The Island Where Time Stands Still | Sleep Fiction Series

Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast

Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Fiction

4.5 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Looking to unwind and sleep deeply? Join Geoffrey by the fireside for a soothing tale that carries us across the Aegean to Ikaria - an island where life moves slowly, the nights are warm, and even old myths are told at an unhurried pace. This is Part 82 of The Falls series - but as always, you can jump in anytime and feel right at home. Love Night Falls? 😊 Join Night Falls Premium on Apple Podcasts or via https://nightfalls.supercast.com/ for a rich, immersive and totally ad-free experience 🌙 Please follow and leave us a review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ How are we doing with Night Falls? Let us know 🙌 You can now listen to Night Falls on Youtube! Enjoy the latest episodes with relaxing visuals 📺 About Night Falls 🌕🦌 The Night Falls podcast has been created to gently guide you to sleep with meditation and soothing bedtime stories. Join your host, Geoffrey Austin Newland, every Sunday and Tuesday in the mystical Night Falls, where the air tingles with magic as whispers of stories drift on the breeze along with the embers of the crackling campfire. We will begin each episode with a short meditation, before Geoffrey recounts his adventures in Night Falls, or tells a peaceful bedtime story you may recognise. Looking for the brands I mention on the show? You’ll find all the latest sponsor links and offers right here:⁠ lnk.to/nightfalls ✨ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, Jeffrey here, and welcome back to Nightfall's.
0:25.1	I've got a quick favour to ask.
0:27.6	If you're enjoying the show, please do share it with friends and family.
0:32.0	We can help them sleep better, and it helps the show a huge amount.
0:37.7	Over summer, I read a wonderful book called Circe,
0:41.8	all about the goddess of witchcraft
0:43.7	and her banishment to a Greek island.
0:46.7	Aia.
0:49.3	I was transported into the myths themselves,
0:53.2	but also to the haughty dreaminess of Greece,
0:56.6	abuzz with cicadas, intense heat, and in the case of Circe's visitors, the occasional pig.
1:04.9	It may be winter, but I want to transport you to that warmth tonight with Circe in tow.
1:11.3	I'm going to tell you about the time the path of time carried my friends and me across the Aegean Sea.
1:16.9	We set sail aboard a little boat bound for Icaria,
1:21.2	the island where time itself seems to slow down.
1:25.2	Under the golden sun and starlit skies, we found rest, friendship, and even the
1:32.1	true story of Icarus, discovering how a simple, unhurried life can be the greatest adventure
1:39.3	of all. Before we begin, here's the quick ad break that keeps this free content possible.
1:47.2	To go out free, subscribe via the link in the show notes.
1:51.6	All right, now back to Night Falls.
1:56.3	The path of time wound back through the woodland.
2:05.0	Pine needles rustled and crunched beneath my feet as we journeyed back through the year, walking steadily toward the summer sun that set months ago,
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