Benjamin Boster|572 - History of Tea | Can’t Sleep? Steep Yourself in History
Trouble sleeping? You could count sheep, or let I Can’t Sleep do the heavy yawning for you. Host Benjamin Boster reads slow-paced, fact-filled content on science, history, and everyday oddities with zero plot twists and even less urgency. It’s calm. It’s consistent. And yes, you might accidentally learn something. So get comfy, press play, and let your brain wander off without you.
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Published14 Aug 2026
Duration33:30
Episodes
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History of Tea | Can’t Sleep? Steep Yourself in History
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14 Aug 2026
571-
Apartments | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Life Under One Roof
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12 Aug 2026
570-
Brooks & Dunn | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Country Music’s Hit Duo
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10 Aug 2026
569-
Salt | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the Mineral That Built Empires
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07 Aug 2026
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Dolphins | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Flipper
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05 Aug 2026
567-
Constellations | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the Night Sky
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03 Aug 2026
566-
String Instruments | Can’t Sleep? Learn What Makes Them Sing
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31 Jul 2026
565-
Cookies | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Fresh Baked Favorites
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29 Jul 2026
564-
Middle-Earth | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Tolkien’s Legendary World
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27 Jul 2026
563-
Philosophy | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the Love of Wisdom
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24 Jul 2026
562-
Labyrinth | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the Mythical Maze
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22 Jul 2026
561-
French Fries | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Potato Perfection
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20 Jul 2026
560-
The International Space Station | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Life in Orbit
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17 Jul 2026
559-
King Tut | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the Famous Pharaoh
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15 Jul 2026
558-
Violas | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the Orchestra’s Hidden Gem
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13 Jul 2026
557-
Airliners | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Commercial Aviation
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10 Jul 2026
556-
Otters | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Nature’s Playful Mammals
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08 Jul 2026
555-
Flags | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the Symbols of Nations
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06 Jul 2026
554-
Oregon Trail | Can’t Sleep? Learn About America’s Great Migration
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03 Jul 2026
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Cereal | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the World’s Most Important Crops
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01 Jul 2026
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Concrete | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the Foundation of Modern Cities
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29 Jun 2026
551-
Crop Circles | Can’t Sleep? Learn About One of History’s Strangest Mysteries
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26 Jun 2026
550-
Clocks | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the History of Time
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24 Jun 2026
549-
Supernova | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Stellar Explosions
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22 Jun 2026
548-
Volcanoes | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Earth’s Fiery Mountains
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19 Jun 2026
547-
Papyrus | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Ancient Paper
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17 Jun 2026
546-
Skyscraper | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Humanity’s Tallest Buildings
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15 Jun 2026
545-
Platypus | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Nature’s Oddest Mammal
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12 Jun 2026
544-
Pizza | Can’t Sleep? Learn About a Slice of Culinary History
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10 Jun 2026
543-
Guitars | Can’t Sleep? Learn About the World’s Most Popular String Instrument
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08 Jun 2026
542-
Automaton | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Early Robots
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05 Jun 2026
541-
Cabinet of Curiosities | Can’t Sleep? Learn About History’s Strangest Collections
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03 Jun 2026
540-
Stained Glass | Can’t Sleep? Learn About Light, Color, and Glass
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01 Jun 2026
539-
Honey | Can't Sleep? Learn About the World's Oldest Sweetener
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29 May 2026
538-
Silk | Can't Sleep? Learn About Ancient Fabric and the Silk Road
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27 May 2026
537-
Enceladus | Can't Sleep? Learn About Saturn's Ocean Moon
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25 May 2026
536-
Tacos | Can't Sleep? Learn About Mexico's Most Iconic Street Food
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22 May 2026
535-
Neuschwanstein Castle | Can't Sleep? Learn About Bavaria's Fairy Tale Castle
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20 May 2026
534-
Windows | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Invention That Filled Buildings With Natural Light
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18 May 2026
533-
Disc Golf | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Sport Hiding in Plain Sight in Public Parks
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15 May 2026
532-
Language | Can't Sleep? Learn How Humans Learned to Talk
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13 May 2026
531-
Shenandoah National Park | Can't Sleep? Learn About Virginia's Blue Ridge Wilderness
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11 May 2026
530-
Candles | Can't Sleep? Learn About the 5,000-Year History of Candlelight
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08 May 2026
529-
Myers-Briggs | Can't Sleep? Learn About Personality Types
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06 May 2026
528-
Water | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Molecule That Makes All Life on Earth Possible
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04 May 2026
527-
Autism | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Autism Spectrum and Neurodiversity
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01 May 2026
526-
Poodles | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Misunderstood Genius Dog Breed
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29 Apr 2026
525-
Coraline | Can't Sleep? Learn How This Stop-Motion Movie Was Made
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27 Apr 2026
524-
Fractals | Can't Sleep? Learn About Nature's Infinite Patterns
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24 Apr 2026
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Ancient Rome | Can't Sleep? Learn About the Roman Empire