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A Need To Read

Ed Cunningham

A Need To Read is all about bringing you the best bits from the best books! Each week Ed reviews, and pulls highlights from, some of the most helpful literature out there. You’ll also hear i...

Episodes

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Bob McTavish- 60 years of shaping surf culture

Bob McTavish pioneered surf culture and changed the way people surfed, makes people happy everyday with his inventions and lives on the east...

52:06Jun 8, 2026

What's the most dangerous and normalised mental health condition, with Warren Ward

In this Episode I chat with Warren Ward about Eating Disorders. If this topic is triggering or not going to be helpful for you, please consi...

60:30Apr 28, 2026

Threats to Gay Rights with Prof Ronan McCrea

Ronan Mccrea is a professor of European and Constitutional Law at UCL. In this podcast we discuss the gay rights movement, it's history, fut...

46:32Apr 7, 2026

Nature's last dance with Natalie Kyriacou

Natalie Kyriacou is an environmentalist and author from Australia. Her book, Nature’s Last Dance, looks to inspire awe and wonder in its rea...

22:29Mar 18, 2026

Boosting your immune system with Prof Dan Davis

support - www.buymeacoffee.com/aneedtoread - www.betterhelp.com/aneedtoread for 10% off your first month of therapy online - https://get.des...

54:04Oct 22, 2025

A Doctors story in the Central African Republic with Katie Treble

Katie spent 6 months in one of the world’s most forgotten countries — the Central African Republic. In this episode, we sit down in person t...

58:37Aug 7, 2025

Unmasking Autism & ADHD with Ellie Middleton

Today’s paid partner is BetterHelp, to get 10% off your first month of online therapy with a credentialed therapist head to www.betterhelp.c...

65:12Jul 23, 2025

Books for boys w Lucas Oakeley

Boys read less than girls. That’s what the stats say, and today, writer, Lucas Oakley joins me to chat about why this is and gives some dire...

32:29Jul 11, 2025

Depression: chemical imbalance or something else? with Joanna Moncrieff

Today’s paid partner is BetterHelp, to get 10% off your first month of online therapy with a credentialed therapist head to www.betterhelp.c...

65:09Jul 2, 2025

Irelands native rainforests with Matt Smith

Matt Smith is a former professional surfer and sailor, now he spends his time on the west coast of Ireland as CEO of the charity HOMETREE (...

48:58May 19, 2025

Welcome back

Welcome back! I’ve been away for a while, and never even said see ya later or goodbye. This episode covers a little bit about why I stopped...

24:26May 12, 2025

Entangled life of fungi with Merlin Sheldrake

www.buymeacoffee.com/aneedtoread Www.betterhelp.com/aneedtoread Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist, writer, and speaker with a background in pl...

44:39Feb 17, 2023

Novels to read in 2023

In this episode, I chat about some fiction books that you might like to read this year. Books discussed When We Cease To Understand The Worl...

21:29Jan 5, 2023

#187 Dan Osman

Dan Osman is a Health and Wellbeing Educator, who has worked in the health and fitness industry for 17 years. We discuss; problems with soci...

58:52Dec 5, 2022

Saving the planet without the bullshit, with Assaad Razzouk

Support for the podcast I'm an independent podcaster, which is a fancy way of saying no one pays me a regular wage. And, to level with you,...

36:09Nov 28, 2022

Nutrition, Politics and Philosophy, with Alan Flanagan

Dr. Alan Flanagan, PhD, holds an MSc and PhD in nutrition from the University of Surrey, and is a former practicing Lawyer (Barrister) from...

66:08Nov 20, 2022

Earth is a hothouse with Prof. Bill McGuire

Bill McGuire is a Professor Emeritus of Geophysical and Climate Hazards at University College London, and a writer, who is regularly publish...

47:46Nov 13, 2022

Consciousness, Dreams and the Self with Prof. Anil Seth

Professor Anil Seth is a Computational and Cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Sussex. His book Being You was a Sunday Times Bests...

63:13Nov 7, 2022

Philosophy for hard times, with Kieran Setiya

Kieran Setiya is a Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was born in Hull, UK. He is known for his work i...

58:04Nov 2, 2022

Mental Health and Behaviour Change with Dr. Mike II

Dr. Mike Banna is a GP in the South of England, a GP educator, and a Director of the British Society for Lifestyle Medicine. He also writes...

49:36Oct 24, 2022