Dr Pepper | Calming Bedtime Reading for Sleep

I Can’t Sleep

Benjamin Boster & Glassbox Media

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Ease into rest with this calm bedtime reading created to help with insomnia and sleepless nights. Tonight’s soothing episode explores Dr Pepper, the iconic soft drink with a unique flavor and fascinating history. You’ll learn about its invention in the 19th century, its rise in popularity, and the role it has played in American culture, all shared in Benjamin’s steady, peaceful narration. There’s no whispering or hypnosis—just gentle, fact-filled storytelling to reduce stress and quiet the mind. Press play, relax, and drift into deep and refreshing sleep. Want More? Request a Topic: https://www.icantsleeppodcast.com/request-a-topic Ad-Free Episodes: https://icantsleep.supportingcast.fm/ Shop Sleep-Friendly Products: https://www.icantsleeppodcast.com/sponsors Join the discussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/myhGhVUhn7 This content is derived from the Wikipedia article on Dr Pepper, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY‑SA) license. Read the full article: Wikipedia - Dr Pepper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to a Glassbox media podcast.
0:09.7	Welcome to the I Can't Sleep podcast, where I help you drift off one fact at a time.
0:17.8	I'm your host, Benjamin Boster.
0:23.8	And today's episode is about Dr. Pepper. Thanks to Hannah Shevano for sponsoring today's episode.
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1:01.1	Dr. Pepper is a carbonated soft drink.
1:05.1	It was created in the 1880s
1:07.7	by the American pharmacist Charles Alderton in Waco, Texas, and was first nationally
1:16.0	marketed in the United States in 1904. It is manufactured by Curig, Dr. Pepper, in the United
1:25.0	States and Canada, by the Coca-Cola Company in the United Kingdom,
1:29.8	Japan and South Korea, and by PepsiCo in Europe. Variants include Diet Dr. Pepper,
1:38.9	which is my favorite drink, and beginning in the 2000s, a line of additional flavors.
1:48.0	Although Dr. Pepper has similarities to Cola, the American Food and Drug Administration has ruled
1:55.3	that Dr. Pepper is not a cola, nor a root beer, nor a fruit-flavored soft drink.
2:03.0	Rather, Dr. Pepper is said to be in a category of its own kind, called Pepper Soda, named for the brand.
2:12.9	Other soft drinks in this category, such as Dublin Original and Pib Extra, have a similar flavor profile.
2:23.8	Dr. Pepper is the second highest-selling carbonated soft drink in the United States, and the
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