Listen To Sleep

Zoé Brown is the guest artist on this bonus episode, reading a touching French story about a miller and the secret he keeps locked away in his windmill. I'm so excited to share this story with you, because I love Zoé's storytelling. Be sure to check out her podcast called The Airing Cupboard where she tells the “extraordinary stories of ordinary people.” You can find it at https://www.theairingcupboard.org or by searching for it in your favorite podcast app. I can't recommend it enough.If...

Anna Kohlweis is the guest artist on this bonus episode. She gives a beautiful reading of Hans Christian Andersen's The Story Of The Year. Anna makes music as Squalloscope. She has been a favorite of mine since I first heard her in 2017, and she let me include her new single for you after the introduction and before the story. This episode is a little different and a real treat. I hope you love it as much as I do. Let me know! You can find Anna's beautiful art and music at...

Over the past few months, I reached out to some artists whose work I love and respect to ask them if they would be interested in reading to you. This bonus episode is read by Andy Fenstermaker, who makes music and poetry as Andy The Doorbum. He is full of heart and not afraid to dive into the darkness to shine a light or simply sit and wait for the sun to return. During the past few months of quarantine here in California, he put together a haunting and beautiful album of covers as a...

A sweet slice-of-life story by Willa Cather about a family in the American West at the turn of the 19th century. For just $1 a month, you can get the podcast a day early, without any introduction or ads. Just go to https://patreon.com/listentosleep. If you'd like to read the story, you can download it for free online at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25586. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Looking for something to help you nod off? Listen To Sleep does just that with slow, quiet stories to help you relax or fall asleep. You can listen or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. To become a patron for as little as $1/month and get some fun rewards, go to https://patreon.com/listentosleep. Thank you for listening. Sleep well. 😴

A request for a Polish folk tale from a listener in Poland this week. I hope she likes it. It's weird and a little sweet. Here's a link to the book containing this story on Project Gutenberg, where you can download it for free. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49249 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Another request for a story from the Brothers Grimm this week. The Golden Goose is another weird one with a moral about being kind to strangers. Here's a link to the book containing this story on Project Gutenberg, where you can download it for free. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44622 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A request for a story from the Brothers Grimm this week. King Grisly-Beard is about a princess who learns an important life lesson. Here's a link to the book containing this story on Project Gutenberg, where you can download it for free. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44622 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A Japanese fairy tale about the deceit and redemption by Yei Theodora Osaki. If you're enjoying the podcast and it's helping you get to sleep, please leave a review where you listen. It helps other people find it. Thanks so much for your support! Sleep well. 😴 Download this week's story for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4018. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Another fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen with a poignant story about a little girl on a New Years Eve past. To read the story yourself, you can download it for free online at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/359. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen for the end of one year and beginning of another. To read the story yourself, you can download it for free online at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/359. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

It's a reprisal of 2019's most downloaded episodes, combined into one hour-long episode, I hope you enjoy this extended version of A Forest Betrothal by Erckmann-Chatrian. It's about an hour long and has night sounds in the background that I recorded at my cabin last summer. To read A Forest Betrothal and other French short stories, you can download the book for free at Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10577 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to...

A Celtic fairy tale about the foolishness of praying for things you don't need. With more fairies. In Scotland! To read the story yourself, you can download it for free online at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/359. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A strange and wonderful fairy tale about the origins of the Christmas Tree and the importance of not lashing out at our loved ones in anger. To read the story yourself, you can download it for free online at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/359. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A bittersweet story about remembering to be grateful for the life we have, this fairy tale is classic Hans Christian Andersen. To read the story yourself, you can download it for free online at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/359. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Tickle your subconscious as you nod off to sleep with part two of this great story by Yei Theodora Osaki. If you're enjoying the podcast and it's helping you get to sleep, please leave a review where you listen. It helps other people find it. Thanks so much for your support! Sleep well. 😴 If you'd like to read this week's story, you can download it for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4018. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast....

Back to the land of fairy tales this week with another great story by Yei Theodora Osaki. If you're enjoying the podcast and it's helping you get to sleep, please leave a review where you listen. It helps other people find it. Thanks so much for your support! If you'd like to read it yourself, you can download it at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4018. Sleep well. 😴 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

As a public service, these bonus episodes will be posted as I have time to read them. Here is the opening statement made by Lt. Col. Vindman to the US House Committees during a closed-door session on 10/29/19. For those who are reassured and lulled to sleep by these, I read them as bedtime stories. It's basically an "Impeach To Sleep" mini series with important testimony that is not available as an audio file from a public hearing. They will be in addition to the regular weekly stories, so...

As a public service, and to help you fall asleep knowing the US government is doing it's job, here is the opening statement made by US Ambassador William B. Taylor to the US House Intelligence Committee during a closed-door session on 10/22/19. But read as a bedtime story. If you're enjoying the podcast, please leave a review where you listen. Got a request? Email it to erik@listentosleep.com. Sleep well. 😴 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast....

It's the finale of "Creepy but Sleepy" October with The Red Room by HG Wells. If you're enjoying the podcast, please leave a review where you listen. Sleep well. 😴 You can download and read this story for free at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23218. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app