Seen & Unseen Aloud

This week, Samuel Tranter explains the virtues of "friction maxxing"; Roger Bretherton gives a personal take on what GCSE stress does to families and Belle Tindall-Riley gives us her take on Freya India's book, GIRLS: Gen Z and the Commodification of Everything

In this episode, Henry Corbett asks what the confidence of footballers can teach the rest of us for the challenges off the pitch; Helen Collins takes a dive into AI and the pornification of thought; Josh Hinton goes to a Yungblud gig in Manchester and enjoys the rush of instant community.

In this week's episode, Graham Tomlin confesses an Augustinian pessimism about politics; Belle Tindall-Riley aligns herself with Rowan Williams' "old-fashioned" belief about the devil, and Roger Standing tells us about Russell Brand's new book, How to become a Christian in Seven Days

In this episode, George Pitcher gets stuck into the psychodrama of Prime Ministerial Saviour complexes; Yaroslav Walker luxuriates in the shallows of The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Helen Cowan takes us on a tour of nursing duties and helps us learn lessons about giving up control.

In this episode, Paul Woolley asks whether King Charles III, in his speech at the US Congress, was both a prophet and a king while confronting Britain’s past and holding up America’s moral mirror; Katherine Osborne explores the seen and unseen life of The Other Bennet Sister, and Roger Bretherton encourages us to play the Unplayable, in the Game of Life.

In this episode, Joshua Nurcombe-Pike guides us into the escapist world of micro-retirement; Henna Cundill turns to the Bible for inspiration in that all-too-familiar dilemma about what to write in a "sorry you're leaving" card; Paul Bradbury explores the joys and costs of our "always on" culture

This week, Jessica Norman suggests that After Artemis, Reid Wiseman is onto something asking what we do with the ordinary in the wake of the extraordinary? Roger Standing enjoys an evening with the fictitious former PM and asks, "who in their right mind would want to be Prime Minister?" And having listened to the Diary Of a CEO podcast, Becky Ruth picks up Steven Bartlett's question: Does birthplace decide belief?

This week Roger Bretherton takes to the high seas with One Piece to explore the psychology of kindness; Graham Tomlin asks why people have children when it's been proved they don't make us happy; and Kezia Martin takes us with her to the O2 for a powerful evening of music with Raye (please note: this article contains some adult themes which may be triggering for some).