Seen & Unseen Aloud: new episode

Elections, the Euros, revival, and betting on eternity.

Natalie Garrett

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

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Nick Jones/Midjourney.ai.

In this episode, we make a nod to the events of the week as Joel Pierce asks if political practice can capture something heavenly; Sam Tomlin talks national identity amidst the Euros; Abigail Frymann Rouch asks whether we may be we moving beyond the secular scepticism of religion and James Sampson-Foster invites us to place a bet on our eternal destination.

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Belief

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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.

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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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