May 27, 2019

Let your thoughts flit away as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the great Sherlock Holmes, tries to prove that actual fairies exist. No, really! It's a fascinating exercise in (not so) critical thinking, if you can stay awake long enough.

Music: "earth 2 earth," by PCIII (freemusicarchive.org), is licensed under...

May 20, 2019

Drift off on a voyage of relaxation with one of the foundation texts of science fiction and fantasy--"The Blazing World," written by Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, in 1668. Imaginative worldbuilding and early scientific inquiry is a perfect tonic for sleep.

Music: "Gentle Whispering" by Lee Rosevere,...

May 13, 2019

This week we fulfill a listener request, and relax to one of the world's earliest and most influential philosophical texts, the Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tze. If you stay awake long enough, perhaps you'll figure out what it all means, but don't hurt yourself.

Music: "Exit Exit" by PCIII (freemusicarchive.org),...

May 6, 2019

Let's get transcendental with Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Nature" and relax to his musings on beauty, language, and our connection with the perfection of our surroundings.

Music: "Ocean Tapping" by PCIII (freemusicarchive.org), licensed under CC BY

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