Seen & Unseen Aloud

This week, Seen & Unseen Aloud celebrates its first birthday so this episode includes shout outs to our friends in the UK and around the world as well as replaying 2 of our most popular articles: Belle Tindall's joy in finding the sound of strangers belonging at a Jacob Collier concert and NT Wright's exploration of the Easter Story, finding where creation and justice converge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we explore loneliness with Belle Tindall, the NHS and Downing Street; we think about the role of emotions alongside reason in the realm of politics with Henna Cundill and Jonathan Rowlands straddles both sides of the dispute between wedding photographers and clergy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we hear about James Sampson-Foster's lesson in time travel as he waits for a delayed train; George Pitcher commends the story telling of ITV's docu-dramas as truth telling and Michael Bird contemplates the Christian faith that motivated Alexei Navalny's dangerous thirst for righteousness; Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As we gear up to celebrate the first anniversary of Seen & Unseen Aloud, to thank our listeners for their support, we invite requests for a special compilation episode. To submit your request, head over to seenandunseen.com. Meanwhile, this week, we have an in depth dive into the realities of doubt, inspired by Prince William and explored by Bishop Graham Tomlin, the Editor in Chief of Seen & Unseen; followed by a sensory explanation of the Christian journey through Lent by Lianne Howard-Dace Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, first up Henna Cundhill helps us consider the real life challenges and superpowers of an ADHD diagnosis and then we head into the first of our Lent offerings with Barnabas Aspray explaining how identifying as human has deadly implications and Julie Canlis exploring some medieval wisdom around the benefits of intermittent fasting Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's selection includes Graham Tomlin's thoughts about what a healthy relationship between church and state looks like; Andy Flannagan talking about the power of distraction at a national, political level and Mica Gray muses on faith, hope and her recent experience of FOMO Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we have the glamour of Jesus walking the red carpet in Leicester Square as Natalie Garrett analyses the success of the TV show The Chosen; Rachael Newham speaks out on Time to Talk Day about the deeper realities of severe mental ill health; and Jonathan Rowlands is reeling from Jurgen Klopp's decision to leave Liverpool FC and thinks about the powerful statement the successful manager is making about the limits of human beings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As ever, we have a smogarsbord to listen to... Iwan Russell-Jones explores some 30,000 year old cave paintings; Trystan Owain Hughes asks why Veganuary still has merit and Graham Tomlin tells the story of how the biggest church in the Middle East was born in Garbage City. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we dig into the (sometimes murky) world of public service: We hear from MP Danny Kruger on why we need a gentle radical revolution in political thinking around social care; we hear from Bp Graham Tomlin with his reaction to the Post Office scandal; and we hear M. Ciftci's (possibly controversial) thoughts about the Hypocratic Oath, made by the medical profession. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As we come back to normal after the holiday compilations, we hear Michael Wenham answer his brother's question about Esther Rantzen and the assisted dying/suicide movement; Krish Kandiah reflects from the London Premiere of One Life and the extraordinary story of one man who saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish children; and Roger Bretherton dives into the era of "self belief" psychology and questions whether it works. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.