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Listen to a curated selection of the editor's top picks: the horror of war, the fable phenomenon that is Disney and the tale of Travis and Taylor.

Nick Jones

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

People walk across the rubble beside a recently bombed building.

Residents of Gaza City walk past a recently bombed building.

WAFA.

This week Graham Tomlin talks about the need for courageous leadership as the only hope for the intractable war in the Middle East; on the 100th anniversary of Disney, Jared Stacy declares there's much more to Disney than a mouse and Tory Baucum comments on the modern-day love story of Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift being played out on a very public stage.

Listen to a curated selection of the editor's top picks which caught our interest this week. We also release themed boxsets from time to time.
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Seen & Unseen Aloud

16 June 2025

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The ABC, Bear, and following fashion

New episode, why appointing an archbishop takes time, Bear Grylls's new book, and whither Anna Wintour is a moral compass.

Natalie Garrett

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

The archbishop crowns the king.

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About the episode.

This week we hear from Graham Tomlin explaining why it seems like the Church of England is taking ages to appoint a new Archbishop of Canterbury; Bear Grylls gives us a personal introduction to his new book, The Greatest Story Ever Told and Alexandra Kytka-Sharpe dives into the world of fashion to find out whether or not Anna Wintour should be our moral compass.

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