I Can’t Sleep
Trouble sleeping? You could count sheep, or let I Can’t Sleep do the heavy yawning for you. Host Benjamin Boster reads slow-paced, fact-filled content on science, history, and everyday oddities with zero plot twists and even less urgency. It’s calm. It’s consistent. And yes, you might accidentally learn something. So get comfy, press play, and let your brain wander off without you.
Episodes
February 3, 2026 • 34 mins
Relax with calm bedtime reading about the Eurovision Song Contest, designed for sleep and gentle relief from insomnia. Relax with calm bedtime reading that supports sleep and eases insomnia while offering a peaceful way to unwind. In this episode, Benjamin softly explores the history, traditions, and cultural impact of Eurovision, sharing facts in a soothing, steady cadence that helps your mind slow down while you rest. You can lea...
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February 1, 2026 • 35 mins
Drift off with a calm bedtime reading that supports sleep and gently eases insomnia. This calm bedtime reading helps your mind relax as you settle into sleep and let go of the day. Tonight’s episode explores echoes from a scientific perspective, calmly explaining how sound reflects, travels, and returns in a soothing, easy-to-follow way that lets you learn while unwinding. Benjamin’s steady, calming voice offers gentle, fact-filled...
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January 29, 2026 • 35 mins
Drift off with calm bedtime reading about tigers, designed to support sleep and ease insomnia through gentle learning. Relax with calm, educational bedtime reading that invites sleep while giving your mind a peaceful break from insomnia and restless thoughts. In this episode, Benjamin slowly explores the natural history, behavior, and habitats of tigers in a steady, unhurried cadence that encourages relaxation. You’ll learn somethi...
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January 27, 2026 • 38 mins
Drift off with calm bedtime reading about statistics, designed to ease you into sleep while gently supporting those with insomnia. This calm bedtime reading continues with simple ideas from statistics, offering a peaceful path toward sleep and comfort for restless minds and insomnia as you settle in for the night. In this episode, you’ll explore the basics of statistics—patterns, averages, probability, and how we make sense of data...
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January 25, 2026 • 35 mins
Relax with a calm bedtime reading about electronic dance music, gently guiding you toward sleep and easing insomnia. This calm bedtime reading blends simple, soothing facts to support sleep during insomnia and restless nights, helping your thoughts unwind naturally. Unwind as Benjamin explores the origins, sounds, and cultural impact of electronic dance music in a steady, comforting cadence that allows you to learn while relaxing. ...
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January 22, 2026 • 35 mins
Relax with calm bedtime reading designed to support sleep and ease insomnia through gentle learning. This peaceful bedtime reading helps quiet the mind for sleep while offering comfort during restless nights and insomnia. In this episode, Benjamin softly explores the history, culture, and landscape of Albuquerque, sharing clear facts at an unhurried pace that makes learning feel soothing. You’ll discover something new while your bo...
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January 20, 2026 • 35 mins
Drift off with a calm bedtime reading about Shine Muscat grapes, created to support sleep and ease insomnia through gentle learning. This calm bedtime reading blends peaceful facts with a relaxed pace that encourages sleep while comforting listeners through insomnia and restless nights. In this episode, Benjamin softly explores the origins, cultivation, and unique qualities of Shine Muscat grapes, offering something interesting to ...
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January 18, 2026 • 34 mins
Drift off with calm bedtime reading designed to support sleep and ease insomnia as you gently explore the story of the Esalen Institute. This calm, bedtime reading for sleep offers a peaceful way to learn while soothing a restless mind and easing insomnia symptoms. Benjamin reads with a slow, steady, and reassuring cadence, sharing the history and philosophy of this well-known retreat center in a way that feels comforting and unhur...
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January 15, 2026 • 33 mins
Relax with calm bedtime reading designed to support sleep and ease insomnia as you gently explore the story of Cabo San Lucas. This peaceful bedtime reading blends soothing facts with a steady rhythm to help quiet your mind, encourage sleep, and soften restless nights caused by insomnia as you unwind. In this episode, Benjamin calmly guides you through the history, geography, and cultural highlights of Cabo San Lucas within the wid...
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January 13, 2026 • 32 mins
Relax with calm, bedtime reading that supports sleep and eases insomnia through gentle learning and soothing narration. This peaceful episode offers calm, bedtime reading for sleep, helping quiet insomnia and settle a restless mind as night falls. Tonight, we explore the simple and fascinating world of houseboats, drifting through their history, design, and everyday life on the water in a way that’s easy to follow and deeply relaxi...
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January 11, 2026 • 30 mins
Drift off with a calm bedtime reading about birch trees, designed to support sleep and ease insomnia through gentle learning. This peaceful bedtime reading blends calm facts and natural history with a soothing pace that helps quiet the mind for sleep and rest from insomnia, as Benjamin gently explores the world of birch trees—their distinctive bark, habitats, and quiet role in ecosystems—while keeping the tone slow, steady, and com...
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January 8, 2026 • 37 mins
Drift off with a calm bedtime reading that gently supports sleep and helps ease insomnia through quiet learning. This calm bedtime reading is designed for sleep, offering a peaceful focus for minds affected by insomnia and restless nights. Tonight, Benjamin explores the baseball term “battery,” explaining the unique relationship between pitcher and catcher in a slow, soothing way that helps you relax while you learn. His steady cad...
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January 6, 2026 • 34 mins
Drift off with calm bedtime reading designed to support sleep and ease insomnia as we explore the surprisingly cozy history of Cheez-It. This peaceful bedtime reading blends gentle facts and simple storytelling to help quiet a restless mind and guide you toward sleep as Benjamin calmly reads about how Cheez-It came to be, how they’re made, and why they’ve remained a familiar comfort food for generations. You’ll learn something new ...
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January 4, 2026 • 32 mins
Unwind with calm bedtime reading created to support sleep and ease insomnia as we explore the sombrero together. This calm bedtime reading offers a gentle, steady rhythm that helps quiet racing thoughts, inviting sleep while providing comfort for insomnia and restless nights as Benjamin takes a peaceful, educational look at the sombrero, sharing its history, meaning, and cultural significance in a soothing, unhurried way. You’ll le...
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January 1, 2026 • 31 mins
Drift off with a calm bedtime reading about the 1980 film Airplane!, designed to support sleep and ease insomnia through gentle, unhurried storytelling. This calm bedtime reading helps quiet the mind at night, offering a peaceful way to relax into sleep if insomnia or restless nights tend to keep you awake, while Benjamin softly explores the background, humor, and cultural impact of the film in a soothing, steady cadence.
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December 30, 2025 • 38 mins
Relax with calm bedtime reading designed to support sleep and ease insomnia through gentle learning. This peaceful bedtime reading blends calm facts and soothing rhythm to help your mind slow down for sleep, even on nights shaped by insomnia.
Tonight’s episode explores the history, cultural roots, and basic structure of lacrosse, offering something interesting to learn while your body unwinds. Benjamin’s steady, reassuring cadence...
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December 28, 2025 • 37 mins
Relax with a calm bedtime reading designed to support sleep and ease insomnia, offering a peaceful bedtime reading that creates space for rest and comfort at the end of the day. In this episode, Benjamin explores the idea of home through a simple, educational reading that lets you learn something new while slowly unwinding, using a steady, soothing cadence with no whispering, just relaxed, fact-filled narration to help your mind se...
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December 25, 2025 • 36 mins
Drift off with a calm bedtime reading about Boxing Day, designed for sleep and anyone facing insomnia after busy holidays. Relax with a calm bedtime reading that supports sleep, gently easing insomnia as the history and traditions unfold, all in one peaceful flow. In this episode, Benjamin explores the origins of Boxing Day, its connection to Saint Stephen’s Day, and the way charitable customs evolved into modern traditions, shared...
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December 23, 2025 • 33 mins
Relax with calm bedtime reading designed to ease you into sleep while gently supporting insomnia relief. This peaceful bedtime reading combines calm facts and steady narration to help quiet the mind and invite rest as you prepare for sleep. In this episode, Benjamin explores the world of snowboarding, tracing its origins, evolution, and place in winter sports culture, allowing you to learn something new while unwinding. His slow, s...
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December 21, 2025 • 27 mins
Drift off with calm bedtime reading designed to support sleep and ease insomnia through gentle learning. This soothing episode blends calm facts and bedtime reading rhythms to help quiet the mind, encourage sleep, and soften the edges of insomnia. Settle in as Benjamin peacefully explores the history and traditions of gingerbread, sharing how this spiced treat traveled across cultures and centuries. You can relax while still learni...
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