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Here are some episodes that include nature sounds I've recorded.
March 21, 2020

#41 - Mr. Possum - Extended

For kids and adults alike, this week's story is about why opossums are white.
Jan. 17, 2020

#32 - The Beginning of Things - Extended

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.
Dec. 20, 2019

#28 - A Forest Betrothal - Extended

A reprisal of 2019's most downloaded episodes, combined into an hour-long episode with nature sounds in the background.
Nov. 22, 2019

#24 - The Nightingale and The Rose - Extended

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.
Aug. 10, 2019

#6 - Goblin Market - Extended

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.
Aug. 3, 2019

#5 - The Tongue-Cut Sparrow - Extended

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.
July 27, 2019

#4 - The Emperor's New Clothes - Extended

An extended length (31 minutes) version of this classic tale with nature sounds in the background and no introduction.
July 20, 2019

#3 - Kvasir's Blood - Extended

A classic Viking tale. Just the story, no introduction, with creek sounds underneath.
July 17, 2019

#2 - How Odin Lost His Eye - Extended

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