LifeCraft Read-Alouds
LifeCraft presents you stories and essays that inform and challenge the mind, feed the soul, and warm the heart. We uncover little known treasures and bring back neglected classics to offer you a variety of joyful and life-changing perspectives. Presented with clarity and passion, these recordings are perfect for your morning commute or a fireside family gathering. Keep checking back for new offerings.
Podcasting since 2025 • 38 episodes
LifeCraft Read-Alouds
Latest Episodes
[Excerpt] Grizzlebeard Tell of His First Love - from The Four Men by Hilaire Belloc
A classic account of a man's first love from one of Belloc’s best novels.
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15:05
[Spiritual] Blind Bartimaeus Encounters the Lord - excerpt from The Public Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ, v.2, by Alban Goodier, S.J.
This is a meditative and deeply sensitive retelling of one of the Lord’s most moving miracles.
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17:39
[Excerpt from a Classic] Treasure Island: Jim’s Moment of Heroism
A short excerpt from the classic by Robert Louis Stevenson. Here is a thirteen year old boy at his best, who keeps his word come what may.
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12:10
[Excerpt from a Classic] Cardinal Federigo Borromeo from The Bethrothed by Allesandro Manzoni
A short excerpt from The Betrothed, the classic Italian novel by Alessandro Manzoni. This is a moving account of the encounter of the holy prelate (based on the real nephew of St. Charles) with the notorious Unnamed outlaw—a striking i...
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