{"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":549,"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":"2026-09-07T08:23:18.125161+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-sleep-with-the-drowsy-historian-7347374"},"episode":{"title":"Fall Asleep as an Indigenous Farmer Watching Europeans Arrive in 16th Century North America","slug":"fall-asleep-as-an-indigenous-farmer-watching-europeans-arrive-in-16th-century-north-america","published_at":"2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-for-sleep-with-the-drowsy-historian-7347374/fall-asleep-as-an-indigenous-farmer-watching-europeans-arrive-in-16th-century-north-america","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-an-Indigenous-Farmer-Watching-Europeans-Arrive-in-16th-Century-North-America-e3ngh91","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO2170781362.mp3","summary":"Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into the life of an Indigenous farmer in 16th-century North America, where the passing seasons are measured through planting, harvesting, river journeys, family, and traditions carried across generations. As unfamiliar sails appear along the coast, new goods, illnesses, diplomatic challenges, and competing ideas about the land begin reshaping the world around you. Through uncertainty, adaptation, and loss, your community continues planting seeds, preserving knowledge, caring for one another, and preparing the next generation for a future no one can yet fully understand. Get comfortable, close your eyes, and experience a quiet story about continuity, resilience, and life during the first years of increasing European contact. 🛏️ 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/4fFWrMW • 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 for supporting the show while staying cozy. #SleepHistory #IndigenousHistory #NativeAmericanHistory #HistoryForSleep #DrowsyHistorian","meta_description":"Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorian Step into the life of an Indigenous farmer in 16th-century North Am…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":9661,"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-an-indigenous-farmer-watching-europeans-arrive-in-16th-century-north-america/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-an-indigenous-farmer-watching-europeans-arrive-in-16th-century-north-america.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}