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Sleepy

448 – A Gala Dress

Sleepy

Otis Gray

Alternative Health, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.82.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:30.9

If you're listening to this show, you love stories that help you sleep. And maybe your kids listen to the show too.

0:38.7

Well, if you and your kids like some of the more kid-friendly stories that we've had on Sleepy, you will also love this

0:45.1

wonderful podcast called Koala Moon, a show full of original bedtime stories and gentle sleep

0:51.7

meditations for kids, all told in soft, friendly tones that slow down

0:56.6

as the story goes on, helping little ones drift right off. But honestly, I've been listening to

1:01.8

Koala Moon, and you can listen even as a big kid. Trust me. Koala Moon has over 500 stories and

1:08.2

meditations to choose from, with well-loved characters like Cocoa the

1:11.8

koala, the Jupiter twins, Hector and Sunny, and so many more. Everything is created exclusively

1:18.0

for the podcast, complete with beautiful sound design made to lull young listeners to sleep. It's helped

1:24.0

improve over 50 million bedtimes already, welcomes more than a million listeners

1:28.4

each month, and even won a British podcast award in 2024.

1:32.6

So find out what the fuss is about.

1:34.6

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Just search Koala Moon on your favorite podcast app.

1:43.1

I'll also have a link for it in the show notes.

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