Seen & Unseen Aloud

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Seen & Unseen Aloud episodes

May 08, 2023 8th May 2023: activism, authenticity, astronomy, transhumanism and a campfire encounter
An eclectic mix: Stephen Backhouse's reflections on Søren Kierkegaard; Elizabeth Wainwright thinking about what's up with activism; Belle Tindall talks about her conversation with Jennifer Wiseman; Oliver Dürr challenges transhumanism and Jer Swigart remembers a campfire encounter and what it taught him about enemies and empathy
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50 min
May 04, 2023 Box Set Special: A Coronation Cornucopia by Ian Bradley
A special collection of Ian Bradley's articles explaining what's going on at the Coronation: Why we make kings; How faith helped the monarchy flex; Making sense of the Coronation's oaths, orbs and acclamations; The seen and unseen of the Coronation regalia
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30 min
May 01, 2023 1 May 2023 "Air", the Coronation and a bit of theological paranoia
This week's selection of articles include Yaroslav Walker discussing the movie "Air"; Graham Tomlin and Ian Bradley reflect on monarchy in the run up to the Coronation and Jared Stacy probes the moral and political consequences to conspiracy theories underpinned by theological paranoia.
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34 min
April 24, 2023 24 April 2023 - thoughts on dumping emotional rubbish, the power of addiction and reviving post-Liberal society
A trip to the dump leads Natalie Garrett to consider the practice of confession; Lauren Windle watches A Good Person & revisits her own experience of addiction & recovery (possible trigger content); Graham Tomlin explores the crisis in post-liberal society
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30 min
April 24, 2023 24 April 2023 Justice, mercy and a familial fanfare for the Coronation
As Shakespeare’s birthday approaches, Anthony Baker explores how the playwright let two ancient enemies fight it out on stage – justice and mercy; John Milbank analyses the wider meaning of the coronation: the culmination of family saga or a snapshot of the universal family?
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26 min
April 09, 2023 9 April - thoughts on Easter: faith, chaos and carnage.
A selection on articles reflecting on the themes around the Easter weekend, with articles from Graham Tomlin, Daniel Kim and others.
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36 min
April 03, 2023 3 April - The war in Ukraine, spiritual consciousness and Jacob Collier
Daniel Kim explores what’s driving a $3.7 trillion industry ‘market’ for spiritual consciousness, Ukrainian musician Lyuba Reznichenko reflects on the war’s anniversary, Belle Tindall wonders why thousands of strangers singing together has been eliciting such a powerful reaction and Sian Brookes reviews the film adaptation of Alan Bennett’s play.
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34 min
March 27, 2023 27 March - On "home", risky generosity, and dating shows.
A curated selection of the editor's top picks of our recent articles.

In this episode Miroslav Volf examines the nature of home, Jane William introduces Julian of Norwich, Britain’s first female author, Owen asks the question "why do soldiers go to war?", Mark Wreford recalls a moment at a church door and contemplates the challenge of it and Daniel Kim explores what’s driving a $3.7 trillion industry.

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59 min
March 16, 2023 20 March - Discovering the Seen & Unseen
A curated selection of the editor's top picks of our recent articles.

Our first episode features articles from Graham Tomlin where he explores more of the Seen & Unseen, and article from Alister McGrath - Seeing the World through Different Eyes - which explores how the creeds can help us help imagine life, and Where it's Dangerous to Believe with Belle Tindall, a reflection on the fifty most dangerous countries to be a Christian in the world this year.
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19 min