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.
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Flags | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the Symbols of...
A colorful journey through symbols, history, and design
29 min
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Oregon Trail | Can’t Sleep? Learn About America...
A journey through trails, cutoffs, and the American West
34 min
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Cereal | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the World’s M...
The story of grains, agriculture, and the crops that feed the world
28 min
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Concrete | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the Foundat...
A journey through cement, construction, and the structures around us
28 min
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Crop Circles | Can’t Sleep? Learn About One of ...
How mysterious patterns in fields became a worldwide phenomenon
32 min
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Clocks | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the History o...
A journey through sundials, clockwork, and the measurement of time
33 min
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Supernova | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Stellar Ex...
A journey through stellar explosions, discovery, and cosmic scale
33 min
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Volcanoes | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Earth’s Fi...
A journey through lava, eruptions, and the forces beneath our feet
30 min
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Papyrus | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Ancient Paper
A journey through ancient writing, scrolls, and lost texts
27 min
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Skyscraper | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Humanity’...
A journey through engineering, architecture, and the race for height
32 min
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Platypus | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Nature’s Od...
A journey through evolution, egg-laying mammals, and scientific surprises
28 min
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Pizza | Can’t Sleep? Learn About a Slice of Cul...
A journey through dough, ovens, toppings, and tradition
30 min
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Guitars | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the World’s ...
A journey through strings, craftsmanship, and musical history
33 min
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Automaton | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Early Robots
The surprising history of machines that seemed alive
32 min
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Cabinet of Curiosities | Can’t Sleep? Learn Abo...
A journey through rare objects, wonder, and early museums
33 min
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Stained Glass | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Light,...
A colorful journey through craftsmanship, history, and light
36 min
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Honey | Can't Sleep? Learn About the World's Ol...
A surprisingly detailed look at bees, nectar, and humanity’s sticky ambitions
33 min
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Silk | Can't Sleep? Learn About Ancient Fabric ...
From trade routes to caterpillars with jobs, luxury took a very long time to make
29 min
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Enceladus | Can't Sleep? Learn About Saturn's O...
A tiny icy moon with geysers, an ocean, and absolutely no chill.
30 min
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Tacos | Can't Sleep? Learn About Mexico's Most ...
Regional taco styles, food history, and the surprisingly serious tortilla debates
27 min
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Neuschwanstein Castle | Can't Sleep? Learn Abou...
A royal mountain castle built with huge ambitions and a very flexible budget
31 min
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Windows | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Inventio...
Thousands of years spent improving holes in walls and somehow still getting drafts
31 min
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Disc Golf | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Sport ...
A surprisingly detailed sport built around throwing plastic through the woods
34 min
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Language | Can't Sleep? Learn How Humans Learne...
The history of speech, communication, and humans slowly figuring out words
32 min
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Shenandoah National Park | Can't Sleep? Learn A...
A calm look at Skyline Drive, wildlife, and mountain views in Virginia
32 min