
Calm History - Bedtime Sleep Stories for Education & Relaxation
Harris | ASMR & Insomnia Network
Show overview
Calm History - Bedtime Sleep Stories for Education & Relaxation has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 104 episodes. That works out to roughly 20 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 10 min and 20 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language History show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 19 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 73 episodes published. Published by Harris | ASMR & Insomnia Network.
From the publisher
Enjoy calming sleep stories about history to help you relax at bedtime. Topics include The Titanic, Henry Ford, Gold Rush, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Pirates, True Crime, UFOs, Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, Marco Polo, Rum, Salt, Coal, Oil, Pearls, and much more. These calm history sleep stories will distract and relax your bedtime brain squirrels. Access over 600 relaxing and AD-FREE episodes at www.calmhistory.com.
Latest Episodes
View all 104 episodesBigfoot – Part 2: Plaster, Videos, & DNA – Hoaxes or Humanoids? | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History
*Sample* | Charlie Chaplin – Part 3: The Little Tramp turns into Hitler | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #82)
Bigfoot – Part 1: Early Sightings & Encounters – Delusions or Discoveries? | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History
*Sample* | Sewing Machines: A History of Inventors, Fires, Lawsuits, & Bigamy | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #94)
Prohibition – Part 2: The History of Rum, Rum-Running, & Speakeasies | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History
*Sample* | The 1880 Arctic Whaling Voyage of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #98)
Prohibition – Part 1: A True Crime Story about Booze, Bootleggers, & Bribes | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History
*Sample* | John Jacob Astor IV: Tycoon Life & Titanic Death | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #90)
History of Pearls – Part 2: King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I, Fake Pearls, Black Pearls, Pearl Biology, Pearl Jam, & World’s Largest Pearls | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History
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*Sample* | Uranium: History, Mining, Dangers, Nuclear Physics, Marie Curie, & Pitchblende | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History (Bonus Episode #87)
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History of Pearls – Part 1: Stories of Oysters, Alexander The Great, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Aphrodite, Botticelli, & Columbus | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History
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UFO History: 2000+ Years of Strange Sightings & Wild Stories | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History
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Pirate Life of Captain Henry Morgan: Ruthlessness, Riches, & Rum | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History
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Coal: Early History, Coal Miner Challenges, & The Industrial Revolution | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History
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Quiz Quest II: 30 Trivia Questions about Marco Polo, The Titanic, Jackie Robinson, & Henry Ford | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History
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Balloon Flight: Dramatic stories of the first Hot Air Balloons & Hydrogen Gas Balloons | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History
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Florence Nightingale: The Crimean War & The Birth of Nursing | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History
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Salt: History, Famous Moments, & Fun Facts | Bedtime Sleep Stories about History
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*Update* | Older episodes are now on the new “Calm History-Bonus & Archives Podcast”
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