Why You Wouldn't Survive Building the Panama Canal | History For Sleep

Get early episodes & bonus perks on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianYou’re not a hero. You’re not even a builder. You’re a laborer buried in mud, forgotten by history, and paid in tokens that don’t buy enough soap. Tonight, you’ll live — and die — as one of the thousands of workers who carved the Panama Canal through tropical hell. You’ll feel the fever, the exhaustion, the weight of a system that saw your life as expendable.No plaques. No parades. Just disease, debt, and a trench that never stops collapsing.If you're still awake by the end of this story, you're either tougher than you look… or just too tired to care.#PanamaCanal #SleepStory #DrowsyHistorian #HistoricalSuffering #DarkHistory #CalmNarration #SleepWithHistory

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History For Sleep delivers slow, calm, and slightly unsettling historical storytelling that makes dozing off educationally depressing. Whether you're hearing about plagues, peasant life, or papal trials, it's all narrated at a soothing pace with a dry wit designed to lull you into unconsciousness. Brought to you by the Drowsy Historian, each episode is 1–2 hours of immersive bedtime history with just enough absurd detail to keep you listening — until you aren’t.