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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...
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...
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...
Natalie Kyriacou is an environmentalist and author from Australia. Her book, Nature’s Last Dance, looks to inspire awe and wonder in its rea...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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 (...
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...
www.buymeacoffee.com/aneedtoread Www.betterhelp.com/aneedtoread Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist, writer, and speaker with a background in pl...
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...
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...
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,...
Dr. Alan Flanagan, PhD, holds an MSc and PhD in nutrition from the University of Surrey, and is a former practicing Lawyer (Barrister) from...
Bill McGuire is a Professor Emeritus of Geophysical and Climate Hazards at University College London, and a writer, who is regularly publish...
Professor Anil Seth is a Computational and Cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Sussex. His book Being You was a Sunday Times Bests...
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...
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...
George Monbiot is one of Britain's finest writers on Climate. He has a weekly column where he writes on political and environmental issues w...
David Robert Grimes is a Science communicator and author. His book The Irrational Ape has been discussed on this show many times. He joins m...
Dr. Nicola Fox Hamilton is a cyberpsychology researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Art, Design, and Technology, in Dublin. She has aut...
Mark Maslin is a Professor of Earth System Science at University College London, a thought-leader on global heating, and the author of popul...
Siobhan O'hagan is a Personal Trainer and Content Creator, she is also a good friend of mine. She's back on A Need To Read for the third tim...
Azeem Azhar is one of the world’s most trusted voices in technological innovation. He has worked within the tech industry since the early 90...
Professor Rory O’Connor is Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Glasgow in Scotland and Past President of the International A...
I chatted with Emily Kenway who's a writer, an activist, and the author of The Truth About Modern Slavery. In the past, Emily has advised th...
Nichola Raihani is a professor of Evolution and Behavior at University College London. She joined me to discuss her new book The Social Inst...
This episode is about the different ways we deceive ourselves, and why we do so. If you want to find out more you can read Elephant in the B...
I had a great chat with Ben Aldridge, the author of both How To Be Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable, and How To Control The Uncontrollab...
I spoke with Dan, the man behind the Nice-Ish-Psychologist Instagram and Twitter accounts, and the Nice-ish Ramblings podcast. He is a HCPC...
In this episode I’m joined by Otto English — he’s a journalist who writes for; Politico, The Byline Times, and The Independent, among other...
In this meta-episode, I review Alain de Botton's review of Marcel Proust's life and work. Marcel Proust is one of the 20th Century's most in...
This episode is a review/summary of BJ Fogg's best-selling book, Tiny Habits. In the podcast I discuss; the proven methods of behaviour chan...
I went to Copenhagen for the weekend and found out about Hygge. Hygge is the Danish art of happiness and coziness, it's a philosophy that en...
I’m joined by Daisy Harris-Burland and Harriet Bradley for a casual conversation about everything from books we've loved to the Kardashians....
In this episode, I review The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton and The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner. Both books are excellen...
This episode is a review of novels I’ve read recently that you might enjoy over the summer. I also discuss; why you should read classics, th...
Whitney Goodman is the radically honest psychotherapist behind the hugely popular Instagram account @sitwithwhit , the author of Toxic Posit...
This episode is a review of Jia Tolentino's collection of essays in her book Trick Mirror. Her essays cover; Internet usage, Fraternities in...
Patrick Alley is an author and one of the founders of Global Witness, an organization whose investigations and reports into human rights and...
In this episode, I discuss my thoughts on happiness and why we should drop our obsession with it. I cover: why you should be careful who you...
Wendy Syfret is a Melbourne-based writer and editor, and author of The Sunny Nihilist. She has spent time working for VICE and has contribut...
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This is a review, and summary of some key ideas, of Rutger Bregman's Human Kind. The bold idea this book tries to convert you to is: Humans...
I spoke with award-winning journalist and best-selling author, James Nestor about his extremely popular book: Breath, The New Science Of A L...
The psychology of personality is a complicated topic. This book argues that the idea of the authentic self is a lie. There are far more cont...
To get 10% off your first month of therapy head to www.betterhelp.com/aneedtoread from there you’ll just need to run through a 5-minute ques...
We live in a very me-centric society. In the West, our philosophical influences have been focused on the 'I' for the last few thousand years...
Adam Ashton is one half of the What You Will Learn podcast, Australia's best book podcast. He joined me to chat about their new book 'The Sh...