Seen & Unseen Aloud: new episode

'Messianic' politicians, Bridgerton and AI.

Natalie Garrett

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

Two politicians, stand with one arm around each other and the other arms raised.

Labour Party Scotland launch event.

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This week: Bex Chapman unlock's Bridgerton's complex identity coding, Cameron Wiltshire-Plant advises his younger self not to believe in the messianic hype of politicians, and Daniel Kim suggests that AI's dominance could unleash our very humanity.

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Seen & Unseen Aloud

29 September 2025

1 min read

Severance, poverty, and what makes us human

New episode. Rick Hansen George Pitcher and Claire Williams explore the seen and unseen

Natalie Garrett

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

Pascal ponders a steampunk TV showing Severance.

Nick Jones/Copilot.

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About the episode

This week, Rick Hansen explores the worlds of Apple TV's Severance through the lens of Blaise Pascal; George Pitcher asks how a supposedly "Godly nation" can have such extensive levels child poverty and Claire Williams asks the biggest question of all, what makes us human?