Get Sleepy: stories for sleep

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Kayla Kurin ✍️ Sound effects: ocean waves 🌊  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we conclude our beautiful series of Star Tours by travelling to New Zealand and setting off into space to hear a Maori myth inspired by the Southern Cross. 😴 Includes mentions of: Outer Space, Space Travel, Mythology, Myths & Legends, Food, Beverages, Fantastical Elements, Fishing. Get Sleepy Premium Listen completely ad-free and access our entire catalogue of stories and meditations by subscribing to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠premium feed.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Your support means the world to us and makes it possible to keep the show running! ❤️ <p...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Shamica Latchman ✍️  Sound effects: forest ambience 🌲🐦  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we have the enchanting story of a boy named Charlie, whose search for the answers to life’s mysteries brings him to a magic tree. 😴 Get Sleepy Premium Listen completely ad-free and access our entire catalogue of stories and meditations by subscribing to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠premium feed.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Your support means the world to us and makes it possible to keep the show running! ❤️ Get your 7-day free trial: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Narrator: TK Kellman 🇺🇸  Writer: Leila Kheiry ✍️ Sound effects: garden birdsong 🐦‍⬛  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll be joining the adventures of a small dog who finds his way home with the help of new friends he meets along the way. 😴 Includes mentions of: Dogs, Friendship, Family, Children, Lost & Found.  Get Sleepy Premium Listen completely ad-free and access our entire catalogue of stories and meditations by subscribing to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠premium feed.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Your support means the world to us and makes it possible to keep the show running! ❤️ Get your 7-day free trial: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Jo Steer ✍️ Sound effects: distant mountain stream, echoing bird calls ⛰️🦅  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be travelling through the skies on the back of a very friendly dragon. We’ll learn all kinds of facts about these magical creatures as we view the world from a whole new perspective. 😴 Includes mentions of: Travel, Fantastical Creatures, Flying, Heights, Bodies of Water.  Listen to our newest show, The Sleepy Bookshelf: Just Jane: Just Jane on Apple Podcasts⁠ ⁠Just Jane on Spotify⁠...

Narrator: Chloe De Burgh 🇬🇧  Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️ Sound effects: gentle birdsong Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’re going to whisk you away to a faraway kingdom, for a cozy retelling of the classic fairytale “Sleeping Beauty.” 😴 Includes mentions of: Fairytale, Children, Dogs, Library, Fantastical Elements, Magic, Curse, Romance, Marriage.  Get Sleepy Premium Listen completely ad-free and access our entire catalogue of stories and meditations by subscribing to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠premium feed.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Your support means the world to us and makes it possible to keep the show running! ❤️ Get your 7-day free tr...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Kayla Kurin ✍️ Sound effects: wintry winds 🌬️ ❄️  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll travel into space and learn all about the constellations of Ullaktut and Nanurjuk. In some Inuit traditions, they’re known as the hunters and the polar bear. 😴 Includes mentions of: Outer Space, Space Travel, Mythology, Myths & Legends, Winter, Food, Beverages, Dogs, Bears, Fantastical Elements, Flying. Tonight's sponsor: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Live your best life with the help of a professional, qualified therapist. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠betterhelp.com/getsleepy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. </p...

Writer & Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll invite you to progressively relax your body, imagining that there’s a light switch for each area. 😴 First released: June 15th, 2020.  Get Sleepy Premium Listen completely ad-free and access our entire catalogue of stories and meditations by subscribing to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠premium feed.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Your support means the world to us and makes it possible to keep the show running! ❤️ Get your 7-day free trial: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠getsleepy.com/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect Stay up to date on all our news and even vote on upcoming episodes! Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠slumberstudios.com/getsleepy/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Narrator: Heather Foster 🇺🇸  Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️ Sound effects: countryside ambience, crickets, birds 🌾🐦‍⬛  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be making a journey back to the late 19th century to experience entertainment before the advent of films. In this time, many folks were wowed by travelling lantern showmen. 😴 Includes mentions of: Americana, Children, Family, Parents, Grandparents, Food, Dogs, Nostalgia, History.  Get Sleepy Premium Listen completely ad-free and access our entire catalogue of stories and meditations by subscribing to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠premium feed.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Your support means the world to us and makes it possible to keep the show running! ❤️...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Dominique Binns ✍️ Sound effects: South African valley ambience 🇿🇦 ⛰️ 🐦  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be taking a relaxing trip to the Cape Winelands – an area famed for its lush and aesthetic vineyards. Joining you on your gentle adventure is Poppy, a sweet black lab you’re dog-sitting for a few days. 😴 Includes mentions of: Wine, Food, Alcohol, Dogs, Travel.  To receive our FREE weekly newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠JOIN OUR MAILING LIST⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enjoy various playlists of our stories and meditations on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slumber Studios...

Narrator: Jessika Downes-Gössl 🇬🇧  Writer: Jo Steer ✍️ Sound effects: quiet desert ambience 🌵 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we join Queen Cleopatra in her palace in Alexandria. Ruling over 2000 years ago, she was a woman ahead of her time. 😴 Includes mentions of: History, Ancient History, Cats, Religious Traditions, Food.  Get Sleepy Premium Listen completely ad-free and access our entire catalogue of stories and meditations by subscribing to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠premium feed.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Your support means the world to us and makes it possible to keep the show running! ❤️ Get your 7-day free t...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Kayla Kurin ✍️ Sound effects: city ambience, passing traffic, voices 🚕🗣️  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we venture to see the constellation of Andromeda – one of the only constellations that can be seen in both the northern and southern hemispheres. 😴 Includes mentions of: Outer Space, Space Travel, Mythology, Myths & Legends, History, Archaeology, Food, Beverages, Fantastical Elements, Marriage. To receive our FREE weekly newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠JOIN OUR MAILING LIST⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enjoy various playlists of our stories and meditations on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slumber Studios Spotify profile⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Shady Grove Oliver ✍️  Sound effects: ocean waves, thunder & rain 🌊 ⛈️  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be travelling deep into the heart of some of Hawaii's most remote rainforests in search of a beautiful flower. 😴 First released: May 18th, 2020 Get Sleepy Premium Listen completely ad-free and access our entire catalogue of stories and meditations by subscribing to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠premium feed.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Your support means the world to us and makes it possible to keep the show running! ❤️ Get your 7-day free trial: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Narrator: Vanessa Labrie 🇨🇦  Writer: Laila Weir ✍️ Sound effects: palm trees in the breeze, distant waves 🌴 🌊  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll wander around and soak up simple, timeless joys in an amusement park, taking in the cheerful sights and sounds of a happy summer evening. 😴 Includes mentions of: Food, Summer.  To receive our FREE weekly newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠JOIN OUR MAILING LIST⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enjoy various playlists of our stories and meditations on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slumber Studios Spotify profile⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Get Sleepy Premium Listen completely ad-free and access our entire catal...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Alexandra Turney ✍️ Sound effects: trickling water fountain ⛲️  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, in our fifth visit to this mysterious house, you’ll venture upstairs, and explore the bedrooms at leisure. In another room, you’ll find a rather puzzling portrait – a painting that seems to be a clue. 😴 Includes mentions of: Mystery, Birds, Enclosed Spaces. Other episodes from this series: - The Peacock House (April 12, 2021) - Return to the Peacock House (March 1, 2023) - A Ballroom Mystery in the Peacock H...

Narrator: Simon Mattacks 🇬🇧  Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️ Sound effects: morning birdsong 🐦‍⬛  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll rejoin the much-loved Pocket family. They’re heading to the tiny funfair – an amusement park built for people just like them. 😴 Includes mentions of: Dogs, Children, Family, Parents, Amusement Park Rides, Food. Other episodes from this series: - The Tiny Family (March 27, 2023) - The Giant Garden (March 29, 2023) - The Tiny Family Get a Dog (April 1, 2024) - The Tiny Family Celebrate the Weekend (June 26, 2024)</p...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Kayla Kurin ✍️ Sound effects: crickets in the mountains ⛰️   Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, after exploring the Peruvian city of Cusco, we’ll travel into space and learn about an unusual constellation, sometimes referred to as a “dark constellation.” 😴 Includes mentions of: Outer Space, Space Travel, Mythology, Myths & Legends, Beverages, Fantastical Elements, Religious Traditions, Animals, Flooding. Tonight's sponsor: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Live your best life with the help of a professional, qualified therapist. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠betterhelp.com/getsleepy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. To recei...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Alexandra Turney ✍️ Sound effects: mountain winds ⛰️ 🌬️  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, with several hours of storytelling rolled into one, let us keep you company with our sleepy retelling of this epic tale as we follow Odysseus on his adventures. 😴 Want to hear the audiobook version? Find it here:The Odyssey Audiobook on SpotifyThe Odyssey Audiobook on Apple Time Stamps: 03:12 Part 1 - The Prince’s Quest51:32 Part 2 - Calypso’s Island01:31:44 Part 3 - A Guest at the Palace02:0...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Angelica Esquivel ✍️  Sound effects: meadow ambience 🐝 🌺 🍃  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight's story first came out in the summer of 2020. It's about the life of a worker bee named Bella and her adventures in the beehive she calls home. 😴 Get Sleepy Premium Listen completely ad-free and access our entire catalogue of stories and meditations by subscribing to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠premium feed.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Your support means the world to us and makes it possible to keep the show running! ❤️ Get your 7-day free trial: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Writer & Narrator: Nicky Branagh-Schmidt 🇬🇧 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, Nicky will guide you through a series of grounding affirmations to help you feel steady, supported, and at ease as you drift toward sleep. 😴 To receive our FREE weekly newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our mailing list!⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enjoy various playlists of our stories and meditations on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Slumber Studios Spotify profile⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Get Sleepy Premium Listen completely ad-free and access our entire catalogue of stories and meditations by subscribing to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠premium feed.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Your support means the world to us and makes it possible to keep the show running! ❤️ Get your 7-day free trial: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Alexandra Turney ✍️ Sound effects: crackling fire, echoing footsteps 🔥👣   Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, in the final episode of our dreamy retelling, we’ll join Odysseus as he takes back his palace and reveals himself to his wife, Penelope, who’s been patiently awaiting his return all these years. 😴 Includes mentions of: Mythology, Literature & Literary History, Family, Food, Dogs, Religious Traditions, Alcohol, Battle Scenes, Competition, Marriage, Death. To receive our FREE weekly newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠Join our mailing list!⁠⁠⁠ Enjoy various playlists of our...