Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories

Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories

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August 6, 2025 • 54 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Frankie Regalia ✍️Sound effects: mythical flute, countryside ambience, cowbell 🪈🌳🐄   Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, Ares, god of war, watches over his daughter Harmonia — goddess of harmony — as she grows and helps to found the city-state of Thebes. 😴 Includes mentions of: Food, Children, Childbirth, Romance, Boats, Fantastical Creatures, Animals, Religious Traditions, Cows, Parents, We...
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Narrator: Vanessa Labrie 🇨🇦 Writer: Angela Wood ✍️Sound effects: sea waves 🌊 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll spend a dreamy day in southern France, seeing the famous wild horses of Camargue and walking along the beach to a small town. 😴 Includes mentions of: Bodies of Water, Walking, Animals, Horses, History, Travel, Art, Little to No Plot.  Watch, listen and comment on this episode on the Get Sleepy YouTube chann...
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Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️Sound effects: magical chimes, crickets 🎶 🌾  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll visit an extraordinary dollhouse, filled with awe-inspiring miniatures, in Illinois, USA. 😴 Includes mentions of: Miniatures, Dolls, Travel, History, Fantasy, US History, Americana, Fantastical Creatures, The Great Depression, WWII, Roaring Twenties.  Watch, listen and comment on this epi...
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July 28, 2025 • 34 mins
Narrator: Simon Mattacks 🇬🇧Writer: Lottie Finklaire ✍️Sound effects: gentle river, birdsong 🦆🐦‍⬛   Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll follow the journey of a mallard duck, floating along the river, taking in his peaceful surroundings in the picturesque county of Surrey, England. 😴 Includes mentions of: Animals, Bodies of Water, Underwater Scenes, Little to No Plot, Ducks, Friendship, Insects, Science & Nature, Swimmin...
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Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Jo Steer ✍️Sound effects: afternoon birdsong 🐦  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll travel back in time to 600 BCE, to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in modern-day Iraq. We’ll use historical descriptions, myths and literature to re-imagine this ancient wonder in all its beauty. 😴 Includes mentions of: Ancient History, Science & Nature, Mythology, Walking, Plants.  Watch, listen and comm...
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July 21, 2025 • 54 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Jo Steer ✍️Sound effects: tropical birdsong 🦜🌴  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll travel to paradise on earth – the most tranquil little islands in Indonesia. There, you’ll take a boat cruise and snorkel among turtles. 😴 Includes mentions of: Travel, Bodies of Water, Swimming, Boat, Science & Nature, Underwater Scenes, Animals.  Watch, listen and comment on this episode on the Get Sl...
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July 18, 2025 • 37 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧  Writer: Nicole Griffin ✍️ Sound design: singing bowls & immersive sound bath 🔔  Welcome back, sleepy pals! We have a special bonus episode for you tonight. Enjoy a slow-paced and deeply relaxing meditation, accompanied by the soothing sounds of singing bowls. 😴 Connect Stay up to date on all our news and even vote on upcoming episodes! Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠getsleepy.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Face...
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July 16, 2025 • 66 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Chase Doan ✍️Sound effects: bus driving away 🚌  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll join a young boy, named Evan, who gets a new video game that is unlike any he’s played before. When he starts to play it, he somehow finds himself transported into the virtual world of Elysia. 😴 Includes mentions of: Children, Fantastical Creatures, Fantasy, Video Games, Mystery.  Watch, listen and comme...
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July 14, 2025 • 43 mins
Narrator: Jessika Downes-Gössl 🇬🇧Writer: Lottie Finklaire ✍️Sound effects: gentle birdsong, crickets 🐦‍⬛ 🌾  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be walking to the top of a beautiful hill and visiting a tea emporium. In this relaxing place, we'll learn about the history of this drink and experience distinctive varieties. 😴 Includes mentions of: Walking, Time Travel, History, Travel, Beverages.  Watch, listen and comment...
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July 9, 2025 • 38 mins
Narrator: TK Kellman 🇺🇸Writer: Laila Weir ✍️Sound effects: meadow ambience 🌼 🐦  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll travel back in time to the turn of the last century. We’ll take a look at life in a small town in Minnesota at the dawn of the 1900s. 😴 Includes mentions of: Little to No Plot, Food, Nostalgia, Children, Summer, History, US History, Parents, Family, School, Cleaning, Siblings, Chores, Americana.  Watch, ...
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July 7, 2025 • 67 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Alexandra Turney ✍️Sound effects: crickets 🌾  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’re starting a new ongoing series called “Big Ideas at Bedtime,” where we’ll delve into ideas and concepts people often wonder about. First up, we’ll be exploring a topic that’s long been a source of fascination – animal minds. 😴 Includes mentions of: Dogs, Religious Traditions, Literature & Literary History, A...
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Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Frankie Regalia ✍️Sound effects: mythical flute, crackling fire 🪈🔥  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, continuing our way through the Ancient Greek Pantheon, we will meet Hephaestus, the god of the forge, metalworks, smithies, fire and volcanoes. 😴 Includes mentions of: Fire, Weapons, Romance, Mythology, Religious Traditions, Work, Creativity, Family.  Watch, listen and comment on this epis...
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June 30, 2025 • 46 mins
Narrator: Vanessa Labrie 🇨🇦 Writer: Alicia LeVesque ✍️Sound effects: morning ambience 🌅  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we rejoin Alice and her rescue pup, Quill. They're opening a special bakery, serving delectable treats to both humans and their pet dogs. 😴 Includes mentions of: Food, Dogs, Baking, Friendship, Beverages.  Watch, listen and comment on this episode on the Get Sleepy YouTube channel. And hit subscribe wh...
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June 25, 2025 • 54 mins
Narrator: Chloe De Burgh 🇬🇧Writer: Frankie Regalia ✍️Sound effects: countryside ambience, birds, sheep 🌳🐦🐑  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll journey through the barrier between our world and the one of the elves to witness what lives there. 😴 Includes mentions of: Food, Magic, Summer, Walking, Gratitude, Fantastical Creatures, Animals, Darkness, Music, Forest at Night, Dancing, Fantasy, Dreams, Beverages.  Watch, ...
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Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Jo Steer ✍️Sound effects: sea waves 🌊  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll travel back in time to the fifth century BCE and visit Olympia in Ancient Greece to see the Statue of Zeus within its grand temple. 😴 Includes mentions of: Heights, History, Ancient History, Religious Traditions, Time Travel, Mythology, Travel.  Watch, listen and comment on this episode on the Get Sleepy YouTube ...
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June 18, 2025 • 74 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Shauna-Marie Henry ✍️Sound effects: train in motion, children chatting 🚂🗣️  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll rejoin Clementine, as well as her younger brother, Michael, and their guide, Timothy, as they visit more lands in The World Above. 😴 Includes mentions of: Magic, Heights, Flying, Bodies of Water, Nostalgia, Children, Boat, Fantastical Creatures, Fantasy, Helping, Mystery, Sibl...
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June 16, 2025 • 49 mins
Narrator: Arif Hodzic 🇺🇸 Writer: Shauna-Marie Henry ✍️Sound effects: reggae music, distant chatter, ocean waves 🎶 🗣️ 🌊   Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be going to a barbecue in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, with Anakay and Michael. It’s almost always good weather for a barbecue on this little island. 😴 Includes mentions of: Food, Nostalgia, Children, Cooking, Summer, Romance, Beverages, Travel.  Watch, listen and comment...
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June 11, 2025 • 181 mins
Narrator: Jessika Downes-Gössl 🇬🇧Writer: Lottie Finklaire ✍️Sound effects: Japanese park ambience, shamisen music 🌸🎶  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, in Kyoto, Japan, we will follow a day in the life of a trainee Geisha, otherwise known as a Maiko. 😴 Includes mentions of: Food, Beverages, Geisha, Dancing, Music, Travel. Watch, listen and comment on this episode on the Get Sleepy YouTube channel. And hit subscribe while y...
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June 9, 2025 • 46 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Lottie Finklaire ✍️Sound effects: morning jungle ambience 🌴🐒 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll enjoy a day in the life of a monkey family who live at a temple in South India. 😴 Includes mentions of: Food, Heights, Animals, Religious Traditions, Science & Nature, Travel.  Watch, listen and comment on this episode on the Get Sleepy YouTube channel. And hit subscribe while you're there!...
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June 4, 2025 • 42 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Shady Grove Oliver ✍️Sound effects: calm shop ambience, distant chatter 🛒 🗣️  Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be joining a woman named Bisan as she makes knafeh, one of her family’s favourite desserts, for the holiday of Eid al-Adha.  😴 Includes mentions of: Food, Cooking, Baking, Beverages, Holidays, Religious Traditions, Family, Friendship, Nostalgia.  Watch, listen and comment o...
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