Podcast
Culture
1 min read

Jessica Oyelowo: re-enchanting Hollywood and motherhood

A creative force of nature: Jessica talks with Belle and Justin about what dreaming big dreams looks like when faith is involved.

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

A woman sits in a blue velver high wing chair and speaks while bringing her hands together in front of her with balled fists.

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Jessica Oyelowo is a creative force of nature: an actor, TV and film producer, singer, and song-writer. Jessica has brought her art to both the stage and the screen. Living in Los Angeles with her husband, David, and their four children, much of Jessica’s latest work highlights how her faith, her dreams, her convictions, and her roles tend to collide. In particular, her latest album '(M)other' empowers, honours and champions mothers. Belle and Justin speak to Jessica about Hollywood, motherhood, and what dreaming big dreams looks like when faith is involved.

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Assisted dying
Culture
Film & TV
Psychology
Romance
Seen & Unseen Aloud
1 min read

Seen & Unseen Aloud: first new episode of the new year

Listen to curated to narrated articles. This week: the psychology of self-belief, the premier of One Life, and an answer to a particular question about assisted dying.

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

A man in a blue jumper holds a yellow sign reading 'believe'.
Ted and that sign.

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As we return to a normal schedule after the holiday compilations, we hear Michael Wenham answer his brother's question about Esther Rantzen and the assisted dying/suicide movement. Krish Kandiah reflects from the London premiere of One Life and the extraordinary story of one man who saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish children. And Roger Bretherton dives into the era of "self belief" psychology and questions whether it works. We see you, Ted.