How Aboriginal Australians Read the Night Sky. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: Gawarrgay in the dark river, The partial Boorong record, Cosmic Echoes on Wajarri Country, and Who teaches the sky.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 Gawarrgay in the dark river

53:03 The partial Boorong record

1:27:04 Cosmic Echoes on Wajarri Country

1:53:29 Who teaches the sky

2:20:54 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Long Ago Tonight on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZneUYXYB8MyH-hFfIilkg

What Caral Built Before the Pyramids Were Finished. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Bag Inside the Platform, Cotton for the Coast, Breath in the Lowered Plaza, and The Room Beside the Monuments.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Bag Inside the Platform

53:59 Cotton for the Coast

1:29:28 Breath in the Lowered Plaza

1:56:37 The Room Beside the Monuments

2:24:24 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Long Ago Tonight on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZneUYXYB8MyH-hFfIilkg

Why Benin City Was Lit After Dark. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Next Known Light, The Bank Made from the Ditch, Wax, Clay, and a Royal Obligation, and A City Measured by Errands.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Next Known Light

52:26 The Bank Made from the Ditch

1:26:21 Wax, Clay, and a Royal Obligation

1:54:06 A City Measured by Errands

2:21:20 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Long Ago Tonight on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZneUYXYB8MyH-hFfIilkg

How Did a Silk Road Caravanserai Run Through the Night? Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: One Night at Rabati Malik, How the Courtyard Solved the Road, What the Caravan Actually Carried, and The Gate That Gathered News.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 One Night at Rabati Malik

50:53 How the Courtyard Solved the Road

1:22:43 What the Caravan Actually Carried

1:49:01 The Gate That Gathered News

2:17:39 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Long Ago Tonight on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZneUYXYB8MyH-hFfIilkg

What Did the Indus Valley Know About Draining a City? Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Evening Drain, The Brick That Fits, Water Behind the Bitumen, and Marks We Cannot Read.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Evening Drain

50:18 The Brick That Fits

1:24:12 Water Behind the Bitumen

1:50:14 Marks We Cannot Read

2:20:56 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Long Ago Tonight on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZneUYXYB8MyH-hFfIilkg

How Angkor Moved More Water Than Any City Before It. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Wrong Sound in the Bank, The Reservoir and the Uncooperative Slope, A Pond Beside the House, and When Familiar Channels Changed.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Wrong Sound in the Bank

53:31 The Reservoir and the Uncooperative Slope

1:27:33 A Pond Beside the House

1:55:39 When Familiar Channels Changed

2:24:22 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Sleep vs History on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@SleepVsHistory

Why Joseon Korea Locked Its Capital at Sunset. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Twenty-Eighth Stroke, The Gatekeeper's Shut Hours, The City That Tells Time, and The Clerk and the Imperfect Rule.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Twenty-Eighth Stroke

54:49 The Gatekeeper's Shut Hours

1:27:49 The City That Tells Time

1:54:22 The Clerk and the Imperfect Rule

2:18:51 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Sleep vs History on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@SleepVsHistory

How Ottoman Night Watchmen Kept Istanbul Quiet. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Gate That Will Not Quite Close, What the Neighborhood Owed Itself, One Last Cup Is Not a Clock, and The Wet Whistle and the Old Staff.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Gate That Will Not Quite Close

54:22 What the Neighborhood Owed Itself

1:28:15 One Last Cup Is Not a Clock

1:55:30 The Wet Whistle and the Old Staff

2:23:07 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Sleep vs History on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@SleepVsHistory

What a Homestead Winter Was Really Like on the Plains. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: From Dusk to the Next Fire, The Roof That Kept Needing a Builder, The Cellar Decides the Menu, and The Distance Between Two Lamps.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 From Dusk to the Next Fire

52:26 The Roof That Kept Needing a Builder

1:25:34 The Cellar Decides the Menu

1:51:41 The Distance Between Two Lamps

2:18:16 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Sleep vs History on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@SleepVsHistory

How Lighthouse Keepers Got Through the Night. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: Kate Walker's Repeating Night at Robbins Reef, The Weight and the Shared Watch at Point Reyes, Abbie Burgess Learns Both Towers, and One Line for the Government.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 Kate Walker's Repeating Night at Robbins Reef

55:06 The Weight and the Shared Watch at Point Reyes

1:25:23 Abbie Burgess Learns Both Towers

1:50:54 One Line for the Government

2:15:20 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Sleep vs History on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@SleepVsHistory