Seen & Unseen Aloud

This is the third episode in our series of Summer Specials: Belle Tindall - Reporter for Seen and Unseen and co-host of the Re-Enchanting podcast - chooses and narrates a trilogy of powerhouse women: Chasing the Rains by Jane Cacouris; Trusting her Experience by Jane Williams and Diary of an Invisible war by Lika Zakaryan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is the second in our series of Summer Specials with guest narrators. This week we hear from the Rt Rev'd Graham Tomlin as he narrates Jane Canlis' article about the healing power of the F-word and his own article claiming the language of politics cannot domesticate religion; we also hear Paula Hynd's choice, written by Belle Tindall, A Sky Full of Stars: lessons on awe from Coldplay's concert. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seen & Unseen's Senior Editor, Nick Jones, picks and narrates 3 of his favourite articles from the last few months: on cancel culture, a soldier's perspective on war and a review of a Japanese film about assisted dying Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we hear Jeremy Begbie's impassioned exploration of Johann Sebastian Bach's musical genius; we get under the covers with Lianne Howard-Dace to find out about bed-rotting and the art of rest; we learn from K. K. Yeo about the parallels between the experience of the growing Christian Church in China and the 1st Century Church starting under the rule of the Roman Empire Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Roger Bretherton digs into the curse of loneliness in our culture; Yaroslav Walker celebrates the 40th anniversary of "Local Hero" and what it teaches us about the beauty of the natural world as well as the beauty of human relationships; Krish Kandiah encourages us to hear the personal stories of refugees from 5 authors who have written about their extraordinary journeys Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's episode explores life in all its fullness: from a Jane Cacouris in a Brazilian slum to Kate Forbes discussing her walk of faith within politics; David Cranston making a plea for personalisation in personalised medicine and Alex Hughes finding freedom within the "vowed life" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's eclectic mix includes Graham Tomlin reflecting on the Boris Johnson report and that sorry seems to be the hardest word; Jane Cacouris delves into the impact of gender inequality and climate change in developing countries; Natalie Garrett talks about learning to live well from her new puppy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's episode discovers a successful neurodiversity unit at Pentonville Prison and Nuns holdin up a bank in Oxford Street, Belle Tindall discovers Eden in the East End and Graeme Holdsworth cycles from darkness into light Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's episode finds Barnabas Aspray wrestling with ideas about creating something out of nothing; Krish Kandiah wrestling with David Baddiel's book and the "God desire"; Julie Canlis unearths some of the secret and dangerous aspects of early Christian baptism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's episode includes Krish Kandiah reflecting on the success of diversity represented in Guardians of the Galaxy 3; Roger Bretherton acknowledges the many traumas and interruptions in life; Christian Aid’s Head of Humanitarian Policy Simone Di Vicenz argues the Ukraine war shows a change in approach is required to respond more effectively to global crises and Indo-Christian Culture’s Sha reviews how India’s film industry tackles the complexities of life, morality, harmony and violence, as experienced by its Christian community Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.