🚧 The Boring History of the U.S. Interstate Highway System
Unwind with a slow, journey through the quiet details of how America’s vast highway system was built. From Eisenhower’s vision to exit numbering, asphalt types, and funding formulas—this calm, monotone narration is designed to help you sleep, study, or simply relax.

🛣️ Perfect for:

• Falling asleep to slow history

• Background audio for work or travel

• Fans of infrastructure, trivia, and maps

🎙️ Narrated by Boring History by Firelight
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🐍 Long ago, the snake had legs — four proud, dancing legs he used to boast, mock, and strut through the forest. But pride has a price, and the Creator was watching…

In this African pourquoi tale, we uncover the mystery behind the snake’s slithering ways — and the lesson in humility he learned the hard way.

🔥 This is not just a bedtime story — it’s a soft-spoken, immersive narration woven in the rhythm of ancestral storytelling.

Perfect for:
– Listeners seeking calm, meaningful stories
– Bedtime rituals and family listening
– Fans of African folklore, origin myths, and animal tales

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Not every gift is a blessing. Not Every Suitor is a man

In this tale from West Africa, a beautiful but prideful girl rejects every suitor — until a mysterious stranger arrives, promising riches beyond her dreams. But the path she takes leads not to a palace… but to the spirit world.

Told in the signature poetic style of Folktales by Firelight, this immersive 15-minute story blends mystery, caution, and ancestral wisdom — perfect for bedtime, reflection, and quiet listening.

🎧 Perfect for:
– Fans of African folklore and ghost stories
– Bedtime listening or classroom storytelling
– ASMR lovers and soft narration fans
– Listeners seeking calming, meaningful tales with a twist

🔥 Stay close to the fire. Not all shadows are empty.

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