The Sleeping World: Desert Echoes with a Bat

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

The sun sinks over the Rio Grande, the mountains around it glow orange, and the world slows down. The Mexican free-tailed bats inside the Jornada Cave are just starting to stretch and murmur. In this episode, we visit the nursery where all the baby bats stay together, and we accompany a new mother as she journeys into the sky with the rest of her crew for a night of hunting bugs via echolocation.

This is the world in its natural state, defined by seasons, routines, and cycles. By the time this bat has fed herself and nursed her babies and is ready to sleep, you will be too.

Produced by Audible and Mumble Media Written by Fil Corbitt 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 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.