EPISODE · Jul 14, 2026 · 23 MIN
Stars And Silence
from Soporific · host Dr Tench Media
Tonight the sky is clear. Imagine it above you — dark, enormous, scattered with light so old it barely remembers where it came from. Keats and Shelley guide you there. Two poets who spent their lives reaching for something so beautiful it almost hurts. Close your eyes if they aren't already. And look up.
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