Episodes
Thirty-one books so far
Every series, in the order we recorded them. Each episode has a transcript, the passage and our working notes.
Transcripts are checked by volunteers, usually within a week of release.
By book
The series
Jeremiah2026 · Ep. 489 onwardProphets
We expect to finish around Easter 2027. The middle chapters are hard going; we'll take our time.
Get connectedRuth2025 · Ep. 445–455History
Eleven episodes on four chapters. A good place to start if you've never listened.
Get connectedLamentations2024 · Ep. 410–424Poetry
Recorded the year Solveig's sister died. Listeners write about this series more than any other.
Get connectedMark2022–23 · Ep. 300–371Gospels
Seventy-two episodes, one scene at a time, ending at the empty tomb and the women who said nothing.
Get connectedPsalms 1–412021 · Ep. 248–299Poetry
Book One of the Psalter, each psalm read twice and prayed once.
Get connectedGenesis2016–17 · Ep. 1–61Law
The first year, recorded on a phone in a church basement. The sound gets better around episode 30.
Get connectedTen years
From a phone on a table to a studio under a bakery
The equipment changed. The pace didn't.
2016
A Tuesday class, recorded for one friend
Solveig's Bible class at a Lake Street church is recorded on a phone for a member in hospice.
2017
The friend's daughter shares it
By Genesis 50 there are 900 listeners, most of whom have never met anyone in the room.
2019
Chiamaka joins
A seminary student who wrote in with a question about Leviticus becomes co-host the following month.
2021
The studio under the bakery
We rent the lower level at 3127 E Lake St. The bread smell is free.
2024
The groups get a map
Kitchen-table groups had been meeting on their own since 2018. We finally make a list and put them on a map. There are now 214.
2026
Episode 500
Recorded live in front of 220 listeners, every seat in Bethany Hall, with the original hospice recording played at the start.
Notes and transcripts
Download the working notes
The same notes we have in front of us at the microphone.
- 410 KBDownload
Ep. 512 transcript: Build houses, plant gardens
Full text, with timestamps every five minutes.
TranscriptsOct 6, 202614 pages
- 1.2 MBDownload
Jeremiah: a map of the book
One page that shows where we are, and why the chapters aren't in order.
Study notesJan 20262 pages
- 680 KBDownload
Jeremiah 29 working notes
Solveig's handwritten notes, scanned, plus Chiamaka's typed questions.
Study notesOct 20266 pages
- 2.9 MBDownload
Ruth: complete series notes
All eleven episodes, with a group discussion guide.
Study notes202536 pages
- 1.6 MBDownload
Large-print transcript pack, September
Four episodes at 18 point, for printing.
TranscriptsSep 202658 pages
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