What Sex was Really Like in Feudal Japan | History For Sleep
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianTonight, we explore the silent histories written not in ink, but in gestures, expectations, and silences — the intimate, often unseen realities of sex, duty, and power in Feudal Japan. This episode unfolds not as scandal or romance, but as structure: a world where every touch, every vow, and every gaze was shaped by law, custom, and fear of disgrace. From the wife of a weary merchant to the unseen labor of a housemaid, from the codes that punished desire to the quiet disappearance of lives unrecorded, this is a story not about passion — but about control. And like so many lives beneath the weight of a strict and beautiful system, most of what we know is what remains in the margins.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend: • Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#FeudalJapan #HistoricalSleepStory #SexAndPower #DrowsyHistorian #HistoryOfSex #SleepNarrative #JapaneseHistory #SilentHistories #TatamiAndSilence #EroticControl #PowerAndGender
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Why You’d Regret Becoming a Courtesan in Renaissance Venice | History For Sleep
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianTonight, we slip behind silk curtains and into the curated illusion of luxury in Renaissance Venice — but not as a noble, nor even a guest. You are a courtesan. Accomplished, admired, and utterly disposable. From powdered poise to private ruin, you endure the slow erosion of worth in a world that sells desire and punishes those who embody it. This is not a story of scandal or salvation. This is a life lived in borrowed gowns, under borrowed names, with no exit but silence.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend: • Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#venicehistory #courtesan #renaissancevenice #historicalsleepstory #drowsyhistorian #femalefate #sleepwithhistory #womeninhistory #darkhistory #calmhistory #emotionalhistory #immersivestorytelling #venetianempire
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How Did Medieval People Deal With Toothaches? | History For Sleep
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianTonight, you're not curled in a dentist’s chair with soothing music and numbing gel. No — tonight, you're in a smoky cottage, jaw aching, vision blurring, and no one alive knows what a germ is. You’re a common laborer in medieval Europe, and something in your mouth has gone terribly wrong. Over the next hour, you’ll try poultices, fire, prayer, and the mercy of strangers with iron tongs. None of it will work.This is not a story of healing. This is a slow descent into swelling, superstition, and silent suffering — all narrated with calm, bitter historical detail. By the end, you may still have your tooth… but you’ll wish you didn’t.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend: • Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#medievalhistory #drowsyhistorian #darkhistory #historicalsleepstory #toothache #plague #medievalmedicine #bedtimestoryforadults #historysleepaid #medievaleurope #dentalhistory #sleepstory #historicalnarration
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The BRUTAL Life of a Cave Woman | History For Sleep
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianTonight, you're not fighting in a trench or trapped in a gilded palace. No — tonight, you are forgotten. You were born into the Paleolithic world under a cold, starless sky. No one wrote your name. No one carved your story into stone. But you lived. You bled. You gave birth by firelight. You buried your dead with moss. You survived in silence.This is the brutal, invisible life of a prehistoric woman — a life shaped by labor, hunger, cold, and a lineage that was never meant to be remembered.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend: • Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#HistoryForSleep #Paleolithic #CaveWoman #DrowsyHistorian #PrehistoricLife #HistoricalSleepStory #DarkHistory #BoringHistory #IceAge
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What Was It Like to Be a Kamikaze Pilot in WWII? | History For Sleep
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianTonight’s story doesn’t end in glory. It doesn’t end with medals, or cheers, or even certainty. It ends somewhere above the sea, in silence. In this immersive historical narrative, you are a young Japanese man in World War II, “volunteered” for the Kamikaze Special Attack Unit. You will not return. From the moment the letter arrives, you begin a quiet unraveling — not heroic, not spectacular, just ceremonial. You train to die, not to fight. You fold your final letters. You sit through your last supper. You board your aircraft. And then, you disappear — honored, forgotten, and replaced.This is not a war story. It’s a story about national pressure, erasure, and the emotional silence between duty and death. A soft, slow descent into inevitability — told in the second person, with calm, respectful narration designed to help you fall asleep to the quiet horror of history.🛏️ Drowsy Historian’s Favorite Sleep ToolsLooking to upgrade your nighttime routine? These are a few things I personally use or recommend: • Blanket Soft Enough to Make the Plague Feel Tolerable → https://amzn.to/3GSOq8f• Weighted Blanket for Pretending You’re a Mummified Pharaoh → https://amzn.to/4kVJCgE• Sleep Mask Headphones For Total Historical Escape → https://amzn.to/4nWsNVn• Book Light for Reading About Plagues at 2AM → https://amzn.to/4eSg0iu• White Noise Machine for Blocking Out the 21st Century → https://amzn.to/3GJ9jTwThese are affiliate links. I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the show while staying cozy.#kamikaze #WWIIhistory #darkhistory #sleepstory #drowsyhistorian #calmhistory #kamikazepilot #quietlydevastating #immersivehistory #emotionalhistory #sleepaid
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