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Dad’s Bedtime Stories Podcast Transcripts

Stories for Kids · 680 episodes with transcripts

Dad’s Bedtime Stories is the family-friendly podcast that turns listener ideas into immersive bedtime adventures kids (and parents) can enjoy together. I originally created these stories for my own children on nights when they couldn’t fall asleep.

Spoken has transcripts of 680 Dad’s Bedtime Stories episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 8, 2026.

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  https://spoken.md/podcasts/1652255830/episodes \
  | jq -r '.episodes[] | "\(.id) \(.title)"' \
  | while IFS=' ' read -r id title; do
      slug=$(echo "$title" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -cs 'a-z0-9' '-' | sed 's/-*$//')
      [ -f "${id}-${slug}.md" ] && continue
      curl -sf -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
        -o "${id}-${slug}.md" \
        https://spoken.md/transcripts/$id || rm -f "${id}-${slug}.md"
      sleep 0.34
    done

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Latest Dad’s Bedtime Stories transcripts

The Movie Planet and the Popcorn Dog - Spaceship 343 - A Bedtime Story

October 8, 2026

Martin (0:04)

Hello, friends from across the nation and around the world. I'm Martin, and you are listening to Dad's Bedtime Stories.

And this time, we'll be headed back into the Spaceship Universe. Because that's what I feel like doing, and I got some cool suggestions for it. Specifically, this one.

River (0:27)

Hello, my name is River. I'm from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. And I would like a story for the Spaceship Series, where you could go to a planet that's like filled with like movie things, and you find a popcorn dog.

So, and the popcorn dog becomes your best friend. And you have a blast. Thanks.

Martin (0:58)

River, that is an excellent idea. And somehow, when it got into my mind, the story making machine, and I was storyboarding it, I decided it was kind of like a broken down movie theater planet, with abandoned things and food and all that sort of stuff, including a popcorn dog, of course, because that seemed key to…

Get as comfy as you can in that bed, close your eyes and imagine yourself doing what the kid in the story does.

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