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WikiSleep is a simple yet effective sleep app and podcast designed to help people with busy or curious brains relax and unwind.
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Discover happier, more restful sleep through a constantly growing selection of fun sleep stories, biographies, weird histories, easy meditations and other curiosities—all designed to help you relax and unwind. Unlike many other sleep apps that rely heavily on tricks or deep meditation, our content works on the simple principle of diversion. The stories we provide are interesting enough to grab your attention—but calm enough that you can drift off while listening.
We offer stories that are unusual for sleep apps, such as biographies of fascinating people like The Notorious B.I.G., Marie Antoinette or Bob Ross—or weird histories of everyday things like wine or cameras. Regardless of the story, every episode is delivered in a calm and soothing way.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND:
A growing list of stories, capers, histories, biographies, ambient sounds, meditations, breath exercises for anxiety, Spanish and French episodes...plus much more.
Some of our most favorited episodes include:
• The Life & Times of Bob Ross
• Anthony Bourdain: Visionary & Humanist
• The Salem Witch Trials
• The Notorious B.I.G.
• Sleepy Penguin Visualization
• The Great Train Robbery of 1963
• Mexican Beach Relaxation
• The Magic of Chadwick Boseman
• Charles Ponzi, the man behind the scheme
• The Brothers Grimm
• A Very Brief History of Whisky
• The Greek Myth of Paris
• Box Breathing for Sleep & Anxiety
• Sleepy Cat Purr
• The Many Lives of Maya Angelou
• Michelangelo: The Divine One
• Jim Henson & His Muppets
• A Pretty Brief History of Marijuana
• Vlad the Impaler
• A Brief History of Cameras
• Three Hours of Pi
• The Brief Life of Alexander the Great
• Catherine the Great of Russia
• Frida Kahlo: A Remarkable Life
The list keeps growing and we take suggestions too...
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Episode 222: Bruce Lee and the Way of the Intercepting Fist
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Mar 29, 2024 |
Episode 221: Cleopatra
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Mar 01, 2024 |
Episode 220: Shackleton: A True Life Tale of Harrowing Survival
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Jan 26, 2024 |
Episode 219: Stan Lee, Godfather of the Marvel Universe
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Jan 05, 2024 |
Episode 218: Bob Marley: Voice of a Generation
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Dec 01, 2023 |
Episode 217: The Amazing Talent of River Phoenix
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Nov 24, 2023 |
Episode 216: The Wild History of Lobotomy
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Nov 11, 2023 |
Episode 215: Guy Fawkes & The Gunpowder Plot
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Nov 04, 2023 |
Episode 214: A Brief History of Zombies
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Oct 26, 2023 |
Episode 213: The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
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Oct 20, 2023 |
Episode 212: Joan of Arc: Teenage War Hero
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Oct 06, 2023 |
Episode 211: The Genius of Albert Einstein
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Sep 22, 2023 |
Episode 210: American Gangster Al Capone
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Sep 14, 2023 |
Episode 209: The Complex Genius of Stephen Hawking
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Sep 07, 2023 |
Episode 208: Jack Kerouac: A Reluctant Voice
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Aug 31, 2023 |
Episode 207: La vida de Salvador Dalí en español
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Aug 24, 2023 |
Episode 206: A Story of the Golden Age
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Aug 24, 2023 |
Episode 205: Four Legends of the Weird from Japanese Myth
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Aug 18, 2023 |
Episode 204: The Myth of Prometheus
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Aug 10, 2023 |
Episode 203: The Great Fire of London 1666
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Aug 03, 2023 |
Episode 202: Sinéad O'Connor: Singer, Activist, Misunderstood
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Jul 27, 2023 |
Episode 201: Tennis Legend Arthur Ashe
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Jul 13, 2023 |
Episode 200: The Assassination of Julius Caesar
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Jul 06, 2023 |
Episode 199: The Curious Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Part One)
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Jun 30, 2023 |
Episode 198: Diversion Meditation #2 (Random Trivia)
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Jun 22, 2023 |
Episode 197: Alan Turing, the Godfather of AI
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Jun 15, 2023 |
Episode 196: Diversion Meditation for Sleep (Random Trivia)
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Jun 01, 2023 |
Episode 195: Pandora: Curiosity & the Evils of Humans
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May 26, 2023 |
Episode 194: Peter Tosh the Godfather of Reggae
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May 19, 2023 |
Episode 193: LSD & The CIA Mind Control Program
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May 11, 2023 |
Episode 192: Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space
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Apr 27, 2023 |
Episode 191: The Volcanic Destruction of Pompeii
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Apr 20, 2023 |
Episode 190: A Very Brief History of IKEA
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Apr 14, 2023 |
Episode 189: George Carlin: The Dean of Counterculture
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Apr 06, 2023 |
Episode 188: A Brief History of Bigfoot
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Mar 30, 2023 |
Episode 187: The Oregon Trail Video Game & Its Wild Success
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Mar 23, 2023 |
Episode 186: Shi Yang: The Most Successful Pirate in History
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Mar 09, 2023 |
BONUS EPISODE: Cleopatra en Español con Nicolás Saavedra
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Mar 08, 2023 |
Episode 185: The Creation of Thor's Hammer
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Mar 02, 2023 |
Episode 184: Hedy Lamarr: Inventor, Actor & Most Beautiful Woman in the World
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Feb 24, 2023 |
Episode 183: Superstar Raquel Welch
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Feb 16, 2023 |
Episode 182: Anna Nicole Smith
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Feb 09, 2023 |
Lizzie Borden: Axe Murderer or Scapegoat?
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Feb 02, 2023 |
Episode 180: The Metamorphosis (Part Six, final installment)
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Jan 25, 2023 |
Episode 179: The Metamorphosis (Part Five)
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Jan 24, 2023 |
Episode 178: The Metamorphosis (Part Four)
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Jan 22, 2023 |
Episode 177: The Metamorphosis (Part Three)
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Jan 22, 2023 |
Episode 176: The Metamorphosis (Part Two)
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Jan 21, 2023 |
Episode 175: The Metamorphosis (Part One)
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Jan 20, 2023 |
Episode 174: Tupac Shakur
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Jan 12, 2023 |
Episode 173: El artista, Pablo Picasso
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Jan 05, 2023 |
Episode 172: The Exquisite Taj Mahal
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Dec 30, 2022 |
Episode 171: The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
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Dec 24, 2022 |
Episode 170: The Mysterious Edgar Allan Poe
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Dec 15, 2022 |
Episode 169: The Notorious B.I.G.
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Dec 08, 2022 |
Episode 168: The Brothers Grimm
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Dec 01, 2022 |
Episode 167: The Gentleman Pirate
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Nov 24, 2022 |
Episode 166: The Magnificent Freddie Mercury
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Nov 17, 2022 |
Episode 165: The Magic of Chadwick Boseman
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Nov 10, 2022 |
BONUS EPISODE: The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
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Oct 31, 2022 |
Episode 163: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
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Oct 27, 2022 |
Episode 162: The Magnificent Harry Houdini
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Oct 21, 2022 |
Episode 161: A Careless Whisper of George Michael
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Oct 13, 2022 |
Episode 160: The Sleepiest Story Ever Told
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Oct 06, 2022 |
Episode 159: The Brief Life of Alexander the Great
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Sep 30, 2022 |
Episode 158: Sherlock Holmes—A Scandal in Bohemia
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Sep 22, 2022 |
Episode 157: The Sad Story of Anne Boleyn read by Britt Buntain
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Sep 15, 2022 |
Episode 156: The Life & Career of Patrick Swayze
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Sep 08, 2022 |
Episode 155: Coco Chanel ready by Britt Buntain
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Sep 01, 2022 |
Episode 154: The Real-Life Witch Hunter, Matthew Hopkins
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Aug 25, 2022 |
Episode 153: The Scoundrel Bernie Madoff
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Aug 18, 2022 |
Episode 152: Sir Isaac Newton
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Aug 11, 2022 |
Episode 151: The Magic & Tragic Life of Whitney Houston
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Aug 04, 2022 |
Episode 150: The Greek Myth of Paris & Oenone read by Britt Buntain
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Jul 28, 2022 |
Episode 149: The Not-So Great Chicago Fire
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Jul 21, 2022 |
Episode 148: A Brief History of the Roman Colosseum
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Jul 14, 2022 |
Episode 147: Bob Ross, le parrain du calme
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Jul 07, 2022 |
Episode 146: La grande attaque ferroviaire de 1963
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Jul 07, 2022 |
Episode 145: The Wright Brothers read by Britt Buntain
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Jun 30, 2022 |
Episode 144: Sleepy Penguin Meditation
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Jun 23, 2022 |
Episode 143: The Gambino Crime Family
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Jun 16, 2022 |
Episode 142: The Great Library of Alexandria
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Jun 09, 2022 |
Episode 141: Country Hero, Dolly Parton
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Jun 02, 2022 |
Episode 139: Steve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter
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May 19, 2022 |
Episode 138: Typhoid Mary read by Britt Buntain
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May 12, 2022 |
Episode 137: Hunter S. Thompson
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May 05, 2022 |
Episode 136: A Simple Sleep Meditation w/ Kyla Gagnon
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Apr 28, 2022 |
Episode 135: The Museum of Bad Art
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Apr 21, 2022 |
BONUS EPISODE! Beach Meditation with Kyla Gagnon
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Apr 19, 2022 |
Episode 133: The Dutch Tulip Hysteria of 1634
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Apr 14, 2022 |
Episode 132: Kurt Cobain
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Apr 07, 2022 |
Episode 131: Robin Williams
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Mar 31, 2022 |
BONUS EPISODE: Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie, Part Two
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Mar 29, 2022 |
Episode 129: Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (Part One)
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Mar 24, 2022 |
Episode 128: Frida Kahlo
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Mar 17, 2022 |
Episode 127: Mac Miller
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Mar 10, 2022 |
Episode 126: Mexican Beach Sleep
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Feb 24, 2022 |
Episode 125: Florence Nightingale read by Britt Buntain
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Feb 17, 2022 |
Episode 124: The Brief & Wonderful Life of Heath Ledger
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Feb 10, 2022 |
Episode 123: Otis Redding
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Feb 04, 2022 |
Episode 122: Mr. Rogers
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Jan 27, 2022 |
Episode 121: The Amazing Life of Marco Polo
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Jan 20, 2022 |
Episode 120: A Very Brief History of Whisky
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Jan 13, 2022 |
Episode 119: Catherine II de Russie lu par Samia McFee en français
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Jan 10, 2022 |
Episode 118: Betty White
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Jan 06, 2022 |
Episode 117: James Dean, read by Britt Buntain
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Dec 30, 2021 |
Episode 116: A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
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Dec 23, 2021 |
Episode 115: Outlaw Jesse James
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Dec 16, 2021 |
Episode 114: The Halifax Explosion of 1917
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Dec 10, 2021 |
Episode 113: The Occupation of Alcatraz
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Dec 02, 2021 |
Episode 110: Roman Emperor Nero
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Nov 11, 2021 |
Episode 109: Carrie Fisher read by Britt Buntain
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Nov 04, 2021 |
Episode 108: H.H. Holmes & His Murder Castle
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Oct 28, 2021 |
Episode 107: Jack the Ripper
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Oct 21, 2021 |
Episode 106: A Very Brief History of Wine
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Oct 14, 2021 |
Episode 105: Maya Angelou, read by Britt Buntain
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Oct 07, 2021 |
Episode 104: Amy Winehouse
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Sep 30, 2021 |
Episode 103: Dante
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Sep 23, 2021 |
Episode 102: Norm MacDonald
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Sep 16, 2021 |
Episode 101: A Brief History of Cameras read by Britt Buntain
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Sep 09, 2021 |
Episode 100: David Bowie
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Sep 02, 2021 |
Episode 99: Sharpshooter Annie Oakley
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Aug 26, 2021 |
Episode 98: Phil Hartman: actor, comedian, murder victim...
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Aug 12, 2021 |
Episode 97: A Brief History of Marijuana
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Aug 05, 2021 |
Episode 96: Charles Ponzi, the Man Behind the Scheme
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Jul 29, 2021 |
Episode 95: Charles the Mad, read by Vanessa La Belle
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Jul 27, 2021 |
Episode 94: The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe
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Jul 22, 2021 |
Episode 93: Vincent van Gogh
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Jul 15, 2021 |
Episode 92: Andy Warhol, read by Britt Buntain
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Jul 08, 2021 |
Episode 91: The Stonewall Riots
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Jul 01, 2021 |
Episode 90: Far Away and Long Ago
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Jun 24, 2021 |
Episode 89: Leonard Cohen
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Jun 17, 2021 |
Episode 88: Miles Davis
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Jun 10, 2021 |
Episode 84: Sam Cooke
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May 18, 2021 |
Episode 83: Catherine the Great
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May 13, 2021 |
Episode #82: Michelangelo
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May 06, 2021 |
Episode 81: Julia Child
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May 03, 2021 |
Episode 80: Helen of Troy
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Apr 29, 2021 |
Episode 79: Chris Farley
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Apr 22, 2021 |
Episode 78: André the Giant
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Apr 15, 2021 |
Episode #77: Caligula
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Apr 08, 2021 |
Episode #76: Bonnie & Clyde
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Apr 01, 2021 |
Episode #75: Nina Simone: High Priestess of Soul
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Mar 25, 2021 |
Episode #74: A Brief Biography of Bugs Bunny
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Mar 18, 2021 |
Episode #73: Daphne & Apollo
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Mar 11, 2021 |
Episode #72: Agatha Christie
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Mar 04, 2021 |
Episode #71: Louis Armstrong
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Feb 25, 2021 |
Episode #70: Mae West
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Feb 18, 2021 |
Episode #69: Goat Testicles & Other Intrigues
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Feb 11, 2021 |
Episode #68: Prince
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Feb 04, 2021 |
Episode #67: How Odin Found His Wisdom
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Jan 28, 2021 |
Episode #66: The Gentleman Hijacker
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Jan 21, 2021 |
Episode #65: Pablo Picasso
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Jan 14, 2021 |
Episode #64: The Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane
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Jan 07, 2021 |
Episode #63: Jim Henson & The Muppets
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Dec 31, 2020 |
Episode #61: Marie Antoinette
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Dec 17, 2020 |
Ep. 60: The True Story of Blackbeard the Pirate
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Dec 10, 2020 |
Episode #59: Napoleon's Escape
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Dec 03, 2020 |
Episode #58: Gabriel García Márquez
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Nov 26, 2020 |
Episode #56: Salvador Dali
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Nov 12, 2020 |
Episode #55: 2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut
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Nov 05, 2020 |
Episode #53: Pablo Escobar
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Oct 22, 2020 |
Episode #52: Story of A Golden Age
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Oct 15, 2020 |
Episode #51: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Oct 08, 2020 |
Episode #50: Tom Petty
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Oct 01, 2020 |
Episode #49: Tupac Shakur
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Sep 24, 2020 |
Episode #48: Coco Chanel
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Sep 17, 2020 |
Episode #47: Prometheus
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Sep 10, 2020 |
Episode #46: Rasputin
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Sep 03, 2020 |
Episode #45: Salem Witch Trials
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Aug 27, 2020 |
Episode #44: Dr. Seuss
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Aug 20, 2020 |
Episode #43: Atlanta the Huntress
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Aug 13, 2020 |
Episode #42: Douglas Adams
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Aug 06, 2020 |
Episode #41: Marilyn Monroe
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Jul 30, 2020 |
Episode #38: The History of Ice Cream
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Jul 09, 2020 |
Episode #36: The Notorious B.I.G.
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Jun 25, 2020 |
Episode #35: The Odyssey, Book III
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Jun 18, 2020 |
Episode #33: Anne Boleyn
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Jun 04, 2020 |
Episode #32: Achilles
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May 28, 2020 |
Episode #30: Mark Twain
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May 14, 2020 |
Episode #29: A Ghost Story
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May 07, 2020 |
Episode #28: Billy the Kid
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Apr 30, 2020 |
Episode #27: Jonathan Swift
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Apr 23, 2020 |
Episode #26: Alan Turing
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Apr 17, 2020 |
Episode #25: Catherine de' Medici
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Apr 10, 2020 |
Episode #24: Ernest Shackleton
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Apr 05, 2020 |
Episode #23: The Odyssey, Book Two
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Mar 27, 2020 |
Episode #22: Franz Kafka
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Mar 20, 2020 |
Episode #21: Hedy Lamarr
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Mar 12, 2020 |
Episode #20: The Wright Brothers
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Feb 28, 2020 |
Episode #19: The Cask of Amontadillo
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Feb 21, 2020 |
Episode #18: The Great Fire of London
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Feb 13, 2020 |
Episode #17: The War of the Worlds, Chapter One
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Feb 06, 2020 |
Episode #16: Mata Hari
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Jan 28, 2020 |
Episode #15: Bruce Lee
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Jan 22, 2020 |
Episode #13: The Red Barn Murder
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Jan 07, 2020 |
Episode #12: The Odyssey, Book One
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Jan 03, 2020 |
Episode #11: Santa Claus
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Dec 20, 2019 |
Episode #10: Charles Dickens
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Dec 12, 2019 |
Episode #9: Harry Houdini
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Dec 05, 2019 |
Episode #8: The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde
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Nov 28, 2019 |
Episode #7: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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Nov 21, 2019 |
Episode #6: The Tell-Tale Heart
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Nov 13, 2019 |
Episode #5: Frankenstein
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Oct 30, 2019 |
Episode #4: Edgar Allan Poe
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Oct 24, 2019 |
Episode #1: Charlie Chaplin
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Oct 10, 2019 |