History For Sleep with the Drowsy Historian
Drowsy HistorianGet early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian History For Sleep delivers slow, calm, and slightly unsettling historical storytelling that makes dozing off educationally depressing. Brought to you by the Drowsy Historian, each episode is 1–2 hours of immersive bedtime history with just enough absurd detail to keep you listening — until you aren’t. As an Amazon A... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 614 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | History | |||
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Fall asleep in the swamps of 1830s Louisiana, where building a canal means long days of mud, mosquitoes, stagnant water, and exhausting physical labor.
Tonight, you ... more
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Step behind the lavish meals of Safavid Persia and experience a day in the enormous palace kitchens of Isfahan.
As a humble kitchen servant, you rise before dawn to ... more
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Tonight, step into the windswept marshes of medieval Northern England and experience a day in the life of a salt panner.
Surrounded by biting coastal wind, smoke, mu... more
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Step into the warm, echoing bathhouses of ancient Constantinople and experience a full day as a public bath attendant.
Before sunrise, you tend the fires beneath the... more
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Apple Podcasts1JLD921
United States6 months ago - Next Level History
It is amazing how well done these are. The amount of research that must go into each of the episodes is so impressive.
Apple Podcasts5michaelpatjUnited States7 months ago - What in the world!?!?!?
Are you kidding!? Fall asleep as as a WWI waiting in the trench!? Have some empathy and respect.
Apple Podcasts1Caboose916United States8 months ago - Complete letdown
Didn’t mind this podcast at first but then quickly realised it was just lazy AI slop. Any sleepy historian worth their salt wouldn’t be so cagey about their credentials.
Apple Podcasts1Ol' Mate Velv
Australia9 months ago - It’s the same words every night
I basically have the story memorized and it doesn’t matter what the topic is. The stories are completely identical.
Apple Podcasts2Im not gonna say itUnited States9 months ago
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Apple Podcasts | #104 | United States/History |
Apple Podcasts | #117 |  United Kingdom/History |
Apple Podcasts | #141 |  Canada/History |
Apple Podcasts | #160 | Australia/History |
Apple Podcasts | #247 |  Germany/History |
Apple Podcasts | #61 |  Philippines/History |
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Slow, immersive bedtime stories place listeners inside the routines of people from different historical periods, from ancient craftspeople and medieval traders to railway workers and sailors. Episodes usually follow one imagined person through a working day or journey, using sensory details, practical tasks, and gently dry humor to bring everyday history to life. The focus is less on rulers and major battles than on labor, travel, tools, trade, and the small decisions that shaped ordinary lives. The recurring narrator, known as the Drowsy Historian, delivers the stories in a calm style intended for listening at bedtime. Episodes are long-form, typically running one to two hours, and move across regions and eras while keeping a consistent, u... more
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