Shame, Remembrance and Alice Roberts

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Natalie Garrett

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

Frankstein stares our from his covered face.

Jacob Elordi plays Frankenstein's monster

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About this episode

In this week's episode, Belle Tindall considers both Jacob Elordi and Zadie Smith's take on shame, and presents her own; Henna Cundill asks why too much emotional expression seems to be frowned upon at Remembrance and the Cenotaph; Jonathan Rowlands gives his personal (and very strong) opinions on Alice Roberts' book Domination: The Fall of the Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity

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Re-enchanting

11 November 2025

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Re-enchanting... psychedelics - Ashley Lande

Using psychedelics as a search for re-enchantment: artist and author Ashley Lande talks with Belle and Justin

Nick Jones

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

Title card shows Ashley Lande's face next to a caption 'psychedelics became my God'.

About this episode

Ashley Lande is an artist and author whose book The Thing That Would Make Everything Okay Forever tells her story of using psychedelics as a search for re-enchantment, and her path to faith in Christ as she began to encounter the dark side of trips and transcendent experiences. She talks to Belle and Justin about her journey. Visit her site for more information about her. For Ashley Lande:

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