{"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":"Papyrus | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Ancient Paper","slug":"papyrus-can-t-sleep-learn-about-ancient-paper","published_at":"2026-06-17T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-can-t-sleep-7771740/papyrus-can-t-sleep-learn-about-ancient-paper","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-can-t-sleep-7771740","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/papyrus-can-t-sleep-learn-about-ancient-paper--72557411","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72557411/glss2291440081.mp3","summary":"Papyrus helped preserve human knowledge for thousands of years. This episode explores the papyrus plant, how ancient Egyptians transformed its stems into a writing surface, and how papyrus became one of the most important materials in the ancient world. Along the way, you’ll hear about scribes, scrolls, libraries, archaeological discoveries, and the surprisingly long journey of written documents from the banks of the Nile to museums and collections around the world. 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 Papyrus, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus), 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":"Papyrus helped preserve human knowledge for thousands of years. This episode explores the papyrus plant, how ancient Egyptians transformed its stems into…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1631,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/i-can-t-sleep-7771740/episodes/papyrus-can-t-sleep-learn-about-ancient-paper/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/papyrus-can-t-sleep-learn-about-ancient-paper.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}