The Sleeping World: Coastal Foraging with a Brown Bear

De: Mumble Media, Audible Sleep

Narrado por: Cynthia Kimola

Wind down by escaping into nature. Part soundscape and part bedtime story, The Sleeping World is an intimate journey through ecologies around the world.

Brown bears lead deeply cyclical lives. They need to gain sometimes hundreds of pounds during the warmer months to prepare for winter hibernation, a lifestyle that brings them into frequent contact with many other species’ cycles. In this episode, we meander through the Alaska peninsula with a bear and her cubs as she teaches them to hunt salmon at the falls, dig for clams along the coastal mudflats, and use the regional rubbing tree.

This is the world in its natural state, defined by seasons, routines, and cycles. By the time this bear and her cubs are nestled into a thicket and ready to sleep, you will be too.

Produced by Audible and Mumble Media
Written by Cara Ehlenfeldt and Jake Young
Narrated by Cynthia Kimola
Executive Producers for Mumble Media: Cara Ehlenfeldt and Jake Young
Executive Producer for Audible: Anna Stitt
Sound Design and Mix: Mumble Media
The Mumble Media team is Jaymeson Catsouphes, Cara Ehlenfeldt, Chester Gwazda, Liz Mak, Lee Mengistu, Renée Vargas, and Jake Young
Brown Bear Consultant: Dr. Tom S. Smith
Fact-Checker: Andrea López-Cruzado
Head of Creative Development at Audible: Kate Navin
Chief Content Officer at Audible: Rachel Ghiazza

Available in Dolby Atmos on Audible.

©2025 Audible Originals, LLC (P)2025 Audible Originals, LLC

Enjoyable

Relaxing story. A little hard to fall asleep to due to wanting to know what happened next but relaxing.

sounds

delightful descriptions by a fantastic narrator who lead you beguilingly on the bears journey.
Very peaceful and hypnotising.

These are so much fun to listen to - they are unlikely to put me to sleep!

I really enjoyed listening to this. It was interesting. I learned a lot about bears! The narrator’s voice is lovely and soothing. Thank you!

Extremely relaxing

I love bears and have trouble sleeping so for me this was a nice surprise. I've used it to fall asleep when i've had trouble 2-3 times now. I find the way that the narrator conveys the information to be both soothing and almost like when you'd read someone to sleep. Its intresting because you wouldn't think it would work as well with the subject matter but it does. I recommend anyone who has trouble sleeping to give it a try!

This story ushers me into sleep.

i have no problems at all with this Mumble Media production. It is effective at the goal of restful sleep.

soft voice native accent is lovely.

great information and perspective of life in wildernes. i çan get into it and still get sleepy

I’m always asleep before it ends

I’m always asleep before it ends and I never find out where the bear goes. I’ve made it as far as visiting the river. This series is great during times of stress.

Couldn’t keep my eyes open

This series has been the best way to fall asleep ever! Her voice is so soothing and the information is just interesting enough to help me sleep.

Love learning how the bears live

The narrator's voice and accent are both beautiful and soothing. Perfect for a sleep story!

Fun facts, relaxing sounds

Intellectually I enjoy learning about animals and the environment, the added sounds bring me there. This is a great series.