My podcast
Sleepy Wisdom | Grandpa Huxley
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About the show
I am the voice of Sleepy Wisdom, a free podcast of long, slow stories for bedtime. The episodes are long, slow documentaries on Stoicism, philosophy, psychology and history, told in one steady voice: my favourite true stories, the ones that have shaped my life, with their resilience, their meaning and purpose, and the hidden wisdom in them. Every episode is made to be played low at bedtime.
Play one low, so that you have to lean in slightly to catch it. A voice that is too loud becomes company, and company keeps you awake. It is not a treatment. It is a cue, like the lamp going off. Set the phone across the room, with the screen face down and well away from the bed.
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The newest episodes
Each title opens on Spotify. The full list is on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
- Monk Mode Already Existed a Thousand Years Ago (Desert Fathers) | Smarter While You Sleep
- Episode 2: How 21 Historic People Used Stoicism to Live a Better Life
- Why Striving Too Hard Breaks Us: Bruce Lee's Way of Water for Complete Relaxation
- Everyday People Who Used Stoicism to Alter the Course of Their Lives | Smarter While You Sleep
- The Terrifying Calm of History's Greatest Samurai: Miyamoto Musashi
- Why the World Felt Bigger When You Were Young | Smarter While You Sleep
- The True Story of the Man Who Folded Himself | For Deep Sleep
- If You Can't Decide What to Do Next, Please Consider That You Are Early: Thomas Young
- Fall Asleep Listening To Anti-Brainrot & Tell No One
- If You Have Multiple Interests, Please Listen to Leonardo Da Vinci's Warning | Sleepy Wisdom
- The Stoic Philosophy Hiding Inside the Bible
- Why Are Philosophers Hated Until After They Die?
The book
If you would rather have the old ways themselves, written down plain, my book, Grandpa Huxley's Old Sleep Manual, is a 468-page PDF, set out by the trouble you have tonight, not by century. It is not a promise of sleep. The most I will say for any way in it is that it may help.
Huxley
Grandpa Huxley is a fictional character, illustrated and voiced with AI.