Seen & Unseen Aloud: Trump, China, and Miranda

Is Trump a fascist or a buffoon? Watched in Beijing, and Miranda Hart's diagnosis of the unseen.

Nick Jones

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

On a TV chat show, guests look to one of their own talking to the audience.

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This week's episode includes the burning question: is Donald Trump a fascist or a buffoon? asked by George Pitcher. Alex Ross takes us into the world of surveillance that is China, and Belle Tindall explores Miranda Hart's diagnosis of the unseen.

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4 November 2024

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Ziyal Miral: global conflict and religion's role

Does religion shape violence or does violence shape religion?

Nick Jones

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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A crossroads in Ukraine.

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Is John Lennon right, would all wars cease if religion were to vanish? And, finally, what is the theology of conflict? These are topical, real-time, questions – all of which are explored in this episode of GodPod, with the help of Dr Ziya Meral.

Ziya is a lecturer in International Studies and Deplomacy at SOAS (School of African and Oriental Studies), researcher and advisor specialising in global conflict and the role of religion.

For Ziya’s book: How Violence Shapes Religion: Belief and Conflict in the Middle East and Africa : Meral, Ziya: Amazon.co.uk: Books