Beyoncé, reality, and The Four Seasons

The idolatry of Queen B, we may be extinguishing reality, and what does it mean to live a full life?

Natalie Garrett

Natalie produces and narrates The Seen & Unseen Aloud podcast. She's an Anglican minister and a trained actor.

Beyonce marches along a stage catwalk as photographers stare from below.

Taking to the stage.

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About this episode

In today's episode, Lauren Windle goes to a Beyoncé concert and contemplates the idolatry of Queen B; Simon Burton-Jones explores how we may be extinguishing reality; and Giles Gough watches The Four Seasons and Dying for Sex to find the most common question of humanity: “what does it mean to live a full life?”

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Re-enchanting... my lifelong search for God - Donna Freitas

The scholar and writer on losing and seeking faith

Nick Jones

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

a woman speaks and gestures while recording a podcast

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Donna Freitas is a scholar, teacher, writer, and author of fiction and non-fiction for both adults and teenagers. Her most recent book ‘Wishful Thinking: How I lost my faith and why I want to find it’ is a spiritual memoir of her Catholic upbringing and adult search for God.

Justin and Belle talk to Donna about losing and seeking faith

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