{"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":"Crop Circles | Can’t Sleep? Learn About One of History’s Strangest Mysteries","slug":"crop-circles-can-t-sleep-learn-about-one-of-history-s-strangest-mysteries","published_at":"2026-06-26T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-can-t-sleep-7771740/crop-circles-can-t-sleep-learn-about-one-of-history-s-strangest-mysteries","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-can-t-sleep-7771740","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/crop-circles-can-t-sleep-learn-about-one-of-history-s-strangest-mysteries--72695819","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72695819/glss4407221223.mp3","summary":"Crop circles transformed ordinary farm fields into the setting for one of the modern world’s most persistent mysteries. This episode explores the history of crop circles, where reports originated, how increasingly complex designs appeared across the countryside, and why so many people became convinced something unusual was happening. Along the way, you’ll hear about famous formations, scientific investigations, media attention, competing theories, and the artists who eventually demonstrated that creating enormous geometric patterns in crops required more planning than extraterrestrial assistance. 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 Crop circle, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_circle), 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":"Crop circles transformed ordinary farm fields into the setting for one of the modern world’s most persistent mysteries. This episode explores the history…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1948,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/i-can-t-sleep-7771740/episodes/crop-circles-can-t-sleep-learn-about-one-of-history-s-strangest-mysteries/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/crop-circles-can-t-sleep-learn-about-one-of-history-s-strangest-mysteries.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}