Fall asleep to the story of Detroit, from the auto boom and Henry Ford's five-dollar day to the Great Migration, the 1943 and 1967 uprisings, the long decline of the auto industry, and the 2013 bankruptcy, the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history. This is a calm, slow-paced history for sleep, narrated over soft rain sounds, so you can relax, unwind, and drift off.
In this long-form sleep story, we travel through more than a century of the Motor City. We begin in 1900, when Detroit was a quiet city of stove works and carriage shops. Then we follow the rise of Ransom Olds, Henry Ford, the Model T, and the moving assembly line at Highland Park. We walk the streets of Black Bottom and Paradise Valley, sit in on the Ossian Sweet trial, and watch the United Auto Workers take shape through the sit-down strikes and the Battle of the Overpass. We see Detroit become the Arsenal of Democracy in World War II. From there we trace the freeways, suburbs, and plant closures that reshaped the city, the birth of Motown at Hitsville U.S.A., the summer of 1967, and the long road to Chapter 9 bankruptcy.
Whether you have insomnia, love American history, or just want a gentle bedtime story for adults, this episode is made to help you relax and fall asleep. You don't need to follow every detail. Just let the rain and the history carry you off.
Chapters:
00:00:00 Welcome to Sleepless History
00:02:40 Chapter One: The Motor City Rises
00:28:05 Chapter Two: Arrivals and Borders
00:48:31 Chapter Three: Arsenal and Fire
01:03:19 Chapter Four: The Long Hot Summer
01:20:34 Chapter Five: The Long Unwinding
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