About Prince Freddie
Prince Freddie is a small Pembroke Welsh Corgi who wears a soft flat crown and lives in a quiet village on the south-facing Spanish coast. Every Sunday he narrates a free bedtime story for adults who can't switch off at the end of the day. The stories are inspired by a real Pembroke Welsh Corgi called Prince Freddie who spent a few months living on the beach in Spain.
Who Freddie is
Freddie is unhurried, observant, slightly amused, and never in a rush about anything. He does not give advice. He does not lecture. He does not personify Sleep as a knowing actor or call the listener "you" and tell them what they need. He notices small things — the sound of a particular kind of wave on a particular kind of stone, the way the lighthouse beam rests on the sea for a moment after a long week — and offers them to the listener as a soft place to follow until sleep takes over.
Where he lives
The setting is a small unnamed village on the south-facing Spanish coast, modelled on the Costa del Sol. The sun rises east over the sea and sets west behind the hills. There is a red-capped lighthouse on the rocks at the far end of the bay, a cottage with warm windows where Freddie sleeps, a fisherman who works the morning tide, an orange tree with white blossoms in the village square, and a small bell that rings whenever the wind passes through it. The world is on purpose small. It is meant to become familiar.
What the stories are for
They are for adults who are good at everything except stopping. The pacing is slow on purpose. The arcs are small on purpose. The stories do not need to be followed to the end — the point is to drift away part-way through. Each story is published as written text, a short audio narration (around ten minutes), and a longer ambient sleepcast (twenty-five to thirty-five minutes) with a body-scan settle and a long fade to silence.
How it's different from Calm and Headspace
Three things. It is free. It is delivered by email and RSS, not behind an app. And it is character-led — the same small dog in the same small village, every week — instead of rotating celebrity readers in unrelated settings. (More detail at alternatives to Calm.)
Where the stories came from
Prince Freddie was a real Pembroke Welsh Corgi who spent a few months living on the beach in a small village on the Spanish coast. The stories are inspired by that time — the lighthouse at the far end of the bay, the morning fishermen, the warm cottage at dusk, the way the moon moves slowly over the sea. The character in the stories shares his name; the world is built quietly around his real wanderings.
The first season is twenty-five stories, all set in the same village, with a new one arriving every Sunday. Produced and published independently from a small studio. Contact: studio@princefreddie.com.
Where to listen
- princefreddie.com — Story 1 plays in one tap on the landing page; subscribe to get a new one every Sunday.
- stories.princefreddie.com — every story in full, with audio embedded at the top.
- YouTube — narrated video versions of every story.
- Apple Podcasts and Spotify — coming soon, once the podcast feed is enabled.
Created by Karolis Jasinskas in a small village on the Spanish coast.
Try one tonight
The easiest way to meet Freddie is to press play and listen for a minute. There is no signup wall.
→ Listen to Story 1 on the home page
Or get a new sleep story each week, free, by email on Substack.