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Southern Slumber - Bedtime Stories for Sleep
Southern Slumber is a bedtime podcast designed to help you fall asleep. Each episode features soothing readings set in the quiet corners of the American South -- from classic Southern literature and poetry to peaceful scenes of everyday life, nature and history. Read in a soft, unhurried voice, these stories are designed to calm your mind, ease anxiety, and help you fall asleep naturally. There's nothing you need to follow...just listen, breathe and rest.
Episodes
12 episodes
The Ransom of Red Chief, by O. Henry / Southern Slumber
Tonight on Southern Slumber, settle in for O. Henry's classic tale The Ransome of Red Chief. Set in the American South, this humorous story follows two would-be kidnappers who discover they are way over their heads with this young rascal of a c...
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Our Southern Highlander, Chapter 3 (Part One)
Tonight on Southern Slumber, we continue our journey through Horace Kephart's Our Southern Highlanders. In this first portion of Chapter 3, Kephart guides us deeper into the Appalachian Mountains, sharing observations of the beauty and mystery ...
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Ep. 4
Tonight we conclude F. Scott Fitzgerald's, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz. As dawn breaks over the hidden mountain, dreams and fortunes begin to fade into memory. Settle in for the final installment, read slowly and softly to help you relax and...
The Diamond As Big as the Ritz, by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Ep. 3
Tonight on Southern Slumber, we continue our journey into F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz.Read slowly and softly, this timeless tale becomes the perfect companion for a peaceful evening. So settle beneat...
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Episode 2
Welcome back to Southern Slumber, bedtime stories for sleep. Tonight, we continue F. Scott Fitzgerald's enchanting and mysterious Novella, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz. As young John Unger settles into the incredible world of Perc...
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Ep. 1
Tonight on Southern Slumber, we begin Episode 1 of 4 from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Diamond as Big as the Ritz. As a young man travels west to visit the home of a wealthy college friend, he discovers a hidden world tucked deep within the Montan...
Southern Slumber: Chapter Two: Our Southern Highlanders
Tonight, settle into the cool shade of the Carolina mountains as we continue our reading of Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart.Through quiet wilderness trails, laurel thickets, towering forests, and misty blue Appalachian ridges,...
Southern Slumber: A Rose for Emily
Tonight on Southern Slumber, settle in beneath the soft hush of the evening as we drift through William Faulkner's haunting short story, A Rose for Emily.With slow narration and a calm bedtime atmosphere, we wander through the fictional ...
Southern Slumber: Chapter One: Our Southern Highlanders
Welcome to Southern Slumber, bedtime stories for sleep. In this episode, we drift into the the lives and landscapes of the Southern Highlands of North Carolina and Tennessee. Let your breathing slow as the story unfolds,...
Southern Slumber: Coffee and the Creole Kitchen
Tonight, we wander into the warmth of a New Orleans kitchen, where coffee simmers slowly and the rhythm of the day has not yet begun. In this episode of Southern Slumber, we'll settle into New Orleans, the same city that inspired wr...
Southern Slumber: Old Southern Cookbook
Drift into a peaceful sleep as we step into a quiet Southern kitchen, where a cast iron warms cornbread on the stove and timeless recipes are read in a slow, soothing voice.
The Yellow Bird by Tennessee Williams/Southern Sleep Story
Tonight on Southern Slumber, we settle into an unusual corner of the South with a reading of The Yellow Bird by Tennessee Williams. The slow rhythms of Southern life unfold with a short story about a Baptist minister, his wife, and ...