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Security over performance, love over lovelessness, and a little on Luther.

Natalie Garrett

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

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This week: Jonny Reid unearths where Scottie Scheffler finds his deep sense of security; Elizabeth Wainwright explores the power of love in the face of lovelessness, and Graham Tomlin casts a professional critique of Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook's Luther series on The Rest is History podcast.

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Seen & Unseen Aloud

15 September 2025

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We need nuance, and theology, plus the summer we turned romantic

Listen to Graham Tomlin, Henna Cundill, and Belle Tindall articles.

Natalie Garrett

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

A woman in a white dress stand in front of a large floral arrangement.

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About this episode

This week -, Graham Tomlin suggests we have much to learn about nuanced cultural debate from the writers of the Nicene Creed; Henna Cundill agrees as she explores how helpful studying theology is for encouraging compassionate, engaged debate in all spheres of life; Belle Tindall takes a deep dive into humanity's propensity for romance and marriage.

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