ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Can’t sleep? You’re not alone—and there’s help.
Nothing Much Happens is a bedtime story podcast beloved by millions. Yoga and meditation teacher Kathryn Nicolai tells soothing, cozy stories where—just as the title says—nothing much happens. That’s the magic.
Instead of spiraling thoughts or anxious scrolling, you’ll be gently guided to a calm, comfortable place. Each episode is read twice, with a slower second telling to ease you into rest.
Trusted by listeners for over seven years and streamed more than 180 million times, it’s a ritual of safety, comfort, and sleep.
Subscribe to our Premium channel. The first month is on us. 💙
Find our bestselling book Nothing Much Happens in over 20 languages worldwide.
Nothing Much Happens is a bedtime story podcast beloved by millions. Yoga and meditation teacher Kathryn Nicolai tells soothing, cozy stories where—just as the title says—nothing much happens. That’s the magic.
Instead of spiraling thoughts or anxious scrolling, you’ll be gently guided to a calm, comfortable place. Each episode is read twice, with a slower second telling to ease you into rest.
Trusted by listeners for over seven years and streamed more than 180 million times, it’s a ritual of safety, comfort, and sleep.
Subscribe to our Premium channel. The first month is on us. 💙
Find our bestselling book Nothing Much Happens in over 20 languages worldwide.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
semiweekly
Average audio length:
36 minutes
Has sponsors
English
United States
530 episodes
since April 28, 2018
episodic
AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗
~67.47% of listeners are from United States.
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US
67.47%
🇬🇧
GB
7.77%
🇨🇦
CA
4.07%
🇻🇳
VN
3.34%
🇯🇵
JP
3.33%
🇦🇺
AU
2.52%
🇮🇪
IE
2.21%
🇩🇪
DE
0.90%
🇦🇷
AR
0.67%
🇰🇷
KR
0.59%
🇮🇳
IN
0.57%
🇳🇿
NZ
0.54%
🇫🇷
FR
0.47%
🇶🇦
QA
0.35%
🇿🇦
ZA
0.35%
🇰🇪
KE
0.34%
🇧🇷
BR
0.34%
🇲🇽
MX
0.32%
🇸🇪
SE
0.32%
🇳🇬
NG
0.24%
🇳🇱
NL
0.23%
🇵🇭
PH
0.20%
🇳🇦
NA
0.17%
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XX
0.16%
🇹🇷
TR
0.14%
🇸🇬
SG
0.14%
🇦🇪
AE
0.11%
Others
2.14%
* Data source: directly measured on Listen Notes. real-time
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Our story tonight is called The Moon and the Maker’s Mark, and it’s a story about a friendship born on an autumn day and plans made in the dark of night. It’s also about quart jars and canned pumpkin, burnished copper and baking cookies and a soft spell made by loving hands.
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Originally presented as Season 14, Episode 39 (Oct 14, 2024)
Our story tonight is called Crows and Candles, and it is the next in this month’s special Halloween episodes. While it isn’t at all a scary story, it is meant to be a bit of balm for those that are grieving, and if that feels too heavy…
Our stories tonight are some of my favorites. We’ll spend time at the Inn as the pumpkins are lit and the ballroom fills up with costumed neighbors. There will be cats in windows, a rumbling dumbwaiter, and a secret passageway that’s sat shut up for ages. We’ll wander through the alleys at the Nigh…
Originally presented as Season 12, Episode 23 (Oct 16, 2023)
Our story tonight is called The Corn Maze, or The Say Yes Club, and it’s a story about a trip out into the country as the leaves fall. It’s also about the smell of dried corn stalks, kettle corn and wood chips, and finding a group of fri…
Our story tonight is called Paper Flowers, and it’s a story about a place to spend a cozy and creative afternoon. It’s also about the magic of miniature things, having something to look forward to, and the fun of learning something new.
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Originally Presented as Episode 19 of Season 10 (Oct 10, 2022)
Our story tonight is called Autumn Ride, and it’s about pedaling with friends under falling leaves. It’s also about treats from the bakery, wrapped up and ready to share, rediscovering a pure feeling of joy out on the road, and a hood…
Our story tonight is called Stargazing in the Woods, and it’s a story about a few days away from everything and at the same time closer to everything. It’s also about flat stones for skipping, an old blanket spread under the night sky, and a realigned perspective to take home after the embers die. …
Originally presented on Season 12, Episode 17 (Sept 21, 2023)
Our story tonight is about a wedding beside the lake on a soft September day. We’ll hear piano music drifting through the air and champagne corks popping as the whole Village gathers to celebrate love and savor the big and small moment…
Our story tonight is called Coat Check at the Supper Club, and it’s a story about a restaurant on the edge of the lake. It’s also about a quiet corridor lined with numbered hooks and cubbies, carefully set tables, matchboxes and bobby pins, and caring about giving your guests a place where they fee…
Originally presented as Episode 16 of Season 12 (Sept 18, 2023)
Our story tonight is called Something Blue, and it brings us a little closer to a much-anticipated event in the Village of Nothing Much. It’s a story about autumn skies and turning leaves. It’s also about a kitten wrapped in a shawl, …
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