This recent video had two overlapping audio tracks. It was experimental and some folks requested a version where they could actually hear the stories. This video features the two stories read sequentially. First, the opening of The Odyssey as translated by Richard Lattimore and secondly, the first chapter of Ulysses by James Joyce. With background ambience from Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
To listen while using other apps, switch the player to Picture-in-Picture (PiP) during playback — it keeps playing in a small floating window (the screen stays on).
To listen with the screen fully off, in-browser playback stops by YouTube's design. Open the video in the YouTube app to keep listening where background playback is supported (e.g. with YouTube Premium).
Open in YouTube app