{"podcast":{"title":"I Can’t Sleep","slug":"i-can-t-sleep-7771740","podcast_index_feed_id":7771740,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6913380/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/i-can-t-sleep--6913380","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f84190b8f9025174f328d2b0f0cd8a4b.jpg","author":"ju","episode_count":556,"summary":"Trouble sleeping? You could count sheep, or let I Can’t Sleep do the heavy yawning for you. Host Benjamin Boster reads slow-paced, fact-filled content on science, history, and everyday oddities with zero plot twists and even less urgency. It’s calm. It’s consistent. And yes, you might accidentally learn something. So get comfy, press play, and let your brain wander off without you.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T04:18:31.435951+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-can-t-sleep-7771740"},"episode":{"title":"Cereal | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the World’s Most Important Crops","slug":"cereal-can-t-sleep-learn-about-the-world-s-most-important-crops","published_at":"2026-07-01T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-can-t-sleep-7771740/cereal-can-t-sleep-learn-about-the-world-s-most-important-crops","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-can-t-sleep-7771740","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/cereal-can-t-sleep-learn-about-the-world-s-most-important-crops--72764150","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72764150/glss7440378829.mp3","summary":"Cereal crops have shaped human civilization for thousands of years. This episode explores the grasses that produce the world’s most important edible grains, how cereals are cultivated and harvested, and why crops like wheat, rice, maize, barley, and oats became the foundation of societies across the globe. Along the way, you’ll hear about ancient agriculture, plant biology, global food production, and the remarkable versatility of these everyday grains. It’s steady and consistent, with no whispering and no sudden changes, just enough to give your mind something to follow as you wind down. Happy sleeping! Read with permission from Cereal, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cereal), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. — Ad-free episodes: ⁠icantsleep.supportingcast.fm⁠Have a topic in mind? ⁠Request a topic⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Cereal crops have shaped human civilization for thousands of years. This episode explores the grasses that produce the world’s most important edible grain…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1738,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/i-can-t-sleep-7771740/episodes/cereal-can-t-sleep-learn-about-the-world-s-most-important-crops/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-can-t-sleep-7771740/cereal-can-t-sleep-learn-about-the-world-s-most-important-crops.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}