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Please follow to support my work. You can listen ads free to all my stories, get more of them, download episodes, vote in surveys and connect on my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/thefrenchwhisperer 
I let you choose how much you wish to contribute on Patreon. Whatever you can afford or deem appropriate, you will get access to all the content and I will be grateful, because the world is better when the sun shines for everyone!</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Tonight's episode is an overview of the history of gold and other precious metals: how much is there on Earth? Where is it? How was gold discovered and how did it acquire its powerful symbolism as a symbol of wealth and power, that make it a store of value? From the tombs of ancient pharaohs to the reserves of central banks, let's delve into this history. 
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      <pubDate>Wed, 5 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 3 Oct 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary>This ASMR story is an exploration of the history of mining, from prehistory to our times. I tell you about the first extraction sites for stones or pigments in the paleolithic, how mining developped during the Bronze and Iron Ages, through medieval times, and finally how it entered modernity. Mining continues to be vital to modern economies, and also transformed industrialized societies since the Industrial Revolution, as miners developped a new identity and fought for more rights in social conflicts that oftened spilled over to the rest of society.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary>This ASMR bedtime story is a dive into the wonderful world of bees. I tell you about the most famous social species, the western honey bee, but there are thousands more and not all of them are social. We will also discover solitary species like carpenter bees, mason bees or leafcutter bees. Other species are brood parasitic, like the cuckoo bumblebee. Apart from these, eusocial species live in elaborate societies in which all individuals are specialized by function and only live for and thanks to the nest they belong to. The way they collect pollen and nectar, and their production of beeswax, honey and royal jelly all serve to ensure the survival and development of the hive.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>This ASMR bedtime story is a dive into the wonderful world of bees. I tell you about the most famous social species, the western honey bee, but there are thousands more and not all of them are social. We will also discover solitary species like carpenter bees, mason bees or leafcutter bees. Other species are brood parasitic, like the cuckoo bumblebee. Apart from these, eusocial species live in elaborate societies in which all individuals are specialized by function and only live for and thanks to the nest they belong to. The way they collect pollen and nectar, and their production of beeswax, honey and royal jelly all serve to ensure the survival and development of the hive.</itunes:subtitle>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.</p><p>My stories are also on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR">https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR</a></p><p>Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:</p><p>- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary>I invite you to a long dive into Egyptian history tonight, with this compilation in four parts: - Part I is about Egyptian Mythology, with various stories and explanations about Egyptian religion; - Part II tells of the discovery of Tutankhamun&apos;s Tomb and a supposed curse, which provides a good opportunity to talk about funerary rites; - Part III is about the Great Pyramid of Giza and how it was constructed under pharaoh Khufu (or Cheops) with relatively rudimentary techniques; 
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      <itunes:subtitle>I invite you to a long dive into Egyptian history tonight, with this compilation in four parts: - Part I is about Egyptian Mythology, with various stories and explanations about Egyptian religion; - Part II tells of the discovery of Tutankhamun&apos;s Tomb and a supposed curse, which provides a good opportunity to talk about funerary rites; - Part III is about the Great Pyramid of Giza and how it was constructed under pharaoh Khufu (or Cheops) with relatively rudimentary techniques; 
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      <title>Forgotten Gods: Sol Invictus, Ishtar, Mithra, Pazuzu, Aten (History ASMR)</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.</p><p>My stories are also on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR">https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR</a></p><p>Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:</p><p>- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary>For tonight&apos;s bedtime story, let&apos;s explore the stories of various gods from Antiquity that once were very relevant to the societies that worshipped them, before mostly disappearing from memories: - Sol Invictus, the sun god of the Romans that was propelled from obscure cult to imperial religion in the Third Century AD, and whose festival on December 25th became Christmas; - Mithra, an Iranian deity borrowed from Zoroastrianism by several foreign peoples, especially the Romans, who reinvented this cult completely into a mystery religion for initiates; - Inanna/Ishtar, the Mesopotamian godess of love, procreation, political power and war, that was worshipped for thousands of years by various Mesopotamian civilizations (Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians) and whose influence reached the Mediterranean; - Pazuzu, the demon god of southwestern winds of the Babylonians, and a popular domestic spirit whose ferocity protected homes, pregnant women and young mothers from even worse evils; - Aten, the sun disk, that pharaoh Ahmenotep IV/Akhenaten tried to impose as the new supreme god of Egypt during the New Kingdom. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>For tonight&apos;s bedtime story, let&apos;s explore the stories of various gods from Antiquity that once were very relevant to the societies that worshipped them, before mostly disappearing from memories: - Sol Invictus, the sun god of the Romans that was propelled from obscure cult to imperial religion in the Third Century AD, and whose festival on December 25th became Christmas; - Mithra, an Iranian deity borrowed from Zoroastrianism by several foreign peoples, especially the Romans, who reinvented this cult completely into a mystery religion for initiates; - Inanna/Ishtar, the Mesopotamian godess of love, procreation, political power and war, that was worshipped for thousands of years by various Mesopotamian civilizations (Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians) and whose influence reached the Mediterranean; - Pazuzu, the demon god of southwestern winds of the Babylonians, and a popular domestic spirit whose ferocity protected homes, pregnant women and young mothers from even worse evils; - Aten, the sun disk, that pharaoh Ahmenotep IV/Akhenaten tried to impose as the new supreme god of Egypt during the New Kingdom. </itunes:subtitle>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.</p><p>My stories are also on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR">https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR</a></p><p>Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:</p><p>- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary>This bedtime story takes us along lost trails of the Andes Mountains, to the discovery of several millennia of civilization in this region (Caral-Supe, the Valdivia culture, Chimu, Wari, Tiwanaku...), until the rise of the Inca Empire. I will tell you about the history and culture of the Incas, as well as the development of their empire, from the small Kingdom of Cusco to one of the largest states in the world at the time of its splendor. We will also take a look at how the Spanish conquistadors brought it down so quickly.  </itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.</p><p><br /> </p><p>My stories are also on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR</a></p><p><br /> </p><p>Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:</p><p>- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.</p><p><br /> </p><p>My stories are also on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR</a></p><p><br /> </p><p>Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:</p><p>- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <itunes:summary>In this soft spoken ASMR bedtime story, I tell you about the History of Astrology: how it appeared as a discipline that was not formally separated from Astronomy across different cultures (Babylon, China, India, Egypt, Greece, the Islamic World, the Maya...), and how it evolved. Western Astrology with its zodiac signs, birth charts, horoscopes and individualized predictions is a tradition that began to form more than 2,000 years ago in the Eastern Mediterranean. Even though critiques to the practice are probably as ancient as Astrology itself (some Roman authors, Muslim scholars and various religious traditions were vocal about their rejection of it), Astrology survived its separation from Astronomy and even thrived in the West since the 20th Century. </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this soft spoken ASMR bedtime story, I tell you about the History of Astrology: how it appeared as a discipline that was not formally separated from Astronomy across different cultures (Babylon, China, India, Egypt, Greece, the Islamic World, the Maya...), and how it evolved. Western Astrology with its zodiac signs, birth charts, horoscopes and individualized predictions is a tradition that began to form more than 2,000 years ago in the Eastern Mediterranean. Even though critiques to the practice are probably as ancient as Astrology itself (some Roman authors, Muslim scholars and various religious traditions were vocal about their rejection of it), Astrology survived its separation from Astronomy and even thrived in the West since the 20th Century. </itunes:subtitle>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.</p><p><br /> </p><p>My stories are also on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR</a></p><p><br /> </p><p>Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:</p><p>- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.</p><p><br /> </p><p>My stories are also on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR</a></p><p><br /> </p><p>Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:</p><p>- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <itunes:summary>In this soft spoken ASMR bedtime story, I tell you about four Greek myths:
- Pandora and her jar (or box), that according to Hesiod contained countless plagues that she let escape, providing a backstory for the existence of suffering in human life. This myth works as a &quot;theodicy&quot; (a backstory or an argument that explains why evil is part of human condition, when God(s) would have the power to avoid it). It is also connected to the biblical character of Eve, and scratching the surface by looking at different versions of this myth reveals a more ambivalent figure.
- The tragedy of the Danaïdes, daughters of king Danaus condemned to a futile task forever for the murders of their husbands.
- Sisyphus, the king of Corinth who was sentenced to another eternity of useless work for defying Zeus and cheating death. He was punished for his hubris: the overconfidence that made him lost touch with the reality of his condition.
- Icarus, the young man who flew too close to the sun and fell, in another example of hubris.  </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this soft spoken ASMR bedtime story, I tell you about four Greek myths:
- Pandora and her jar (or box), that according to Hesiod contained countless plagues that she let escape, providing a backstory for the existence of suffering in human life. This myth works as a &quot;theodicy&quot; (a backstory or an argument that explains why evil is part of human condition, when God(s) would have the power to avoid it). It is also connected to the biblical character of Eve, and scratching the surface by looking at different versions of this myth reveals a more ambivalent figure.
- The tragedy of the Danaïdes, daughters of king Danaus condemned to a futile task forever for the murders of their husbands.
- Sisyphus, the king of Corinth who was sentenced to another eternity of useless work for defying Zeus and cheating death. He was punished for his hubris: the overconfidence that made him lost touch with the reality of his condition.
- Icarus, the young man who flew too close to the sun and fell, in another example of hubris.  </itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>The Ninth Legion - ASMR History of Legio IX Hispana</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.</p><p><br /> </p><p>My stories are also on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR</a></p><p><br /> </p><p>Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:</p><p>- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.</p><p><br /> </p><p>My stories are also on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR</a></p><p><br /> </p><p>Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:</p><p>- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <itunes:summary>The Ninth Legion (Legio IX Hispana, also sometimes called the &quot;Lost Legion&quot;) had a long history. It served under command of Julius Caesar during the First Century BC, on the side of Octavian in the civil war against Mark Antony and Cleopatra, was sent to Spain, Germania, Pannonia and Britain. In Roman Britain, it fought rebellions, including the rebellion of Queen Boudica in which it narrowly avoided destruction. But its trace gets lost in Northern England in the early Second Century AD, which is highly unusual for such an important unit at a time when the Roman Empire was in good shape overall. Was it destroyed in Britain by Celtic tribes, sent to the Netherlands, or did it disappear in a later conflict, in Judea or Cappadocia? In this story, we look at the hypothesis and the historical context, which is a good opportunity to explore what Roman legions were, the conquest of Roman Britain and other aspects of Roman history.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>The Ninth Legion (Legio IX Hispana, also sometimes called the &quot;Lost Legion&quot;) had a long history. It served under command of Julius Caesar during the First Century BC, on the side of Octavian in the civil war against Mark Antony and Cleopatra, was sent to Spain, Germania, Pannonia and Britain. In Roman Britain, it fought rebellions, including the rebellion of Queen Boudica in which it narrowly avoided destruction. But its trace gets lost in Northern England in the early Second Century AD, which is highly unusual for such an important unit at a time when the Roman Empire was in good shape overall. Was it destroyed in Britain by Celtic tribes, sent to the Netherlands, or did it disappear in a later conflict, in Judea or Cappadocia? In this story, we look at the hypothesis and the historical context, which is a good opportunity to explore what Roman legions were, the conquest of Roman Britain and other aspects of Roman history.</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Ancient Cities: Machu Picchu, Meroe and Nubia, Mohenjo-Daro - ASMR Bedtime Stories</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.</p><p><br /> </p><p>My stories are also on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR</a></p><p><br /> </p><p>Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:</p><p>- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.</p><p><br /> </p><p>My stories are also on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR</a></p><p><br /> </p><p>Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:</p><p>- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <itunes:title>Ancient Cities: Machu Picchu, Meroe and Nubia, Mohenjo-Daro - ASMR Bedtime Stories</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:summary>In these bedtime stories, I tell you about three &quot;lost cities&quot; and the civilisations that built them: - Machu Picchu, built as a retreat for Inca emperors 50 miles from their capital Cusco and forgotten for 300 years by the rest of the world;
- Meroe, the capital of the Kingdom of Kush, and a brief history of Nubia and its relations with Egypt in the antiquity. Before Meroe was founded, Nubian kings from Kush founded the XXVth Egyptian Dynasty, and in the 1st millenium BC they covered Nubia with pyramids.
- Mohenjo-Daro, an enigmatic large city from the 3rd millennium BC, that was created by the Indus Valley Civilisation and declined with it.  </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In these bedtime stories, I tell you about three &quot;lost cities&quot; and the civilisations that built them: - Machu Picchu, built as a retreat for Inca emperors 50 miles from their capital Cusco and forgotten for 300 years by the rest of the world;
- Meroe, the capital of the Kingdom of Kush, and a brief history of Nubia and its relations with Egypt in the antiquity. Before Meroe was founded, Nubian kings from Kush founded the XXVth Egyptian Dynasty, and in the 1st millenium BC they covered Nubia with pyramids.
- Mohenjo-Daro, an enigmatic large city from the 3rd millennium BC, that was created by the Indus Valley Civilisation and declined with it.  </itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Famous Gems: Hope Diamond, Cullinan Diamond, Affair of the Diamond Necklace</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.</p><p><br /> </p><p>My stories are also on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR</a></p><p><br /> </p><p>Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:</p><p>- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia</p><p>- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
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      <itunes:title>Famous Gems: Hope Diamond, Cullinan Diamond, Affair of the Diamond Necklace</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:summary>Tonight I tell you three different diamond-related stories:
- The Hope Diamond and its legend;
- The exceptionally big Cullinan Diamond, from which the Star of Africa comes from;
- The Affair of the Diamond Necklace, a scandal surrounding a magnificent necklace and Queen Marie-Antoinette that had political repercussions.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>Tonight I tell you three different diamond-related stories:
- The Hope Diamond and its legend;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>Legends and Myths from West Africa - Mythology for Sleep</itunes:title>
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I also tell you a little bit about them and the influence of their faiths on New World religions, including Candomblé, Santería or Haitian Vodou.  </itunes:subtitle>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The French Whisperer ASMR Podcast helps you relax and fall asleep with soft spoken bedtime stories, that double as documentaries or lectures about History, Mythology, Astronomy, Physics, Anthropology, the Arts or Architecture... Let these fascinating stories clear your mind and lull you to sleep.</p><p>Please follow to support my work. You can listen ads free to all my stories, get more of them, download episodes, vote in surveys and connect on my Patreon page: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thefrenchwhisperer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/thefrenchwhisperer</a></p><p>I let you choose how much you wish to contribute on Patreon. Whatever you can afford or deem appropriate, you will get access to all the content and I will be grateful, because the world is better when the sun shines for everyone!</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>History of the Silk Road</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
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      <itunes:title>History of the Silk Road</itunes:title>
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      <title>History Of Submarines - Sleep and ASMR</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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2/ the Cathars, a Christian sect from the 12th to 14th Centuries in Southern France and Northern Italy, that was persecuted until it disappeared; 
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
for information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:summary>
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:subtitle>
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      <description><![CDATA[In this mythology bedtime story, I tell you three different myths from Ancient Greece: 
- The story of Perseus, how he was conceived by Zeus and Danae, went on an adventure to cut the head of Medusa the Gorgon, and rescued Andromeda. 
- The myth of the Labyrinth, built in Crete by Daedalus for king Minos, to contain the Minotaur, and how Theseus slayed it with the help of Ariadne. 
- The myth of Prometheus, who stole the secret of fire to give it to mankind and was punished for it.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
for information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 9 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
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- The story of Perseus, how he was conceived by Zeus and Danae, went on an adventure to cut the head of Medusa the Gorgon, and rescued Andromeda. 
- The myth of the Labyrinth, built in Crete by Daedalus for king Minos, to contain the Minotaur, and how Theseus slayed it with the help of Ariadne. 
- The myth of Prometheus, who stole the secret of fire to give it to mankind and was punished for it.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:summary>
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- The story of Perseus, how he was conceived by Zeus and Danae, went on an adventure to cut the head of Medusa the Gorgon, and rescued Andromeda. 
- The myth of the Labyrinth, built in Crete by Daedalus for king Minos, to contain the Minotaur, and how Theseus slayed it with the help of Ariadne. 
- The myth of Prometheus, who stole the secret of fire to give it to mankind and was punished for it.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:subtitle>
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      <description><![CDATA[In this ASMR/relaxing story that will put you to sleep, I tell you about the history of the Phoenicians and their cities (Byblos, Tyre, Sidon...), including the most famous of all: Carthage. I discuss various topics, like the Late Bronze Age Collapse, Phoenician culture, religion, and society, what Canaan and the Levant are, how ancient maritime trade worked, the rise of Carthage, and how the confrontation with Rome in the Punic Wars turned out.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
for information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 8 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:summary>
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Polynesian Mythology Stories - Sleep and ASMR</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In tonight's ASMR story, I tell you myths from Polynesia, especially Hawaii and Aotearoa (New Zealand), and I explain the origins and connections of Polynesian people. We will discover the story of Maui, his fight with goddess Hine, the origins of the gods starting with Rangi and Papa from the Maori tradition, more divinities (Tane of the forest and the birds, Tangaroa of the sea, Tawhirimatea of storms and winds...) and the creation of men and women.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
for information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 7 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
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      <itunes:title>Polynesian Mythology Stories - Sleep and ASMR</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:summary>In tonight&apos;s ASMR story, I tell you myths from Polynesia, especially Hawaii and Aotearoa (New Zealand), and I explain the origins and connections of Polynesian people. We will discover the story of Maui, his fight with goddess Hine, the origins of the gods starting with Rangi and Papa from the Maori tradition, more divinities (Tane of the forest and the birds, Tangaroa of the sea, Tawhirimatea of storms and winds...) and the creation of men and women.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In tonight&apos;s ASMR story, I tell you myths from Polynesia, especially Hawaii and Aotearoa (New Zealand), and I explain the origins and connections of Polynesian people. We will discover the story of Maui, his fight with goddess Hine, the origins of the gods starting with Rangi and Papa from the Maori tradition, more divinities (Tane of the forest and the birds, Tangaroa of the sea, Tawhirimatea of storms and winds...) and the creation of men and women.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:subtitle>
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      <itunes:episode>17</itunes:episode>
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      <title>A Night At The Museum</title>
      <description><![CDATA[For this ASMR/bedtime story, I take you on a nightly audio tour of the National Natural History Museum of Chile. We take a look at a lot of different items that I comment on for you (sei whale skeleton, bison, Kodiak bear, fossils of marine reptiles and dinosaurs, moai from Easter Island, the Inca "Plomo Boy" mummy...).

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
for information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 6 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
      <link>https://the-french-whisperer-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/a-night-at-the-museum-mjoxq2_a</link>
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      <itunes:summary>For this ASMR/bedtime story, I take you on a nightly audio tour of the National Natural History Museum of Chile. We take a look at a lot of different items that I comment on for you (sei whale skeleton, bison, Kodiak bear, fossils of marine reptiles and dinosaurs, moai from Easter Island, the Inca &quot;Plomo Boy&quot; mummy...).

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>For this ASMR/bedtime story, I take you on a nightly audio tour of the National Natural History Museum of Chile. We take a look at a lot of different items that I comment on for you (sei whale skeleton, bison, Kodiak bear, fossils of marine reptiles and dinosaurs, moai from Easter Island, the Inca &quot;Plomo Boy&quot; mummy...).

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:subtitle>
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      <itunes:episode>16</itunes:episode>
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      <title>Space Oddities - Sleep Cruise in the Stars</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In this ASMR/bedtime story, we visit different real or hypothetical space objects and phenomena. I tell you about the life cycle of stars, that can leave behind a white dwarf, a neutron star (that can take the form of a pulsar and/or a magnetar), or a stellar black hole. We also explore the concept of dark matter and various kinds of hypothetical or less familiar planets, including coreless planets, iron planets, carbon planets, "blankets" (planets orbiting a black hole), chthonian planets, or helium planets.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
for information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 5 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
      <link>https://the-french-whisperer-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/space-oddities-sleep-cruise-in-the-stars-tN1tb2fT</link>
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      <itunes:title>Space Oddities - Sleep Cruise in the Stars</itunes:title>
      <itunes:author>The French Whisperer</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>In this ASMR/bedtime story, we visit different real or hypothetical space objects and phenomena. I tell you about the life cycle of stars, that can leave behind a white dwarf, a neutron star (that can take the form of a pulsar and/or a magnetar), or a stellar black hole. We also explore the concept of dark matter and various kinds of hypothetical or less familiar planets, including coreless planets, iron planets, carbon planets, &quot;blankets&quot; (planets orbiting a black hole), chthonian planets, or helium planets.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this ASMR/bedtime story, we visit different real or hypothetical space objects and phenomena. I tell you about the life cycle of stars, that can leave behind a white dwarf, a neutron star (that can take the form of a pulsar and/or a magnetar), or a stellar black hole. We also explore the concept of dark matter and various kinds of hypothetical or less familiar planets, including coreless planets, iron planets, carbon planets, &quot;blankets&quot; (planets orbiting a black hole), chthonian planets, or helium planets.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:subtitle>
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      <itunes:episode>15</itunes:episode>
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      <title>American Mysteries: Area 51 &amp; Chaco Canyon</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In this ASMR/bedtime story, I tell you three different stories: 
- Area 51: how did this USAF base get its reputation for being at the center of numerous conspiracies, including the dissimulation and reverse-engineering of alien technology? 
- Chaco Canyon is a large archaeological site in New Mexico, built more than a thousand years ago and over several generations by the Ancestral Puebloans. What is the meaning and the function of these alignments based on astronomical observation, or this enigmatic web of roads that radiate from the canyon? 
- The Toba Catastrophe Theory is the hypothesis that a supervolcano that erupted around 70,000 years ago in Indonesia would have dramatically affected the course of life on Earth.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
for information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 4 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
      <link>https://the-french-whisperer-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/american-mysteries-area-51-chaco-canyon-1s987UvC</link>
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      <itunes:title>American Mysteries: Area 51 &amp; Chaco Canyon</itunes:title>
      <itunes:author>The French Whisperer</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>In this ASMR/bedtime story, I tell you three different stories: 
- Area 51: how did this USAF base get its reputation for being at the center of numerous conspiracies, including the dissimulation and reverse-engineering of alien technology? 
- Chaco Canyon is a large archaeological site in New Mexico, built more than a thousand years ago and over several generations by the Ancestral Puebloans. What is the meaning and the function of these alignments based on astronomical observation, or this enigmatic web of roads that radiate from the canyon? 
- The Toba Catastrophe Theory is the hypothesis that a supervolcano that erupted around 70,000 years ago in Indonesia would have dramatically affected the course of life on Earth.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this ASMR/bedtime story, I tell you three different stories: 
- Area 51: how did this USAF base get its reputation for being at the center of numerous conspiracies, including the dissimulation and reverse-engineering of alien technology? 
- Chaco Canyon is a large archaeological site in New Mexico, built more than a thousand years ago and over several generations by the Ancestral Puebloans. What is the meaning and the function of these alignments based on astronomical observation, or this enigmatic web of roads that radiate from the canyon? 
- The Toba Catastrophe Theory is the hypothesis that a supervolcano that erupted around 70,000 years ago in Indonesia would have dramatically affected the course of life on Earth.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself </itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:keywords>america, mystery, documentary, history, story</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
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      <itunes:episode>14</itunes:episode>
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      <title>Journey to the Ice Age - ASMR Time Machine</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In this ASMR/bedtime science story, I tell you about Earth during the Pleistocene (a.k.a. "the Ice Age"). We explore what the planet was like its geography, its climate, its fauna (especially the megafauna of mammals like mammoths, saber-toothed tigers, or mastodons), and the rise of the genus Homo, from the first Hominidae to Australopithecus species and various species of archaic humans (Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus, Homo Heidelbergensis, Homo Neanderthalis and finally Homo Sapiens).

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
for information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
      <link>https://the-french-whisperer-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/journey-to-the-ice-age-asmr-time-machine-qWau_2Bs</link>
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      <itunes:title>Journey to the Ice Age - ASMR Time Machine</itunes:title>
      <itunes:author>The French Whisperer</itunes:author>
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      <itunes:summary>In this ASMR/bedtime science story, I tell you about Earth during the Pleistocene (a.k.a. &quot;the Ice Age&quot;). We explore what the planet was like its geography, its climate, its fauna (especially the megafauna of mammals like mammoths, saber-toothed tigers, or mastodons), and the rise of the genus Homo, from the first Hominidae to Australopithecus species and various species of archaic humans (Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus, Homo Heidelbergensis, Homo Neanderthalis and finally Homo Sapiens).

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this ASMR/bedtime science story, I tell you about Earth during the Pleistocene (a.k.a. &quot;the Ice Age&quot;). We explore what the planet was like its geography, its climate, its fauna (especially the megafauna of mammals like mammoths, saber-toothed tigers, or mastodons), and the rise of the genus Homo, from the first Hominidae to Australopithecus species and various species of archaic humans (Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus, Homo Heidelbergensis, Homo Neanderthalis and finally Homo Sapiens).

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself </itunes:subtitle>
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      <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <title>Hindu Epics And Legends - Sleepy Indian Mythology</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In this ASMR bedtime story, I tell you legends from the Hindu tradition, including the Ramayana and Mahabharata (two legendary epics), and other stories about the creation of the world, Ganesha or goddess Durga. I also tell you about Hinduism and its various denominations, and some of the most well-known gods and heroes, like Rama, Krishna, Hanuman, Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma, and Shakti.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
for information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 1 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
      <link>https://the-french-whisperer-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/hindu-epics-and-legends-sleepy-indian-mythology-tfmqsCCe</link>
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      <itunes:summary>In this ASMR bedtime story, I tell you legends from the Hindu tradition, including the Ramayana and Mahabharata (two legendary epics), and other stories about the creation of the world, Ganesha or goddess Durga. I also tell you about Hinduism and its various denominations, and some of the most well-known gods and heroes, like Rama, Krishna, Hanuman, Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma, and Shakti.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this ASMR bedtime story, I tell you legends from the Hindu tradition, including the Ramayana and Mahabharata (two legendary epics), and other stories about the creation of the world, Ganesha or goddess Durga. I also tell you about Hinduism and its various denominations, and some of the most well-known gods and heroes, like Rama, Krishna, Hanuman, Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma, and Shakti.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself </itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Space Cruise: Shooting Stars And Comets - Sleep and Astronomy</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In this bedtime science story, I take you on a discovery journey of meteors (shooting stars) and meteorites, asteroids in the Solar System, and comets. I tell you about 'Oumuamua, Halley's Comet, Hale-Bopp, and several phenomena like ram pressure and highly eccentric orbits.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
for information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
      <link>https://the-french-whisperer-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/space-cruise-shooting-stars-and-comets-sleep-and-astronomy-Z_JOmMYB</link>
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      <itunes:title>Space Cruise: Shooting Stars And Comets - Sleep and Astronomy</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:summary>In this bedtime science story, I take you on a discovery journey of meteors (shooting stars) and meteorites, asteroids in the Solar System, and comets. I tell you about &apos;Oumuamua, Halley&apos;s Comet, Hale-Bopp, and several phenomena like ram pressure and highly eccentric orbits.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this bedtime science story, I take you on a discovery journey of meteors (shooting stars) and meteorites, asteroids in the Solar System, and comets. I tell you about &apos;Oumuamua, Halley&apos;s Comet, Hale-Bopp, and several phenomena like ram pressure and highly eccentric orbits.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Norse Mythology - Legends, Pantheon and History</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In this soft-spoken ASMR talk, I tell you stories from Norse Mythology and explanations about its context and meaning to the Old Norse. Stories include the discovery of the runes and the loss of an eye by Odin, the war between the Aesir and the Vanir, the construction of the wall of Asgard, the creation of the World, and Ragnarok, the end of times.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
for information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
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      <itunes:summary>In this soft-spoken ASMR talk, I tell you stories from Norse Mythology and explanations about its context and meaning to the Old Norse. Stories include the discovery of the runes and the loss of an eye by Odin, the war between the Aesir and the Vanir, the construction of the wall of Asgard, the creation of the World, and Ragnarok, the end of times.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:summary>
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Japanese Myths And Legends - Sleepy ASMR Mythology</title>
      <description><![CDATA[This soft-spoken story is an introduction to Japanese Mythology, from the Creation Myth, some of the gods (Azanagi and Azanami, Amaterasu, Susanoo...), the first emperor (Jimmu), to the concept of Kami and the influence of Shinto. I also tell you about folks and legendary tales, like Momotaro, Shita-Kiri Suzume, and the incident of Forty-Seven Ronins.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
for information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
      <link>https://the-french-whisperer-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/japanese-myths-and-legends-sleepy-asmr-mythology-hX_ogHPh</link>
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself </itunes:summary>
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself </itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>The Odyssey - Ancient Greek Mythology and Sleep</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In this soft-spoken ASMR sleepy story about Mythology, I tell you the story of the Odyssey and discuss a few historical and literary aspects. If you want to know about the lotus-eaters, the cyclopes, the sirens, Aeolus, Circe, Scylla and Charybdis, Calypso, and many more things, relax and enjoy the long journey Odysseus will have to endure to be reunited with his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
for information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
      <link>https://the-french-whisperer-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/the-odyssey-ancient-greek-mythology-and-sleep-HPFh_z76</link>
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My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:summary>
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Space Cruise To The Moons of Jupiter - Sleep and Astronomy</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In this science/astronomy ASMR sleepy story, I take you to the Jovian system and tell you about Jupiter's Moons and Jupiter itself. We visit Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Amalthea, and Metis, we explore the inside of Jupiter and its formation history, and I tell you about various concepts such as tidal heating, orbital resonance, and planetary differentiation.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
for information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
      <link>https://the-french-whisperer-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/space-cruise-to-the-moons-of-jupiter-sleep-and-astronomy-Pne44KIP</link>
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself </itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>In this science/astronomy ASMR sleepy story, I take you to the Jovian system and tell you about Jupiter&apos;s Moons and Jupiter itself. We visit Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Amalthea, and Metis, we explore the inside of Jupiter and its formation history, and I tell you about various concepts such as tidal heating, orbital resonance, and planetary differentiation.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself </itunes:subtitle>
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      <description><![CDATA[This ASMR bedtime story about ancient mythology tells you the Epic of Gilgamesh based on the Standard Babylonian Version. I also tell you about Mesopotamian mythology and the emergence of civilization in the region, from Sumer and Akkad to Assyria and Babylonia.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
for information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>This ASMR bedtime story about ancient mythology tells you the Epic of Gilgamesh based on the Standard Babylonian Version. I also tell you about Mesopotamian mythology and the emergence of civilization in the region, from Sumer and Akkad to Assyria and Babylonia.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:subtitle>
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
for information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.
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      <pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:summary>
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:subtitle>
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      <description><![CDATA[This sleepy ASMR episode contains two historical mysteries: the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza (commissioned by Pharaoh Khufu, also known as Cheops, from the 4th Dynasty), and the story of the Mary Celeste, one of the most famous ghost ships of the 19th Century.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
for information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself </itunes:summary>
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself </itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>History of Buddhism - Soft Spoken ASMR</title>
      <description><![CDATA[In this ASMR story for bedtime, I tell you about Buddhism: what society and beliefs were like in Ancient India, the life of Siddartha Gautama, how Buddhism spread in Asia, and the differences between various traditions (what are Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana, Zen, Tibetan or Tantric Buddhism...), and a lot of terms are explained as simply as possible, like Vedas, Karma, Middle Way, Samsara, Tantra, Mantra....

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
for information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
      <link>https://the-french-whisperer-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/history-of-buddhism-soft-spoken-asmr-OfWVGDf5</link>
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:summary>
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My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself</itunes:subtitle>
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      <description><![CDATA[This bedtime/ASMR story is about medicine and healing since the Neolithic. I tell you about Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, the figure of Imhotep, India, and the principles of Ayurveda, or Chinese Medicine. We also take a look at medicine in Ancient Greece, and how this legacy passed on and was further developed in the Islamic World, Byzantium, and Medieval Europe. Also included, are the Renaissance and the steps that would lead to a scientific approach to medicine and the many discoveries of the 19th and 20th centuries that came with important social change and professionalization.

Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
for information about our collection and use of personal data for
advertising.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>archie@db.company (The French Whisperer)</author>
      <link>https://the-french-whisperer-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/history-of-healing-and-medicine-sleep-documentary-sQdvzaTp</link>
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My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself </itunes:summary>
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself </itunes:subtitle>
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com
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Fall asleep exploring the mysteries of History, Space, Mythology or Sciences. Every episode of the French Whisperer ASMR Podcast is a little adventure, under the form of a documentary, narrated in a soft spoken voice. It is the best way to get absorbed in a story, forget your concerns, relax, and naturally fall asleep.

My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself </itunes:summary>
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My stories are also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFrenchWhispererASMR

Do you wish to listen to the same stories in other languages or with a different narrator? Discover the other podcasts I produce:
- In American English, Lights Out Library narrated by Olimpia
- In Spanish, La Biblioteca de los Sueños, narrated by Olimpia
- In French, La Bibliothèque des Rêves, narrated by myself </itunes:subtitle>
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