sands of sleep once again with Herodotus, and learn about flying serpents, fish migration, and the third-cheapest way to embalm your loved ones. It’s balmy bookishness for your weary mind.
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Mon, 27 Jun 2022 - 46min - 196 - Moving Pictures - How They Are Made and Worked, Part 1
This week let’s relax with information about a revolution in visual entertainment and education. We learn about the persistence of vision and some history that led us to what we today call “movies.”
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Mon, 20 Jun 2022 - 49min - 195 - REWIND! The Politics, by Aristotle, Part 1 (Remastered)
This week, while your reader tussles with a certain virus, let’s revisit a perfectly sleepy combo of ponderous Victorian introduction and ancient Greek philosophy, freshly remastered for your relaxation pleasure.
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Mon, 13 Jun 2022 - 48min
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