ever since i started playing this meditation i have dropped, it has that effect on you and it is PERFECT 😍

I have been listening for at least 3 years now and it helps me fall asleep when I’m nervous or just a normal night. My favorite stories are Sycamore, Marmalade,Toast,Crumb,and Birdie. (As you can tell I love the animals) Also can we have more slightly more happens? I love them! Kathryn if you see this please do more animal stories!!!! Thanks love this again💐🩷🎀

Imagine getting lulled into a comfortable sleep by a lovely story only to be shaken awake violently by a yelling Safeway ad. I get that the podcast wants revenue but the screaming ads undo any good the podcast brings. Ugggh!

I loooooooooooove it

I recently found this podcast after having surgery which exacerbated my insomnia. The soothing voice and story that doesn’t require me to pay attention to the plot has been helpful. However, the loud ads are jarring and defeat the purpose. I realize they are a necessity but wish they could at least be at the same volume as the story. I am not in the position to pay for ad free content so this is a definite drawback.

I’m so grateful for this podcast. I’ve been listening nightly for a few months now, and it’s completely changed my sleeping habits. Like Kathryn says in the intro, now that I’ve been listening for a while, I barely make it two minutes into an episode before I’m fast asleep. Thank you for this rejuvenating work!

I love this podcast so much it’s the best thing I’ve ever heard you have such a soothing voice and it puts me in to sleep without this podcast I “can’t sleep” trust me I’ve tried to sleep without this podcast. Also, I am a kid and I am 12 3/5/14 is my birthday . Do you have any merchandise for kids? I think it’s a good idea for the next wind down box. You could do a kids wind down box! It is amazing that you could do three podcasts at once! Nothing much happens, the village of nothing much,and first this. You do a great job. P.s. maybe an episode of which the inn before the innkeeper got the inn and after the inn keeper got the inn. Before-🏚️. After-🏨. P.s P.s I have never had a ad even without the subscription congrats on 500 episodes-Henry

As an emergency physician I see many patients with anxiety and difficulty sleeping. "Nothing Much Happens" is my go-to prescription for insomnia!

They mention people as they to remain gender neutral as to keep the genders up to the listener’s imagination. “They” does not always pluralize. Still a great podcast. Also, the random pauses are because the stories were written with proper grammar. Also it gets the Furry Seal of Approval Also, femboys are peak 🏳️‍⚧️✅

Is this all you do? Must be nice to just clean your house and talk about it.

I love this show. It has added so much by helping me sleep so much better. Love Kathryn’s voice and presentation. Thank you so much. One comment: the first ad comes on so much louder than it needs to be! 💕

I have suffered from non-apnea insomnia for about 30 years, having tried every strategy and practice available to fall asleep. I used to also have trouble staying asleep, but not so much anymore (due to aging, I'm told). After 15 years of daily use, Ambien seems to no longer work for me. This podcast has been life-changing for me. I sometimes fall asleep within a few minutes. Occasionally it might not work as perfectly as usual, but it almost always does. It's a great tool to use with other approaches, such as general "sleep hygiene", therapy, stretching, etc. Incredible.

I am so grateful for this podcast!!! It puts me to sleep without fail! I don’t think I’ve ever heard the ending of a story! 🙃

This podcast is amazing! It always puts me to sleep within the first few minutes! THANK YOU!

Not only do I fall asleep quickly, I have pleasant dreams about the content. This is not only useful as a sleep aid, but the stories keep me from having nightmares. Even as an adult I would get anxiety around bed time knowing I could not control my dreams, but this podcast gives me consistently nice dreams or no dreaming.

Thank you for taking me away from my worries, to go to another land of the consequential topics to float off to sleep 💤

This lady understands the simple joys in life

St Patrick’s day 🍀

Her cadence bugs me. Weird places in mid-sentences where she breaks. Voice getting old so not as soothing. Edit 2026: while I am 100% for every one to be authentic, it throws me when she now uses ‘they’ for a character. It’s hard to grasp one person as plural.

It helped me go to bed and sleep through it. It’s so so good.

I’ve tried other bedtime story apps but none match Ms Nicolai’s lovely, soothing voice. Thank you for writing and recording all these stories Kathryn!

Thank you for your work!! It’s much appreciated and helpful for me. You were recommended by one of my “stomie homies” in my ostomy support group. 🤓

I love this podcast. I’ve been listening for a couple years now and I find the village of nothing much to be a great source of comfort in my life. 💜 Thank you, Michelle

My nightly go-to. Very satisfied subscriber.

I’m always asleep before the story is over.? She’s amazing

I have been listening to Keepsake for many nights in a row. The entire story is a delight, but I always fall asleep before I hear the ending. Finally, determined to make it to the end, I turned it on this morning before getting out of bed. The ending does not disappoint. It’s lovely.

I love this podcast sooooo much but there is one problem. I fall asleep before it starts. I have nothing but good things to say about this podcast. 100/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Love your podcasts and voice to help me sleep. I am a premium member. but for the last few months the story will stop several times and I have to restart where it stopped. And press stop at the end of episode again. Any suggestions? Thank you. Betty

Yay I love this

Loved "The valentine in a drawer episode ... thank you🎈

So soothing! Thank you very much for these calming stories.

This podcast is so awesome at the start. It works very well and the stories are so well written. But after like 3 years of listening this podcast does not work any more. My body has become amine to this and it no longer helps me sleep. But over all I recommend this podcast.

I know you have to get paid for your work, but sleepy time ads are acceptable only if youre reading them in a sleepy time voice. The 3rd party ads are so obnoxious and I will never spend a penny with those companies. Also why do the story a second time more slowly? Why don’t we just narrate the story slowly from the very start and add more boring lulling details to lengthen the story? Some of us don’t fall asleep until the 1 or 2 hour mark. Doing the same story twice just to fill the time seems cheap.

I just fall asleep before the story even starts

I love this podcast but I was just yelled awake by an insanely jarring add for football games on Prime at the start of a new episode. You have always been so careful to keep the adds in the same lulling tone as the stories, what happened?! It’s 1:35am :(

Kathryn’s voice is perfect for relaxing and distracting my mind as I prepare for sleep. I rarely hear a full story before I fall asleep.

I’m an insomniac and it’s helps

My spouse and I both listened to these all night long. The stories are wonderful and her voice is so calming. Wish we could give this 10 stars.

this podcast changed my life and helped me significantly improve my sleep hygiene. thank you so much for sharing your work!

I started listening about 3 months ago. I’m still waiting to fall asleep during the stories but I do find it helps stop my mind from wandering.

I have gotten to a point I listen every single night. Do I hear much of the story? No, but that’s the point. The cadence of the stories and subjects are perfect to help you sleep. I tell anyone who will listen about this wonderful podcast.

Nothing Much brings a quiet place to you that reliably helps getting to sleep or getting back to sleep.

I love this podcast and have been listening to it for three years. I am a subscriber through Apple and for the past six months, I can’t get some episodes to play. I get a message that says it can’t be played on my device. Other episodes play with no problem. Neither Apple nor NMH can fix this. I didn’t expect subscribing to give me less access.

Really helps me fall asleep

I love this podcast. Absolutely worth subscribing to reduce ads. I also bought a Bluetooth sleep mask specifically for this podcast. I listen at least several times a week to fall asleep when my mind can’t calm down. There are a lot of sleep podcasts out there “written” and “read” by AI but THIS one is a real human!!

Pain keeps me from relaxing enough to fall asleep. Nothing much happens makes that possible. Pain wakes me up after a couple of hours. Nothing much happens helps me get back to sleep after I find another not quite comfortable position. Her voice is soothing without being monotonous. Perhaps nothing much happens, but it uses all four senses. You can see, touch, hear, smell, and even taste through rich descriptions. The vocabulary is straight forward with an edge of complexity, even introducing words that will be new for most listeners. Her ability to put the new word in context is seamless, not expecting the listener to already know it. It’s clear from many episodes that books are a joy to her. That’s how a vocabulary grows. I did say Almost Perfect. One thing bothered me. One little three word omission. Let me fill it in for her here. Most of us already know Taps. My father was buried with Taps playing. It’s only a special song because of all of the words. Not just most of them: Day is done. Gone the sun, From the lake, from the hills, from the sky. All is well. Safely rest. God is nigh. God is nigh. Not now take a breath. Please.

Ive started to play this when I go to bed. And trust me o am knocked out! I would recommend this 200 %!

It’s working. Please keep up the work. It’s very much appreciated with all the stress I have. Like clockwork. I get the rest I need.

Great podcast wish there were more Christmas ones

I have two non-binary kids who are now adults. Your use of they/ them pronouns is an example of the kindness and openness you model in your stories. I hope your listeners can also be open to changes in the world (we don’t use the word “thou”anymore) and be as accepting and kind as you are.