Nocturne

Zoe and Sarah were young, free explorers on a spontaneous summer road trip.

Ever since he was a child, Clark Strand has awoken in the middle of the night and gone out walking. One night a voice spoke directly in his ear, saying, “Don’t go out tonight.

What is it about the night, about what happens in the darkness, when most people are asleep?

There’s really nothing else like late night call in shows on the radio – other humans, in real time, just chatting.

Most people are in bed at night and then get up during the day. But journalist Katie Nelson felt the need to sleep all the time.

Here Be Monsters is a gorgeous podcast that explores the dark corners of the human mind, fear and the unknown.  It’s transporting and surprising and you should definitely subscribe.

For two months a year, in a small Norwegian city, the sun never goes above the horizon. One researcher visits to find out why its citizens are happy despite the lack of light.

Poetry and the night are some of the last remaining domains of “unknowing”; places where it’s acceptable to digest the world slowly and without conclusion, and where one can linger in,…