Podcasts to Fall Asleep to

We’ve been using storytelling to help us fall asleep for centuries. Next time you find yourself tossing and turning, turn on this Harklist. It samples the most lulling, dreamy moments we could find.

We’ve been using storytelling to help us fall asleep for centuries. Next time you find ... more

Curated byLauren Passell, Hark Editor

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A Meditation in Kindness

Want to be more like Ted Lasso? On 'Ten Percent Happier,' try Oren Jay Sofer’s meditation exercise that will help you find more kindness for others and yourself.

10% Happier with Dan Harris

4 MINS

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We Fell in Love Through Google Translate

Can two people who don’t speak the same language fall in love using technology?

We Fell in Love Through Google Translate

Love Me

9 MINS

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Walking with Wheelchairs

Anna Shephard, a wheelchair user, explains the way she walks through the world and shares what it’s like to sync strokes with other wheelchair uses—the sounds of the wheels, and the feeling of connectivity and peace it brings.

Pop-Up Magazine Presents

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How Delicious to Say It: A Poem by Vievee Francis

Why do we love to say the names of the people we love? Pádraig Ó Tuama reads a poem by Vievee Francis, which is a love letter to her husband, Matthew.

How Delicious to Say It: A Poem by Vievee Francis

Poetry Unbound

1 MIN

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Candle Hour

Julia Scott has created a nighttime ritual rooted in an ancient tradition that helps her wind down after a stressful day.

Nocturne

4 MINS

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The Sound of Exoplanet Discovery

An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system, and we are discovering more of them all the time. Listen to a sonic visualization that illustrates the exoplanets discovered in our universe. Each note that you hear represents a new exoplanet.

Mission: Interplanetary

3 MINS

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Helen Zaltzman Reads a List of Soothing Words

You’re getting sleepy, very sleepy. Slip into slumber as 'The Allusionist’s' Helen Zaltzman reads a list of soothing words.

The Allusionist

8 MINS

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The House of Lowe

This is the story of Anne Lowe, the granddaughter of a slave who became the first Black fashion designer, making clothes for the highest society members between the ‘20s to the ‘60s.

the memory palace