Trouble sleeping? I Can't Sleep is a sleep podcast of gentle, unhurried episodes to help you fall asleep, made for insomnia and minds that won't switch off. You could count sheep, or let this show 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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Giraffes | Can’t Sleep? Meet the World’s Tallest Animal
Giraffes are hard to mistake for just about anything else. This episode explores their extraordinary height, unusually long necks, distinctive coat patterns, and the adap
Nov 13 34 min
Kate Bush | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the Queen of Art Pop
Kate Bush built a career by making ambitious music that rarely sounded like anyone else. This episode explores her early life, breakthrough with “Wuthering Heights,” dist
Nov 11 35 min
Sun | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Our Nearest Star
The Sun is a 4.6-billion-year-old star that quietly keeps nearly everything on Earth in business. This episode explores how the Sun formed, what happens inside its intens
Nov 9 36 min
Kites | Can’t Sleep? Explore a Worldwide Flying Tradition
Kites have crossed borders, centuries, and cultures with little more than wind and a very long piece of string. This episode explores the history of kite flying, how kite
Nov 6 33 min
Planets | Can’t Sleep? Explore Our Solar System
Planets come in an impressive variety of sizes, temperatures, and compositions. This episode explores what makes a planet a planet, how planets form, and the different ty
Nov 4 36 min
Owls | Can’t Sleep? Learn About These Nocturnal Hunters
Owls have been fascinating humans for thousands of years, which is probably what happens when a bird can fly almost silently and turn its head much farther than seems rea
Nov 2 33 min
Banff National Park | Can’t Sleep? Explore the Canadian Rockies
Banff National Park is a landscape of towering mountains, turquoise lakes, glaciers, forests, and winding valleys in the heart of the Canadian Rockies. This episode explo
Oct 30 33 min
Lakes | Can’t Sleep? Dive Beneath the Surface
Lakes can form in some surprisingly dramatic ways for bodies of water that mostly just sit there. In this episode, you’ll hear how glaciers, shifting tectonic plates, and
Oct 28 30 min
Alpacas | Can’t Sleep? Discover These Fluffy Andean Animals
Alpacas have spent thousands of years turning harsh Andean landscapes into a surprisingly successful place to be fluffy.
In this episode, you’ll explore the history and
Oct 26 29 min
Castles | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Medieval Fortresses
Castles were built to project power, control territory, and make attacking the people inside considerably more inconvenient. This episode explores how castles developed,
Oct 23 34 min
Ancient Greece | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the Birthplace of Democracy
Ancient Greece shaped much of the modern world despite rarely being united about anything. This episode covers the rise of Greek civilization, the city states of Athens a
Oct 21 30 min
Egyptian Mythology | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Gods and Pharaohs
Egyptian mythology turned the sun, the Nile, death, kingship, and even chaos into a sprawling cast of gods and stories.
This episode explores the beliefs and myths of an
Oct 19 38 min
Dolly Parton | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the Queen of Country
Dolly Parton turned a childhood in rural Tennessee into one of the most recognizable careers in entertainment. This episode explores her early life, her beginnings in cou
Oct 16 32 min
West Highland White Terrier | Can’t Sleep? Meet Scotland’s Tiny Terrier
The West Highland White Terrier was bred to be small, sturdy, and remarkably determined.
In this episode, you’ll learn about the Scottish origins of the Westie, how the
Oct 14 32 min
Bicycles | Can’t Sleep? Take a Ride Through Cycling History
The bicycle went from a strange two wheeled experiment to one of the most popular ways to get around. This episode explores the history of bicycles, from early designs an
Oct 12 29 min
Empire State Building | Can’t Sleep? Discover 1,250 Feet of History
The Empire State Building has spent nearly a century towering over Manhattan and becoming one of the most recognizable landmarks in the world. This episode explores the b
Oct 9 33 min
Butterflies | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Metamorphosis
Butterflies pull off one of the most remarkable transformations in the animal kingdom. This episode explores their life cycle from egg and caterpillar to chrysalis and ad
Oct 7 32 min
Magnetism | Can’t Sleep? Discover the Power of Attraction
Magnetism is an invisible force that shapes more of our world than we might realize. This episode explores how magnets attract and repel, how magnetic fields work, and th
Oct 5 27 min
Sewing Machine | Can’t Sleep? Unravel the Story
The sewing machine transformed the way clothing and textiles were made. This episode explores the early attempts to mechanize sewing, how sewing machines developed during
Oct 2 31 min
Broadway Theater | Can’t Sleep? Let’s Go Behind the Curtain
Broadway theater grew from a collection of New York stages into one of the most recognizable forms of commercial theater in the world. This episode explores the history o
Sep 30 33 min
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I’m not in it for sleeping in silence. I just can’t do it. This podcast takes me to sleep. And it has great topics that have a lot of information that can help you in the future as well as help you learn stuff you didn’t learn before. Also, don’t complain about the voice. Read the info before listening. Its a SLEEP podcast, not a Jumbotron sound level thing at a Cubs game where it says “MAKE SOME NOISE”. It takes a bit for me to fall asleep. But I found my remedy. Also, THANK YOU FOR NOT MAKING THE ADS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EPISODES!!!
nomnomnom🌮🌮🍪🌮🌮🍪 · Oct 2026
I use this most nights to fall asleep since I can’t sleep in silence. Recommended it to my dad, who has insomnia, and he likes it too. My only complaint is the ads, but I’m just happy they aren’t in the middle of the episode.
•🤍•S•🤍• · Jun 2026
I love this podcast to help me sleep and tech me new random information. Apple’s new mandatory ads ruined it. They are loud and ruin the vibe. When I’m about to fall asleep it wakes me up, which is the opposite of what the show is supposed to do. I’m going to have to look for a new platform or go back to audio books. It’s too bad because I was so happy when this show became part of my sleep routine.
Sarah Prater · Apr 2026
I don’t care for whispery voices or background music. I love this podcast for being the most easy listening show out there. Mr Boster’s voice is calm and (best of all) clear and his subject matter is always intriguing.
CSKiely · Mar 2026
The topics are great; just fascinating enough to capture my brain’s focus, but not so enthralling as to keep me awake. The voice is good. Not great, but good.
The high volume, high pitch, spritely ads just ruin the show. I’m fine with ads. Heck, I’d buy ads spoken by the main dude, but not the outsourced ads on the show.
DrivinWest · Nov 2024
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