New episode: Seen & Unseen Aloud

Listen to a curated selection of recent Seen & Unseen articles. This episode: a fear of Dad-hood, following our noses, and exploring the space of death.

Nick Jones

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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In this episode Nick Brewer contemplates becoming a Dad and what he has learned from the love of his own father; Henna Cundill follows her nose on an emotional scent trail from childhood to adulthood and, as part of our How to Die Well series, Natalie Garrett talks about her experience of bereavement and what death has taught her about life.

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

2 June 2025

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Semi-colons; Race Across the World, and the Book

New episode: pause for some grammar, enjoy that race, and a good book.

Natalie Garrett

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

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About the episode

In this week's 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).

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