{"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":"Flags | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the Symbols of Nations","slug":"flags-can-t-sleep-learn-about-the-symbols-of-nations","published_at":"2026-07-06T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-can-t-sleep-7771740/flags-can-t-sleep-learn-about-the-symbols-of-nations","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-can-t-sleep-7771740","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/flags-can-t-sleep-learn-about-the-symbols-of-nations--72833470","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72833470/glss9992249045.mp3","summary":"Flags have served as symbols of identity, communication, and history for thousands of years. This episode explores how flags developed from military standards into national symbols, why they use particular colors and designs, and the traditions and rules surrounding their display. Along the way, you’ll hear about maritime signaling, vexillology, and the many roles flags have played throughout history. 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 Flag, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag), 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":"Flags have served as symbols of identity, communication, and history for thousands of years. This episode explores how flags developed from military stand…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1760,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/i-can-t-sleep-7771740/episodes/flags-can-t-sleep-learn-about-the-symbols-of-nations/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/flags-can-t-sleep-learn-about-the-symbols-of-nations.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}