Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries

In this bedtime story for deep sleep, we visit Mercury and Venus, two planets with formidable environments. I will share with you various theories about their formation, what they are composed of, what to expect at their surfaces, and other interesting facts like how orbits form and are maintained, or what a supercritical fluid is. I hope you enjoy this relaxing way to learn more about space while quieting your mind. Listen on Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LightsOutLibraryov⁠ ¿Quieres escuchar en Español? Echa un vistazo a La Biblioteca de los Sueños! En Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1t522alsv5RxFsAf9AmYfg⁠ En Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/la-biblioteca-de-los-sue%C3%B1os-documentarios-para-dormir/id1715193755⁠ En Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LaBibliotecadelosSuenosov⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For tonight's sleep-inducing talk, I invite you for a long moment in the woods. We explore the origins of plants and how they evolved from microscopic algae to mosses, ferns, seed plants with or without flowers. I also discuss the life cycle of trees, what they are made of, and many aspects that often go unnoticed such as their ability to exchange signals, connect by their roots, develop mutualistic relationships or adapt to different environments. We review extraordinary trees too: Hyperion, the tallest tree in the world, Methuselah, the oldest independent tree (both in California); the Arbol de Tule, the stouter known tree (Mexico), and extremely old clonal colonies like Old Tjikko in Sweden and Pando in Utah. Listen on Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LightsOutLibraryov⁠ ¿Quieres escuchar en Español? Echa un vistazo a La Biblioteca de los Sueños! En Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1t522alsv5RxFsAf9AmYfg⁠ En Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/la-biblioteca-de-los-sue%C3%B1os-documentarios-para-dormir/id1715193755⁠ En Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LaBibliotecadelosSuenosov⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this bedtime story, I tell you about New Orleans, Voodoo and the famous "Voodoo Queen," Marie Laveau, who dominated Louisiana Voodoo in the 19th Century. We take a look at how different syncretic religions formed in South and North America, combining African religions like Vodun or Yoruba with Roman Catholicism and indigenous beliefs, or the particular blend that happened in Louisiana with the influence of Haitian Voodoo. We also explore the history of New Orleans since its foundation and what its unique culture brought to the world, including Jazz music. Listen on Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LightsOutLibraryov⁠ ¿Quieres escuchar en Español? Echa un vistazo a La Biblioteca de los Sueños! En Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1t522alsv5RxFsAf9AmYfg⁠ En Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/la-biblioteca-de-los-sue%C3%B1os-documentarios-para-dormir/id1715193755⁠ En Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LaBibliotecadelosSuenosov⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this bedtime story for the curious, we explore the history of American railroads. From the opening of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1830 to the Transcontinental Railroad, the rise of magnates like Cornelius Vanderbilt or Jay Gould and the transformations in the way Americans lived and consumed, I invite you to travel with me on this geographical, cultural and economic epic. Listen on Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LightsOutLibraryov⁠ ¿Quieres escuchar en Español? Echa un vistazo a La Biblioteca de los Sueños! En Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1t522alsv5RxFsAf9AmYfg⁠ En Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/la-biblioteca-de-los-sue%C3%B1os-documentarios-para-dormir/id1715193755⁠ En Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LaBibliotecadelosSuenosov⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this bedtime story, I tell you all about Buddhism: the beliefs and culture of Ancient India; the life of Siddartha Gautama, the historical Buddha; how Buddhism spread in Asia; the differences between various Buddhist traditions (Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana, Zen, Tibetan or Tantric Buddhism...); and I explain a lot of terms that you might have encountered without knowing their full meanings, like Vedas, Karma, Middle Way, Samsara, Tantra and Mantra. Listen on Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LightsOutLibraryov⁠ ¿Quieres escuchar en Español? Echa un vistazo a La Biblioteca de los Sueños! En Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1t522alsv5RxFsAf9AmYfg⁠ En Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/la-biblioteca-de-los-sue%C3%B1os-documentarios-para-dormir/id1715193755⁠ En Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LaBibliotecadelosSuenosov⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

These three stories, including the Salem Witch Trials, the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island and Franklin's Lost Expedition, will transport you to another time. Learn where the term "witch hunt" originated, how many settlers have to go missing before a colony is finally abandoned and the doomed fate of early explorers seeking a northern passage to the Pacific from the east coast of Canada. Listen on Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LightsOutLibraryov⁠ ¿Quieres escuchar en Español? Echa un vistazo a La Biblioteca de los Sueños! En Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1t522alsv5RxFsAf9AmYfg⁠ En Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/la-biblioteca-de-los-sue%C3%B1os-documentarios-para-dormir/id1715193755⁠ En Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@LaBibliotecadelosSuenosov⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Lights Out Library, where we help you fall asleep with soothing stories across a diverse range of topics: science, history, mythology, astronomy, mystery, art and so much more. We make it possible to both calm and enrich your mind while you drift into dreamland. So come learn and enjoy deep sleep with us every night. Be sure to follow the show, so you never miss a new episode. Listen on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LightsOutLibraryov ¿Quieres escuchar en Español? Echa un vistazo a La Biblioteca de los Sueños! En Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1t522alsv5RxFsAf9AmYfg En Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/la-biblioteca-de-los-sue%C3%B1os-documentarios-para-dormir/id1715193755 En Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LaBibliotecadelosSuenosov Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices