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I Can’t Sleep

I Can’t Sleep

Drift Off One Fact At a Time

Benjamin Boster & Glassbox Media · Benjamin Boster

549 episodesEN

Show overview

I Can’t Sleep has been publishing since 2019, and across the 7 years since has built a catalogue of 549 episodes, alongside 4 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 320 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 8th season.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 32 min and 38 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Health & Fitness show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 77 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 157 episodes published. Published by Benjamin Boster.

Episodes
549
Running
2019–2026 · 7y
Median length
35 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

Trouble sleeping? You could count sheep, or let I Can’t Sleep do the heavy yawning for you. Host Benjamin Boster reads slow-paced, fact-filled content on science, history, and everyday oddities with zero plot twists and even less urgency. It’s calm. It’s consistent. And yes, you might accidentally learn something. So get comfy, press play, and let your brain wander off without you.

Latest Episodes

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Concrete | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the Foundation of Modern Cities

Jun 29, 202630 min

Crop Circles | Can’t Sleep? Learn About One of History’s Strangest Mysteries

Jun 26, 202634 min

Clocks | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the History of Time

Jun 24, 202635 min

Supernova | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Stellar Explosions

Jun 22, 202635 min

Volcanoes | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Earth’s Fiery Mountains

Jun 19, 202632 min

Papyrus | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Ancient Paper

Jun 17, 202629 min

Skyscraper | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Humanity’s Tallest Buildings

Jun 15, 202634 min

Platypus | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Nature’s Oddest Mammal

Jun 12, 202630 min

Pizza | Can’t Sleep? Learn About a Slice of Culinary History

Jun 10, 202632 min

Guitars | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the World’s Most Popular String Instrument

Jun 8, 202635 min

Automaton | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Early Robots

Jun 5, 202634 min

Cabinet of Curiosities | Can’t Sleep? Learn About History’s Strangest Collections

Jun 3, 202635 min

Stained Glass | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Light, Color, and Glass

Jun 1, 202638 min

Honey | Can't Sleep? Learn About the World's Oldest Sweetener

May 29, 202635 min

Silk | Can't Sleep? Learn About Ancient Fabric and the Silk Road

May 27, 202631 min

Enceladus | Sleep Podcast for Insomnia

May 25, 202632 min

Tacos | Educational Sleep Podcast

May 22, 202629 min

Neuschwanstein Castle | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Bavaria’s Fairy Tale Castle

May 20, 202634 min

Windows | Sleep Podcast for Insomnia

May 18, 202633 min

Disc Golf | Educational Sleep Podcast

May 15, 202636 min
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