A Need To Read

• Existentialist Cafe

  This is a review of Sarah Bakewell's 'At The Existentialist Cafe', a book that looks at the main minds behind existentialis 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 questionnaire and you’ll be matched with a therapist within 48 hours.   Get an additional 5 free travel packs and a years supply of Vitamin D3 with your Athletic Greens subscription at www.athleticgreens.com/aneedtoread    I am reachable here: [email protected]    

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• 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 (https://www.hometree.ie/about).   You can find him on Instagram @thehonestcaptain where he talks about his projects show support  www.betterhelp.com/aneedtoread www.buymeacoffee.com//aneedtoread 

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• Welcome back to A Need To Read

  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 the podcast, what I’ve been up to, and where the podcast will go in the future.  books recommended: 100 years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda Someone To Love You In All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob Wakesburg    COMING UP: interviews with Matt Smith (Hometree CEO) & Ellie Middleton (author of UNMSKED & How To Be You), and a review of ‘The Compassionate Mind’ by Paul Gilbert    let me know if you have any suggestions for guests or topics you want me to look in to [email protected]   sponsors: www.betterhelp.com/aneedtoread for 10% off your first month of therapy 

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• Fungi are mental with Merlin Sheldrake

  Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist, writer, and speaker with a background in plant sciences, microbiology, ecology, and the history and philosophy of science. He received a Ph.D. in tropical ecology from Cambridge University for his work on underground fungal networks in tropical forests in Panama.   His book Entangled life was a Sunday Times Bestseller.   www.buymeacoffee.com/aneedtoread Www.betterhelp.com/aneedtoread    A-need-to-read is the code for an additional 10% off your first purchase with Urban Farm It, who do homegrown mushroom kits: https://urban-farm-it.com/

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• 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 World by Benjamin Labtut Kim Jiyoung Born 1982 by Cho Nam Joo A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Someone To Love You In All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksburg First Person Singular by Hariku Murakami If Cats Disappeared From The World by Genki Kawamura The Virgin Suicides & Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides  A Little Life by Hanya Yangihara Siddartha & Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez   All of the links will take you to Bookshop.org, a website where when you buy books, you support small bookstores, and I also get 10% of the sale. Which is quite nice, init.    Support for the podcast   If you want to help me produce podcasts directly, which would be VERY KIND, head to www.buymeacoffee.com/aneedtoread    You will have heard me bang on about how transformational therapy can be, that's why I am proud that Betterhelp sponsors A Need To Read. Meaning you get 10% off your first month if you wanted to chat with a therapist, just head to www.betterhelp.com/aneedtoread   If you have any feedback, requests, or well-wishes, send me an email at [email protected]

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