Best Sleepaid Podcasts (2022)

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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An Account of Egypt, by Herodotus, Part 2 46:45

3d ago46:45

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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. Help us stay 100% listener-supported and ad-free for all! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacof…

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Matinee Manatees

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Double Dragon (1994) 4:29:45

4d ago4:29:45

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What do you get when you combine the setting from Escape From La, the costumes from Siegfried and Roy, the car from Back To The Future, the half locket from Annie, and the prosthetics from the Garbage Pail Kids? Why, Double Dragon, of course, the movie based on the game that had none of those things. Directed by James Yukich and starring Robert Pat…

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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Moving Pictures - How They Are Made and Worked, Part 1 49:18

11d ago49:18

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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.” Help us stay 100% listener-supported and ad-free for all! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com…

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The Quiet Journeys of Professor Atwood

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Episode 41: Plum Island 34:09

14d ago34:09

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Professor Atwood travels to Plum Island for the final leg of his treasure hunting journey, but finds some unexpected complications involving the US Government and some wayward livestock.

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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REWIND! The Politics, by Aristotle, Part 1 (Remastered) 48:19

18d ago48:19

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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. Help us stay 100% listener-supported and ad-free for all! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.bu…

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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REWIND! Bacteria, by Sir George Newman, Part 1 (Remastered) 50:29

25d ago50:29

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This week, while your reader is laid up with a certain virus, let’s revisit one of my favorite sleepy science reads. Enjoy this remastered intro to a brand new branch of study (in 1899), bacteriology! Help us stay 100% listener-supported and ad-free for all! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.c…

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The Quiet Journeys of Professor Atwood

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Ep 40: The Three Pirate Trials 31:30

30d ago31:30

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Professor Atwood and his crew brave three pirate trials and encounter an unexpected complication.

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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The Book of the Ocean, by Ernest Ingersoll, Part 3 48:05

1M ago48:05

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Let’s sail to sleep with more from this lovely work about the seas. This time, we learn the rigging of a schooner, praise the prowess of Pacific Islanders, and head to Iceland with Vikings. Help us stay 100% listener-supported and ad-free for all! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW …

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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On Molecular and Microscopic Science, by Mary Somerville, Part 2 48:16

1M ago48:16

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Let's relax with more sleepy science from a woman so talented that the word “scientist” was coined to describe her. This time, we learn about all the forces holding us together. Help us stay 100% listener supported! All supporters in May will be entered into a drawing for our first-ever SWAG! Details here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringboo…

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Matinee Manatees

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Over The Top (1987) 2:55:09

1M ago2:55:09

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We're back in the weird 80's genre with 1987's Over The Top, directed by Menahem Golan and starring Sylvester Stallone and Robert Loggia. We both thought this was a movie about arm wrestling, but it's actually more like two separate movies, one about arm wrestling and one about an awkward father-son road trip. Also, the son's name is Mike Hawk, and…

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells, Part 5 52:16

2M ago52:16

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Let’s continue our sleepy stroll through history with the fall of Assyria, the literary bedrock of the Jews, and the birth of philosophy in Greece. Rather a lot to cram into an hour, but Wells makes it sound easy. Help us stay 100% listener supported! All supporters in May will be entered into a drawing for our first-ever SWAG! Details here: Patreo…

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The Quiet Journeys of Professor Atwood

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Episode 39: The Sunken Cave 33:01

2M ago33:01

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Professor Atwood gets closer to Captain Kidd's lost treasure and finds a hidden Pirate's Lair on Gardiner's Island.

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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Spices, Their Histories, Part 1 48:43

2M ago48:43

48:43

Let’s take a sleepy tour of the spice cabinet and the origins of allspice, chilies, cinnamon, and cloves, with a pinch of insight into faking spices with brick dust. Useful! Help us stay 100% listener supported! All supporters in May will be entered into a drawing for our first-ever SWAG! Details here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspo…

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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Bird Biographies, by Alice E. Ball, Part 3 57:06

2M ago57:06

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Let’s fly off to relaxation with more from this lovely book about our feathered friends. This time, we learn about the birds of early spring, and marvel at the sleepy songs of the sparrows. Help us stay 100% listener supported! All supporters in May will be entered into a drawing for our first-ever SWAG! Details next week. Patreon: https://www.patr…

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The Quiet Journeys of Professor Atwood

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Episode 38: Gardiner's Island 30:15

2M ago30:15

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Professor Atwood finally arrives at Gardiner's Island to search for Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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Our National Parks, by John Muir, Part 2 51:02

2M ago51:02

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Let’s conclude a month of relaxing travels with more from this tour of America’s national parks, sleepily agog at the Grand Canyon and the weird grandeur of Yellowstone. Help us stay 100% listener supported: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read "Our National Parks” at Project Gut…

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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Faery Lands of the South Seas, by Hall and Nordhoff, Part 1 46:16

2M ago46:16

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Our month of relaxing voyages continues as we head to the distant South Seas. We set off first for sleepy Tahiti and meet a man with little history but a lot of chickens. And profuse apologies if I sound a bit stuffy. I am! Help us stay 100% listener supported: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffe…

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The Quiet Journeys of Professor Atwood

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Episode 37: The Giant Squid Problem 33:36

3M ago33:36

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Professor Atwood is called upon to help The Panama Canal Authority Special Problems Division with their giant squid problem.

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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Pictures From Italy, by Charles Dickens, Part 2 50:59

3M ago50:59

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Let’s continue our month of relaxing voyages and rejoin Charles Dickens on his sleepy sojourn to Italy. On the way, we visit a dungeon, pass a madhouse, and end up bemused in Genoa. Help us stay 100% listener supported: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read "Pictures from Italy” a…

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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Mount Everest - The Reconnaissance of 1921, Part 2 46:20

3M ago46:20

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Let’s kick off a month of relaxing travelogues with more from the first attempt to map the world’s tallest mountain. This time, we take the road from India to Tibet, marvel at flowered forests, and consider the leech. Help us stay 100% listener supported: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/…

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The Quiet Journeys of Professor Atwood

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Episode 36: Trouble in the Panama Canal 32:06

3M ago32:06

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The Panama Canal Authority Special Problems Division asks Professor Atwood and his crew for help with an unusual problem blocking the Panama Canal.

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Matinee Manatees

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Felix The Cat (1988) 3:08:28

3M ago3:08:28

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It's a patron request month! This month we're checking out 1988's Felix The Cat animated feature, aptly described to us as "an acid trip box office flop". If you haven't heard of it, that's probably because almost nobody saw it. But why? We've all heard of Felix The Cat, seen the clocks, might have won a stuffed animal at a carnival once or twice, …

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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Ten Acres Enough, by Edmund Morris, Part 1 51:32

3M ago51:32

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Let’s throw off the stress of city cares and head out into the country for a simpler life, which apparently was as much a desire back in the 1850s as it is today. If you support us in March 2022, you’ll help us stay 100% listener supported AND be entered into a raffle for your very own printed copy of the 1897 Sears Catalog, which is neat. Patreon:…

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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The ABC of Relativity, by Bertrand Russell, Part 1 50:04

3M ago50:04

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Let’s relax with some sleepy physics, as Bertrand Russell unravels the Theory of Relativity. Drugging people and putting them in balloons is somewhat mentioned. Science! If you support us in March 2022, you’ll help us stay 100% listener supported AND be entered into a raffle for your very own printed copy of the 1897 Sears Catalog, which is neat. P…

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The Quiet Journeys of Professor Atwood

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Episode 35: Embarking on a Treasure Hunt 30:46

4M ago30:46

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Professor Atwood gathers his crew aboard his salvage ship The Recovery to search for lost pirate treasure.

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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1897 Sears Roebuck and Co. Catalog, Grocery Department 49:01

4M ago49:01

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Let's grab a basket and take a relaxing stroll through the Grocery Department of the Amazon of its day. Coffee beans, cherry phosphate, canned gooseberries—Sears had it all. If you support us in March 2022, you’ll help us stay 100% listener supported AND be entered into a raffle for your very own printed copy of the 1897 Sears Catalog. Huzzah! Patr…

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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The Woman and The Car, by Dorothy Levitt, Part 2 52:15

4M ago52:15

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Let’s motor to sleep with more from this wonderful manual for the lady driver, written by race car and speedboat champion Dorothy Levitt. Mechanics and manners are all you need! Help us stay 100% listener supported: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read "The Woman and The Car” at …

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Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep

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The Poetics of Aristotle, Part 2 55:40

4M ago55:40

55:40

Let’s return to the earliest known work on Western dramatic theory and learn about character, verbs, and why Homer is always right. Also “women can also be good,” which is…something? No worries, it gets a lot better after that. Help us stay 100% listener supported: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeac…

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Matinee Manatees

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Batman and Robin (1997) 6:07:15

4M ago6:07:15

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Welcome back Batmanatees! Anthony drags Sam across the finish line of their Batman journey with 1997's notorious Batman and Robin, directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Matinee Manatee alums Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris O'Donnell, Michael Gough, and John Glover, and also newcomers George Clooney, Alicia Silverstone, and Uma Thurman! Wow, that's …

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