{"podcast":{"title":"Sleep and Sorcery | Folklore & Fantasy-Inspired Sleep Stories","slug":"sleep-and-sorcery-folklore-fantasy-inspired-sleep-stories-5041473","podcast_index_feed_id":5041473,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/510078/spotify","website_url":"https://bleav.com/shows/sleep-and-sorcery/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/bdb675bc-8664-4324-a78e-df51fabd9e89/51f9c028-ee96-4fd9-a82f-0ffce921dd69/3000x3000/sleep-and-sorcery-logo-2000-x-2000-px.png?aid=rss_feed","author":"Bleav + Laurel Hostak Jones","episode_count":166,"summary":"Welcome to Sleep and Sorcery, a folklore and fantasy-inspired sleep series. Step across the threshold into a world of myth and magic, where you can safely drift off into a deep and comfortable sleep. Sleep and Sorcery is one part bedtime story, one part guided meditation, and one part dreamy adventure. Visit a cozy cottage in the mythical village of Slumbershire, the fairy tale forests of Bohemia, the court of King Arthur, and spaceships among the stars. Dream your wildest dreams with Sleep and Sorcery. Now you can support my work on Patreon for exclusive perks: patreon.com/sleepandsorcery","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T06:18:01.123471+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sleep-and-sorcery-folklore-fantasy-inspired-sleep-stories-5041473"},"episode":{"title":"The Sculptor's Hands | Mythology-Inspired Sleep Story","slug":"the-sculptor-s-hands-mythology-inspired-sleep-story","published_at":"2026-05-12T18:02:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sleep-and-sorcery-folklore-fantasy-inspired-sleep-stories-5041473/the-sculptor-s-hands-mythology-inspired-sleep-story","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sleep-and-sorcery-folklore-fantasy-inspired-sleep-stories-5041473","url":"https://bleav.com/shows/sleep-and-sorcery/?post_type=gp_podcast_episode&p=175","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pdrl.fm/8d006b/injector.simplecastaudio.com/bdb675bc-8664-4324-a78e-df51fabd9e89/episodes/4c9e48e1-64e0-4763-92ff-20df1d533fee/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=bdb675bc-8664-4324-a78e-df51fabd9e89&awEpisodeId=4c9e48e1-64e0-4763-92ff-20df1d533fee&feed=6_t5gokk","summary":"Catch the tailwind of inspiration in tonight’s mythology-inspired sleep story. In tonight’s story, you are a devoted sculptor – an artist and a craftsperson. You are hard at work completing a pair of sculptures for display in a Romantic garden, which you hope will become your masterpiece. The figures are Prometheus and Pandora, of Greek myth. But you are stuck on certain features; you struggle to sculpt their hands. Reflecting on the nature of craft, control, and power in mythology and art, you mold countless iterations of the sculpture’s hands before bringing the pair to life.","meta_description":"Catch the tailwind of inspiration in tonight’s mythology-inspired sleep story. In tonight’s story, you are a devoted sculptor – an artist and a craftspers…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4125,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sleep-and-sorcery-folklore-fantasy-inspired-sleep-stories-5041473/episodes/the-sculptor-s-hands-mythology-inspired-sleep-story/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sleep-and-sorcery-folklore-fantasy-inspired-sleep-stories-5041473/the-sculptor-s-hands-mythology-inspired-sleep-story.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}