Sleepy
327 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2.5K ratingsDoze off to classic stories with Sleepy. Each week, baritone host Otis Gray reads old books in a low, rhythmic tone to lull you into a deep slumber so you can have a fresh start the next day. Sweet dreams. Zzzzzz
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28 – The Invisible Man
November 25, 2018 06:48 - 1 hourHey sleepyhead. Fluff up the cool side of your pillow, and fall asleep while Otis reads to you. Tonight – The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells. If the show works for you, consider donating even $1 a month on patreon.com/sleepyradio, OR – help the show get found by leaving a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts. Many thanks. Sweet dreamzzzzz... .. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
27 - Gulliver's Travels
November 11, 2018 09:00 - 33 minutesZZZz... . z. . Curl up to Sleepy as Otis reads you Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift. This one's from a listener request! If the show works for you, come be part of making the podcast possible by supporting on Patreon.com/sleepradio. Even donating $1 a month goes a long way toward the show reaching more people. Thanks a million. Another great way to support is by leaving a rating and a review on iTunes with a book recommendation. Sweet Dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
26 – Leaves of Grass (Patreon Special)
November 04, 2018 08:00 - 29 minutesWelcome to Sleepy - a podcast where I read old books to help you sleep. This is a special episode from the Patron-only feed. If you support the show on Patreon with $5/month or more, you get two poetry readings like this sent right to you as a big ol' thank you. So if the show works for you and you'd like to be a part of making the show, go to www.patreon.com/sleepyradio Sweet dreams. Zzzzzzz.. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
25 - Dracula
October 28, 2018 08:00 - 46 minutesEnjoy this October Special reading of Bram Stoker's, Dracula. If the show works for you, you can become a patron of Sleepy by going to www.patreon.com/sleepyradio, and donating even a dollar a month. It goes a long way, and there are awesome rewards for different donation levels. Thanks so much. Sweet Dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
October 21, 2018 08:00 - 58 minutesEnjoy this October Special reading of Washington Irving's, The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow. If the show works for you, you can become a patron of Sleepy by going to www.patreon.com/sleepyradio, and donating even a dollar a month. It goes a long way, and there are awesome rewards for different donation levels. Thanks so much. Sweet Dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23 - Frankenstein
October 14, 2018 09:00 - 51 minutesHey, welcome to Sleepy. A podcast where Otis reads you to sleep with old books. Tonight, another spooky one for October. Mary Shelley's classic, "Frankenstein." I'd love to recommend another amazing story podcast. It's called Flyest Fables, written and produced by the wondrous Morgan Givens. Flyest Fables follows a boy named Antoine as he writes and lives his own adventures. It's an incredibly inspiring show that makes you feel like a kid again. Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherev...
22 - Tell Tale Heart
October 07, 2018 08:00 - 50 minutesZzzzz. . . Welcome to Sleepy. A podcast where Otis Gray reads you to sleep with old books. We start off this October with a couple stories from the King of Darkness, Edgar Allen Poe. The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Black Cat. Subscribe to Sleepy on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Support by leaving a rating and a review on iTunes. You can be a part of making the show by supporting on Patreon - www.patreon.com/sleepyradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
21 - As I Lay Dying
September 30, 2018 13:31 - 54 minutesWelcome back to Sleepy. If the show helps you sleep, take a sec and give a rating and review in Apple Podcasts. It only takes a minute and really helps the show get found by more restless people. Thanks Tonight, Otis reads you into a deep slumber with William Faulkner's, As I Lay Dying. A depressing title, but a great book to fall asleep too. Sweet Dreams zzzzzzz..z.... Support the Sleepy podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sleepyradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...
20 - Sherlock Holmes
September 23, 2018 07:00 - 1 hourZZzz.z... Welcome to Sleepy, a podcast where Otis reads you to sleep with old books. This week, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle. If you like the show, take a minute and give a rating in Apple Podcasts. Leave a book you'd like to hear in a review! It only takes a sec, and helps the show get found by more restless people. Thanks. Sweet dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
19 - Wuthering Heights
September 16, 2018 05:40 - 40 minutesZZzz.. Welcome to Sleepy. A podcast where host Otis Gray reads you into a deep slumber. Tonight, Emily Bronte's classic novel – Wuthering Heights. If the show works for you, take a minute to leave a rating and a book you'd like to hear in a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps the show get found by more Sleepy people. Sweet dreams. ZZZzzzz.z.z..... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
18 - Pride & Prejudice
August 26, 2018 17:09 - 54 minutesZZZzz.zzz.z.... Curl up and take a one way train to Sleepy town. Otis reads Jane Austen's classic romance tale, Pride and Prejudice. If the show works for you, take a minute to leave a rating and a review in iTunes. It helps the show get found by more sleepy people. And – leave a book you'd like to hear in a review. Sweet dreams ZZZzzzzzzz . z.... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
17 - A Simple Heart
August 12, 2018 12:00 - 49 minutesZZZzz.z.z.zz... Hit play and take a one way train to Sleepy town. Otis reads you to sleep with Gustave Flaubert's melodic classic, "A Simple Heart" If the show works for you, be sure to leave a quick rating on Apple Podcasts, and leave a book you'd like to hear in a review. It only takes a minute and really helps the show reach more restless people. Thanks Sweet dreamzZZzzzz.z.z.z.....z... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
16 - A Tale Of Two Cities
August 05, 2018 12:30 - 1 hourZzzzz.z. .z.z... Tonight, Otis reads you to sleep with Charles' Dickens revolutionary novel "A Tale Of Two Cities" from his porch in the woods of Vermont. Be sure to leave a rating and a review on Apple podcasts, it helps the show get found by other sleepy people. Sweet Dreams ZzzzzzZzz...z. . .z.z.z..... .. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15 - Jane Eyre
July 22, 2018 12:00 - 35 minutesZzzzzz.z.zzz.....z..... Tonight, a request from one of our listeners. Fall into a deep slumber to the melodic writing of Jane Eyre, by Charlottë Bronte. If the show works for you, give a quick rating on iTunes and leave a book you'd like to hear in a review. It really helps the show grow and it only takes a minute. Thanks all zzzzz...z..z...... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
14 - Treasure Island
July 16, 2018 21:01 - 54 minutesZzzzz.... . z. . Welcome to Sleepy, a podcast where Otis Gray reads old books to help you sleep. Tonight, Robert Louis Stevenson's class, Treasure Island. Be sure to leave a rating and a review in iTunes with a book you'd like to hear. It helps other restless people find the show. Thanks. ZZZzzzzz..zz.zzz..... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
13 - Don Quixote
July 09, 2018 00:49 - 1 hourZZzzz. . Otis reads you to sleep with Cervantes' classic, Don Quixote. A meandering tale of madness, adventure, and blurred reality. Hit play and snoooooooooozzzzze. . . . . . . Don't forget to leave a rating and a review in Apple Podcasts. It helps other restless people find the show. Thanks, sweet dreams zzzzzzz...zz...z...... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
July 03, 2018 00:44 - 1 hourHost Otis Gray reads you into a deep, deep slumber with the wistful, nostalgic boyhood tales of Tom Sawyer. Kick your shoes off, get comfy, and take a one-way train to Sleepy town. ZZZzzzzzzz .z.z.zzzz.z.z.z........ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 - The Odyssey
June 17, 2018 20:05 - 1 hourOtis reads you to sleep with the ancient epic The Odyssey of Homer. . . Tuck yourself in, think of Greek shores, and doze off into a deep, deep slumber. . . If the show works for you, give us a rating in Apple Podcasts and leave a book you'd like to hear in a review. It helps the show get found. Thanks ZZzzzz. z. zzzzzzz. . . . z. . . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10 - Through The Looking Glass
June 11, 2018 21:31 - 1 hourOtis Gray reads you into a deep slumber with Lewis Carroll's, "Through The Looking Glass" This is a listener request tonight. One of the sleepiest yet. We've gotten a lot of new listeners who say the show is really helping them sleep. Books are being requested, it's more than I could've asked for. Couldn't be happier. To help the show find even more people, give a quick rating on Apple Podcasts, and write a book you'd like to hear in a review. Maybe even a good memory you have of that book, ...
9 - Walden
June 03, 2018 16:18 - 1 hourTonight, another real snoozer from Henry David Thoreau . . . It's Walden. Take a walk into the woods, and doze off into a deep, deep slumber. Sweet Dreams. If the show works for you, leave a rating and review on iTunes. It helps other sleepy people find the show. Thanks zzzzzz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
8 - Belmont Woods
May 27, 2018 18:47 - 1 hourTonight, something a little different. Seems like we spend so much time hustling, just trying to get back home where we started. Well, I found myself home in the woods of Belmont, Vermont this week. I slept like a baby to the sounds of the stream and trees in my backyard. Instead of reading to you, I wanna share those sounds with you. Sweet Dreams. zzzz...z.z.zzz........ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
7 - Cape Cod
May 20, 2018 13:30 - 1 hourThis one's a real snoozer y'all zzzzzz...... . . Otis reads from Thoreau's meandering "Cape Cod" as a sendoff for our time recording here in the Cape. . Sweet Dreams. P.S. - Stop by Apple Podcasts and leave a rating - and hey, why not a book you'd like to hear in the review section? It helps the show get found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
6 - Moby Dick (Pt. 2)
May 13, 2018 14:00 - 1 hourAll aboard this one way schooner to Sleepy town. Last week we read from Herman Melville's Moby Dick. And since we're still recording in Cape Cod (and I have to return it to the library soon), we're gonna keep reading it. So if you want to start from chapter 1, go back the first episode. Sweet dreams. P.S. - Stop by Apple Podcasts and leave a rating - and hey, why not a book you'd like to hear in the review section. It helps the show get found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...
5 - Moby Dick
May 02, 2018 16:37 - 1 hourAll aboard this one way schooner to Sleepy town. Since we're recording from the Cape for the next month, tonight we're reading from Moby Dick. Sweet dreams. P.S. - Stop by Apple Podcasts and leave a rating - and hey, why not a book you'd like to hear in the review section. It helps the show get found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
4 - The Wind In The Willows (Pt. 2)
April 18, 2018 04:44 - 1 hourGet tucked in, and take a one way train to Sleepy town. Host Otis Gray reads you to sleep with part 2 of Wind In The Willows, by Kenneth Grahame. Hopefully you're aren't paying much attention to the story, and are more busy zzzzzzzzing. . . But if you wanna start from the beginning, go to Episode 2 where we start from the beginning. Sweet dreams. P.S. - Stop by Apple Podcasts and leave a rating - and hey, why not a book you'd like to hear in the review section. It helps the show get found....
3 - Alice in Wonderland
April 07, 2018 20:49 - 1 hourGet tucked in, and take a one way train to Sleepy town. Host Otis Gray reads you to sleep with Lewis Carroll's classic tale - Alice in Wonderland. Sweet dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2 - The Wind In The Willows
March 15, 2018 21:15 - 1 hourEpisode 2 of Sleepy, the podcast where host Otis Gray reads you into a deep slumber. Tonight, we read Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame. Sweet Dreams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices