Over 30 Min. Stories & Meditations

It's part three (of four) of the sleepy Herman Melville classic.

Part Two (of four) of the sleepy Herman Melville classic.

Part One (of four) of the sleepy Herman Melville classic.

A Danish fairy tale about the pain of growing up an outsider and the joy of finding out who you really are.

Mark Twain's heartrendingly beautiful classic, by request for a listener who likes longer stories.

A classic Danish tale that's a little creepy and a little sleepy.

Anna Kohlweis, an artist who makes music as Squalloscope, gives a beautiful reading of Hans Christian Andersen's The Story Of The Year.

Frederick Douglass’s classic essay, My Escape From Slavery

This 19th century tale of a household transformed by modern technology is a sweet tale of simpler times and includes the sound of crickets I recorded one evening this past summer up at my cabin.

This bonus episode has no story, only binaural nature sounds I recorded here at my cabin mixed with relaxing music.

In celebration of six months of Listen To Sleep, here's an extended edition of the first episode. It's a viking myth with the sound of crickets I recorded at my cabin last summer.

A reprisal of 2019's most downloaded episodes, combined into an hour-long episode with nature sounds in the background.

Oscar Wilde's The Nightingale and The Rose; a story about love and loss with a weird twist. This extended version has crickets in the background that go on after the story is over.

A classic tale of friendship. But not. Only Oscar Wilde could write a fairy tale like this.

This is the extended version of Goblin Market, a beautiful and bizarre poem by Christina Rossetti with sounds I recorded at the creek behind my cabin in the background.

This is the extended version of the traditional Japanese fairy tale is 45 minutes long, has no introduction and some sounds of nighttime at the creek in the background.

An extended length (31 minutes) version of this classic tale with nature sounds in the background and no introduction.

A classic Viking tale. Just the story, no introduction, with creek sounds underneath.

A classic Viking tale. It has just the story, no introduction, with creek sounds underneath.