WikiSleep
WikiSleep is a simple yet effective sleep app and podcast designed to help people with busy or curious brains relax and unwind. Find the App at WIKISLEEP.COM and Try At No Cost Today. Discover happier, more restful sleep through a constantly growing selection of fun sleep stories, biographies, weird histories, easy meditations and other curiosities—all designed to help you relax and unwind. Unlike many other sleep apps that rely heavily on tricks or deep meditation, our content works on the simple principle of diversion. The stories we provide are interesting enough to grab your attention—but calm enough that you can drift off while listening. We offer stories that are unusual for sleep apps, such as biographies of fascinating people like The Notorious B.I.G., Marie Antoinette or Bob Ross—or weird histories of everyday things like wine or cameras. Regardless of the story, every episode is delivered in a calm and soothing way. WHAT YOU'LL FIND: A growing list of stories, capers, histories, biographies, ambient sounds, meditations, breath exercises for anxiety, Spanish and French episodes...plus much more. Some of our most favorited episodes include: • The Life & Times of Bob Ross • Anthony Bourdain: Visionary & Humanist • The Salem Witch Trials • The Notorious B.I.G. • Sleepy Penguin Visualization • The Great Train Robbery of 1963 • Mexican Beach Relaxation • The Magic of Chadwick Boseman • Charles Ponzi, the man behind the scheme • The Brothers Grimm • A Very Brief History of Whisky • The Greek Myth of Paris • Box Breathing for Sleep & Anxiety • Sleepy Cat Purr • The Many Lives of Maya Angelou • Michelangelo: The Divine One • Jim Henson & His Muppets • A Pretty Brief History of Marijuana • Vlad the Impaler • A Brief History of Cameras • Three Hours of Pi • The Brief Life of Alexander the Great • Catherine the Great of Russia • Frida Kahlo: A Remarkable Life The list keeps growing and we take suggestions too... By becoming a WikiSleep member, you're investing in your own ad-free sleep health—and sleep health is mental health. Thank you for being a supporter. https://plus.acast.com/s/wikisleep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Famous for his exceptional skill and speed as a martial artist, Bruce Lee’s life was a fascinating journey toward stardom. Raised in Hong Kong and forced into street fights, his parents urged him to train for self-defence. He would take that experience and training to create his own style of martial arts, Jeet Kune Do style, or the Way of the Intercepting Fis...
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Cleopatra is one of the most fascinating humans in all of history. A queen, a brilliant political tactitian, and mother to both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony's children, her relatively short life was full of intrigue and cunning....
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Ernest Shackleton is often considered one of history's greatest leaders, helping the entire crew of his ship, Endurance, survive over two years stranded in some of the most harrowing conditions in Antartica. He was famous for believing in personalities over experience, was celebrated as a hero during his relatively short life and had the trust of sailors any c...
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Stan Lee was the creative mind behind the some of the most famous characters in comic book history. Not only did he co-create The Black Panther, Thor, Iron Man and Spider-Man, he was also responsible for brining humanity into the characters, writing them as imperfect beings with their own desires and conceits. He advocated for using comic books as platform...
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Bob Marley was a Jamaican artist who transcended musical boundaries to become an iconic reggae legend. Despite facing adversities throughout his life, including an assassination attempt, he was relentless on his quest to spread messages of love, unity and social justice. Four decades after his death, his unique voice continues to resonate around the globe....
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River Phoenix was one of the most recognizable actors of the 1980s and '90s, staring in films like Stand By Me, Sneakers and My Own Private Idaho. But he was also much more than that. A musician, activist and humanitarian, his unfortunate passing due to a drug overdose shocked his fans around the globe, many of whom had viewed him as a squeaky clean ambass...
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Perhaps one of the most unhinged medical procedures of the 20th century, lobotomies were highly controversial from the very start. Based on flimsy research and a distinct lack of knowledge on how the brain actually functions, the procedure was performs tens of thousands of times with often horrifying results. Yet it took until 1977 for the US government to...
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The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was a failed attempt to assassinate King James the First of England by a group of Catholics. Uncovered hours before it was meant to occur, the plot served to solidify the king's popularity and resulted in a wave of executions. Over 400 years later, the event is commemorated by Guy Fawkes Night–a celebration with fireworks display...
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Zombies as we know them have their origins in Haitian and African folklore, where they were believed to be reanimated corpses controlled by sorcerers. The concept evolved in pop culture through the 20th century, gaining prominence in George A. Romero's 1968 film "Night of the Living Dead." Romero's movie marked the shift from voodoo-based zombies to the mo...
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The Fall of the House of Usher is a Gothic short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and publish in 1839. It tells the tale of a nameless narrator who visits the decaying and eerie mansion of his childhood friend, Roderick Usher. As the story unfolds, it becomes apparent that the Usher family is cursed, and the house itself see...
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An illiterate farm girl who claimed the voice of God instructed her to take charge of her country's army and lead it to victory, Joan of Arc was able to convince the as-yet crowned Charles VII to let her do just that. What's more astounding is that once in charge, her swift victories led to a brief truce in the 100 Years War and to the consecration of King...
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Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who helped reshape physics through his ground-breaking theory of relativity. At 43 years old, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for this theory and was celebrated internationally as the ruling monarch of the mind. A life-long pacifist, he worked to save the lives of countless scientists during the Nazi r...
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Notorious, infamous and vicious, Al Capone was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit. His seven-year reign as crime boss ended when he went to prison at the age of 33, after which he lost control of his gang and entered a steep mental decline due to a syphilit...
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Stephen Hawking was a renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist, whose best-selling book, "A Brief History of Time," made complex scientific concepts accessible to a wide audience. Despite living with the challenges of ALS, he remained vibrant, funny and incredibly social, outliving his terminal diagnosis by over fifty years while making groundbreakin...
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Jack Kerouac was an American, French-Canadian writer who spun raw emotions into his work, with his most famous book, "On the Road" being hailed as an anthem of freedom and rebellion. His spontaneous prose, fuelled by jazz rhythms, drugs, alcohol and a quest for enlightenment, captured the essence of post-war counterculture, but his life was turned upside ...
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Salvador Dalí fue un artista surrealista español famoso por su destreza técnica, sus precisos dibujos y las impactantes y extrañas imágenes de su obra. Su repertorio artístico incluía pintura, artes gráficas, cine, escultura, diseño y fotografía, con temas principales en su obra que incluyen los sueños, el subconsciente, la sexualidad, la religión, l...
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Long before Odysseus set off on his epic Homeric journey, he was just a boy who believed that the island of Ithica was all that existed in the world. On his twelfth birthday though, everything changed...
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Pulled from from The Book of Japanese Myth, these Four Legends of the Weird include a corpse eater, the tale of Hōïchi the Earless, a haunted futon and more. Spooky, strange and perfect for lulling you to sleep...
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Prometheus defied Zeus by stealing fire from the gods and gifting it to humanity, granting them knowledge and power. As punishment, he was condemned to eternal suffering, chained to a mountainside with his liver being eaten daily by an eagle, only to regenerate each night. His act of fire theft is thought to signify the pivotal role of knowledge in human progress, while his enduring torment un...
INTRODUCING A NEW WIKISLEEP VOICE! Meet Jonny Buchanan, a new narrator for WikiSleep. Keep an ear out for more great episodes coming soon from Jonny.
The Great Fire of London swept through central London from Sunday, September 2nd to Thursday, September 6th, 1666, gutting the medieval city inside the old Roman wall, before extending past the wall to the west, engulfing the Royal Exchange, St. Paul's Cathedral and nearly 13,000 h...
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