The Travels of Marco Polo, Reading 1
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Sharon Handy
4.6 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2019
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Tonight we journey into the mists of history with Marco Polo and his uncles as they journey across the world to the court of Kublai Khan and back again. The 13th century has never been so dreamy.
This week's episode complements a new tale about Genghis Khan by one of my favorite YouTube ASMRtists, The French Whisperer. I encourage you to check him out for relaxation and sleep. He's wonderful!
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening and welcome to boring books for bedtime. I hope tonight's installment provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some sleep for once. |
| 0:15.0 | So lie back, adjust your volume. |
| 0:20.0 | Take a nice deep breath. |
| 0:22.0 | And off we go. |
| 0:25.0 | Before we begin with this evening's reading, I have two announcements. |
| 0:30.0 | The first is a special shout-out of thanks to our two newest Patreon supporters, Megan, and the unintentional vegan Ninja. |
| 0:41.0 | Thank you so much for supporting this podcast. |
| 0:45.0 | Your help makes it possible, and it's much appreciated. |
| 0:49.0 | If you're interested in learning about the exclusive perks available to supporters, |
| 0:55.0 | including monthly episodes found nowhere else, |
| 0:59.0 | you'll find a link to our Patreon page in the show description. |
| 1:03.0 | Secondly, this evening's reading is a little special. |
| 1:08.0 | It's being done in conjunction with an episode by one of my favorite YouTube artists, The French Whisperer. |
| 1:17.0 | If you're not familiar with him, you should definitely check out his page. |
| 1:23.0 | He does amazing stories for sleep and relaxation. |
| 1:27.0 | And if you enjoy this podcast, I think you'll really enjoy his work. |
| 1:32.0 | I've added a link to his YouTube page to the show |
| 1:35.0 | description if you'd like to check him out for yourself. This week he's |
| 1:40.6 | producing an episode on Genghis Khan, and tonight's reading is done as a compliment to that. |
| 1:48.7 | This evening we're reading The Travels of Marco Polo, the Complete Yule Cordier Edition, including the unabridged |
| 1:59.5 | third edition of Henry Yule's annotated translation of 1903 as revised by Henri Cordier, together with |
| 2:10.9 | Cordier's later volume of Notes and Addenda from 1920. |
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