{"podcast":{"title":"I Can’t Sleep","slug":"i-can-t-sleep-813855","podcast_index_feed_id":813855,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/GLSS7026966538","website_url":"https://www.icantsleeppodcast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/8dcc85a4-c274-11ed-a29b-f79195c9dbea/image/656580bbbd8e3b8ccf3d723ceae3a328.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Benjamin Boster","episode_count":558,"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":"2026-07-20T04:17:47.625825+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-can-t-sleep-813855"},"episode":{"title":"Hot Air Balloon | Gentle Reading for Sleep","slug":"hot-air-balloon-gentle-reading-for-sleep","published_at":"2026-04-15T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-can-t-sleep-813855/hot-air-balloon-gentle-reading-for-sleep","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-can-t-sleep-813855","url":"https://www.icantsleeppodcast.com/episodes/hot-air-balloon","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/6bpBPtHL977KJxLX2zPs/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLSS1466547251.mp3?updated=1775761935","summary":"Can’t sleep? Yeah, that tracks. Might as well learn how hot air balloons work while you’re here. This episode covers the basics of hot air balloon flight, a little history, and why heating air somehow equals floating. Calm, steady reading, no effort required, just enough real information to keep your brain busy until it finally drifts off. Happy sleeping! Read with permission from Hot air balloon, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_air_balloon), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Can’t sleep? Yeah, that tracks. Might as well learn how hot air balloons work while you’re here. This episode covers the basics of hot air balloon flight,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2038,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/i-can-t-sleep-813855/episodes/hot-air-balloon-gentle-reading-for-sleep/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-813855/hot-air-balloon-gentle-reading-for-sleep.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}