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About this podcast

Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian History For Sleep delivers slow, calm, and slightly unsettling historical storytelling that makes dozing off educationally depressing. Brought to you by the Drowsy Historian, each episode is 1–2 hours of immersive bedtime history with just enough absurd detail to keep you listening — until you aren’t. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Episodes

• Fall Asleep as a Roman Census Collector Traveling From Village to Village

  Oct 1, 2026 · 2:17:14

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Travel the dusty roads of the Roman countryside as a census collector tasked with recording…

• Fall Asleep as a Victorian Cocaine Patent Medicine Salesman in the 1890s

  Sep 30, 2026 · 2:28:43

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into the 1890s and travel from town to town as a patent medicine salesman, carrying a…

• Fall Asleep as a Sailor Hunting Whales in the Arctic During the 1800s

  Sep 29, 2026 · 2:04:49

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Sail into the frozen Arctic aboard a nineteenth-century whaling ship, where creaking timber,…

• Fall Asleep as a Court Gardener at the Palace of Versailles

  Sep 28, 2026 · 2:07:19

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Fall asleep as a gardener at Versailles, where royal beauty depends on muddy boots, sharp…

• Fall Asleep as a Medieval Pilgrim Crossing the Alps in Winter

  Sep 27, 2026 · 1:58:08

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian With a worn staff in your hand and tired boots beneath you, you follow lonely mountain roads…

• Fall Asleep as an Ancient Chinese Potter Firing Ceramics in Ancient China

  Sep 26, 2026 · 2:02:15

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into an ancient Chinese pottery yard, where clay, water, smoke, and fire shape the rhythm…

• Fall Asleep as a Laudanum Addict in Victorian England

  Sep 25, 2026 · 2:03:12

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into Victorian England, where a small bottle of laudanum sits quietly among the ordinary…

• Fall Asleep as a Coal Trimmer Aboard a Steamship Crossing the Atlantic

  Sep 24, 2026 · 2:04:36

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, descend below the passenger decks of a transatlantic steamship and experience the…

• Fall Asleep as a Printer Working During the Protestant Reformation

  Sep 23, 2026 · 2:09:08

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step inside a dim sixteenth-century printing workshop during the Protestant Reformation, where…

• Fall Asleep as a Medieval Falcon Trainer Preparing Birds for the Hunt

  Sep 22, 2026 · 2:01:32

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into the quiet world of a medieval falconer, where patience matters more than authority…

• Fall Asleep as a Roman Surveyor Mapping New Roads Across Britannia

  Sep 21, 2026 · 2:03:14

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, step into Roman Britain and experience life as a surveyor tasked with turning forests,…

• Fall Asleep as a Hunter Gathering Bird Eggs Along Ice Age Cliffs

  Sep 20, 2026 · 2:01:41

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Climb into the cold, windswept world of the Ice Age, where survival sometimes means following…

• Fall Asleep as a Civilian Trapped Inside the Siege of Leningrad

  Sep 19, 2026 · 1:57:55

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into Leningrad during one of the longest and most devastating sieges in modern history. In…

• Fall Asleep as a Telegraph Messenger Delivering Urgent News During the American Civil War

  Sep 18, 2026 · 1:57:16

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into a small American town during the Civil War and experience the quiet life of a…

• Fall Asleep as a Spice Merchant Crossing the Indian Ocean in the Age of Sail

  Sep 17, 2026 · 2:18:04

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you step aboard a wooden merchant vessel and follow the ancient spice routes across…

• Fall Asleep as a Medieval Bridge Keeper Collecting Tolls

  Sep 16, 2026 · 1:57:26

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Spend a quiet day beside a medieval river as a bridge keeper responsible for collecting tolls,…

• Fall Asleep as a Physician Treating Patients in Ancient Carthage

  Sep 15, 2026 · 2:11:35

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into ancient Carthage and spend a day practicing medicine in one of the Mediterranean's…

• Fall Asleep as a Flint Miner Digging Deep Underground in Neolithic Europe

  Sep 14, 2026 · 2:07:37

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Descend beneath the earth and spend a quiet day as a Neolithic flint miner, working by…

• Fall Asleep as a Radar Operator During the Battle of Britain 1940

  Sep 13, 2026 · 1:55:46

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step inside a British radar station in 1940 and experience the Battle of Britain from a…

• Fall Asleep as a Lock Keeper on the Erie Canal in 1845

  Sep 12, 2026 · 1:51:33

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Spend a quiet day beside the Erie Canal as a 19th-century lock keeper, tending wooden gates,…

• Fall Asleep as a Noblewoman Spending the Season at a Venetian Carnival

  Sep 11, 2026 · 2:05:03

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into 18th-century Venice during the height of Carnival, where silk gowns, candlelit…

• Fall Asleep as a Medieval Shepherd Driving Sheep Across the Scottish Highlands

  Sep 10, 2026 · 1:55:51

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Spend a quiet day in the medieval Scottish Highlands, where life moves at the pace of the flock…

• Fall Asleep as a Courier Carrying Imperial Orders Across Ancient Persia

  Sep 9, 2026 · 1:56:48

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Ride across the vast Achaemenid Empire as an imperial courier entrusted with carrying a sealed…

• Fall Asleep as a Seal Hunter Living Along the North Atlantic Coast During the Ice Age

  Sep 8, 2026 · 2:04:47

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Travel back to the Ice Age and experience life as a seal hunter along a frozen North Atlantic…

• Fall Asleep as an Early 1900s Deep-Sea Diver

  Sep 7, 2026 · 2:27:08

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step beneath the surface of an early twentieth-century harbor and experience a working day as a…

• Fall Asleep as a Wealthy Roman Spending the Summer at a Seaside Villa

  Sep 6, 2026 · 2:17:39

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Escape the heat and noise of ancient Rome and spend a peaceful summer at a luxurious seaside…

• Fall Asleep as a Civilian Living Through the Partition of India in 1947

  Sep 5, 2026 · 2:04:49

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian What was it like to be an ordinary civilian during the Partition of India in 1947? Tonight,…

• Fall Asleep as a Fur Trader Wintering at a Remote Hudson’s Bay Company Post

  Sep 4, 2026 · 2:03:21

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Spend a long winter at a remote Hudson’s Bay Company post, where snow, isolation, and the…

• Fall Asleep as a Medieval Gong Farmer Cleaning the Castle Privies

  Sep 3, 2026 · 2:06:31

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into a medieval castle after dark, not as a knight, noble, or honored guest, but as the…

• Fall Asleep as a Copper Miner Working in the Bronze Age Mediterranean

  Sep 2, 2026 · 2:46:01

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, journey back to the Bronze Age and experience life as an ancient copper miner. Before…

• Fall Asleep as a Bangkok Laborer During Thailand’s Yaba Crisis in the 1990s

  Sep 1, 2026 · 2:43:19

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Fall asleep in 1990s Bangkok as you step into the life of a working-class laborer during a…

• Fall Asleep as a Factory Worker Surrounded by Dangerous Chemicals in 19th Century Europe

  Aug 31, 2026 · 3:05:06

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step inside a 19th-century chemical factory, where industrial progress comes with a sharp…

• Fall Asleep as a Sailor Facing Keelhauling in the Age of Sail

  Aug 30, 2026 · 2:52:28

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Fall asleep aboard a wooden sailing ship where strict discipline, endless watches, and the…

• Fall Asleep as a Medieval Charcoal Burner Living Alone in the Forest

  Aug 29, 2026 · 3:01:56

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Fall asleep as a medieval charcoal burner living deep in the forest, surrounded by damp earth,…

• Fall Asleep as a Roman Animal Keeper Beneath the Colosseum

  Aug 28, 2026 · 2:55:52

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Fall asleep beneath the Colosseum in ancient Rome, where the roar of thousands of spectators…

• Fall Asleep as a Prehistoric Fisher Crossing Arctic Waters in a Skin Boat

  Aug 27, 2026 · 2:49:34

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Fall asleep as an Arctic fisher setting out across cold northern waters in a lightweight…

• Fall Asleep as a Field Medic Treating the Wounded During the Russian Civil War

  Aug 26, 2026 · 2:53:07

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into the exhausted world of a field medic during the Russian Civil War. As armies advance…

• Fall Asleep as a Sewer Flusher Working Beneath Victorian London

  Aug 25, 2026 · 2:20:04

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Descend beneath the streets of Victorian London and experience a night in the life of a sewer…

• Fall Asleep as a Wealthy Sugar Merchant Living Lavishly in 17th-Century Amsterdam

  Aug 24, 2026 · 2:51:57

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into the polished world of 17th-century Amsterdam and experience life as a prosperous…

• Fall Asleep as a Medieval Leech Collector Wading Through Swamps for Medicine

  Aug 23, 2026 · 2:27:52

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into the cold, muddy marshes of medieval England and experience life as a medicinal leech…

• Fall Asleep as an Embalmer Preparing a Mummy in Ancient Egypt

  Aug 22, 2026 · 2:31:20

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into an ancient Egyptian embalming house and follow the careful preparation of the dead…

• Fall Asleep as an Indigenous Farmer Watching Europeans Arrive in 16th Century North America

  Aug 21, 2026 · 2:41:01

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into the life of an Indigenous farmer in 16th-century North America, where the passing…

• Fall Asleep as a World War I Aviator Flying Over the Western Front

  Aug 20, 2026 · 2:33:29

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Take to the skies above the Western Front as a World War I reconnaissance pilot flying one of…

• Fall Asleep as a Zookeeper Caring for Exotic Animals in Victorian London

  Aug 19, 2026 · 2:34:32

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step through the iron gates of a Victorian zoological garden and experience the quiet,…

• Fall Asleep as a Woman Living Through the Salem Witch Trials (1692)

  Aug 18, 2026 · 2:36:39

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you travel back to Salem Village, Massachusetts in 1692 , where the Salem Witch Trials…

• Fall Asleep as a Medieval Alewife Brewing Beer for an Entire Village

  Aug 17, 2026 · 2:26:18

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, step into a quiet medieval village where your day begins long before sunrise. As the…

• Fall Asleep as a Servant Preparing a Roman Senator’s Lavish Dinner

  Aug 16, 2026 · 2:31:02

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Spend a day behind the scenes of one of Ancient Rome's most extravagant dinner parties. Long…

• Fall Asleep as a Reindeer Hunter Surviving a Winter in Prehistoric Siberia

  Aug 15, 2026 · 2:31:40

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Travel back to the frozen wilderness of Ice Age Siberia and experience life through the eyes of…

• Fall Asleep as an Airship Crewman Aboard the Hindenburg

  Aug 14, 2026 · 2:28:51

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step aboard the Hindenburg and experience life from the perspective of one of the crew members…

• Fall Asleep as a Railway Porter Working Through a Gilded Age Winter

  Aug 13, 2026 · 2:43:03

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step onto a snow-covered railway platform during the Gilded Age and experience a long winter…

• Fall Asleep as a Sailor Being Punished Aboard an 18th Century Royal Navy Warship

  Aug 12, 2026 · 2:34:00

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step aboard an 18th century Royal Navy warship and experience life as an ordinary sailor whose…

• Fall Asleep as a Medieval Rat Catcher in a Crowded English Town

  Aug 11, 2026 · 2:41:40

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Spend a quiet day wandering the crowded streets of medieval England as the town's humble rat…

• Fall Asleep as an Ancient Roman Sewer Cleaner Beneath the Streets of the Empire

  Aug 10, 2026 · 2:20:19

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, descend beneath the bustling streets of Ancient Rome and experience one of the…

• Fall Asleep as an Indigenous Kayak Builder on the Arctic Coast 1,000 Years Ago

  Aug 9, 2026 · 2:22:11

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Spend a peaceful evening on the Arctic coast one thousand years ago as you become an Indigenous…

• Fall Asleep as a Lighthouse Keeper During a Deadly Winter Storm

  Aug 8, 2026 · 2:33:12

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you become the keeper of a lonely lighthouse standing watch over a rugged winter…

• Fall Asleep as a Neolithic Stone Mason Building Britain's First Monuments

  Aug 7, 2026 · 2:16:32

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you leave the modern world behind and step into Neolithic Britain as a humble stone…

• Fall Asleep as a 1940s Night Nurse Caring for Polio Patients

  Aug 6, 2026 · 2:23:15

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you step into the quiet halls of a 1940s hospital during the height of the polio…

• Fall Asleep as an 18th Century Prison Clerk

  Aug 5, 2026 · 2:37:15

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you are the quiet hand behind the ledgers of an 18th century prison. Long before…

• Fall Asleep as a Pilgrim Staying at Medieval Hospitals Along the Road

  Aug 4, 2026 · 2:39:21

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you leave behind the familiar comforts of home and set out on one of medieval Europe's…

• Fall Asleep as a Roman Baker During a Citywide Grain Shortage

  Aug 3, 2026 · 2:38:30

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into the warm glow of an ancient Roman bakery and experience a day in the life of the…

• Fall Asleep Working in a Chicago Morgue During the Roaring Twenties

  Aug 2, 2026 · 2:36:43

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into the quiet halls of a municipal morgue in 1920s Chicago and experience one of the…

• Fall Asleep as a Railway Worker During the Great Blizzard of 1909

  Aug 1, 2026 · 2:28:02

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into the frozen world of the steam railway and experience a full day as one of the workers…

• Fall Asleep as a Court Musician Entertaining the Nobility at Versailles

  Jul 31, 2026 · 2:26:15

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into the glittering world of the Palace of Versailles and experience a day in the life of…

• Fall Asleep as a Medieval Barber-Surgeon Traveling from Village to Village

  Jul 30, 2026 · 2:46:35

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Spend a peaceful day traveling the winding roads of medieval Europe as a barber-surgeon, one of…

• Fall Asleep as the Grave Keeper of a Medieval Monastery

  Jul 29, 2026 · 2:17:20

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step quietly through the gates of a medieval monastery and spend the day tending one of its…

• Fall Asleep as a Caravan Trader Crossing Ancient Amazigh Morocco

  Jul 28, 2026 · 2:29:54

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Journey across the ancient caravan routes of Amazigh Morocco and experience the quiet rhythm of…

• Fall Asleep as a Hospital Volunteer During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic

  Jul 27, 2026 · 2:18:21

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into a schoolhouse transformed into a temporary hospital during the 1918 influenza…

• Fall Asleep as a Victorian Match Factory Inspector

  Jul 26, 2026 · 2:27:57

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into Victorian England and spend a quiet day as a match factory inspector moving through…

• Fall Asleep as a Wealthy Gentleman Spending the Season at Georgian Era Bath (1815)

  Jul 25, 2026 · 2:32:20

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into the elegant world of Georgian Bath in 1815, where warm mineral springs, graceful…

• Fall Asleep as a Medieval Bell Ringer During the Black Death

  Jul 24, 2026 · 2:23:35

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you climb the worn spiral staircase of a medieval church tower and become the bell…

• Fall Asleep as a Physician Treating Patients in Ancient Alexandria

  Jul 23, 2026 · 2:31:16

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, journey to the great city of Alexandria and experience a day in the life of an ancient…

• Fall Asleep as an Ice Age Mammoth Butcher on the Frozen Steppe

  Jul 22, 2026 · 2:04:57

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you journey back to the Ice Age, where the excitement of the mammoth hunt has already…

• Fall Asleep as a Civilian Living Beside the Western Front in World War I

  Jul 21, 2026 · 2:23:21

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you are not a soldier in the trenches or a commander planning battles. You are an…

• Fall Asleep as an Ottoman Palace Servant During the Empire's Decline

  Jul 20, 2026 · 2:28:29

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step inside the quiet halls of an Ottoman palace during the empire's final centuries, where…

• Fall Asleep as a Medieval Executioner Who Lives Outside the Town Walls

  Jul 19, 2026 · 2:31:48

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you step beyond the medieval town walls to live the quiet life of a medieval…

• Fall Asleep as a Roman Undertaker During an Ancient Epidemic

  Jul 18, 2026 · 2:39:24

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into the ancient streets of Rome and experience one of the city's quietest, most essential…

• Fall Asleep as a Colonial American Land Surveyor Marking the Mason-Dixon Line

  Jul 17, 2026 · 2:41:17

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, travel into the quiet wilderness of colonial America and experience the remarkable…

• Fall Asleep as a Fisherman Living Along the Ancient Moroccan Coast

  Jul 16, 2026 · 2:37:07

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Spend a peaceful day along the ancient Moroccan coast as an ordinary fisherman whose life is…

• Fall Asleep as a Night Orderly in a 1930s Tuberculosis Sanatorium

  Jul 15, 2026 · 2:39:55

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Spend a quiet night in a 1930s tuberculosis hospital as you take on the role of a night orderly…

• Fall Alseep as a Canal Inspector During the Industrial Revolution

  Jul 14, 2026 · 2:39:43

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Spend a peaceful day walking Britain's canals during the Industrial Revolution as a canal…

• Fall Asleep as a Noble Guest at a 17th-Century French Spa Resort

  Jul 13, 2026 · 2:50:51

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you arrive at a fashionable 17th century French spa resort, where Europe's wealthy…

• Fall Asleep Caring for Sick Monks in a Medieval Monastery

  Jul 12, 2026 · 3:07:36

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step quietly into a medieval monastery where healing is measured not in miracles, but in…

• Fall Asleep as a Funeral Priest Preparing the Dead in Ancient Egypt

  Jul 11, 2026 · 3:00:44

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you step into the sacred House of Pur in Ancient Egypt, where your life is devoted to…

• Fall Asleep as a Resident of Whitechapel During the Jack the Ripper Murders

  Jul 10, 2026 · 2:53:07

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Spend a quiet evening in the streets of Whitechapel during the autumn of 1888, not as a…

• Fall Asleep as a Lighthouse Assistant on a Remote Island in 1890s Scotland

  Jul 9, 2026 · 2:01:03

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, leave the mainland behind and spend the night as a lighthouse assistant on a remote…

• Fall Asleep as a Night Nurse During the 1940s Polio Epidemic

  Jul 8, 2026 · 2:18:34

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, step into the quiet corridors of a 1940s hospital and experience life as a night nurse…

• Fall Asleep as a Silver Mine Accountant in Colonial Potosí

  Jul 7, 2026 · 2:39:13

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you are a silver mine accountant in colonial Potosí, where fortunes are measured in…

• Fall Alseep as a Traveling Relic Seller in the Late Middle Ages

  Jul 6, 2026 · 2:22:29

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, step onto the muddy roads of medieval Europe as a traveling relic seller, carrying…

• Fall Asleep as a Roman Vineyard Worker During Harvest Season

  Jul 5, 2026 · 2:38:33

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you work through the grape harvest on a Roman vineyard estate, walking the rows before…

• You’re a Fisherman Drying Cod in a Viking Settlement

  Jul 4, 2026 · 2:12:20

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you are not a Viking raider, king, or explorer. You are a fisherman living beside the…

• Fall Asleep as a Factory Timekeeper During the Great Depression

  Jul 3, 2026 · 2:26:52

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you arrive before dawn at a factory during the Great Depression, where hundreds of…

• Fall Asleep as a Street Sweeper in 19th Century Paris

  Jul 2, 2026 · 2:17:43

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you are a street sweeper in 19th century Paris. Long before the fashionable cafés fill…

• Fall Asleep as a Court Dwarf in a 16th Century Royal Palace

  Jul 1, 2026 · 2:27:55

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, step inside a grand Renaissance royal palace and experience court life through the…

• Fall Asleep as a Castle Laundress in Medieval France

  Jun 30, 2026 · 2:19:44

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you are a castle laundress in medieval France. Before the nobles gather for feasts,…

• Fall Asleep as a Scribe in Ancient Babylon (Clay Tablets & Taxes)

  Jun 29, 2026 · 2:26:26

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you step into the ancient city of Babylon and take your place among the scribes who…

• Fall Asleep as a Mammoth Bone Hut Builder on the Ice Age Steppe

  Jun 28, 2026 · 2:25:53

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you journey to the frozen grasslands of the Ice Age, where mammoths roam beneath…

• Fall Asleep as a London Civilian Evacuating During the Blitz

  Jun 27, 2026 · 2:21:10

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you leave London during the Blitz with only a small suitcase and a set of government…

• Fall Asleep as a Coal Breaker Boy in 19th Century Pennsylvania

  Jun 26, 2026 · 2:20:29

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you are a coal breaker boy in the anthracite region of 19th-century Pennsylvania. Long…

• Fall Asleep as a Perfume Maker in Renaissance Venice

  Jun 25, 2026 · 2:34:16

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you find yourself in Renaissance Venice, where moonlit canals, distant spices,…

• Fall Asleep as a Medieval Ferryman During Flood Season

  Jun 24, 2026 · 2:23:47

  Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian In tonight's journey, you are a medieval ferryman working during flood season, guiding…

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