{"podcast":{"title":"History For Sleep with the Drowsy Historian","slug":"history-for-sleep-with-the-drowsy-historian-7347374","podcast_index_feed_id":7347374,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1053d961c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drowsyhistorian","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/43728895/43728895-1750016182352-f65c33156cc4f.jpg","author":"Drowsy Historian","episode_count":497,"summary":"Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian History For Sleep delivers slow, calm, and slightly unsettling historical storytelling that makes dozing off educationally depressing. Brought to you by the Drowsy Historian, each episode is 1–2 hours of immersive bedtime history with just enough absurd detail to keep you listening — until you aren’t. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T10:22:45.788441+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-sleep-with-the-drowsy-historian-7347374"},"episode":{"title":"Fall Asleep as a Medieval Miller Keeping the Village Fed","slug":"fall-asleep-as-a-medieval-miller-keeping-the-village-fed","published_at":"2026-04-28T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-sleep-with-the-drowsy-historian-7347374/fall-asleep-as-a-medieval-miller-keeping-the-village-fed","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-sleep-with-the-drowsy-historian-7347374","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drowsyhistorian/episodes/Fall-Asleep-as-a-Medieval-Miller-Keeping-the-Village-Fed-e3i2n6m","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5484699457.mp3","summary":"Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you find yourself beside a restless river in a quiet medieval village, where the mill wheel turns without pause and the air is filled with the soft hush of water, creaking timber, and drifting flour. You are not a lord or a knight. You are the miller—the one person everyone depends on, even if they rarely say it. As farmers arrive from the surrounding countryside with sacks of grain, your day unfolds in a steady rhythm of weighing, grinding, and quiet negotiation. The wheel never stops turning, and neither, it seems, does the work. Time passes not in hours, but in motion—grain into flour, effort into sustenance, day into night. This is a slow, immersive journey into the overlooked life of a medieval miller, where routine becomes reflection, and the smallest tasks carry the weight of an entire village. So lie back, get comfortable, and let the steady turning of the wheel carry you into sleep. 🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep Tools Looking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend: • Under Pillow Speaker for Ultimate Immersion → https://amzn.to/49fnEm1 • Sleep Earbuds for Enhanced Immersion → https://amzn.to/47ccNqV • Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f • Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE • Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn • Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu • White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTw These are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks fo…","meta_description":"Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Tonight, you find yourself beside a restless river in a quiet medie…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7853,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/history-for-sleep-with-the-drowsy-historian-7347374/episodes/fall-asleep-as-a-medieval-miller-keeping-the-village-fed/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-sleep-with-the-drowsy-historian-7347374/fall-asleep-as-a-medieval-miller-keeping-the-village-fed.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}