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History For Sleep with the Drowsy Historian

Drowsy Historian

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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.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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Notable Guests

DDr. Kathryn Reyerson2×DDr. Sophia Patel2×Henry VIIIHenry VIII2×Queen Elizabeth IQueen Elizabeth I2×DDr. Kathryn A. Bard2×Napoleon BonaparteNapoleon Bonaparte2×DDr. Emily Chen1×Benito MussoliniBenito Mussolini1×Sam HarrisSam Harris1×DDr. John Taylor1×

Episodes (553)

Fall Asleep as a Physician Treating Patients in Ancient Alexandria

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Jul 23, 20262:31:16pending

Fall Asleep as an Ice Age Mammoth Butcher on the Frozen Steppe

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Jul 22, 20262:04:57pending

Fall Asleep as a Civilian Living Beside the Western Front in World War I

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Jul 21, 20262:23:21pending

Fall Asleep as an Ottoman Palace Servant During the Empire's Decline

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Jul 20, 20262:28:29pending

Fall Asleep as a Medieval Executioner Who Lives Outside the Town Walls

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Jul 19, 20262:31:48pending

Fall Asleep as a Roman Undertaker During an Ancient Epidemic

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Jul 18, 20262:39:24pending

Fall Asleep as a Colonial American Land Surveyor Marking the Mason-Dixon Line

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Jul 17, 20262:41:17pending

Fall Asleep as a Fisherman Living Along the Ancient Moroccan Coast

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Jul 16, 20262:37:07pending

Fall Asleep as a Night Orderly in a 1930s Tuberculosis Sanatorium

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Jul 15, 20262:39:55pending

Fall Alseep as a Canal Inspector During the Industrial Revolution

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Jul 14, 20262:39:43pending

Fall Asleep as a Noble Guest at a 17th-Century French Spa Resort

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Jul 13, 20262:50:51pending

Fall Asleep Caring for Sick Monks in a Medieval Monastery

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Jul 12, 20263:07:36pending

Fall Asleep as a Funeral Priest Preparing the Dead in Ancient Egypt

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Jul 11, 20263:00:44pending

Fall Asleep as a Resident of Whitechapel During the Jack the Ripper Murders

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Jul 10, 20262:53:07pending

Fall Asleep as a Lighthouse Assistant on a Remote Island in 1890s Scotland

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Jul 9, 20262:01:03pending

Fall Asleep as a Night Nurse During the 1940s Polio Epidemic

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Jul 8, 20262:18:34pending

Fall Asleep as a Silver Mine Accountant in Colonial Potosí

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Jul 7, 20262:39:13pending

Fall Alseep as a Traveling Relic Seller in the Late Middle Ages

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Jul 6, 20262:22:29pending

Fall Asleep as a Roman Vineyard Worker During Harvest Season

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Jul 5, 20262:38:33pending

You’re a Fisherman Drying Cod in a Viking Settlement

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Jul 4, 20262:12:20pending

Fall Asleep as a Factory Timekeeper During the Great Depression

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Jul 3, 20262:26:52pending

Fall Asleep as a Street Sweeper in 19th Century Paris

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Jul 2, 20262:17:43pending

Fall Asleep as a Court Dwarf in a 16th Century Royal Palace

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Jul 1, 20262:27:55pending

Fall Asleep as a Castle Laundress in Medieval France

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Jun 30, 20262:19:44pending

Fall Asleep as a Scribe in Ancient Babylon (Clay Tablets & Taxes)

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Jun 29, 20262:26:26pending

Fall Asleep as a Mammoth Bone Hut Builder on the Ice Age Steppe

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Jun 28, 20262:25:53pending

Fall Asleep as a London Civilian Evacuating During the Blitz

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Jun 27, 20262:21:10pending

Fall Asleep as a Coal Breaker Boy in 19th Century Pennsylvania

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Jun 26, 20262:20:29pending

Fall Asleep as a Perfume Maker in Renaissance Venice

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Jun 25, 20262:34:16pending

Fall Asleep as a Medieval Ferryman During Flood Season

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Jun 24, 20262:23:47pending

Fall Asleep as a Roman Glassblower Working Near the Syrian Coast

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Jun 23, 20262:41:16pending

Fall Asleep as a Flint Knapping Apprentice in Prehistoric Europe

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Jun 22, 20262:49:39pending

Fall Asleep as a WWII Radio Operator Crossing the Atlantic

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Jun 21, 20262:54:41pending

Fall Asleep as a Match Seller Walking the Streets of Victorian London

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Jun 20, 20262:33:41pending

Fall Asleep as a Servant Preparing a Banquet in Mughal India

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Jun 19, 20262:43:38pending

Fall Asleep as a Shepherd Guarding Flocks in Medieval Castile

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Jun 18, 20262:27:12pending

Fall Asleep Baking Bread for the Gods in Ancient Egypt

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Jun 17, 20262:42:14pending

Fall Asleep as an Ice Age Shellfish Gatherer on a Frozen Coast

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Jun 16, 20262:40:13pending

Fall Asleep as a Telephone Switchboard Operator in 1920s Chicago

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Jun 15, 20262:44:31pending

Fall Asleep as a Canal Lock Keeper in Industrial England 1794

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Jun 14, 20262:41:18pending

Fall Asleep as a Noble Guest at a Baroque Palace in 17th Century Vienna

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Jun 13, 20262:58:45pending

Fall Asleep as a Medieval Beekeeper Supplying Monasteries with Wax and Honey

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Jun 12, 20262:44:37pending

Fall Alseep as a Roman Courier Riding Across Gaul in the 2nd Century

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Jun 11, 20262:40:23pending

Fall Asleep as a Salt Miner Working Beneath the Alps in the Bronze Age

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Jun 10, 20262:43:51pending

Fall Asleep as a Lighthouse Keeper Isolated on a Stormy Coast in the Early 1900s

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Jun 9, 20262:34:56pending

Fall Asleep as a Roman Laborer Marching Through the Spartacus Rebellion

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Jun 8, 20262:53:46pending

Fall Asleep as a Civilian Working in Petrograd During the Russian Revolution

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Jun 7, 20262:41:20pending

Fall Asleep as a Sailor Transporting Convicts to Australia in the 1800s

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Jun 6, 20262:42:55pending

Fall Asleep as a Clerk Keeping Records on a Caribbean Sugar Plantation

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Jun 5, 20262:38:01pending

Fall Asleep as a Traveling Tax Collector in Medieval England

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Jun 4, 20261:39:58pending
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