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Nothing much happens: bedtime stories to help you sleep

Wellness Loud

300 episodes

Can’t sleep? You’re not alone—and there’s help. Nothing Much Happens is a bedtime story podcast beloved by millions. Yoga and meditation teacher Kathryn Nicolai tells soothing, cozy stories where—just as the title says—nothing much happens. That’s the magic. Instead of spiraling thoughts or anxious scrolling, you’ll be gently guided to a calm, comfortable place. Each episode is read twice, with a slower second telling to ease you into rest. Trusted by listeners for over seven years and streamed more than 180 million times, it’s a ritual of safety, comfort, and sleep. Subscribe to our Premium channel. The first month is on us. 💙 Find our bestselling book Nothing Much Happens in over 20 languages worldwide.

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  1. Merry Much Happens - 2024

    · 2 h 55 min · S14 E57

    Our stories tonight have been picked by the team that makes Nothing Much…Happen. They are stories of snowfall and candy canes, train sets and tree farms, cats and cows, and card games. From all of us, we wish you sweet…

  2. City Sidewalks (Encore)

    · 35 min · S14 E56

    Originally Aired: December 14th, 2020 (Season 6, Episode 12) Our story tonight is called City Sidewalks, and it’s a story about an evening looking into shop windows filled with Holiday displays. It’s also about…

  3. Holiday Window at the Bookshop

    · 35 min · S14 E55

    Our story tonight is called Holiday Window at the Bookshop, and it’s a story about clearing out the pumpkins and setting up the twinkle lights on a rainy December afternoon. It’s also about old buildings with tall…

  4. Snow and Street Lights (Encore)

    · 35 min · S14 E54

    Originally Aired: December 4th, 2023 (Season 12, Episode 37) Our story tonight is called Snow and Streetlights, and it’s a story about an afternoon at the bookshop on the edge of winter. It’s also about a bell…

  5. Out of the Cold

    · 34 min · S14 E53

    Our story tonight is called Out of the Cold, and it’s a story about a windy day and a place to warm up. It’s also about pine boughs and an open wrought iron gate, smoke rising from a chimney in the distance, a black…

  6. The Day After Thanksgiving (Encore)

    · 24 min · S14 E52

    Originally Aired: November 26th, 2018 (Season 2, Episode 8) Our story tonight is called The Day After Thanksgiving, and it’s a story about enjoying the quiet after a big day, and looking forward to the season to come.…

  7. Thanksgiving at the Cabin

    · 35 min · S14 E51

    Our story tonight is called Thanksgiving at the Cabin, and it’s a story about a walk through the woods with a friend to start the day. It’s also about sun on your face, empty branches, and squirrels, cranberries, and…

  8. Winter Evening Yoga (Encore)

    · 36 min · S14 E50

    Originally Aired: November 27th, 2023 (Season 12, Episode 35) Our story tonight is called Winter Evening Yoga, and it’s a story about stepping into a safe, soothing space after a long day. It’s also about bolsters and…

  9. Pie Making

    · 36 min · S14 E49

    Our story tonight is called Pie Making, and it’s a story about an evening at the bakery with ready workstations and clean aprons. It’s also about an urn of hot cocoa ready on the counter, pastry cutters and crimped…

  10. First Frost (Encore)

    · 36 min · S14 E48

    Originally Aired: November 15th, 2021 (Season 8, Episode 15) Our story tonight is called First Frost and it’s a story about enjoying the sparkle of the first signs of winter. It’s also about a kitty watching the birds…

  11. Pies & Pinecones

    · 31 min · S14 E47

    Our story tonight is called Pies and Pinecones, and it’s a story about an upcoming adventure dreamt up in front of a fire. It’s also about a drawing spotted in the paper, a fence with a shared gate between yards, deep…

  12. Ship In A Bottle (Encore)

    · 37 min · S14 E46

    Originally Aired: November 14th, 2022 (Season 10, Episode 24) Our story tonight is called Ship in a Bottle, and it’s about a crate of bequests ready to be unwrapped. It’s also about the dark bark of oak trees after a…

  13. Autumn Sun

    · 36 min · S14 E45

    Our story tonight is called Autumn Sun, and it’s a story about a day at Weathervane Farm, treating the animals to autumnal enrichment. It’s also about light shifting through orange and red leaves, the pillowy soil of a…

  14. Trick or Treat (Encore)

    · 35 min · S14 E44

    Originally Aired: October 24th, 2021 (Season 8, Episode 12) Our story tonight is called Trick or Treat, and it’s a story about roaming the streets on All Hallow’s Eve. It’s also about a gust of wind that turns you…

  15. The Secret Stair

    · 1 h 00 min · S14 E43

    Our story tonight is called The Secret Stair, and it’s a story about a costume party on Halloween night at the Inn. It’s also about the bonfire down by the lake, a whiskered face at the window, a mystery waiting in the…

  16. Grandmother's Grimoire (Encore)

    · 30 min · S14 E42

    Originally Aired: October 20th, 2019 (Season 4, Episode 7) Our story tonight is called Grandmother’s Grimoire, and it’s a story about a family heirloom that arrives in the crispy, cool days of October. It’s also about…

  17. All Hallows' Eve at the Inn

    · 41 min · S14 E41

    Our story tonight is called All Hallows’ Eve at the Inn, and it’s the third in our special Halloween series this year. It’s about the Innkeeper and her trusty sidekick Sycamore as they ready the Inn for guests on a…

  18. The Pumpkin Farmer (Encore)

    · 32 min · S14 E40

    Originally Aired: October 10th, 2021 (Season 8, Episode 10) Our story tonight is called The Pumpkin Farmer, and it’s a story about a family tradition and the harvest that comes after a season of careful tending. It’s…

  19. Crows & Candles

    · 40 min · S14 E39

    Our story tonight is called Crows and Candles, and it is the next in this month’s special Halloween episodes. While it isn’t at all a scary story, it is meant to be a bit of balm for those that are grieving, and if…

  20. The Lookout (Encore)

    · 35 min · S14 E38

    Originally Aired: October 16th, 2022 (Season 10, Episode 20) Our story tonight is called The Lookout, and it’s a story about a hidden place deep in the woods with a very special view. It’s also about all the different…

  21. Grey Cat & Grimoire

    · 38 min · S14 E37

    Our story tonight starts our month of Halloween stories. It’s called Grey Cat and Grimoire, and it takes us into the cozy curios shop where a scarf is being knitted and a very old book with a green velvet cover sits on…

  22. The Leaf House (Encore)

    · 31 min · S14 E36

    Originally Aired: October 4th, 2020 (Season 6, Episode 7) Our story tonight is called The Leaf House, and it’s a story about an autumn day spent working in the yard. It’s also a game remembered from childhood, a…

  23. September Leaves

    · 33 min · S14 E35

    Our story tonight is called September Leaves, and it’s a story about some time outside as the wind blows and the acorns fall. It’s also about the scent of bonfire, the weight of a dog laid across your legs, spaces…

  24. Fall Foraging (Encore)

    · 33 min · S14 E34

    Originally Aired: September 24th, 2023 (Season 12, Episode 18) Our story tonight is called Fall Foraging, and it’s a story about the first signs of the changing seasons and foods that go along with them. It’s also…

  25. Lightning Glass

    · 41 min · S14 E33

    Our story tonight is called Lightning Glass, and it’s a story about a long beach walk spent looking for something magical after a storm has passed. It’s also about geese flying south for the winter, driftwood, and…

  26. The Librarian (Encore)

    · 35 min · S14 E32

    Originally Aired: September 4th, 2022 (Season 10, Episode 14) Our story tonight is called The Librarian, and it’s a story about the quiet of the closed-up library at the end of the day. It’s also about the books that…

  27. Thunder & Lightning

    · 39 min · S14 E31

    Our story tonight is called Thunder and Lightning, and it’s a story about slowing down and getting comfortable as the rain comes down. It’s also about cinnamon and clove, a candle’s flame reflected in a window pane, a…

  28. In The Bleachers (Encore)

    · 33 min · S14 E30

    Originally Aired: September 20th, 2020 (Season 6, Episode 6) Our story tonight is called In the Bleachers, and it’s a story about a game watched on a crisp fall evening. It’s also about pumpkins on doorsteps, flannel…

  29. New Owners at the Orchard

    · 34 min · S14 E29

    Our story tonight is called New Owners at the Orchard, and it a story about a beloved spot in the village, getting fresh life as apple season is about to begin. It’s also about gathering baskets, pumpkins turning…

  30. At The Diamond (Encore)

    · 33 min · S14 E28

    Originally Aired: September 5th, 2021 (Season 8, Episode 5) Our story tonight is called At the Diamond, and it’s a story about a warm day, stretched out on a blanket under a tree. It’s also about jumping through a…

  31. Chef & Sycamore

    · 36 min · S14 E27

    Our story tonight is called Chef and Sycamore, and it’s the second part of last week’s story called Pickle Season. It’s a story about an afternoon in the kitchens at the Inn as jars of pickles are lowered into the…

  32. Retreat (Encore)

    · 33 min · S14 E26

    Originally Aired: August 20th, 2023 (Season 12, Episode 12) Our story tonight is called Retreat, and it’s a story about some time spent somewhere quiet and calm. It’s also about paths through a pine forest, the soft…

  33. Pickle Season

    · 36 min · S14 E25

    Our story tonight is called Pickle Season, and it’s a story about a day spent in the kitchen at the Inn, as batch after batch of pickles are made and canned. It’s also about the old farmhouse sink, aprons strings and…

  34. The Main Sail (Encore)

    · 32 min · S14 E24

    Originally Aired: August 22nd, 2021 (Season 8, Episode 4) Our story tonight is called The Main Sail, and it’s a story about the end of the summer traditions up at the cottage on the river. It’s also about penny candy…

  35. Backyard Sniffari

    · 42 min · S14 E23

    Season 14, Episode 23 Our story tonight is called Backyard Sniffari, and it’s about an afternoon in the grass with some of our favorite furry friends. It’s also about dragonflies and warm patio stones, a fresh lemon…

  36. A Midsummer Afternoon's Nap (Encore)

    · 32 min · S14 E22

    Originally Aired: July 31st, 2022 (Season 10, Bonus Episode 3) Our story tonight is called A Midsummer Afternoon’s Nap, and it’s a story about a slow swaying hammock stretched between two tall trees. It’s also about…

  37. Garden Tour, Part 2

    · 36 min · S14 E21

    Our story tonight is called Garden Tour, Part 2, but if you slept through part one, not to worry. Nothing Much Happened in it. This is a story about a day spent in tranquil, verdant spaces. It’s also about a grey cat…

  38. The Corner Store (Encore)

    · 34 min · S14 E20

    Originally Aired: August 28th, 2022 (Season 10, Episode 13) Our story tonight is called The Corner Store, and it’s a story about the aisles of the neighborhood grocery where there are always interesting things to…

  39. The Old School, or, Garden Tour, Part 1

    · 38 min · S14 E19

    Our story tonight is called The Old School, or Garden Tour, Part 1, and it’s a story about the start of a gentle adventure on a brisk, bright day. It’s also about the long quiet hallway of an empty building, seed…

  40. The Dog Days Of Summer (Encore)

    · 31 min · S14 E18

    Originally Aired: August 11th, 2019 (Season 9, Episode 8) Our story tonight is called The Dog Days of Summer, and it’s a story about a day with a best friend. It’s also about a cucumber picked from the garden, meeting…

  41. Beach Day

    · 36 min · S14 E17

    Our story tonight is called Beach Day, and it’s a story about cooling off by the water on a hot summer day. It’s also about watermelon and the sloping sandy lake bottom, getting everything from the car in just one…

  42. The Turnaround (Encore)

    · 29 min · S14 E16

    Originally Aired: July 26th, 2020 (Season 6 Episode 2) Our story tonight is called “The Turnaround” and it’s a story about a trip down a gravel road on a summer day. It’s also about bulrushes and bonfires, family…

  43. Lightning Bugs at Oxbow Lake

    · 33 min · S14 E15

    Our story tonight is called Lightning Bugs at Oxbow Lake, and it’s a story about an evening spent on soft pine needle paths beside the water. It’s also about cattails and crested herons, the changing paths of rivers, a…

  44. In the Map Room (Encore)

    · 29 min · S14 E14

    Originally Aired: July 12th, 2020 (Season 6 Episode 1) Our story tonight is called In the Map Room, and it’s a story about the pleasures of looking at the world drawn out on paper. It’s also about a gasp of koi fish…

  45. The Village Races

    · 35 min · S14 E13

    Our story tonight is called The Village Races, and it’s a story about a group of runners setting out on a bright, sunny morning. It’s also about butterflies and bagels, lucky numbers and picnic blankets, and the joy of…

  46. At The Summer Fair (Encore)

    · 23 min · S14 E12

    Originally Aired: July 14th, 2019 (Season 3 Episode 13) Our story tonight is called “At the Summer Fair,” and it’s a story about a yearly tradition and how it changes in the different summers of your life. It’s also…

  47. When the Streetlights Come On

    · 38 min · S14 E11

    Our story tonight is called When the Streetlights Come On, and it’s a story about a trip to the mailbox through the last lit moments of the day. It’s also about bikes being wheeled into the garage for the night, things…

  48. A Letter In An Envelope (Encore)

    · 29 min · S14 E10

    Originally Aired: July 28th, 2019 (Season 4 Episode 1) Our story tonight is called “A Letter in an Envelope” and it’s a story about the everyday magic of messages sent between friends. It’s also about peanut butter…

  49. Summer Afternoons

    · 38 min · S14 E9

    Our story tonight is called Summer Afternoons, and it’s a story about the possibilities of a special part of the day. It’s also about an empty ginger ale bottle filled with windflowers, a walk by the railroad tracks,…

  50. The Hardware Store (Encore)

    · 27 min · S14 E8

    Originally Aired: May 31st, 2020 (Season 5 Episode 11) Our story this week is called “The Hardware Store,” and it's about finding all the right things for a few projects at home. It’s also about stacks of fresh-sawn…

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