Steampunk | Peaceful Bedtime Reading for Sleep

I Can’t Sleep

Benjamin Boster & Glassbox Media

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Unwind with this calm bedtime reading created to ease insomnia and restless nights. Tonight’s gentle episode explores steampunk, the imaginative genre that blends Victorian-era aesthetics with futuristic technology powered by steam. You’ll learn about its literary roots, fashion, art, and the creativity it inspires across culture, all shared in Benjamin’s steady, peaceful narration. There’s no whispering or hypnosis—just tranquil, fact-filled storytelling to relax the mind and reduce stress. Press play, settle in, and let this fascinating blend of history and fantasy carry you into restful sleep. Want More? Request a topic: https://www.icantsleeppodcast.com/request-a-topic Listen ad-free & support the show: 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 Steampunk, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. Read the full article: Wikipedia - Steampunk. 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 learn a little and sleep a lot.
0:17.6	I'm your host, Benjamin Boster, and tonight let's fall asleep learning about steampunk.
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1:02.7	I have to be honest, I thought steampunk was some form of subgenre of punk music.
1:06.6	So that just goes to show how ignorant I am about this topic.
1:10.1	So I'm excited to read more about it and share it with you.
1:12.6	Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction that incorporates retro futuristic technology
1:20.6	and aesthetics inspired by, but not limited to 19th century industrial steam-powered machinery. Interesting.
1:31.5	Steampunk works are often set in an alternative history of the Victorian era or the American
1:38.9	frontier, where steam power remains in mainstream use, or in a fantasy world that similarly
1:47.8	employs steam power.
1:53.2	Steampunk features anachronistic technologies or retro-futuristic inventions, as people
2:00.8	in the 19th century might have envisioned them,
2:04.4	distinguishing it from neo-Victorianism, and is likewise rooted in the era's perspective on
2:11.6	fashion, culture, architectural style, and art. Such technologies may include fictional machines like those found in the works of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne.
2:29.3	Other examples of steampunk contain alternative history-style presentations of such technology
2:38.0	as steam cannons, lighter-than-air airships, analog computers,
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