Seen & Unseen Aloud: Trump, Henry VIII, Paddington and Keegan

New episode: understanding the election, Tudor authority, the bear returns, and backstage goodness.

Nick Jones

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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Paddington ponders Peru.

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This week's smorgasbord includes Graham Tomlin's claim that Trump's win may be neither total triumph nor total disaster; Jack Chisnall discusses national leadership from Henry VIII in Wolf Hall to present day; Krish Kandiah unpacks the Paddington Paradox and Kevin Hargaden shines a spotlight on the backstage goodness of Small Things like These.

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22 September 2025

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Protests, demonic chatbots and Charlie Kirk

Listen to aritcles by Thomas Sharpe, Gabrielle Thomas, and Graham Tomlin

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, Thomas Sharpe gives us an on-the-ground view of the protests against the protests in Trafalgar Square; Gabrielle Thomas asks whether AI chatbots are demonic, and Graham Tomlin dives deep into the event of Charlie Kirk's murder.