Stay ConnectedBoring Books for Bedtime is a weekly, ad-free, AI-free 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 balance 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.
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Let's relax with some historical details about Ireland up to the 12th century, including the structure of kings and chiefs, the kingly retinue, and the brehon system of laws that applied to both ruler and ruled, which…seems like a good idea, really.
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Read "The Story of Ancient Irish Civilization" at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41666
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Let's return to this classic history of the Roman emperors and hear a bit about a ruler both famous and infamous in his need for public adulation. Why pay attention to affairs of state when you can perform for judges you've bribed? Stately!
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Read "The Lives of the Twelve Caesars" at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6400
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Let's relax with more of this sleepy stroll through some of America's greatest natural wonders, protected for the enjoyment of all people as national parks. This time, we continue our tour of Yosemite and its mighty glacier-carved mountains. Majestic!
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Read "Our National Park" at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60929
Music: "Watching Whales on the Moon," by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY, https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com
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Let's relax with more advice about successful farming. This time, we get snookered in the purchase of a cow, wage endless war on weeds, and sell some blackberry bushes. Profitable!
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Read "Ten Acres Enough" at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48753
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Let's continue with more of the finer arts of behavior as we conclude our instruction in the etiquette of invitations, consider the well-appointed house, and are reminded that looking down on the serving class is inexcusably ill-bred. Well said, Mrs. Post!
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Read "Etiquette" at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14314
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In our annual celebration of Darwin Day, let's continue our sleepy stroll through this fundamental text of biology. This time, why natural selection works better in big spaces, the perils of extinction, and the strength that comes from diversity. It's science!
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Read "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1228
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Let's continue our sleepy tour of the zoological collections of the British Museum and discover the wonders first being seen by the general public circa 1850. This time, reptiles, the fauna of Great Britain, and some philosophy about our place in the history of living things. Because of course that's included in a 19th century book.
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Read "How To See the British Museum in Four Visits" at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13755
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Let's climb the slopes of sleep with more from this journey to study the world's highest mountain. This time, we visit Tingri, climb glaciers, and reach the highest monastery in the world. We're less than 10 miles from Everest, friends. Dreams of adventure await!
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Read "Mount Everest, The Reconnaissance, 1921" at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39421
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Let's relax with one of the most boring reads I've ever encountered, a minutely detailed guide to the internal workings of legislative assemblies. Why, one might wonder how anything ever gets done at all. Motion to sleep, seconded!
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Read "Robert's Rules of Order" at Project Gutenberg here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9097
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Let's relax with another sleepy stroll across the sands of time to ancient Egypt. This time, we finish our overview of tombs and learn about Egyptian painting conventions, including cat-based satire. It never gets old! Maspero has a marvelous way of bringing these images to life, and I think you'll love his descriptions.
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Read "Manual of Egyptian Archaeology" at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14400
Music: "Exit Exit" by PC III, licensed under CC BY
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