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EPISODE · May 31, 2026 · 1H 25M

The Making of the Titanic | A Bedtime Story

from SleepWise: Learn Softly, Sleep Deeply · host SleepWise

Tonight, drift back more than a century to a shipyard in Belfast, where thousands of hands slowly raised the largest moving object the world had yet seen. This is not the story of a single famous night, but of the quiet years before it — the steel, the rivets, the engines, and the ambition of an age that believed it could build almost anything.We begin with the world that wanted such a ship, and then descend into the work itself: the great gantry built simply to build her, the keel and the rising skeleton, the three million rivets driven by hand, the hybrid engines and twenty-nine boilers, the four tall funnels, and the small secret hidden in one of them. Along the way, we touch gently on the confidence of the era, and on the fine line between mastery and limit.This is a calm, gently educational bedtime story for curious adults — factual depth delivered softly, with nothing to solve and nothing to keep up with. Just a slow journey through one of the great feats of engineering, told quietly enough to fall asleep to.New episodes every week. Follow along, and let the world slow down with us.—-#sleepwise #sleep #sleepstory #sleepstories #bedtimestory #bedtimestories #sleepaid #sleephelp #insomnia #insomniarelief #cantsleep #fallasleep #fallasleepfast #deepsleep #sleepbetter #sleepmeditation #calm #calming #calmingvoice #relaxing #relaxingvoice #relax #relaxation #softspoken #softspokenstory #bedtime #nighttime #goodnight #sweetdreams #restful #unwind #peaceful #stressrelief #anxietyrelief #mindfulness #meditation #storytelling #narration #history #historystory #educational #learnwhilesleeping #curiosity #wonder #truestory #historypodcast #podcast #asmr #asmrsleep #nightroutine #titanic #titanichistory #rmstitanic #titanicship #titanicstory #titanic1912 #shipbuilding #oceanliner #oceanliners #belfast #harlandandwolff #whitestarline #olympicclass #engineering #engineeringhistory #maritimehistory #maritime #ships #shipwreck #northatlantic #steamship #rivets #thomasandrews #shipyard #nauticalhistory

Tonight, drift back more than a century to a shipyard in Belfast, where thousands of hands slowly raised the largest moving object the world had yet seen. This is not the story of a single famous night, but of the quiet years before it — the steel, the rivets, the engines, and the ambition of an age that believed it could build almost anything.We begin with the world that wanted such a ship, and then descend into the work itself: the great gantry built simply to build her, the keel and the rising skeleton, the three million rivets driven by hand, the hybrid engines and twenty-nine boilers, the four tall funnels, and the small secret hidden in one of them. Along the way, we touch gently on the confidence of the era, and on the fine line between mastery and limit.This is a calm, gently educational bedtime story for curious adults — factual depth delivered softly, with nothing to solve and nothing to keep up with. Just a slow journey through one of the great feats of engineering, told quietly enough to fall asleep to.New episodes every week. Follow along, and let the world slow down with us.—-#sleepwise #sleep #sleepstory #sleepstories #bedtimestory #bedtimestories #sleepaid #sleephelp #insomnia #insomniarelief #cantsleep #fallasleep #fallasleepfast #deepsleep #sleepbetter #sleepmeditation #calm #calming #calmingvoice #relaxing #relaxingvoice #relax #relaxation #softspoken #softspokenstory #bedtime #nighttime #goodnight #sweetdreams #restful #unwind #peaceful #stressrelief #anxietyrelief #mindfulness #meditation #storytelling #narration #history #historystory #educational #learnwhilesleeping #curiosity #wonder #truestory #historypodcast #podcast #asmr #asmrsleep #nightroutine #titanic #titanichistory #rmstitanic #titanicship #titanicstory #titanic1912 #shipbuilding #oceanliner #oceanliners #belfast #harlandandwolff #whitestarline #olympicclass #engineering #engineeringhistory #maritimehistory #maritime #ships #shipwreck #northatlantic #steamship #rivets #thomasandrews #shipyard #nauticalhistory

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