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Hosted by Unknown Host · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 20 episodes
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Sleepy Sport is a calming sports history podcast where we uncover the stories behind the sports you love — but never knew. Each week, we explore surprising origins, forgotten legends, and classic moments from the world of sport, told slowly and softly to help you unwind. From ancient arenas to modern stadiums, discover the hidden history and timeless tales that shaped the games we play and watch today.
Unknown Host hosts Sleepy Sport, a sports show with 20 episodes published.
Across the loneliest waters on Earth, where the Roaring Forties become the Furious Fifties and ice drifts in the dark, the Vendée Globe enters its most brutal chapter. In Part Two of our two-part special, sports historia
Far from land, where the sea turns grey and the horizon disappears into mist, a handful of sailors attempt something almost impossible: to sail alone around the entire planet without stopping. In this calm and cinematic
After the shock cancellation of 2008 left the Dakar Rally without a home, the world’s toughest endurance race was forced to reinvent itself. In this calming second chapter of Dust & Danger, sports historian Michael Wilts
On a silent night beneath the Sahara stars, a lost rider named Thierry Sabine found himself stranded in one of the most unforgiving landscapes on Earth. That moment of isolation; cold, calm, and strangely beautiful, spar
Step back into the glow of winter arenas as ice hockey transforms from a quiet pond pastime into one of the world’s most electrifying sports. In this soothing Christmas series, sports historian Michael Wiltshire guides y
On Christmas Day, 1914, the First World War stopped. Along the frozen trenches of the Western Front, British and German soldiers stepped into No-Man’s Land… not with rifles, but with open hands, shared gifts, and a singl
Return to the winter world of ice hockey as the quiet pond game steps into bright arenas and global legend. In this warm, slow-moving Christmas special, Michael Wiltshire explores how the sport became one of the world’s
Pedals & Peaks - Part Two: Peaks Narrated by sports historian Michael Wiltshire. Settle in for a calm, cinematic journey into the origins and mythology of the Tour de France, the world’s most extraordinary cycling race.
Pedals & Peaks — Part One: Pedals Narrated by sports historian Michael Wiltshire Drift back to the quiet beginnings of one of humanity’s simplest, most elegant inventions; the bicycle. In this gentle, cinematic journey,
Skateboarding was never meant to exist. Born from flat ocean swells, shaped in drought-stricken suburbs, and perfected in late-night carparks, it became a sport built on falling, and the quiet art of trying again. Join s
A single upset in 1882 lit a fire that has burned for more than a century, a shock defeat, a playful newspaper obituary, and a tiny urn that became one of sport’s greatest symbols. In this slow and cinematic exploration
Before Test matches, before rivalries, before the tiny urn… there was only a field, a stick, a ball, and the quiet rhythm that would become cricket. Join Michael Wiltshire for a soft, immersive history of the sport’s ear
Eight thousand years ago, humans invented skiing to survive the Arctic winter. Today, it’s a global sport of elegance, speed, and serenity. Between those two moments lies an extraordinary journey — from Norse hunters car
Before it was Japan’s national sport, it was a fight for the gods. In a circle of clay, two men collide, then bow. The stomp, the salt, the silence… every movement older than memory, every contest a prayer. From sacred s
It looks simple. A stone. A sheet of ice. A few quiet voices calling directions.But beneath the calm lies one of the world’s most precise and enduring competitions. Curling began on frozen Scottish lochs, played by villa
A field, a myth, a nation in search of an origin. Long before the roar of crowds and the glow of stadium lights, there was a quiet patch of grass, a few boys, and a ball carved from string and leather. From those simple
Surfing is more than a sport — it is humanity’s oldest dance with the ocean. In this episode of Sleepy Sport, told slowly and softly, we follow surfing’s journey across centuries. From sacred rituals in Polynesia to near
Boxing is as old as humanity itself. From cave paintings on ancient walls to the roar of modern stadiums, the fight has always been with us. In this episode of Sleepy Sport, told slowly and softly, we trace the story of
Golf was born on Scotland’s rugged links — windswept stretches of coastal land where villagers struck balls of leather and feather into the distance, chasing skill, rhythm, and joy. From these humble beginnings, golf gre
Before football became the world’s game, it was chaos. In medieval England, whole villages would collide in wild, lawless matches that smashed windows, wrecked shops, and terrified kings. Monarchs tried to ban it again a
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