Seen & Unseen Aloud

This week, Bex Chapman unlock's Bridgerton's complex identity coding; Cameron Wiltshire-Plant advises his younger self not to believe in the messianic hype of politicians and Daniel Kim suggests that AI's dominance could unleash our very humanity Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we think about leadership and humility as unlikely but essential bedfellows: Roger Bretherton exhorts us to look out for the outliers who bring something unique to the group; Graham Tomlin learns about humble leadership from Pope Francis and Elizabeth Wainwright calls out for a new style of leadership in a year of local, national and international elections. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

This week we turn with Emerson Csorba to American politics - and James Baker in particular - to explore the messiness of life; we travel with John Clifton to Blackpool to find out how to make a place a home and Graeme Holdsworth asks what makes a journey into a pilgrimage? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we start with the infectious zeal of Simon Reeve's green agenda; we go to the Garrick Club with George Pitcher, comparing the vote for inclusion of women in its membership with the vote for ordaining women as priests in the Church of England; we close with Krish Kandiah's poignant telling of the parallel stories of Daniel Anjorin, Salman Rushdie and Bishop Mar Mari, highlighting the part...

This week, Graham Tomlin talks Angels and their ability to reveal the unseen; Belle Tindall talks about Taylor Swift's new album and what it says about Romanticism and our obsession with epic love stories; Henna Cundill asks whether we are getting anxious about anxiety and what the younger generation has to teach us about using smartphones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

Henna Cundill and a tutorial of students discuss the living martyrdom of marriage; George Pitcher unearths Trump & Putin's Christ complex and Graham Tomlin gives VAR a red card Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Jonny Reid unearths where Scottie Scheffler finds his deep sense of security; Elizabeth Wainwright explores the power of love in the face of lovelessness and Graham Tomlin casts a professional critique of Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook's Luther series on The Rest is History podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode, we are taken on a guided, spiritual tour of Martin Scorsese's movies by Sonny Tindall; Krish Kandiah commends Beyoncé's country fight and Katherine Amphlett finds comfort in sharing her discomfort with others Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Beatrice Scudeler explores the world of Jane Austen; Elizabeth Wainwright tries her best to re-enchant local government with the joy of beauty and Jonathan Evens describes the work of Theresa Lola, the death-haunted yet lyrical, joyful and moving poet for a new generation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Simon Walter takes a serious look at the lost art of playing; Belle Tindall helps us look lament right in the face as we remember the traumatic events of Sarah Everard's death; and Jonathan Rowlands diagnoses the consequences of our widespread addiction to distraction and Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, to mark Easter Week, we are thinking about some of the biggest questions of the human experience: Barnabas Aspray explores the unfashionable but possibly vital virtue of temperance; Owen Gallacher asks whether Putin's reality is the most "real" reality or whether the events of Easter may point to something even more real and Nathan Betts reminds us that in our darkest moments, we...

An exciting special episode: Bishop Graham Tomlin has a chat with Croatian-born, US-based theologian, writer and thinker Miroslav Volf about cultural themes in the run up to the US Election; how Christian faith and politics make good sparring partners. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Seen & Unseen Aloud celebrates its first birthday so this episode includes shout outs to our friends in the UK and around the world as well as replaying 2 of our most popular articles: Belle Tindall's joy in finding the sound of strangers belonging at a Jacob Collier concert and NT Wright's exploration of the Easter Story, finding where creation and justice converge. Hosted on Acast...

This week we explore loneliness with Belle Tindall, the NHS and Downing Street; we think about the role of emotions alongside reason in the realm of politics with Henna Cundill and Jonathan Rowlands straddles both sides of the dispute between wedding photographers and clergy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we hear about James Sampson-Foster's lesson in time travel as he waits for a delayed train; George Pitcher commends the story telling of ITV's docu-dramas as truth telling and Michael Bird contemplates the Christian faith that motivated Alexei Navalny's dangerous thirst for righteousness; Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As we gear up to celebrate the first anniversary of Seen & Unseen Aloud, to thank our listeners for their support, we invite requests for a special compilation episode. To submit your request, head over to seenandunseen.com. Meanwhile, this week, we have an in depth dive into the realities of doubt, inspired by Prince William and explored by Bishop Graham Tomlin, the Editor in Chief of Seen &a...

This week, first up Henna Cundhill helps us consider the real life challenges and superpowers of an ADHD diagnosis and then we head into the first of our Lent offerings with Barnabas Aspray explaining how identifying as human has deadly implications and Julie Canlis exploring some medieval wisdom around the benefits of intermittent fasting Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

This week's selection includes Graham Tomlin's thoughts about what a healthy relationship between church and state looks like; Andy Flannagan talking about the power of distraction at a national, political level and Mica Gray muses on faith, hope and her recent experience of FOMO Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we have the glamour of Jesus walking the red carpet in Leicester Square as Natalie Garrett analyses the success of the TV show The Chosen; Rachael Newham speaks out on Time to Talk Day about the deeper realities of severe mental ill health; and Jonathan Rowlands is reeling from Jurgen Klopp's decision to leave Liverpool FC and thinks about the powerful statement the successful manager is...

As ever, we have a smogarsbord to listen to... Iwan Russell-Jones explores some 30,000 year old cave paintings; Trystan Owain Hughes asks why Veganuary still has merit and Graham Tomlin tells the story of how the biggest church in the Middle East was born in Garbage City. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we dig into the (sometimes murky) world of public service: We hear from MP Danny Kruger on why we need a gentle radical revolution in political thinking around social care; we hear from Bp Graham Tomlin with his reaction to the Post Office scandal; and we hear M. Ciftci's (possibly controversial) thoughts about the Hypocratic Oath, made by the medical profession. Hosted on Acast....

As we come back to normal after the holiday compilations, we hear Michael Wenham answer his brother's question about Esther Rantzen and the assisted dying/suicide movement; Krish Kandiah reflects from the London Premiere of One Life and the extraordinary story of one man who saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish children; and Roger Bretherton dives into the era of "self belief" psychology and ques...

This second of our New Year compilations has been put together by Belle Tindall, Writer for the Centre for Cultural Witness and Seen & Unseen and Co-host of the Re-enchanting Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the start of a new year, Bishop Graham Tomlin - Director of the Centre for Cultural Witness (which publishes Seen & Unseen and hosts the Seen & Unseen Aloud podcast) looks back over his favourite articles of 2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second of our Christmas compilations, Senior Editor of Seen & Unseen, Nick Jones, chooses his favourite articles from Seen & Unseen from 2023 - sit back and enjoy a curated stroll down memory lane and see if we've picked your favourites... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.