{"podcast":{"title":"Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep","slug":"boring-books-for-bedtime-readings-to-help-you-sleep-237351","podcast_index_feed_id":237351,"rss_url":"https://boringbooksforbedtime.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.boringbookspod.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/9/2/c/d92c87d14717af6116c3140a3186d450/_B3_New_Purple_Title_Main_July_2025.png","author":"Sharon Handy","episode_count":406,"summary":"Boring Books for Bedtime is a weekly, ad-free, AI-free sleep podcast in which we calmly, quietly read something rather boring to silence the brain chatter keeping you awake. Think Aristotle, Thoreau, and whoever wrote the 1897 Sears Catalog—mostly nonfiction, mostly old, a perfect balance of vaguely-but-not-too interesting. If you're on Team Sleepless, lie back, take a deep breath, and let us read you to rest.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T22:20:08.400786+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/boring-books-for-bedtime-readings-to-help-you-sleep-237351"},"episode":{"title":"The Story of Ancient Irish Civilization, by P.W. Joyce, Part 2","slug":"the-story-of-ancient-irish-civilization-by-p-w-joyce-part-2","published_at":"2026-03-16T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/boring-books-for-bedtime-readings-to-help-you-sleep-237351/the-story-of-ancient-irish-civilization-by-p-w-joyce-part-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/boring-books-for-bedtime-readings-to-help-you-sleep-237351","url":"https://boringbooksforbedtime.libsyn.com/the-story-of-ancient-irish-civilization-by-pw-joyce-part-2","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/boringbooksforbedtime/The_Story_of_Ancient_Irish_Civilization_2.mp3?dest-id=810167","summary":"Let's honor a certain March holiday with more from this history of Ireland. This time, the magical powers of druids, the rise of Christianity, and a tiny island's giant reputation for scholarly excellence. Also, the fairy realm! History truly contains multitudes. Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener-supported! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read \"The Story of Ancient Irish Civilization\" at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41666 Music: \"Calling Other Worlds,\" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY, https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, https://www.boringbookspod.com .","meta_description":"Let's honor a certain March holiday with more from this history of Ireland. This time, the magical powers of druids, the rise of Christianity, and a tiny…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3044,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/boring-books-for-bedtime-readings-to-help-you-sleep-237351/episodes/the-story-of-ancient-irish-civilization-by-p-w-joyce-part-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/boring-books-for-bedtime-readings-to-help-you-sleep-237351/the-story-of-ancient-irish-civilization-by-p-w-joyce-part-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}