The Silk Hour

05/29/2025

Your Life as a Medieval Baker | How Bread Set the Town’s Clock 😍

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05/24/2025

Would You Survive a Viking Feast? The Surprising Foods of the Norse World 😊

05/22/2025

Why Did a Sultan Build a Robot Bird Collection 300 Years Ago? 🤨

05/22/2025

Why You Wouldn't Last a Day in Colonial Boston 😟

05/17/2025

Smoothing History for Sleep | Why You Wouldn't Last a Day in Medieval Times and more 😇

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05/13/2025

Why Sailors Once Believed Onions Prevented Mutiny 😚 💗

🕯️ New Sleep Story from The Silk Hour 💗
Ever wonder why sailors clung to onions like lifelines at sea? 🌊🧅 Tonight, we journey into the dim-lit hold of a creaking ship where mutiny brews... and onions might just be the cure.

This 1.3+ hour bedtime history story for sleep unfolds in 15 immersive chapters, all whispered in a cozy, soothing tone. It's weird, it's romantic in a salty-sea-dog kind of way, and yes—it's perfect to help you fall asleep.

💤 Why You’ll Love It
– Soft storytelling to help you unwind
– Sleep-focused voice with ASMR vibes
– Real history with a dreamy twist
– Long format = no need to touch your phone
– Perfect for insomnia, background audio, or late-night relaxation

📍Drop your city + local time in the comments—let's see who's dozing off around the world 🌍

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12/16/2022

Gimmonix Gimmonix is a technology company that helps travel businesses increase their revenue and boost efficiency through automated mapping technology, API (application programming interface) connectivity and profit-optimization tools. Andrew Spektor is owner and CEO at Gimmonix and Max Chertkov is chief commercial officer. Despite having common goals, buyers and sellers in the travel industry cannot easily view how their partners’ data and objectives correspond with their own, says Andrew Spektor, owner and CEO at…...

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12/16/2022

Peloso is an expert in environmental and global climate issues, and has authored numerous studies and reports on sustainability and climate risk. She holds a PhD in environment from Duke University and a law degree from Stanford University. She is a board member of the Environmental Law Institute and a past board member of the Surfrider Foundation. She is a former member of the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy and Resources Council....

Peloso is an expert in environmental and global climate issues, and has authored numerous studies and reports on sustainability and climate risk. She holds a

12/16/2022

Andrew Lavoott Bluestone has been an attorney for 40 years, with a career that spans criminal prosecution, civil litigation and appellate litigation. Mr. Bluestone became an Assistant District Attorney in Kings County in 1978, entered private practice in 1984 and in 1989 opened his private law office and took his first legal malpractice case. Since 1989, Bluestone has become a leader in the New York Plaintiff’s Legal Malpractice bar, handling a wide array of plaintiff’s legal malpractice cases arising from catastrophic personal injury, contracts, patents, commercial litigation, securities, matrimonial and custody issues, medical malpractice, insurance, product liability, real estate, landlord-tenant, foreclosures and has defended attorneys in a limited number of legal malpractice cases....

Andrew Lavoott Bluestone has been an attorney for 40 years, with a career that spans criminal prosecution, civil litigation and appellate litigation. Mr.

12/16/2022

Netherlands forward Vivianne Miedema sustained a knee injury and was taken off the field on a stretcher while playing for Arsenal in a women's Champion's League match against Lyon on Thursday. The Dutch forward went down under no contact in the first half after landing awkwardly as she challenged for a loose ball. - Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.)...

Netherlands forward Vivianne Miedema sustained a knee injury and was taken off the field on a stretcher while playing for Arsenal in a women's Champion's

12/16/2022

Eight Turkish police officers were wounded on Friday when a bomb exploded in a roadside vehicle as their minibus passed on a highway in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, security sources said. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said two people had been detained and were believed to be the perpetrators of the blast. “There was an explosion in a parked vehicle at 5:10 am as a police vehicle was going to work in Diyarbakir,” he said....

Eight Turkish police officers were wounded on Friday when a bomb exploded in a roadside vehicle as their minibus passed on a highway in the southeastern