Stories for curious minds
Real history, old myths, gentle mysteries, the slow wonders of space and the calm of the Stoics. Glis reads each one slowly, for about an hour, so your mind has something kind to follow while you drift off. The first story in every world is free.
Castles and knights
History
Castles, campfires and knights asleep by the fire.
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The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
From a village on seven hills to an empire that shaped the world, and the long, slow way it came apart.
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Ancient Egypt: The Age of the Pharaohs
Three thousand years along the Nile: the river, the pyramids, the pharaohs and the people who built it all.
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Life Inside a Medieval Castle
A year inside the stone walls of a medieval castle, from the great hall to the kitchens and the quiet of the chapel.
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The Vikings: Longships, Sagas and the Voyage to America
Who the Vikings really were: farmers, traders and sailors who crossed oceans and told the greatest stories of the North.
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The Knights Templar
Nine poor knights became the richest order in Europe, then vanished almost overnight. The real story, and the legends that grew from it.
UFOs and mysteries
Unsolved
Lights in the sky and riddles with no answer. Curious, never scary.
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Area 51: The Secret Base in the Desert
The most famous secret base in the world: what it really was, what people believe, and why it captured our imagination.
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Bob Lazar and the Secrets of S-4
In 1989 a quiet physicist said he had worked on flying saucers near Area 51. His story, and why people still argue about it.
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The Roswell Incident
In the summer of 1947 something fell on a New Mexico ranch. The headlines, the explanations, and how one weekend became a legend.
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The Bermuda Triangle
Ships and planes said to vanish without a trace. The famous stories, the real ocean, and the simple answers behind the legend.
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Stonehenge: Who Built It and Why
Five thousand years ago people dragged giant stones across England and set them in a circle. How they did it, and why.
Dragons and old gods
Myths
Old gods, sleeping dragons and stories told by the fire.
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Zeus and the Gods of Olympus
Thunder, the sea, the harvest and the hearth: the Greek gods on Mount Olympus and the stories the Greeks told about them.
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Odin, Thor and the Nine Worlds
The world tree Yggdrasil, the halls of Asgard and the gods of the North: Odin the wanderer, Thor the thunderer and clever, troublesome Loki.
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Dragons of the World
From the wise rain dragons of China to the treasure-guarding dragons of Europe, a journey through the world's oldest and most loved creature.
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King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
The sword in the stone, Camelot, Merlin and the Round Table: Britain's greatest legend, and where it came from.
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Atlantis: The Lost Island
Two and a half thousand years ago Plato told of an island that sank into the sea. The story, the searches, and what might have inspired it.
Planets and stars
Space
Rings, moons and very long journeys, at drifting speed.
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The Big Bang and the Birth of the Universe
Everything we see began about 13.8 billion years ago. A slow journey from the first moment to the first stars, galaxies and planets.
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A Journey Through the Solar System
A slow tour from the Sun to the edge of the solar system, stopping at every planet along the way.
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Black Holes: Where Time Stands Still
The strangest places in the universe, explained slowly and simply: how black holes form, what happens near them, and how we finally saw one.
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Apollo 11: The First Steps on the Moon
July 1969: three astronauts, a quarter of a million miles, and the first footsteps on the Moon, told hour by hour.
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Voyager: The Long Drift Beyond the Planets
In 1977 two small spacecraft left Earth. They visited the giant planets, took the Pale Blue Dot, and are still drifting, still talking to us.
Big, calm thinkers
Philosophy
The Stoics and friends, in a voice that lets your mind settle.
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Marcus Aurelius and the Meditations
The most powerful man in the world kept a private notebook to remind himself how to live. What he wrote, and why it still helps.
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Seneca on the Shortness of Life
Seneca believed life is long enough if you know how to use it. His gentle advice on time, calm and living well.
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Epictetus: From Slave to Teacher of Emperors
Born a slave, he became one of the most loved teachers in Rome. His simple idea: some things are up to us, and some are not.
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Socrates: The Man Who Only Asked Questions
He wrote nothing down and claimed to know nothing, yet he changed how we think. The life of the man who only asked questions.
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Plato's Cave
Prisoners watching shadows on a wall. The most famous story in philosophy, told slowly, and what it says about seeing the world clearly.
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