I Can’t Sleep

Benjamin Boster

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.

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563 episodes
Updated Friday

Episodes563

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June 15 · 34 min
Skyscraper | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Humanity’s Tallest Buildings
A journey through engineering, architecture, and the race for height
June 12 · 30 min
Platypus | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Nature’s Oddest Mammal
A journey through evolution, egg-laying mammals, and scientific surprises
June 10 · 32 min
Pizza | Can’t Sleep? Learn About a Slice of Culinary History
A journey through dough, ovens, toppings, and tradition
June 8 · 35 min
Guitars | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the World’s Most Popular String Instrument
A journey through strings, craftsmanship, and musical history
June 5 · 34 min
Automaton | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Early Robots
The surprising history of machines that seemed alive
June 3 · 35 min
Cabinet of Curiosities | Can’t Sleep? Learn About History’s Strangest Collections
A journey through rare objects, wonder, and early museums
June 1 · 38 min
Stained Glass | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Light, Color, and Glass
A colorful journey through craftsmanship, history, and light
May 29 · 35 min
Honey | Can't Sleep? Learn About the World's Oldest Sweetener
A surprisingly detailed look at bees, nectar, and humanity’s sticky ambitions
May 27 · 31 min
Silk | Can't Sleep? Learn About Ancient Fabric and the Silk Road
From trade routes to caterpillars with jobs, luxury took a very long time to make
May 25 · 32 min
Enceladus | Can't Sleep? Learn About Saturn's Ocean Moon
A tiny icy moon with geysers, an ocean, and absolutely no chill.
May 22 · 29 min
Tacos | Can't Sleep? Learn About Mexico's Most Iconic Street Food
Regional taco styles, food history, and the surprisingly serious tortilla debates
May 20 · 34 min
Neuschwanstein Castle | Can't Sleep? Learn About Bavaria's Fairy Tale Castle
A royal mountain castle built with huge ambitions and a very flexible budget
May 18 · 33 min
Windows | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Invention That Filled Buildings With Natural Light
Thousands of years spent improving holes in walls and somehow still getting drafts
May 15 · 36 min
Disc Golf | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Sport Hiding in Plain Sight in Public Parks
A surprisingly detailed sport built around throwing plastic through the woods
May 13 · 34 min
Language | Can't Sleep? Learn How Humans Learned to Talk
The history of speech, communication, and humans slowly figuring out words
May 11 · 34 min
Shenandoah National Park | Can't Sleep? Learn About Virginia's Blue Ridge Wilderness
A calm look at Skyline Drive, wildlife, and mountain views in Virginia
May 8 · 36 min
Candles | Can't Sleep? Learn About the 5,000-Year History of Candlelight
A calm look at wax, wicks, flames, and humanity’s tiny obsession with controlled fire
May 6 · 30 min
Myers-Briggs | Can't Sleep? Learn About Personality Types
Sixteen personalities, endless opinions, and a surprisingly long backstory.
May 4 · 34 min
Water | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Molecule That Makes All Life on Earth Possible
A calm, straightforward look at water and how it behaves on Earth
May 1 · 32 min
Autism | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Autism Spectrum and Neurodiversity
A calm, slightly more thoughtful look at autism and acceptance

I Can’t Sleep

Skyscraper | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Humanity’s Tallest Buildings

Platypus | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Nature’s Oddest Mammal

Pizza | Can’t Sleep? Learn About a Slice of Culinary History

Guitars | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the World’s Most Popular String Instrument

Automaton | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Early Robots

Cabinet of Curiosities | Can’t Sleep? Learn About History’s Strangest Collections

Stained Glass | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Light, Color, and Glass

Honey | Can't Sleep? Learn About the World's Oldest Sweetener

Silk | Can't Sleep? Learn About Ancient Fabric and the Silk Road

Enceladus | Can't Sleep? Learn About Saturn's Ocean Moon

Tacos | Can't Sleep? Learn About Mexico's Most Iconic Street Food

Neuschwanstein Castle | Can't Sleep? Learn About Bavaria's Fairy Tale Castle

Windows | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Invention That Filled Buildings With Natural Light

Disc Golf | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Sport Hiding in Plain Sight in Public Parks

Language | Can't Sleep? Learn How Humans Learned to Talk

Shenandoah National Park | Can't Sleep? Learn About Virginia's Blue Ridge Wilderness

Candles | Can't Sleep? Learn About the 5,000-Year History of Candlelight

Myers-Briggs | Can't Sleep? Learn About Personality Types

Water | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Molecule That Makes All Life on Earth Possible

Autism | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Autism Spectrum and Neurodiversity