Seen & Unseen Aloud: making meaning out of life

Winning, losing, the life in between, and the music that accompanies.

Natalie Garrett

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

Simone's gold medal moment.

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This week we contemplate the challenges of winning and losing as Julia Kendal asks what Simone Biles might be doing today; Oliver Wright explores the relationship between religion and music, and Silvianne and Barnabas Aspray ask why religion and faith aren't dying any time soon.

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Re-enchanting

2 July 2025

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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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About this episode

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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