Hi everyone. My name is Otis Gray and you're listening to Sleepy.

A podcast where I read old books to help you get to sleep.

I've got a wonderfully boring story for you tonight. A classic. But before I get to that,

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Well, tonight I have an extraordinarily important and extraordinarily boring reading for you.

It is on the origin of species by none other than Charles Darwin.

Darwin, the name probably rings a bell for you. He's kind of a big deal.

Evolution was a pretty hot take at the time, but this book that I'm reading tonight

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