Seen & Unseen Aloud

Oct 27 2024 87 ep. 28 mins 23
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Discover Seen & Unseen articles. The best writing curated by our editors read aloud, sharing Christian perspectives on just about everything. 
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28th October 2024: Vampires; Auden and Ludwig

Oct 27 2024 25 mins  
In this episode, Ryan Stark points out some of the pitfalls in dating a vampire; Jack Nicholson pays beautiful tribute to W.H. Auden's poetry and its ability to give us words for current world trauma; and Jack Chisnall cracks the puzzle of our love of puzzles in his article about BBC's drama, Ludwig. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

21st October 2024: Harvest, the Nicene Creed and Conscientious Objections to Assisted Dying

Oct 20 2024 22 mins  
This week, George Pitcher asks why we still bother celebrating Harvest; Jane Williams explains why the Nicene Creed was such a total game-changer and Henna Cundill explores the proposed legislation around Assisted Dying from the point of view of Conscientious Objectors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

14th October 2024: Joy, Kaos and Assisted Dying

Oct 10 2024 24 mins  
In this week's particularly eclectic episode, Natalie Garrett contemplates the power of real joy; Theodore Brun gives us a thoughtful review of Netflix's "Kaos" and Matthew Hall challenges us to think again about Assisted Dying Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

7th October 2024: Cosy time, the power of beauty and loving your neighbour in the Middle East

Oct 06 2024 22 mins  
In this episode, Belle Tindall gets cosy and looks to make the mundane meaningful; Katherine Amphlett tells a very personal and poignant story of a grieving family finding solace and God's presence in natural beauty; on the anniversary of the conflict in the Middle East, Graham Tomlin urges the importance of loving our enemies and embracing a touch of doubt about the certainty of o

30th September 2024: Tree of knowledge - Google, Ukraine & St Michael's dragons

Oct 03 2024 26 mins  
This week week Elizabeth Wainwright asks whether the Google impulse started in the Garden of Eden - to know all immediately; Mark Meynell visits Ukraine and tells us a bit about "normal" life there; James Cary considers what the dragon-slaying St Michael might have to say about our culture's battle between good and evil. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

S&UA short: Watching Grenfell - the lost art of penitence by Graham Tomlin

Sep 25 2024 9 mins  
In our first Seen & Unseen Aloud Short, Graham Tomlin narrates his own article "Watching Grenfell - the lost art of penitence". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

23rd September 2024: Stories vs Facts in US election; is sorry the hardest word? and a Tolkien poem speaking into dementia

Sep 22 2024 30 mins  
This week we start with Jared Stacy unpacking how projections and polls cannot capture the power of stories shaping identity and US election politics; Roger Bretherton asks why it is that "sorry" just might be the hardest word and Helen Cowan dives into a poem by JRR Tolkien which speaks to her, poignantly, about the experience of living with dementia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co

16th September 2024: Labour PMs & Britpop; the poignancy of aging parents and the surprising wisdom of Deadpool & Wolverine

Sep 15 2024 26 mins  
In this episode, George Pitcher tracks the cultural story of Oasis and two Labour Prime Ministers; Katherine Amphlett visits her aging parents and needs to put on an armour of feathers while James Lawrence finds a surprising story amid the cynical desert of Deadpool and Wolverine's nihilism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

9th September 2024: Inside Out, Wild God and Grenfell's Tale of Two Towers

Sep 08 2024 29 mins  
This week we enter a world of high drama - internally we voyage with Henna Cundill through the spiritual potential of the Inside Out films; Belle Tindall takes us on an emotional ride through Nick Cave's new album, Wild God; and Graham Tomlin challenges us to see The Grenfell Tower Inquiry as a significant cultural moment to reflect personally and nationally on the way we treat eac

2nd September 2024: how to find meaning - in Olympic gold; music and the big questions of life

Sep 01 2024 26 mins  
This week we contemplate the challenges of winning and losing as Julia Kendal asks what Simone Biles might be doing today; Oliver Wright explores the relationship between religion and music and Silvianne & Barnabas Aspray ask why religion and faith aren't dying any time soon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.