453 – Ten Weeks with a Circus

Sleepy

Otis Gray

Alternative Health, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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0:00.0	Hey, so if you're listening to Sleepy, I know that you love podcasts that help you go to bed and get a great night's rest.
0:08.7	Well, if you're looking for even more snoozy content, I highly encourage you to check out the podcast, nothing much happens.
0:16.1	By a sleep co-conspirator of mine named Catherine Nicolai. She shares these original, mindfully crafted
0:22.7	conflict-free literature designed to lull you into a restful slumber. For over six years,
0:28.2	Catherine has been helping listeners find peace and rest through her soothing stories. The show has
0:33.0	over 150 million downloads, and it basically is a grown-up version of Mr. Rogers' neighborhood,
0:39.2	filled with interconnected stories that soothe and calm you.
0:42.6	It is a fantastic show, and she puts so much work into making stories that are specifically
0:48.4	crafted to put you to bed.
0:50.9	So definitely go check out her show.
0:53.0	Nothing Much Happens.
0:55.4	You can find Nothing Much Happens anywhere you get your podcast. Sweet dreams. Hi, my name's Otis Gray, and you're listening to
1:05.4	Sleepy. A podcast where I read old books to help you get to sleep.
1:21.1	I particularly loved reading tonight's bedtime story.
1:27.1	I have a real soft spot for circus culture. If you're a
1:32.8	long-time listener of the show, you might have heard my diatribes on Coney Island and how
1:38.7	fantastic it is and how much I love it. Anyways, this tonight's story definitely smacks of that, as it's a story about a boy running off to the circus.
1:52.7	Before we get to this lovely bedtime reading, I would just like to thank all of our brand new patrons on patreon.com,
2:02.8	which is a website where we can go and pledge a couple bucks for an ad-free version of Sleepy.
2:07.1	So, this week's amazing new patrons.
2:11.6	Lori Logan, Pinky B., Wendy B., Wendie B., Josepha Silva. Anne Vogel. Zai. Helen Keough. Stella.
2:24.9	And a super, super big shout out to Sophia Haxstrom.
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