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Kingdoms at Dusk · Sleep History

Kingdoms at Dusk · Sleep History

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Fall asleep inside history. A calm sleep podcast that takes a single quiet night from the past, a medieval village, ancient Rome, a knight's whole life, and lets you sleep inside it. A real disclosed voice, sources in every episode, and no mid roll ads. New episodes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Part of the Gildenmyth family. More at kingdomsatdusk.com.© 2026 Suite 313 Media, LLC
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  • You arrive safe behind ancient walls on the Silk Road as the desert night falls | 3 Hour Sleep Story, No Mid Roll Ads

    You arrive safe behind ancient walls on the Silk Road as the desert night falls | 3 Hour Sleep Story, No Mid Roll Ads
    Jul 15 2026
    Fall asleep inside history. Tonight you arrive with a caravan at a stone inn on the Silk Road, somewhere between Bukhara and Samarkand, around eight hundred years ago, as the great gates close against the cold desert night. Inside there is fire, warm tea, fed and settled camels, and travelers from many lands, all safe behind thick walls while the road and the cold stay outside. A bed waits at the end of a long day, under a sky heaped with stars.

    You will hear the low fire, the desert wind pressing at the walls, camels settling into the straw, and travelers trading quiet words over tea in the languages of four corners of the world. The gates are barred, the lamps are few and warm, and the desert, for all its cold and its distance, stays outside.

    This is a three hour sleep story. The narration ends softly around the 33 minute mark, and then the low fire and the desert wind carry on until morning. Black screen friendly.

    Chapters:
    0:00 Welcome
    3:20 The Road at Dusk
    6:14 The Gate
    8:23 The Courtyard
    10:31 The Animals
    13:21 The Keeper
    16:22 The Warm Room
    19:37 A Word for the Road
    21:56 Supper and the Fire
    24:28 The Cell
    27:21 The Inn Settles
    30:17 Drifting
    33:33 The fire and the wind until morning

    Listen with the video on YouTube: add the episode link.

    New episodes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 6pm Eastern. Nights carry you inside an ordinary evening from the past. Tales, every Friday, tell one true story from history, calm enough to sleep to and interesting enough to stay up for.

    🕯 Kingdoms at Dusk: https://kingdomsatdusk.com
    📜 All our worlds: https://gildenmyth.com
    🌙 Norse myth sleep stories, The Sleeping Almanac: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSleepingAlmanac
    🕊 Goddess sleep meditations, The Tender Hour: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTenderHourChannel
    🎙 David's interview podcast, Conversations That Count: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsThatCount-CTC
    🎧 Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3J6lZ10GvK07qCv3aQxnkR and Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/conversations-that-count-a31f16a6-3131-4c8f-982f-19d52407e8eb/id1890348796

    Sources: Valerie Hansen, The Silk Road: A New History; Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads; Susan Whitfield, Life Along the Silk Road.

    A real human voice with AI assistance, fully disclosed. No mid roll ads, ever, so nothing wakes you.
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    3 hrs
  • You find yourself in a warmth you have never known on a night beside the Nile | 3 Hour Sleep Story, No Mid Roll Ads

    You find yourself in a warmth you have never known on a night beside the Nile | 3 Hour Sleep Story, No Mid Roll Ads
    Jul 13 2026
    Fall asleep inside history. Tonight you are safe and warm in a comfortable house on the west bank of the Nile, more than three thousand years ago, on a still night after the flood. A cool north breeze comes off the river, oil lamps burn low, the household shrine keeps watch, and a bed waits for you on the flat roof under the brightest stars you have ever seen. Ordinary people, resting, exactly as they did for thousands of years.

    You will hear the slow water of the Nile, the breeze in the palms, and the small sounds of a house closing down for the night: sandals set by the door, a lamp trimmed low, a quiet word said at the shrine. The flood has been kind this year, the granaries are full, and nothing in the wide dark valley needs you awake.

    This is a three hour sleep story. The narration ends softly around the 40 minute mark, and then the river and the warm night carry on until morning. Black screen friendly.

    Chapters:
    0:00 Welcome
    4:18 The Riverbank at Dusk
    8:38 The House of White Walls
    13:42 The Lamp and the Shrine
    17:31 Supper
    21:59 The Garden and the Water
    25:44 A Word You Still Use
    28:58 Up to the Roof
    32:46 The House Settles
    36:35 Drifting
    40:47 The river until morning

    Listen with the video on YouTube: add the episode link.

    New episodes Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 6pm Eastern. Nights carry you inside an ordinary evening from the past. Tales, every Friday, tell one true story from history, calm enough to sleep to and interesting enough to stay up for.

    🕯 Kingdoms at Dusk: https://kingdomsatdusk.com
    📜 All our worlds: https://gildenmyth.com
    🌙 Norse myth sleep stories, The Sleeping Almanac: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSleepingAlmanac
    🕊 Goddess sleep meditations, The Tender Hour: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTenderHourChannel
    🎙 David's interview podcast, Conversations That Count: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsThatCount-CTC
    🎧 Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3J6lZ10GvK07qCv3aQxnkR and Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/conversations-that-count-a31f16a6-3131-4c8f-982f-19d52407e8eb/id1890348796

    Sources: Ian Shaw, The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt; Toby Wilkinson, The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt; Barry Kemp, Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization.

    A real human voice with AI assistance, fully disclosed. No mid roll ads, ever, so nothing wakes you.
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    3 hrs
  • Crackling Fireplace Sounds for Sleep | 3 Hours by a Medieval Cottage Hearth, No Talking

    Crackling Fireplace Sounds for Sleep | 3 Hours by a Medieval Cottage Hearth, No Talking
    Jul 11 2026
    Three hours of real crackling fire beside the hearth of a medieval cottage, with no talking at all. This is the same cottage from our Winter Night story, kept warm until morning. Put the screen down, let it dim, and let the fire do the rest. Black screen friendly.

    You will hear a real recorded wood fire, steady and low, with no music, no voice, and no interruptions of any kind.

    Listen with the video on YouTube: add the episode link.

    🕯 Kingdoms at Dusk: https://kingdomsatdusk.com
    📜 All our worlds: https://gildenmyth.com
    🌙 Norse myth sleep stories, The Sleeping Almanac: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSleepingAlmanac
    🕊 Goddess sleep meditations, The Tender Hour: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTenderHourChannel
    🎙 David's interview podcast, Conversations That Count: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsThatCount-CTC
    🎧 Also on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3J6lZ10GvK07qCv3aQxnkR and Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/conversations-that-count-a31f16a6-3131-4c8f-982f-19d52407e8eb/id1890348796
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    3 hrs
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