CraftLit: a Podcast for Busy People who Love Audiobooks

12/31/2024

VINDICATION CHAPTER THREE!
https://bit.ly/vindication-06

We battled laryngitis, the holidays, and a flooded basement (in that order) but we got this puppy out!
Enjoy!
This is my favorite, so far, and I hope it'll be yours, too!

WARNING: Please have a pillow or something soft and non-living nearby to punch. If Rousseau's quotes haven't driven you over the edge yet, this episode may well send you off that cliff.
His Poo-nicity is loud and proud in Wollstonecraft's Chapter 3.

Full Video Series at Mary Wollstonecraft goes off on Rousseau, hoisting him with his own Petard, as it were.* 00:00 Opening 00:57 I Have Notes 06:26 CHAPTER 3 06:44 Introduction to Bodily Strength and Gender 07:34 Misconceptions About Genius and Health 10:21 The Superiority Debate: Men vs. Women 11:...

12/24/2024

A Lumberville General Store morning while Mom’s here—including a perfectly sparkly snowscape! Snow’s been getting rarer and rarer here 🥺 so I’m VERY glad we got some while Mom was here!

12/21/2024

Last minute gift idea. If you know someone who’s also OBSESSED with Wicked, consider buying our annotated audiobook of L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz.

You'll get 9+ hours of The Wizard of Oz as an audiobook, with all the expert CraftLit annotations to reveal the hidden depths and details of Baum's masterpiece's. Can't find this anywhere else!

It’s a journey down the yellow brick road unlike any other. 🤓
https://craftlit.gumroad.com/l/wizardoz?layout=profile

12/17/2024

🎄✨ On the 4th Day of CraftLit… 📜❄️
Time to settle in with some warm tea (or mulled wine) because today we’re diving into more ye olde-tyme Christmas stories. 🎁 PL Dunbar, a little “Christmas Everyday” humor, and the classic “The Gift of the Magi” 💎⏱️ coming straight to your ears.

📚 Listen in for a dose of nostalgia and storytelling magic!
🔗 easy to remember playlist link — https://bit.ly/craftlit-xmas-2024 or find us wherever you get your podcasts.

12/15/2024

Chapter 2, part 2– if there’s one thing I’ve learned doing this text for CraftLit, it’s that we’d all be in much better shape if people had paid attention to MW over the last 200+/- years 🤦‍♀️ link to episode below.

12/15/2024

CraftLit - Serialized Classic Literature for Busy Book Lovers : Second Day of CraftLit - 2024

Second Day of CraftLit (2024) All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at LINK TO DAY 1 of the Twelve Days of CraftLit— VIDEO: AUDIO ONLY: The holiday magic continues on Day Two of CraftLit! 🎁 We’re unwrapping A Cornish Christmas Play by William Sandys, The Christmas Gift That Came T...

12/14/2024

Mary Wollstonecraft loves men, approves of flirting, and has a great sense of humor. No, really! I promise!—Chapter 2, part 2 of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" from 1792

FOR ACTUAL TEXT of Mary Wollstonecraft's *A Vindication of the Rights of Woman* USE CLOSED CAPTIONS—Links to discussed topics can be found below the timecodes. Please ask QUESTIONS and add CLARIFICATIONS in the comments. 00:00 Intro notes 01:07 Introduction and Recap 01:46 Understanding ...

12/10/2024

Should it concern me that the morning I had to leave early for a doc appt and saw this my first thought was, “Poltergeist!!!”
And you?
First thoughts?

11/21/2024

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11/20/2024

Ready for a delightful holiday classic?

This month’s movie night is happening this Thursday, November 21st at 8PM eastern!

If you’d like to take part and watch with the rest of the Mina Harker and Marian Halcombe patrons, just pledge to the 15$ tier (If you’re already on one of the lower pledges, then feel free to up it for the month and go back down afterward!)

More details here: https://www.patreon.com/craftlit

11/19/2024

Audio-ONLY 'Cast—CHAPTER 1 to Mary Wollstonecraft's seminal 1792 text, "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman," originally released on YouTube -channel. For the video version with on-screen notes, please visit https://bit.ly/craftlit-vindication.

Full series: Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:17 Wollstonecraft's Word Choice 00:01:28 Key Ideas and Concepts 00:02:23 Rousseau's Influence and Critique 00:05:10 Logical Fallacies and Nostalgia 00:08:29 The Social Order and Modern Relevance 00:14:40 Reminder... 00:15:41 CHAPTER ONE 00:15:42 THE....

11/19/2024

Audio-ONLY 'Cast—the INTRODUCTION to Mary Wollstonecraft's seminal 1792 text, "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman," originally released on YouTube -channel. For the video version with on-screen notes, please visit https://bit.ly/craftlit-vindication.

Full series:   00:00:00 Introduction and Host Background 00:00:27 Historical Context of the Book 00:01:26 Understanding the Language and References 00:01:59 What to Expect 00:03:30 Terminology and Cultural Sensitivity 00:05:55 Philosophical Underpinnings 00:06:25 Religion in Wollstonecraft's Wo...

11/19/2024

Audio-ONLY 'Cast—the START of Mary Wollstonecraft's seminal 1792 text, "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman," originally released on YouTube -channel. For the video version with on-screen notes, please visit https://bit.ly/craftlit-vindication.

Full series: Chapters 00:00:00 Respect for Understanding 00:01:10 Call for Women's Rights 00:01:33 The Role of Education 00:02:26 French Society and Morality 00:04:32 Contending for Women's Rights 00:06:54 Arguments Against Oppression 00:08:45 The Impact of Exclusion 00:10:33 The Need for Equitable....

11/15/2024

Popping up on your feed to say it's time for another CraftLit bookmark exchange!

Sign-up deadline is on Friday, November 22. We totally didn't forget to put this in the last CraftLit newsletter or anything.

The Google form to apply:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfHnvvcEKDIvlWU1guWU6K6xGN6fhOO0KBK_B2HdxRsvLs3g/viewform

11/10/2024

12 minutes to livestream!

Come let us know if your opinion of Emma has changed 🤓

https://www.youtube.com/live/YEDyQbnaMB0

11/02/2024

We had some pears. I had a pot. I made poached pears and I like them a lot. (The quick and easy caramel sauce hurt either!)

10/31/2024

Out for our Annual Night in Lambertville, NJ before checking out the amazingly decorated homes and all the kids. And I’m doing the traditional “paint the Autumn while you can” dance. When it’s done, I’ll post it.

10/26/2024

CraftLit - Serialized Classic Literature for Busy Book Lovers : 246: Chapter 27 - End of Dracula

ORIGINAL AIRDATE Mar 09, 2012 17:00 Booktalk begins 21:31 Chapter 27 - END of Dracula  All of All of CraftLit's Dracula playlist: Again, many thanks to our cast: () Ehren Ziegler at  246—Chapter 27—THE END of Dracula! Whoot! From Juti: Louis S. Warren, "Buffalo Bill Meets Dra...