Seen & Unseen Aloud

In this week mix we mourn the demise of the semi colon (and all it represents) with Paul Bradbury; Lauren Westwood gets lost in the drama of BBC's Race Across the World and Belle Tindall asks why a book has changed the world (and her). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Ed Chan-Stroud explores Alex Warren's song, "Ordinary" for signs of the fundamentals of human longing; Jessica Norman goes to a Third Space gym and thinks about the cost of belonging and Graham Tomlin was at Pope Leo's inauguration and shares with us what he noticed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Rosie Phillips looks at how the human desire for truth and judgement plays out on Social Media; Giles Gough explores the unexpected depths of Marvel's latest unexpected blockbuster and Rachel Newham's own experience gets her asking questions about the relationship between mental and physical health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Belle Tindall takes us to the Met Gala in NYC and asks whether the unseen exists; Graham Tomlin considers why the choice of the next Pope is so important and Callum Elwood asks if AI animation really is harmless fun? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this Bank Holiday Monday, Jonny Torrance comments on Last One Laughing, deciding we’re less in control than we think; Henna Cundill suggests that AI will never codify the many unruly exceptions to rules as they are what make us human; Jamie Mulvaney asks whether or not a Funeral is the appropriate backdrop for Diplomacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Jack Chisnall pays tribute to the late Pope Francis; Imogen Ball plots her year through the seasons celebrated by chocolate and asks what's next after Easter? Mark Gilbert confesses to being addicted to a game on his smartphone and asks why that's such a bad thing; Steve Dew-Jones marks the 75th anniversary of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by seeing it in the theatre and realises how much it still speaks to a contemporary audience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Graham Tomlin suggests the Spiritual Marketplace may be selling us short; Henry Corbett asks the important questions: Is Goodison Park a place of worship? Is football a religion? and Andy Hood suggests that anxiety has a long history and so perhaps needs an ancient solution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our final, Easter Day episode, Graham Tomlin looks into how and why the anthropologists miss the point of Easter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Easter Saturday, Barnabas Aspray explains why identifying as human has deadly implications. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the Good Friday episode of the Seen & Unseen Aloud Easter series, Yaroslav Walker takes us to the movies and tells us about his top 5 favourite Good Friday films. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.