Rivers, Blue Herons & Lou Diamond Phillips | Sleep Podcast
In this sleep podcast episode of The Insomnia Project, Amanda and Marco settle into a slow, meandering conversation designed to help you relax and fall asleep. If your thoughts tend to wander like a slow river at bedtime, you're in good company.
In this episode:
To kick off Season 12, Amanda and Marco talk about rivers around the world: the Saint John, the Thames, the Seine, the Po, the St. Lawrence and the mighty Murray. They also cover blue herons, the Merlin bird ID app, the Canada goose, the beaver as a symbol of Canada, and why Lou Diamond Phillips is such a great actor. It's a gentle, meandering conversation for anyone looking to relax, unwind, and fall asleep.
How the conversation meanders
Season 12 begins the way the best Insomnia Project episodes do: slowly, and slightly off course. After a long break, Amanda and Marco welcome you to… Season 13. (It's Season 12. The break may have been a little too long.)
From there, the conversation follows the water. They wander from the Saint John River to the Thames, the Seine and the Po, then back to the St. Lawrence before heading all the way to the mighty Murray. From the water's edge it's a short hop to birds. Amanda shares the story of a blue heron she spotted and how she uses the Merlin app, and Marco turns to two Canadian icons, the Canada goose and the beaver, a symbol of the nation. And then, somehow, Lou Diamond Phillips. Amanda tells a story about him, and the two of them happily gush about what a great actor he is. Nothing urgent, nothing to keep track of.
What we talk about
- A slow wander along famous rivers, from the Thames and the Seine to the Po
- Canada's Saint John and St. Lawrence rivers
- The mighty Murray
- Amanda's blue heron sighting
- Identifying birds with the Merlin app
- The Canada goose, and the beaver as a symbol of Canada
- Amanda's Lou Diamond Phillips story
- Why Lou Diamond Phillips is such a great actor
Mentioned in this episode
- Saint John River
- River Thames
- Seine
- Po River
- St. Lawrence River
- Murray River
- Blue heron
- Merlin Bird ID app
- Canada goose
- Beaver
- Lou Diamond Phillips
Keep wandering
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About The Insomnia Project
The Insomnia Project is a sleep podcast where nothing happens… so you can listen and sleep. Hosted by Amanda Barker and Marco Timpano, each weekly episode is a slow, meandering conversation about the ordinary things that make life interesting—from nostalgia, everyday rituals and forgotten memories to places, people, pop culture and the little curiosities we usually overlook. There's no plot to follow, no need to concentrate, and nothing you need to remember. Just a cozy conversation designed to help you relax, unwind, and drift off to sleep.
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