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*NEW* Calm History: Archive Episodes [Podcast]

• 10+ episodes; most are 30+ minutes each

• All the older episodes from the public podcast

• Enjoy all the prior Spotlight, Serial, & Quiz Quest episodes

Examples of prior public episodes that are now in the Archives Podcast:

• Titanic Survival Story [1912]. Parts 1-2

• The Story of Henry Ford [1863-1947]. Parts 1-2

• Quiz Quest #1 | 30 trivia questions about episodes 1-4

• Quiz Quest #2 | 30 trivia questions about episodes 6-9

• History of Rubber [1400-1860]: Charles Goodyear & Vulcanization

• Joan of Arc [1412-1431]: Soldier & Savior of France

• Marco Polo [1254-1324]: Travels & Controversies

• Jackie Robinson [1919-1972]: Baseball Legend

• More episodes added each month!

*NEW* Calm History: Bonus Episodes [Podcast]

• 10+ episodes so far; 30+ minutes each

• More bonus episodes are added each month!

• Enjoy episodes that never appeared on the public podcast

Examples of Current Bonus Episodes (each longer than 30 minutes):

• Titanic Survival Story [1912]. Parts 1-6 (Complete 2.5-Hour Story)

• Titanic 360: Multi-Perspective [1912]. Parts 1-4 (Part 5 in prep)

• The Great Prison Tunnel Escape [1864]. Parts 1-2 (Part 3 in prep)

• The Treasure Hunt of William Phips [1651].  (Silver! Gold! Battles! & Romance!  - Huzzah!)

• History of the Names of Countries.  (some are sensible, some are weird)

• Joan of Arc at the Battle of Orleans [1429].  (the extended details)

• The West African Voyage of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [1881]

• The Case of the Stolen Nitroglycerin [1882]

• Visit to Cairo & The Great Pyramid [1905]

• More episodes added each month!

Sleep Whispers: Archives [Podcast]

• 300+ episodes; 30-60 minutes each

• All the older episodes from the public podcast

• Enjoy Whisperpedias, Story Times, Trivia Times, Fade Outs, Acorns, more

50+ Whisperpedia episodes:

Whispered readings of Wikipedia pages.  Fall asleep as you learn about Lucid Dreaming, Bob Ross, History of YouTube, Sleep, Easter Island, Hockey Miracle, Cashmere Goats, Lochness Monster, Klondike Gold Rush, Miracle Fruit, Chinchillas, Pyramids, Black Holes, Gilligan’s Island TV show, Computer Keyboards, Deep Sea Life, Planets, Outer Space, Burning Man Festival, Melatonin, Table Etiquette, Mythology, Gene Simmons from Kiss, Dodo Birds, Marco Polo, Komodo Dragons, Buddhism, Drums, Dwarfs, Black Mirror TV show, Roller Coasters, Salt, Diphtheria Sled Dog Miracle, Failure of New Coke, Protective Armor, Time Travel, High Altitude Survival, Santa Claus, Dog Behaviors, Jackie Robinson, Dreams, Hamilton the Musical, Life of Pirates, Phoenix Five Prank, Carnivorous Plants, Penguins, Les Miserables Backstory, Stonehenge, Animal Deception, Dinosaurs, and more.

30+ Tuck In and Fade Out episodes:

Each episode begins with a guided relaxation and then continues with a special fade-out that is usually done at a slower pace than the other episode types.  Fade out to guided meditations, guided imageries, lists of soothing words, rhythmic poems, focused surveys, catalog browsings, recipe readings, and more.

40+ Story Time episodes:

Each story is carefully selected and edited to be interesting for adults and safe for children.  Enjoy curious short stories by L Frank Baum (author of The Wizard of Oz), Hans Christian Andersen (author of The Little Mermaid), and other authors.

20+ Trivia Time episodes:

Listen to interesting questions and answers.  These episodes are best for overactive minds that need a strong distraction from their own stressful thoughts.  Each episode has 30-40 trivia questions.

20+ Acorn episodes:

Short episodes with suggestions for you of my favorite TV shows, movies, books, podcasts, and more.  Each episode ends with an inspirational quote.

30+ Chat episodes:

Hear me ramble about podcast updates and share listener feedback.  If you like hearing about behind-the-scenes stuff and feedback from other listeners, then you will enjoy these episodes.

40+ The early Menu episodes:

I did the early episodes as mini-variety shows.  Each episode was a combo of short experimental pieces, like a mini-chat, a mini-fade-out, a mini-whisperpedia, a mini-story, and other things I tried.  I later developed the most successful portions of these early Menu episodes into the current single-focus episodes today.

Sleep Whispers: Bonus Episodes [Podcast]

• 80+ episodes; 30-120 minutes each (up to 2 hours!)

• Experimental episodes that NEVER appeared on the public podcast

• Enjoy Outdoor whispers, Interviews, Talking, 2 Hour Batches, Typing, Crinkling, Music layers, more

Bonus episodes:

• • • 1 each: An ear-to-ear two-person play, A French poetry reading, A Whisperpedia episode about physics, A tour of Gentle Whispering’s ASMR video channel, Typing on a keyboard and reading about keyboards, Eating and reading about wedges of soft cheese, Drinking and reading about iced tea, Paper crinkling and folding while creating Origami shapes, Drawing on graph paper and rambling, Guided relaxation with piano music added, Talking and Whispering with the host of the “Sleep With Me” podcast, Guided imagery of the famous painting, “Birth of Venus”, Guided imagery of the game, “Polytopia”, Reading letters I wrote during my first year of college, Pure ocean sounds (no whispering), Origins of the names of countries, A sweet drama story, Learn how to be a detective, Learn how bread, butter, and cheese were made in 1910, History of Spotify, Wisdom of Confucius, Conspiracy Theory about Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Marsupials of the World, Nitroglycerin crime story, Gold Miner Quest, and more.

    • 4 each: Fairy tale readings (+/- musical tones) 

    • 4 each: Essays I wrote (one of each style: silly, suspenseful, sci-fi, personal) 

    • 10+ Multi-part Specials: Readings from the Old Testament, Multi-layered remixes (tranquil aural psychedelia), Trivia Time episodes (30-35 questions each), Sleep Flight to Fiji (+/- pilot voice effect), Wilderness Survival Story 

    • 18+ Outdoor whisperings (backyard, neighborhood, wetlands, lakeside,  beaches). 

    • 20+ 2-Hour Big Batch episodes of Whisperpedias, Story Time, Trivia Time, and Fade Out episodes.  These 2-hour episodes don't contain any music intro, spoken intro, or ads - just 2 hours of pure classic content.

    • and more bonus episodes to be added

Sleep Whispers: Behind-The-Scenes [Videos]

• 4 videos; 8-100 minutes each

• Private videos made just for podcast supporters

• See my gear, recording space, and production steps

All My Equipment (100 minutes): A video tour of all the gear I have purchased while evolving the quality of my recordings.

“After watching his videos I can say that Harris is not a geek, he is the king of the geek. He is a kind of Indiana Jones looking for his Holy Grail: the perfect whisper. It’s amazing how much work, time, effort and money he puts into this quest. It is what it takes to make great art like he does.” – Sylvain

My Recording Space (22 minutes): A video tour of my delightfully cozy and sound-optimized recording space and gear.

“I LOVED IT! I enjoyed seeing the ingenious ways that you used everyday items to adequately soundproof and cleverly equip your space. Your space was so cozy that I could even see one going in there to meditate or pray or just to get away from it all! You have gone to quite a bit of effort in order to make your podcast excellent and it shows. The acoustics are hands down, second to none!” – Monica

My Production Steps (57 minutes): A video tour of how I edit out bloopers and noise, add the intro music, convert the file, create the show notes, and publish the episode.

“Wow!! I have a new appreciation for the podcast. Harris more than met my expectations in his comprehensive audio production video. I really got great insight on the inner workings of Sleep Whispers.” – JJ

“I wish everyone could see this video. It truly gave me insight into the amount of work and time that Harris puts into each Sleep whisper episode! It is also well-produced. I could tell that he spent a LOT of time and effort accomplishing this. Thank you Harris!” – Monica

My Crazy AV Cage (8 minutes): A weird cage that I invented for recording podcasts, videos, and any other type of digital content.  Expect to be bewildered.

"I like all your videos and frankly admire your skill in building the AV cage. The voice man is also a handyman! Kudos!" - Cortiano

ASMR Sleep Station [Podcast]

• 52 episodes; 20-60 minutes each (whispering voice)

• All the original episodes from this classic whispered podcast

• Rejuvenated here with permission from the original host

About this podcast:

The ASMR Sleep Station podcast launched on November 9, 2014.  It was the first fully whispered podcast and an inspiration for the Sleep Whispers podcast (launched in 2016).  You can even hear Harris mention this podcast in the first episode of Sleep Whispers and in later episodes of Sleep Whispers.  

Each episode of the ASMR Sleep Station is narrated in a gentle, whispered voice to help you to relax and fall asleep.  Episodes include whispered ramblings and whispered readings.

The podcast was discontinued on Nov 8, 2017, and is no longer publicly available on Apple Podcasts and other podcast platforms (see explanation below).

About the host:

The host of the ASMR Sleep Station podcast never shared his identity publicly. In his later episodes, he shared that he had a developing health condition that was going to impede his ability to continue making more episodes.  Harris reached out to him via his podcast email to offer condolences and share how the ASMR Sleep Station helped him to sleep each night and to inspire the creation of the Sleep Whispers podcast.

These two hosts have kept in contact with each other over the years, and you can even hear occasional health updates of the ASMR Sleep Station host on the Sleep Whispers podcast.

In 2021, the host of the ASMR Sleep Station granted permission to Harris to share all the original episodes of the ASMR Sleep Station here.

Enjoy falling asleep as you listen (or relisten) to these historical episodes of the first-ever whispered podcast.

ASMR University: Bonus Episodes [Podcast]

• 5 episodes; 1-2 Hours each (calm, non-whispering voice)

• Bonus Batch episodes from the ASMR University Podcast

• Relax and fall asleep as you learn about ASMR

Learn all about ASMR:

Bonus Episode 1: The key events in ASMR History (~2 hours)
Bonus Episode 2: The key people in ASMR History (~2 hours)
Bonus Episode 3: The key science in ASMR History (~1 hour)
Bonus Episode 4: Others describe their ASMR feelings (~1.5 hours)
Bonus Episode 5: Others explain what triggers their ASMR (~1 hour)

About these bonus episodes:

15 episodes from the ASMR University Podcast have been batched together into specific topics to create extended episodes for falling asleep.  Intros and outros have also been reduced so you can enjoy more content and less chatter.  

Each episode is narrated in a calm voice to help you to relax (later episodes are narrated more slowly and gently than the earlier episodes).  

Enjoy falling asleep as you learn all about the bizarre and blissful world of ASMR.

Sleep With Silk: Extended Nature Sounds [Podcast]

• 26 episodes; 1 Hour and 8 Hour versions of each (52 total episodes)

• Pure nature sounds (no voices, music, introductions, or ads)

• Enjoy raindrops, beach sounds, birds singing, crickets at night, and more

Nature Sounds include:

Stream over rocks, cat cleaning itself, hiking a gravel trail, birds cawing, rain dripping and birds singing, ocean surf at a jetty, a small waterfall, birds at a seashore, cat purring, trickling stream, ocean surf, hypnotic echoes of water drips, a small pond at night, rain on an umbrella, backyard fire pit, Lake Ontario at night, birds in dense trees, stormy day at the beach, starry night with crickets, rain downpour with thunder, wind around house, birds on a windy beach, rushing stream, and howling wind with drizzling rain.

About these extended episodes:

The 1-Hour versions are ideal for falling asleep and the 8-Hour versions are perfect for all-night comfort.

All intro music, voices, ads, and commercials have been removed so you can enjoy 100% pure nature sounds for relaxation and sleep.

Sleep With Silk: Extended Background Sounds [Podcast]

• 15 episodes; 1 Hour and 8 Hour versions of each (30 total episodes)

• Pure background sounds (no voices, music, introductions, or ads)

• Enjoy white noise, ceiling fans, crowd murmurs, train rumbles, and more

Background Sounds include:

Floor fan, ceiling fan, small fan, white noise, brown noise, industrial hum and white noise, industrial air conditioner, dehumidifier, blow dryer, electromagnetic pulses, voices outside a factory, construction site, jets over a beach, cars on a brick road, and clanky train ride.

About these extended episodes:

The 1-Hour versions are ideal for falling asleep and the 8-Hour versions are perfect for all-night comfort.

All intro music, voices, ads, and commercials have been removed so you can enjoy 100% pure background sounds for relaxation and sleep.

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Titles of some prior posts include:

• • Recent & Upcoming Episodes for Sleep Whispers & Calm History

  • Extra Facts about some Famous Passengers on the Titanic

  • Images of the Secret Passages in The Great Pyramid

  • Outdoor Whisper Recordings: Three epic fails

  • New 2.5-Hour Bonus Episode for Calm History

  • Happy News!  I've been featured by Apple!

  • What types of Bonus Episodes do you want more of?

  • New Giveaway!