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Snoozecast

Snoozecast is the podcast designed to help you fall asleep. Episodes air every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Learn about our premium listening options at snoozecast.com/plus, which unlocks ad-free listening to our expanded catalog, including bonus original stories.

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32:14

Numeration

Snoozecast ·

2025/08/13

Tonight, we’ll read from Elements of Arithmetic, written by Augustus De Morgan and first published in 1846. De Morgan was a pioneering British mathematician and logician, remembered not only for his clear explanations but also for his sharp wit. He introduced the world to what we now call De Morgan’s Laws in logic, and was the first to formally define and use the term “mathematical induction.” Because he was a Unitarian and refused to subscribe to the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Anglican Church,

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35:28

Violin Making

Snoozecast ·

2025/08/11

Tonight, we’ll read about selecting wood from “Violin Making” written by Walter H. Mayson and published in 1909.The modern violin first appeared in 16th-century Italy, evolving from earlier bowed string instruments like the medieval rebec and Renaissance viol. Over time, it became both a tool of virtuosity and an object of cultural symbolism, equally at home in a grand concert hall or a lively village square. While the word “fiddle” is often used interchangeably with “violin,” its music spans a

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24:30

The House at Pooh Corner pt. 9

Snoozecast ·

2025/08/08

Tonight, we’ll continue the 1928 children's book by A. A. Milne “The House at Pooh Corner” with the second-to-last chapter, titled “In Which Eeyore Finds the Wolery and Owl Moves Into It.” In the last episode, Pooh and Piglet set out on a blustery autumn day to visit friends, deciding they would wish everyone a “Very Happy Thursday.” After stopping at several homes, they fought through the strong wind to Owl’s house. While they were visiting, the wind toppled Owl’s tree, sending the house tilting

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33:23

At the Bay

Snoozecast ·

2025/08/06

Tonight, we’ll read the opening to the short story “At the Bay” written by Katherine Mansfield, published in 1922. Mansfield was a New Zealand writer, widely considered one of the most influential and important authors of the modernist movement. Her works are celebrated across the world, and have been published in 25 languages. Her prose is often described as impressionistic, capturing fleeting moments and shifts in mood with a painter’s sensitivity. “At the Bay” is part of her final

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35:26

Sleep and Poetry | Keats

Snoozecast ·

2025/08/04

Tonight, we’ll read poems by John Keats starting with one titled “Sleep and Poetry.” John Keats’ work is a cornerstone of English Romantic poetry, rich with symbolism, sensual detail, and allusions to Greek and Roman myth as well as romanticised tales of chivalry. His verse overflows with vivid imagery—nightingales, Grecian urns, moonlit fields—while also contemplating beauty, truth, and life’s transience. Born in London in 1795, Keats trained as a surgeon before devoting himself entirely to

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20:30

Anne of Green Gables pt. 31

Snoozecast ·

2025/08/01

Tonight, we’ll read the 31st chapter of “Anne of Green Gables”, the classic 1908 novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. This chapter is titled “Where the Brook and River Meet” In the last episode, The Queen’s Class Is Organized, Anne’s dream of becoming a teacher begins to take shape when Miss Stacy invites her to join a special class preparing for entrance exams to Queen’s Academy. Marilla, though secretly very fond of Anne, initially seems stern but ultimately supports her ambition. Anne is deeply

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17:28

Pythagoras and the Delphic Mysteries

Snoozecast ·

2025/07/30

Tonight, we’ll read from Pythagoras and the Delphic Mysteries, written by Édouard Schuré and published in English in 1909. This work is part of Schuré’s larger cycle The Great Initiates, which presents the lives and teachings of spiritual figures like Krishna, Hermes, Orpheus, Plato, and Jesus through a blend of historical research and philosophical interpretation. In this volume, Schuré attempts to reconstruct the hidden life of Pythagoras—not only as a mathematician but as a mystic, reformer,

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32:20

Life of Liszt

Snoozecast ·

2025/07/28

Tonight, we’ll read about the musical genius Franz Liszt as a child piano prodigy from the book “Life of Liszt” written by Ludwig Nohl.Liszt was a Hungarian composer, pianist and teacher of the Romantic era. He gained renown during the early nineteenth century for his virtuoso skill as a pianist. Since he often appeared three or four times a week in concert, it could be safe to assume that he appeared in public well over a thousand times during one eight year period. During his virtuoso

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18:22

Good Wives ch. 21

Snoozecast ·

2025/07/25

Tonight, we’ll read the next chapter of “Good Wives” written by Louisa May Alcott titled “My Lord and Lady”. This is also known as the second half of the “Little Women” novel and is considered the 44th chapter as part of that work as a whole. In our last chapter, Jo, feeling somewhat alone amid her family’s celebration of Amy’s return, is surprised by the unexpected arrival of Professor Bhaer. She welcomes him with visible joy, and he’s warmly embraced by the March family. Jo observes his

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7:00

The Tenant of Wildfall Hall

Snoozecast ·

2025/07/24

Tonight, for our monthly Snoozecast+ Deluxe bonus episode, we’ll read the opening to “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” written by Anne Bronte and published in 1848.Anne was the youngest of the three literary Brontë sisters, and her work was long overshadowed by her siblings’ more dramatic novels. Yet The Tenant of Wildfell Hall was a bold, controversial success in its day. The novel tells the story of a mysterious woman who arrives at a decaying country manor with her young son and refuses to explain

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34:16

Felicia and the Pot of Pinks

Snoozecast ·

2025/07/24

Tonight, we’ll read the fairy tale “Felicia and the Pot of Pinks” written by Madame d’Aulnoy and found in the Blue Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang. The “pot of pinks” in this story refers to a type of dianthus flower known as “garden pinks.” Its name is not due to the color pink but rather to the serrated edges of the petals, which look like they were cut with pinking shears. In fact, the color pink may be derived from this particular flower. Madame d’Aulnoy was a 17th-century French writer

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29:31

The Crab that Played with the Sea

Snoozecast ·

2025/07/21

Tonight, we’ll read a story from “Just So Stories” by British author Rudyard Kipling published in 1902 titled “The Crab That Played with the Sea”. The book is a collection of origin stories. Kipling began working on the book by telling the first three chapters as bedtime stories to his daughter Josephine. These had to be told "just so" (exactly in the words she was used to) or she would complain. The stories illustrate how animals obtained their distinctive features, such as how the leopard got

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30:45

Persuasion pt. 20

Snoozecast ·

2025/07/18

Tonight, we shall read the next part to “Persuasion”, the last novel fully completed by Jane Austen, and published in 1817. The story concerns Anne Elliot, an Englishwoman whose family moves in order to lower their expenses, by renting their home to an Admiral and his wife. In the last episode, Anne unexpectedly encounters Admiral Croft while walking alone in Bath. She finds him cheerfully absorbed in critiquing a print of a ridiculous-looking boat in a shop window. They walk together, the Admiral

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30:45

The Otter Opal pt. 2

Snoozecast ·

2025/07/16

Tonight, we’ll read the second half to “The Otter Opal”, a Snoozecast original. The first half aired in the last episode, where we met two sea otters as they floated above the kelp forest. Their days are spent sleeping, eating, napping, playing and racing. Tumma excels at all activities, except for the swim races.We also learn that sea otters often have a favorite stone that they keep in a pocket of their fur, and Tumma finds himself an extraordinary one. In many Indigenous coastal

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30:44

The Otter Opal pt. 1

Snoozecast ·

2025/07/14

Tonight, we’ll read the first half to “The Otter Opal”, a Snoozecast original. The second half will air in the next episode. In this story, we shall meet two sea otters named Tumma and Nutsnm as they float above the kelp forest. The story is set along a coastline that feels quietly enchanted, where breaching whales appear like punctuation and the sea’s rhythm gently matches the internal tide of thought. We begin, as Tumma does, suspended between waking and dreaming, wondering where the day might

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24:30

The House at Pooh Corner pt. 8

Snoozecast ·

2025/07/11

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33:41

The Moon Maid

Snoozecast ·

2025/07/09

Tonight, we’ll read the opening to “The Moon Maid”, a fantasy novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published in 1926.This novel constitutes a future history, and in it Burroughs' vision of what the 20th century held in store for humanity, which could be considered a kind of retroactive alternate history. In Burroughs's vision, in 1967 the planetary rulers send a first manned spacecraft to the Moon—coinciding very near to the ac he Apollo 11 Moon landing. Of course, in Burrough’s version, the

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31:41

Schoolroom Cakes

Snoozecast ·

2025/07/07

Tonight, we’ll read recipes on schoolroom cakes along with tea cakes and biscuits from The Cake and Biscuit Book by Elizabeth Douglas, published in 1903. When this cookbook was published, most American students attended a one-room schoolhouse. A single teacher would typically have students of all ages in one class. The youngest children sat in the front, while the oldest students sat in the back. Students memorized and recited their lessons, and when they were lucky, they ate home baked treats like

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32:30

Anne of Green Gables pt. 30

Snoozecast ·

2025/07/04

Tonight, we’ll read the 30th chapter of “Anne of Green Gables”, the classic 1908 novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. This chapter is titled “The Queen's Class Is Organized.” In the last episode, Anne was overjoyed when Diana told her they had been invited by Aunt Josephine to visit Charlottetown for the Exhibition. Though unsure Marilla would allow it, she eventually agreed, especially after a little help from Diana’s mother. Anne prepared with great excitement, especially over her new coat and

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32:30

Anne of Green Gable pt. 30

Snoozecast ·

2025/07/04

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