History For Sleep with the Drowsy Historian
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianHistory For Sleep delivers slow, calm, and slightly unsettling historical storytelling that makes dozing off educationally depressing.Brou...
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| 10/24/26 | Fall Asleep as an Ice Age Hunter Crossing a Frozen Land Bridge During the Ice Age | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianFall asleep as an Ice Age hunter crossing the vast frozen landscape of Beringia, the ancient land that once connected Asia and North America.Beneath an enormous northern sky, you follow migrating herds across windswept plains, searching the snow for tracks and learning to read the subtle signs left behind by animals, weather, and changing terrain. Alongside your companions, you cross frozen streams, climb wind-carved ridges, watch distant mammoths wander across the steppe, and gather around small fires as darkness settles over the Ice Age world.Tonight's journey is a quiet story of observation, cooperation, patience, and endurance in one of the most remarkable landscapes of prehistory.Get comfortable, close your eyes, and let the endless snow, distant herds, and soft northern wind carry you into sleep.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#SleepHistory #DrowsyHistorian #IceAge #Beringia #Prehistory #AncientHistory #HistoryForSleep #FallAsleep #RelaxingHistory #Mammoths | 2h 03m 04s | ||||||
| 10/23/26 | Fall Asleep as a Telephone Repairman During the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianStep into the shattered streets of San Francisco in the aftermath of the great earthquake of 1906.Tonight, you are a telephone repairman working to reconnect a city thrown into silence. With damaged poles leaning over broken streets and tangled wires stretching between battered buildings, you spend your days climbing, testing connections, repairing copper lines, and slowly restoring the network that allows people to reach one another again.As San Francisco begins the long process of recovery, you work alongside fellow repairmen, operators, laborers, and ordinary residents trying to restore some sense of normal life. Each repaired line brings another voice back through the wires, reconnecting families, businesses, and neighborhoods across a changed city.Settle in, get comfortable, and fall asleep to a quiet story of resilience, communication, and the people who helped rebuild San Francisco after one of the most devastating disasters in American history.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #SleepHistory #SanFranciscoEarthquake #1906Earthquake #HistoryForSleep #FallAsleep #SanFranciscoHistory #RelaxingHistory #BedtimeHistory | 1h 53m 57s | ||||||
| 10/22/26 | Fall Asleep as a Lumberjack Floating Timber Down Canadian Rivers | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianStep into the cold rivers and towering pine forests of 19th century Canada, where spring means one thing: the great log drive has begun.Tonight, you become a Canadian log driver, guiding thousands of freshly cut logs downstream toward distant sawmills. You’ll balance across slippery timber, wade through icy water, navigate roaring rapids, break apart stubborn log jams, and discover that a floating tree can be remarkably determined to travel in precisely the wrong direction.Along the way, experience the rugged world of historic Canadian logging camps, from woodsmoke and wet boots to peaveys, pike poles, spring floods, and long days beneath endless pines.Get comfortable, close your eyes, and let the river carry you downstream.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #SleepHistory #HistoryForSleep #CanadianHistory #LogDriver #Lumberjack #LoggingHistory #FallAsleep #BedtimeHistory | 2h 00m 59s | ||||||
| 10/21/26 | Fall Asleep as a Wealthy Widow Touring Europe on the Grand Tour | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianStep into the elegant world of the Grand Tour and experience Europe through the eyes of a wealthy widow traveling independently across the continent.Journey by carriage through picturesque countryside, wander through galleries filled with masterpieces, explore the ancient ruins of Rome, admire the art of Florence, drift along the canals of Venice, and enter the refined salons and musical evenings of Vienna. Along the way, you’ll collect paintings, antiquities, books, music, and ideas while discovering the elaborate social customs expected of a distinguished traveler.From grand hotels and peaceful gardens to candlelit concerts and cultured conversation, settle in for a relaxing journey through a world where appearing effortlessly sophisticated requires a truly remarkable amount of effort.Get comfortable, close your eyes, and fall asleep as a wealthy widow on the Grand Tour.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #SleepHistory #GrandTour #EuropeanHistory #HistoryForSleep #FallAsleep #RelaxingHistory #VictorianHistory #BedtimeHistory #SleepStory | 2h 27m 11s | ||||||
| 10/20/26 | Fall Asleep as a Night Watchman Guarding Medieval City Walls | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianTonight, step onto the cold stone walls of a medieval city and spend the night as a watchman while the town sleeps below.From dusk until dawn, you patrol the battlements beneath moonlight and torchlight, listening to distant church bells, barking dogs, creaking shutters, and footsteps in the darkness. Your job is to watch for fires, thieves, suspicious travelers, and anything else that might disturb the sleeping town. Most alarms, thankfully, turn out to be considerably less exciting than they first appear.As the hours pass, you check the gates, watch the rooftops for smoke, investigate strange sounds, and endure the coldest hours before dawn. It is a quiet job built around preparing for disasters that, on a good night, never arrive.So get comfortable, close your eyes, and fall asleep while walking the walls of a medieval city through one long, peaceful night.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #SleepHistory #MedievalHistory #HistoryForSleep #MedievalCity #NightWatchman #BedtimeStory #FallAsleep #RelaxingHistory | 2h 16m 44s | ||||||
| 10/19/26 | Fall Asleep as a Servant Cleaning the Forbidden City During the Qing Dynasty | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianStep quietly through the gates of the Forbidden City and experience a full day as a palace servant during China's Qing Dynasty.Long before the imperial court begins its elaborate routines, your work has already started. You sweep vast stone courtyards, wipe polished lacquered wood, prepare ceremonial spaces, and quietly maintain the endless halls of the imperial palace. Around you, officials cross marble terraces, attendants prepare for formal rituals, incense drifts through silent rooms, and golden roofs glow above towering red walls.Your role is essential but almost invisible. Every spotless courtyard and polished doorway depends on countless hours of patient work, although dust seems remarkably confident that it can undo your efforts before the day is over.Settle in, get comfortable, and fall asleep while exploring the quiet working world behind one of history's most extraordinary imperial palaces.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #SleepHistory #ForbiddenCity #QingDynasty #ChineseHistory #HistoryForSleep #FallAsleep #SleepStory #AncientChina | 2h 22m 58s | ||||||
| 10/18/26 | Fall Asleep as a Potter Traveling Between Villages in Bronze Age Greece | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianTravel the dusty roads of Bronze Age Greece as a wandering potter, carrying fragile bowls, jars, cups, and cooking vessels between scattered farming villages.In this peaceful journey, you will work clay beneath the shade of olive trees, tend glowing kilns after sunset, repair cracked pottery along the roadside, and trade useful wares for food and supplies. Along the way, you will experience the quiet hospitality of ancient villages and discover how something as ordinary as a clay pot connected households, craftspeople, farmers, and communities across the ancient Greek countryside.Settle in, get comfortable, and fall asleep to the gentle sounds of clay, crackling fires, rustling olive leaves, and footsteps along an ancient road.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #SleepHistory #BronzeAge #AncientGreece #HistoryForSleep #BedtimeHistory #RelaxingHistory #BronzeAgeGreece | 2h 02m 35s | ||||||
| 10/17/26 | Fall Asleep as a Civil War Veteran Addicted to Morphine | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianReturn home from the Civil War and step into the life of an ordinary veteran trying to rebuild what the conflict left behind.In this episode of Drowsy Historian, you experience the quiet struggle of returning to civilian life while living with old wounds, difficult memories, and a medicine that once offered desperately needed relief. Morphine helped ease the pain of war, but as the days become months, that relief gradually becomes dependence.Follow the slow rhythm of recovery through dusty streets, quiet bedrooms, local drugstores, family meals, winter mornings, and ordinary working days. This is not a story of judgment or sensationalism. It is a deeply human look at pain, dependence, dignity, and the difficult process of learning how to live peacefully again.Get comfortable, close your eyes, and fall asleep while experiencing life as a Civil War veteran struggling with morphine in 19th-century America.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #HistoryForSleep #CivilWar #AmericanHistory #CivilWarHistory #SleepStory #HistoryDocumentary #Morphine #19thCentury #BedtimeHistory | 2h 22m 37s | ||||||
| 10/16/26 | Fall Asleep as a Medieval Wool Merchant Traveling Between English Market Towns | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianTonight, step into the life of a wool merchant traveling across medieval England.Your days are spent inspecting fleece, bargaining with shepherds, loading heavy bales onto a wagon, and following muddy roads toward crowded market towns. Along the way, you stop at roadside inns, navigate unpredictable weather, compare weights and prices, and listen patiently as every shepherd assures you that his sheep produce the finest wool in Christendom.From quiet pastures to bustling fairs, discover how one of medieval England’s most valuable trades connected shepherds, merchants, clothmakers, towns, and distant markets.Settle in, get comfortable, and fall asleep to the slow rhythm of creaking wagon wheels, rainy roads, crowded market squares, and stacks of English wool.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #MedievalHistory #SleepHistory #HistoryForSleep #MedievalEngland #WoolTrade #FallAsleep #RelaxingHistory | 2h 18m 38s | ||||||
| 10/15/26 | Fall Asleep as a Roman Quarry Foreman Supplying Stone for an Aqueduct | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianFall asleep as a quarry foreman in Ancient Rome, where every day begins with dust, iron tools, echoing hammer blows, and enormous blocks of stone that somehow become heavier the moment someone needs to move them.Tonight, you oversee the crews responsible for supplying stone for one of Rome’s great aqueducts. You inspect the quarry face, select dependable limestone, watch skilled workers cut blocks free with chisels and wedges, and supervise the careful shaping of each piece before it begins the difficult journey toward the construction site.Along the way, you’ll experience the quieter side of Roman engineering, from shared meals beneath the midday sun to creaking carts, stubborn mules, rough ropes, and the steady teamwork required to transform a mountainside into monumental architecture.Get comfortable, close your eyes, and let the rhythmic sound of hammer against stone carry you into the working world of Ancient Rome.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #AncientRome #RomanHistory #SleepHistory #HistoryForSleep #Aqueduct #RomanEngineering #Quarry #SleepStory #RelaxingHistory | 2h 22m 43s | ||||||
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| 10/14/26 | Fall Asleep as a Ice Fisherman Crossing Frozen Rivers in Prehistoric Scandinavia | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianTravel back to prehistoric Scandinavia and spend a quiet winter day fishing beneath the ice.You cross a frozen river beneath a pale northern sky, carrying simple tools made from wood, bone, stone, and cordage. Beneath your feet, dark water moves silently under the ice, and somewhere below, the fish remain impressively uninterested in all the effort you have made to catch them.Follow the seasonal knowledge passed down through generations as you learn to read the ice, choose a fishing spot, endure the cold, and patiently wait for a catch that can help feed your family through the long northern winter.Settle in, get comfortable, and fall asleep to the snow, silence, cold water, and patient rhythms of life in prehistoric Scandinavia.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #SleepHistory #HistoryForSleep #PrehistoricHistory #StoneAge #PrehistoricScandinavia #IceFishing #AncientHistory #BedtimeHistory #FallAsleep | 1h 52m 56s | ||||||
| 10/13/26 | Fall Asleep as a Railway Signalman Working the Night Shift in Victorian England | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianSpend a quiet night beside the rails as a Victorian railway signalman, keeping watch from a lonely signal box while steam trains move through the sleeping countryside.By the warm glow of oil lamps, you operate signals, listen for distant whistles, communicate along the railway, and watch the steel rails disappear into darkness, fog, and rain. Between passing locomotives come long stretches of silence, ticking clocks, cooling cups of tea, and the constant responsibility of keeping trains safely moving through the night.Settle in, get comfortable, and drift off to the atmospheric sounds and quiet routines of the Victorian railway.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #SleepHistory #VictorianHistory #RailwayHistory #VictorianRailway #HistoryForSleep #BedtimeHistory #SleepStory | 2h 15m 50s | ||||||
| 10/12/26 | Fall Asleep as a Powder Monkey Aboard a Royal Navy Ship During the Napoleonic Wars | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianFall asleep aboard a Royal Navy warship during the Napoleonic Wars, where oak timbers creak, cannon smoke fills the gun deck, and even the most dangerous work quickly becomes part of the daily routine.Tonight, you are a young powder monkey carrying prepared gunpowder charges between the ship's magazine and its cannon crews. Between battles, your life is filled with drills, cramped passageways, swinging hammocks, salt air, endless chores, and the strict discipline required to keep a wooden warship functioning at sea.When the guns finally open fire, your world narrows to a simple rhythm: collect the powder, carry it through the smoke, deliver it safely, and return for more. Around you, sailors treat thunderous cannon fire with the same calm practicality they bring to scrubbing decks and complaining about supper.Settle in for a quiet journey into everyday life aboard a Napoleonic-era warship, where courage rarely feels heroic and surviving the day often means simply doing your job properly.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #SleepHistory #HistoryForSleep #NapoleonicWars #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory #PowderMonkey #AgeOfSail #BritishHistory #FallAsleep | 2h 06m 14s | ||||||
| 10/11/26 | Fall Asleep as a Merchant Living Through the Tulip Mania in the Dutch Republic | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianFall asleep in seventeenth-century Amsterdam as you experience the strange rise and fall of Tulip Mania through the eyes of a cautious merchant.Your days begin among quiet canals, crowded counting houses, elegant merchant homes, and carefully balanced ledgers. But across the Dutch Republic, a fashionable new obsession is taking hold. Rare tulip bulbs are becoming symbols of beauty, prestige, and increasingly astonishing amounts of money.As prices rise, respectable merchants begin discussing flowers with the seriousness normally reserved for ships, cargo, and international trade. You watch speculation spread through taverns and private rooms, eventually risking a little money of your own while wondering how something buried underground can become worth so much above it.Set against the wealth and commerce of the Dutch Golden Age, this relaxing history story explores Tulip Mania, speculation, reputation, rare flowers, and the timeless human habit of assuming someone else will happily pay more tomorrow.Get comfortable, close your eyes, and drift into the candlelit streets and quiet canals of seventeenth-century Amsterdam.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #TulipMania #DutchHistory #AmsterdamHistory #HistoryForSleep #SleepStory #DutchGoldenAge #RelaxingHistory #BedtimeHistory #FallAsleep | 2h 13m 55s | ||||||
| 10/10/26 | Fall Asleep as a Medieval Sheep Drover Walking England’s Great Roads | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianFall asleep as a medieval sheep drover and spend weeks walking the green roads of England with hundreds of sheep, a pair of dependable dogs, and an increasingly complicated relationship with the weather.Tonight, you’ll cross rolling hills, muddy lanes, rivers, villages, and market towns while keeping the flock together, finding places to graze, paying tolls, sleeping wherever shelter can be found, and protecting every coin of profit along the way. The work is slow, physical, and surprisingly peaceful, provided the sheep resist the urge to investigate every hedge, puddle, and suspiciously ordinary patch of grass they encounter.Settle in for a quiet journey through the medieval countryside, filled with barking dogs, rough wool, damp earth, church bells, woodsmoke, and the steady rhythm of countless footsteps on the road.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#SleepHistory #MedievalHistory #DrowsyHistorian #HistoryForSleep #BedtimeHistory #MedievalEngland #SheepDrover #RelaxingHistory #SleepStory #FallAsleep | 2h 21m 41s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 | Fall Asleep as a River Pilot Guiding Barges Along the Nile in Ancient Egypt | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianDrift along the ancient Nile and experience a day in the life of an Egyptian river pilot, guiding heavily loaded barges through shifting currents, shallow channels, busy landing places, and stretches of reeds alive with birds.You will carry grain and stone between settlements, watch sails move across the water, navigate around sandbars, and follow the dependable rhythm of the Nile’s annual flood. Life on the river is peaceful, practical, and occasionally complicated by the fact that the Nile has its own ideas about where your carefully planned route should go.Get comfortable, close your eyes, and let the sounds of water, wind, wooden boats, and distant river life carry you into sleep.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #SleepHistory #AncientEgypt #AncientHistory #NileRiver #HistoryForSleep #BedtimeHistory #RelaxingHistory #FallAsleep #EgyptianHistory | 2h 12m 56s | ||||||
| 10/8/26 | Fall Asleep as a Mammoth Hide Tanner on the Ice Age Steppe | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianFall asleep on the frozen grasslands of the Ice Age as you spend your days transforming enormous mammoth hides into the things your community needs to survive.Tonight, you are a mammoth hide tanner, scraping away tissue with stone tools, stretching heavy hides beneath the open sky, working them beside smoky fires, and patiently softening them into warm clothing, sturdy shelter coverings, straps, cords, and other essentials. It is slow, demanding work, made slightly more complicated by the fact that a mammoth remains remarkably inconvenient even after it has stopped moving.Settle in for a calm journey through icy winds, glowing fires, bone tools, migrating herds, and the patient craftsmanship of life on the Ice Age steppe.Get comfortable, close your eyes, and let history carry you to sleep.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#HistoryForSleep #DrowsyHistorian #IceAge #Mammoth #PrehistoricHistory #SleepStory #BedtimeStory #FallAsleep #RelaxingHistory | 2h 08m 44s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 | Fall Asleep as a Keeper Caring for Patients in an Early 20th-Century Leprosy Colony | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianFall asleep as a caregiver in an early twentieth-century leprosy colony, where daily life unfolds through quiet routines, simple meals, careful treatments, handwritten letters, and small acts of companionship.In this immersive sleep history, you spend the day caring for residents who may have lived apart from their families for years. You help prepare meals, change dressings, tend gardens, distribute letters, keep medical records, and offer something that can be just as important as medicine: patience, dignity, and human connection.This is a gentle story about the ordinary lives that continued inside places often remembered only for disease and isolation. Settle in, get comfortable, and drift off while exploring a quieter side of medical and social history.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #SleepHistory #HistoryForSleep #LeprosyHistory #MedicalHistory #RelaxingHistory #BedtimeHistory #HistoryDocumentary | 2h 33m 26s | ||||||
| 10/6/26 | Fall Asleep as a Bronze Age Amber Trader Crossing Northern Europe | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianTravel the ancient trade routes of Bronze Age Europe as an amber trader carrying golden pieces of fossilized resin from the shores of the Baltic Sea toward distant settlements and markets.Your journey leads through quiet pine forests, winding rivers, muddy paths, unfamiliar villages, and busy trading places where amber is exchanged for food, textiles, bronze, tools, and information. Along the way, each small trade becomes part of a much larger network connecting communities hundreds of miles apart.Settle in for a calm journey of campfires, forest paths, river crossings, ancient commerce, and the surprisingly enormous amount of walking required so someone far away can admire a beautiful piece of tree resin.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #SleepHistory #BronzeAge #AncientHistory #AmberRoad #HistoryForSleep #FallAsleep #RelaxingHistory #AncientTrade | 2h 56m 22s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 | Fall Asleep as a Refugee Walking Across Europe at the End of World War II | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianThe war is over, but for millions of people across Europe, the journey home has only begun.Tonight, you travel through the damaged landscape of postwar Europe as a displaced refugee carrying little more than a coat, a bundle of belongings, and the hope of finding somewhere to begin again. You walk along broken roads, wait in uncertain railway stations, cross borders with worn documents, sleep in displaced persons camps, and pass through villages slowly returning to ordinary life.Along the way, ruined buildings stand beside newly planted fields, strangers share soup and bread, trains begin moving again, and the smallest comforts gradually take on enormous importance. After years of war and displacement, peace arrives not through grand ceremonies, but through a room, a job, a warm loaf of bread, and the simple knowledge that tomorrow you may wake up in the same place.Get comfortable, settle in, and fall asleep while exploring the quiet aftermath of World War II.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #SleepHistory #WWII #PostwarEurope #WorldWar2History #HistoryForSleep #BedtimeHistory #RefugeeHistory #EuropeanHistory #RelaxingHistory | 1h 57m 48s | ||||||
| 10/4/26 | Fall Asleep as a Harbor Pilot Guiding Ships Through Dense Fog | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianStep aboard a ship disappearing into thick coastal fog and experience a quiet day in the life of a harbor pilot.You guide an arriving vessel through dangerous waters where hidden rocks, shifting tides, narrow channels, and almost nonexistent visibility leave little room for mistakes. With charts, compass bearings, sounding lines, fog signals, and years of local knowledge, you calmly direct a captain who has crossed entire oceans but must now trust someone he met only moments ago.Settle in for a slow, atmospheric journey through wet ropes, distant foghorns, cold sea air, and the careful art of navigating a harbor you can barely see.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #SleepHistory #HistoryForSleep #HarborPilot #MaritimeHistory #SleepStory #RelaxingHistory #Foghorn #AgeOfSteam #BedtimeHistory | 1h 58m 03s | ||||||
| 10/3/26 | Fall Asleep as a Wealthy Merchant Building a Mansion in Colonial Boston | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianFall asleep in Colonial Boston as a wealthy merchant overseeing the construction of an elegant new mansion.Your fortune has been built through Atlantic trade, but now you are attempting to turn that wealth into something more permanent. Follow the slow transformation from muddy foundations and stacks of timber to polished staircases, furnished parlors, imported porcelain, fine textiles, and candlelit rooms.Along the way, craftsmen shape wood and brick, ships deliver goods from distant ports, servants keep the growing household running, and you discover just how much work is required to make prosperity look completely effortless.Settle in for a calm journey through commerce, craftsmanship, architecture, and daily life in colonial Boston.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #SleepHistory #ColonialAmerica #BostonHistory #HistoryForSleep #BedtimeHistory #AmericanHistory #RelaxingHistory | 2h 44m 30s | ||||||
| 10/2/26 | Fall Asleep as a Miller Grinding Grain During a Medieval Famine | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianStep inside a medieval village mill during a time of famine, when every sack of grain matters and every handful of flour may mean another meal.As harvests fail and storehouses slowly empty, you continue the familiar work of the village miller. The waterwheel turns, the heavy stones grind, and villagers wait patiently outside with increasingly small sacks of precious grain. Through hungry winters and uncertain seasons, the mill becomes more than a workplace. It becomes a quiet center of survival, routine, and community.Get comfortable, close your eyes, and drift off as the steady rhythm of the mill carries you through another peaceful journey into the past.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #SleepHistory #MedievalHistory #MedievalLife #Famine #HistoryForSleep #BedtimeHistory #FallAsleep #RelaxingHistory | 2h 03m 37s | ||||||
| 10/1/26 | Fall Asleep as a Roman Census Collector Traveling From Village to Village | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianTravel the dusty roads of the Roman countryside as a census collector tasked with recording households, occupations, farmland, livestock, property, and the many creative explanations offered by people who would prefer their possessions to look slightly less valuable on an official record.With wax tablets and stylus in hand, you move from village to village, counting sheep, measuring fields, speaking with farmers and craftsmen, and discovering that tax avoidance may be one of humanity’s oldest surviving traditions. Along the way, experience the quieter side of the Roman Empire, where administration depended less on marching legions and more on paperwork, patience, and figuring out exactly where someone’s missing donkey has gone.Settle in, get comfortable, and fall asleep to the slow rhythms of roads, farms, village conversations, and ancient Roman bureaucracy.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #SleepHistory #AncientRome #RomanEmpire #HistoryForSleep #FallAsleep #RelaxingHistory #RomanHistory #BedtimeHistory | 2h 17m 14s | ||||||
| 9/30/26 | Fall Asleep as a Victorian Cocaine Patent Medicine Salesman in the 1890s | Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianStep into the 1890s and travel from town to town as a patent medicine salesman, carrying a leather case filled with bottles promising relief from headaches, exhaustion, nervousness, pain, and nearly everything else troubling the modern citizen.In an age fascinated by chemistry and scientific progress, ingredients like cocaine could be advertised not as warnings, but as signs that a medicine was modern, powerful, and sophisticated. Ride the railway between small towns, arrange your bottles in hotel lobbies, speak with pharmacists and weary customers, and experience a world where confident labels and enthusiastic testimonials often mattered more than understanding exactly what was inside.Settle in for a calm, immersive journey through Victorian medicine, advertising, salesmanship, and the extraordinary optimism of an era convinced that almost every human complaint could probably be solved with the right bottle.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend:• Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1• Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/4fFWrMW• Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#DrowsyHistorian #SleepHistory #VictorianHistory #PatentMedicine #MedicalHistory #HistoryForSleep #FallAsleep #1890s #VictorianEra #CocaineHistory | 2h 28m 43s | ||||||
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| 6/4/26 | Medieval Englandphysiognomy+4 | — | Under Pillow SpeakerSleep Earbuds+5 | — | physiognomyMedieval England+4 | Patreon | 1h 39m 58s | ||
| 5/9/26 | Roman military lifesleep story+4 | — | Under Pillow SpeakerSleep Earbuds+5 | Roman Empire | Roman soldiermilitary life+5 | — | 2h 13m 14s | ||
| 5/8/26 | Enlightenmentsleep story+4 | — | Under Pillow SpeakerSleep Earbuds+4 | — | sleepstory+5 | — | 2h 28m 40s | ||
| 5/7/26 | 20th century journalismmystery crime+4 | — | Patreon | — | 20th centuryreporter+6 | — | 2h 15m 22s | ||
| 5/6/26 | cave paintingIce Age+3 | — | Under Pillow SpeakerSleep Earbuds+6 | — | cave painterIce Age+5 | — | 2h 15m 36s | ||
| 5/5/26 | medieval medicinefour humors+3 | — | Under Pillow SpeakerSleep Earbuds+3 | — | medieval doctorancient medicine+3 | — | 2h 01m 27s | ||
| 5/4/26 | railroad historyAmerican West+4 | — | Under Pillow SpeakerSleep Earbuds+4 | American West | railroad worker1860s+5 | — | 2h 07m 10s | ||
| 5/3/26 | grave diggermedieval London+4 | — | Patreon | Medieval London | grave diggermedieval+5 | — | 2h 05m 15s | ||
| 5/2/26 | medieval clockmakingtimekeeping+3 | — | Patreon | — | medievalclockmaker+4 | — | 2h 21m 02s | ||
| 5/1/26 | bakingancient Rome+3 | — | Patreon | Ancient Rome | bakerancient Rome+3 | — | 2h 07m 16s | ||
| 4/30/26 | 1930s detectivecriminal network+5 | — | — | 1930s city | 1930sdetective+5 | Patreon | 2h 26m 04s | ||
| 4/29/26 | tea tradeglobal trade+4 | — | Under Pillow SpeakerSleep Earbuds+1 | — | teamerchant+5 | — | 2h 18m 39s | ||
| 4/28/26 | medieval lifemiller+4 | — | Under Pillow SpeakerSleep Earbuds+4 | — | medievalmiller+5 | — | 2h 10m 53s | ||
| 4/27/26 | Ice Agehunting+4 | — | Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate ImmersionSleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion+5 | — | Ice Agehunter+5 | — | 2h 11m 40s | ||
| 4/26/26 | Prohibitionorganized crime+4 | — | Patreon | New York | Prohibitionorganized crime+5 | — | 2h 37m 14s | ||
| 4/25/26 | lighthouse keepersolitude+3 | — | Under Pillow SpeakerSleep Earbuds+6 | — | lighthousesolitude+3 | — | 2h 12m 32s | ||
| 4/24/26 | medieval historyplague+4 | — | Patreon | medieval convent | medievalplague+6 | — | 2h 18m 30s | ||
| 4/23/26 | Roman constructionengineering+3 | — | PatreonRoman bathhouse | Ancient Rome | Roman bathhouseconstruction+5 | — | 2h 07m 51s | ||
| 4/22/26 | labor unions1950s factory work+3 | — | Under Pillow SpeakerSleep Earbuds+2 | — | labor union1950s+4 | — | 2h 16m 02s | ||
| 4/21/26 | coffee historysailing+3 | — | Under Pillow SpeakerSleep Earbuds+5 | — | coffeesailing+3 | — | 2h 16m 15s | ||
| 4/20/26 | medieval historytown crier+4 | — | Patreon | — | medievaltown crier+5 | — | 2h 26m 39s | ||
| 4/19/26 | droughtancient agriculture+5 | — | Under Pillow SpeakerSleep Earbuds+2 | ancient Mesopotamia | droughtMesopotamia+5 | Drowsy Historian | 2h 19m 13s | ||
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Chart history for History For Sleep with the Drowsy Historian
Peaked at #30 in VN, currently #30 in VN.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VN | — | #30 | #30 | — |
| PT | — | #55 | #55 | — |
| SA | — | #64 | #64 | — |
| NG | — | #77 | #77 | — |
| PH | — | #88 | #88 | — |
| MY | — | #107 | #107 | — |
| United States | — | #122 | #122 | — |
| RO | — | #124 | #124 | — |
| Canada | — | #129 | #129 | — |
| South Africa | — | #186 | #186 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #190 | #190 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #195 | #195 | — |
Chart Positions
12 placements across 12 markets.
Chart Positions
12 placements across 12 markets.