Drew Ackerman

Podcast host and author

Los Angeles, USA

About Drew

Drew Ackerman is a podcast host and author known for his Sleep With Me podcast, which has gained a large following for its soothing and often humorous storytelling. He has also written several books and has been featured in various media outlets.

Associated Podcasts

Curious State

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History For Sleep with the Drowsy Historian

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Recent Appearances

Fall Asleep As a Nun Entering a Monastery in the Early Middle Ages

History For Sleep with the Drowsy Historian•Mar 13, 2026•3:05:38•host

Fall Asleep As a Midwife in Medieval Scotland (Where Life and Death Arrive Without Warning)

History For Sleep with the Drowsy Historian•Mar 11, 2026•2:08:20•host

Drew Ackerman

About Drew

Associated Podcasts

Curious State

History For Sleep with the Drowsy Historian

Connect

Recent Appearances

Fall Asleep As a Nun Entering a Monastery in the Early Middle Ages

Fall Asleep As a Midwife in Medieval Scotland (Where Life and Death Arrive Without Warning)

Key Topics

Fall Asleep As an Ottoman Coffeehouse Owner (When Coffee Was Illegal)

Fall Asleep As a Soviet Prisoner Headed to the Gulag

Fall Asleep as a Whisky Maker in the Scottish Highlands

Fall Asleep As a Spy Waiting for Execution During the Mexican Revolution

You’re a 1920s Nurse Treating Victims of Early Radiation Exposure

Fall Asleep While Running a Medieval Tavern

Fall Asleep as an Ancient Egyptian Temple Priest Preparing the Dead for Eternity

Fall Asleep As a Medieval Mason Building a Gothic Cathedral

Why You’d REGRET Being a WWII Minesweeper

Why You’d REGRET Being a SURGEON in Renaissance Europe

How the Mongols Survived BRUTAL Winters on the Steppes

What It Was REALLY Like to Be a Factory Worker During the Great Depression

Why You'd Regret Joining a Street Gang in Victorian London

How Ships Were Built Entirely by Hand During the Age of Sail

Why You Wouldn’t Survive as a Sailor Aboard a 16th-Century Slave Ship

The Most Relaxing Facts About Ancient Rome to Fall Asleep To

How Thirty Years’ War Soldiers Endured BRUTAL Conditions

The TERRIFYING Effects of Thalidomide (Birth Defect Scandal)