Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://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 Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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Fall Asleep as a Medieval Pilgrim Traveling to a Distant Holy Site 2026-05-24
Fall Asleep as a Roman Quarry Worker Shaping Stone for an Empire 2026-05-23
Fall Asleep as an Ice Age Forager Searching for Food in a Changing World 2026-05-22
Fall Asleep as a Nurse Caring for Patients During the 1918 Flu Pandemic 2026-05-21
Fall Asleep as a Soldier Waiting Through the Night Before a Napoleonic Battle 2026-05-20
Fall Asleep as a Sailor on a Scientific Voyage in the Age of Exploration 2026-05-19
Fall Asleep as a Medieval Messenger Carrying Letters Between Monasteries (Medieval Ireland) 2026-05-18
Fall Asleep as a Roman Camp Follower Traveling with a Army on Campaign 2026-05-17
Fall Asleep as a Caregiver Escorting Orphan Train Children Across America 2026-05-16
Fall Asleep as a Canal Boat Worker Hauling Cargo in Industrial England 2026-05-15
Fall Asleep as a Servant Living in a Medici Palace in Renaissance Florence 2026-05-14
Fall Asleep as a Medieval Bell Ringer Waking an Entire Town Before Dawn 2026-05-13
Fall Asleep as a Water Carrier in Ancient Athens (While Philosophers Debate Reality) 2026-05-12
Fall Asleep as a Ice Age Hunter Tracking a Reindeer Herd Across the Tundra 2026-05-11
Fall Asleep as a Caregiver in a 20th-Century Tuberculosis Sanatorium 2026-05-10
Fall Asleep as a Roman Soldier Guarding the Edge of the Empire 2026-05-09
Fall Asleep as a Coffeehouse Owner in the Age of Enlightenment 2026-05-08
Fall Asleep as a 20th Century Reporter Following a Crime No One Fully Understands 2026-05-07
Fall Asleep as a Cave Painter at the End of the Ice Age Capturing the World in Stone 2026-05-06
Fall Asleep as a Medieval Doctor Using Ancient (and Questionable) Medicine 2026-05-05
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