Seen & Unseen Aloud

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Seen & Unseen Aloud episodes

August 17 17th August 2026: A Voice in the Wilderness; the Empathy Dial; Jason Arday and Soft Hermits
This week, Beatrice Scudeler and M Ciftci considerthe curious case for an established church found in a recently published book, A Voice in the Wilderness: Why should we listen to the Church of England? Jenny Burns discovers that every behaviour tells a story; Patricia Carswell compares the Jason Arday affair with that of King David of the Bible and Jamie Mulvaney gets to grips with soft hermits.

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28 min
August 10 10th August 2026: Summer Holiday Special
This week, we've selected some easy listening articles for Summer vibes: Naomi Pitts asks why we find Tom Holland & Zendaya so fascinating; Tim Yearsley confesses to why he's so invested in Stacey Solomon's Sort Your Life Out; Holly Price accompanies Millie Bobby Brown on Enola Holme's latest adventure to discover herself and Jonah Horne discovers why St Augustine might recognise something of himself in Olivia Rodgrigo & Robert Smith's angst-ridden banger What's Wrong with Me.
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33 min
August 03 3rd August 2026: The Sin of Time Wasting; Little House on the Prairie & watching for Andy Burnham's Generosity of Spirit
This week, Jamie Mulvaney dares to challenge our culture's commandment, thou shalt not waste day; Naomi Pitts takes a stroll down memory lane and is delighted to find herself in the Netflix remake of Little House on the Prairie; George Pitcher analyses Andy Burnham's early days and finds a thread of generosity of spirit which could be politically powerful.
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22 min
July 27 27th July 2026: Ann Widdecombe; The Odyssey and the epidemic of Loneliness Influencers
This week, Giles Gough gives us a review of Christopher Nolan's epic box office hit, The Odyssey; Paul Woolley gives us a personal reflection on what the life and death of Ann Widdecombe teach us and Belle Tindall-Riley exposes us to a new social media epidemic in the form of Loneliness Influencers.
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22 min
July 20 20th July 2026: Disclosure Day, Fender Feud and Cool Cathedrals
In this episode, Holly Price explores big themes in Steven’s Spielberg ’s conspiracy-thriller Disclosure Day; Jonathan Rowlands gets caught up in the big Fender feuds and issues around social justice and Naomi Pitts talks about cool Cathedrals opening their doors during the heat wave.
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19 min
July 13 13th July 2026: World Cup, Village Fêtes and the Sacred Ache
This week, Josh Hinton shares his personal pain around sport in general yet finding redemption in watching a Football World Cup match with friends; George Pitcher takes a look at the beautiful absurdity of the British village fête and we have an extract from Belle Tindall-Riley's new book, The Sacred Ache based on her experience of Glastonbury 2024.

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20 min
July 06 6th July 2026: The USA, Limits on Choice and the Rivals
This week, Lucy Denyer helps us celebrate the USA, Graham Tomlin compares and contrasts the proposed limits on underage use of social media with a return of the Assisted Dying bill; Bex Chapman wrestles with The Rivals dilemma and a surprising moment of emotional depth.
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25 min
June 29 29th June 2026: No 10; the World Cup and the New Animism
In this week's episode, we ask important questions - Paul Woolley asks at what cost does the UK keep changing Prime Minister, Graham Tomlin asks what football's World Cup can teach us about how to live through defeat and failure in life; and Ruth Bancewicz dives into the New Animism and asks if a river is alive.
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22 min
June 22 22nd June 2026: Spiderman's Dyslexia and the Big Questions of Evil
This week, Zoe Strong commends Spiderman actor, Tom Holland, on his honest vulnerability about life with dyslexia; and Isaac Frisby does a deep dive into the big questions of evil: from screen villains to street violence, what makes someone truly bad?

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30 min
June 15 15th June 2026: Dua Lipa; Slowing Down and a Fear of Heights
This week, Naomi Pitts says what we all think - some people seem to get all the good stuff (in this case, Dua Lipa's wedding); Steve McMillan explores the process of slowing down on holiday and what it tells us about what's going on in our fast-paced life; and Natalie Garrett tells us about what she learned when she faced her fear of heights.
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19 min