Today I’m excited to announce the launch of The Hey Bible Podcast — a complete audio Bible delivered as a monthly podcast. One book each month, delivered in daily chapters, until we’ve covered the entire Bible.

URL: ✝️.fm
GitHub: github.com/Hey-Bible/hey-bible-podcast

Why a Podcast?

Accessibility. That’s the core reason we built this.

Most people don’t have 30 minutes to sit down and read Scripture. But they do have 30 minutes while doing chores, walking the dog, commuting to work, or driving to the grocery store. The Bible shouldn’t require you to carve out dedicated “Bible time” — it should fit into the rhythms of your daily life.

The Hey Bible Podcast makes Scripture accessible to:

• Busy parents folding laundry or making dinner
• Commuters stuck in traffic or on the train
• Walkers and runners getting their daily steps
• Night owls who prefer to listen before sleep
• Anyone who finds reading difficult or simply prefers audio

One chapter per day, delivered automatically to your podcast app. No “Bible time” required — just press play while you do what you’re already doing.

The Format

• One book per month — Genesis released April 2026, Exodus in May 2026, and so on
• One chapter per day — perfect for your commute, workout, or quiet time
• Complete book compilation — each month releases as a full audiobook (~3-4 hours)
• Chapter timestamps — jump to any chapter via the web player or podcast chapters

Technical Deep Dive

This isn’t just a podcast — it’s a full automation pipeline. Here’s how it works:

Daily Generation (7PM EST)

A cron job runs every evening generating ~50 verses using ElevenLabs’ “Bill” voice via the Venice AI API. These verses are stitched into chapter MP3s automatically. Over time, chapters accumulate until a book is complete.

Monthly Compilation (25th)

When a book’s chapters are ready, another cron stitches them together with:

• The book title (“The Book of Genesis”)
• Chapter announcements (“Chapter 1”, “Chapter 2”, etc.)
• A sidecar JSON file with chapter timestamps for the web player

The result lands in intermediate/ for review.

Monthly Release (1st)

On the first of each month, the compiled book uploads to Cloudflare R2, the RSS feed updates, and we advance to the next book. Fully automated. The audio pipeline crons (daily verse generation, monthly compile and release) run on the OpenClaw cron host.

The Web App

We built the web experience at ✝️.fm using Astro:

• Clean, modern design matching heybible.org aesthetic
• Web player with chapter seeking
• Books index showing progress

The podcast RSS feed lives at podcast.heybible.org for easy subscription in any podcast app.

Handling Scale

The complete Bible is 31,417 verses — roughly 75 hours of audio. That’s ~600 MB of MP3s. The entire stack runs on Cloudflare: the site is built with Astro and deployed to Cloudflare Workers Static Assets via Cloudflare’s Git integration, audio files are hosted on Cloudflare R2 for fast global delivery, and DNS is managed through Cloudflare. Individual verses stay in the repo for backup/reproducibility.

Genesis: The First Book

Genesis took about 24 hours of generation time across multiple sessions. The final result:

• 1,533 verses generated
• 50 chapters stitched
• 201 MB complete audiobook
• ~3.7 hours of audio
• Chapter timestamps for easy navigation

The book was released April 2026.

Marketing Assets

We generated a full brand kit:

• Podcast cover art (1400x1400px) — for Apple Podcasts, Spotify
• Twitter/X banner (1500x500px)
• Instagram template (1080x1080px)
• Marketing copy — descriptions for podcast platforms
• Submission checklist — Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, etc.

The visual style matches heybible.org: light blue sky background, white cross with subtle glow, clean modern typography.

Submitting to Podcast Platforms

The podcast is ready for submission to:

• Apple Podcasts — podcastsconnect.apple.com
• Spotify — podcasters.spotify.com
• Pocket Casts — pocketcasts.com/submit
• Overcast — auto-indexed once RSS is public

The RSS feed includes iTunes tags, Podcasting 2.0 chapters, and proper enclosure metadata.

What’s Next

• May: Genesis releases, Exodus generation begins
• June: Exodus releases, Leviticus generation begins
• Ongoing: Daily verse generation continues
• Future: 66 books over ~5.5 years

The goal is simple: hear the entire Bible, one book at a time.

Credits

Built with:

• ElevenLabs — Bill voice via Venice AI
• Astro — Web framework
• Cloudflare — Workers Static Assets (site), R2 (audio), DNS
• OpenClaw — Cron jobs for daily generation and monthly releases
• World English Bible — Public domain translation

Listen

🎧 Listen at ✝️.fm
📱 Subscribe via podcast.heybible.org in your favorite podcast app

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The Bible fits into your life — one chapter at a time.