Re-Enchanting

Nov 19 2024 52 ep. 57 mins 214
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There’s more to life than the world we can see. Stories, guests and interviews that can re-enchant our vision of culture, science, politics and art.

Hosted by Belle Tindall and Justin Brierley. Recorded for Seen & Unseen at Lambeth Palace.

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Re-Enchanting... An ahistorical age - Sarah Irving-Stonebraker

Nov 19 2024 59 mins  
Sarah Irving-Stonebraker is an Australian historian whose new book ‘Priests of History: stewarding the past in an ahistoric age’, says that, in our age of self-invention, modern people are profoundly disconnected from the stories, practises and history that once gave them their identity.Justin and Belle talk to Sarah about re-enchanting an ahistorical age and about her own jour

Re-Enchanting... Comic books - Siku

Nov 12 2024 63 mins  
Siku is an artist, author, theologian, musician, and a leading comic book artist. He has worked for 2000AD as artist on titles such as Judge Dredd as well as Marvel UK and COM X. He is the author of the book ‘Batman Is Jesus’ and is of course well known for the graphic novel, The Manga Bible.Siku sits down with Justin and Belle to discuss the creative processes of making a comi

Re-Enchanting... Life and loss - Zoe Clark-Coates

Nov 05 2024 52 mins  
Zoe Clark-Coates MBE has become one of the UK's most trusted voices when it comes to the gigantic topics of grief and loss. She is an author, podcaster and TV broadcaster, as well as the founder and CEO of the Mariposa Trust and co-chair of the most extensive government baby loss review in recent years. Zoe shares her own experience of grief, having lost five babies, and tells of h

Re-Enchanting... Politics and the local church - Jack Palmer-White

Oct 29 2024 65 mins  
Jack Palmer-White is Senior Director at the Good Faith Partnership, an organisation that seeks to bridge some of the gaps between different sectors and, in so doing, find some innovative solutions for some of society’s more difficult problems. Before this, Jack was the Anglican Communion’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and senior advisor to the Archbishop of Ca

Re-Enchanting… X Factor idolatry - Talia Dean

Oct 22 2024 60 mins  
Talia Dean became a household name in 2017 after she wowed judges on the X Factor with her stunning vocals. She went on to a successful music career, collaborating with Brian May of Queen among others. But Talia recently announced she has quit the mainstream music industry after rediscovering her Catholic faith in a big way at the end of last year. Justin and Belle talk to Talia ab

Re-enchanting... Riots, refugees & Right vs Left - Krish Kandiah

Oct 15 2024 66 mins  
Dr Krish Kandiah OBE is the founder of The Sanctuary Foundation, a charity supporting refugees to find welcome, work and worthwhile housing in the UK. Krish has also been at the forefront of many other initiatives including the fostering and adoption charity Home For Good, as well as writing multiple books on theology, activism and faith.Following a summer marred by riots

Re-Enchanting... The politics of Jesus - NT Wright

Oct 08 2024 58 mins  
NT (Tom) Wright is Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University. Tom has written extensively on Jesus, Paul and early Christianity and his work has been hugely influential across the world. As well as his notable academic career Tom has also served in the Church of England in various roles, including as Bishop of Durham from 2003-2010.Belle and Justin talk to Tom abou

Re-Enchanting... Atheism - Alex O'Connor

Oct 01 2024 70 mins  
Alex O'Connor is a well known atheist Youtube and podcast host with over 800 thousand subscribers to his channel. Unlike many online new atheists he has sought to genuinely understand his Christian and religious counterparts. This included studying theology at Oxford University, helping to re-establish a Socratic debating society in the mould of the one created by CS Lewis, and cou

Re-Enchanting... Aliens, animals and AI - Nick Spencer

Jul 16 2024 68 mins  
Nick Spencer is Senior Fellow at Theos and hosts their podcast ‘Reading Our Times’. He is the author of a number of books and reports, including ‘Magisteria: the entangled histories of science and religion’ and his most recent book co-authored with Hannah Waite, 'Playing God: Science, Religion and the Future of Humanity’.Belle and Justin chat with Nick about aliens, anima

Re-Enchanting... The Brain - Iain McGilchrist

Jul 09 2024 66 mins  
Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist and philosopher, and author of the books ‘The Master And His Emissary’ and ‘The Matter With Things’.Iain’s thesis on the left and right hemispheres of the brain has been highly influential. He believes ‘left hemispheric’ thinking has come to dominate much of modern culture in negative ways.He speaks with Belle and Justin about whethe