551 - Crop Circles | Can’t Sleep? Learn About One of History’s Strangest Mysteries
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.
551 - Crop Circles | Can’t Sleep? Learn About One of History’s Strangest Mysteries
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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.
Episodes
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Crop Circles | Can’t Sleep? Learn About One of History’s Strangest Mysteries
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Fri, 26 Jun 2026
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Clocks | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the History of Time
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Wed, 24 Jun 2026
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Supernova | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Stellar Explosions
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Mon, 22 Jun 2026
548-
Volcanoes | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Earth’s Fiery Mountains
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Fri, 19 Jun 2026
547-
Papyrus | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Ancient Paper
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Wed, 17 Jun 2026
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Skyscraper | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Humanity’s Tallest Buildings
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Mon, 15 Jun 2026
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Platypus | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Nature’s Oddest Mammal
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Fri, 12 Jun 2026
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Pizza | Can’t Sleep? Learn About a Slice of Culinary History
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Wed, 10 Jun 2026
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Guitars | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the World’s Most Popular String Instrument
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Mon, 08 Jun 2026
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Automaton | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Early Robots
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Fri, 05 Jun 2026
541-
Cabinet of Curiosities | Can’t Sleep? Learn About History’s Strangest Collections
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Wed, 03 Jun 2026
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Stained Glass | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Light, Color, and Glass
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Mon, 01 Jun 2026
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Honey | Can't Sleep? Learn About the World's Oldest Sweetener
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Fri, 29 May 2026
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Silk | Can't Sleep? Learn About Ancient Fabric and the Silk Road
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Wed, 27 May 2026
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Enceladus | Can't Sleep? Learn About Saturn's Ocean Moon
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Mon, 25 May 2026
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Tacos | Can't Sleep? Learn About Mexico's Most Iconic Street Food
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Fri, 22 May 2026
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Neuschwanstein Castle | Can't Sleep? Learn About Bavaria's Fairy Tale Castle
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Wed, 20 May 2026
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Windows | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Invention That Filled Buildings With Natural Light
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Mon, 18 May 2026
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Disc Golf | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Sport Hiding in Plain Sight in Public Parks
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Fri, 15 May 2026
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Language | Can't Sleep? Learn How Humans Learned to Talk
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Wed, 13 May 2026
531-
Shenandoah National Park | Can't Sleep? Learn About Virginia's Blue Ridge Wilderness
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Mon, 11 May 2026
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Candles | Can't Sleep? Learn About the 5,000-Year History of Candlelight
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Fri, 08 May 2026
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Myers-Briggs | Can't Sleep? Learn About Personality Types
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Wed, 06 May 2026
528-
Water | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Molecule That Makes All Life on Earth Possible
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Mon, 04 May 2026
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Autism | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Autism Spectrum and Neurodiversity
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Fri, 01 May 2026
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Poodles | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Misunderstood Genius Dog Breed
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Wed, 29 Apr 2026
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Coraline | Can't Sleep? Learn How This Stop-Motion Movie Was Made
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Mon, 27 Apr 2026
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Fractals | Can't Sleep? Learn About Nature's Infinite Patterns
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Fri, 24 Apr 2026
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Ancient Rome | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Roman Empire
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Wed, 22 Apr 2026
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The Standard Model of Particle Physics | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Building Blocks of Everything
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Mon, 20 Apr 2026
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Elephants | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Largest Land Animals on Earth
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Fri, 17 Apr 2026
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Hot Air Balloon | Can't Sleep? Learn About the First Aircraft to Carry Humans
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Wed, 15 Apr 2026
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Sound | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Invisible Waves That Fill Our World
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Mon, 13 Apr 2026
518-
Artemis II | Can't Sleep? Learn About NASA's First Crewed Flight Around the Moon in 50 Years
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Fri, 10 Apr 2026
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Mermaids | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Ocean Legends That Sailors Told for Centuries
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Wed, 08 Apr 2026
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Wolves | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Apex Predators of the Northern Wilderness
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Mon, 06 Apr 2026
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Spring Season | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Science and Culture Behind the Season of Renewal
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Fri, 03 Apr 2026
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Tourism | Can't Sleep? Learn About the World's Largest Industry
Listened
Wed, 01 Apr 2026
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Albert Einstein | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Mind That Rewrote Physics
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Mon, 30 Mar 2026
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Georgia | Can't Sleep? Learn About the State That Gave Us Peaches, Peanuts, and Jimmy Carter
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Fri, 27 Mar 2026
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Mango | Can't Sleep? Learn About the King of Fruits
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Wed, 25 Mar 2026
510-
Polygraph | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Lie Detector That Courts Still Won't Trust
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Mon, 23 Mar 2026
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Circadian Rhythm | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Internal Clock That Controls When You Sleep
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Fri, 20 Mar 2026
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Fermi Paradox | Can't Sleep? Learn Why We Haven't Found Alien Life Yet
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Wed, 18 Mar 2026
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Capybaras | Can't Sleep? Learn About the World's Largest Rodent
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Mon, 16 Mar 2026
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Tablespoon | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Humble Measuring Spoon With a Surprisingly Deep History
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Fri, 13 Mar 2026
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Computers | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Machines That Changed Everything
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Wed, 11 Mar 2026
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Seven Wonders of the World | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Greatest Feats of the Ancient World
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Mon, 09 Mar 2026
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Judiciary | Can't Sleep? Learn About How Courts and Judges Shape Society
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Fri, 06 Mar 2026
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Jane Austen | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Author Who Invented the Modern Novel