Bedside Reading

Bedside Reading

Bedside Reading Podcast

Episodes 223
Avg. Duration 35m
Activity Highly Active
Since Nov 2021
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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About This Podcast

A medical humanities podcast where we explore themes from fiction, memoir and other non traditional non-textbooks which help to make us better at what we do. 


Hosted by Dr Tara George, a GP and medical educator, in each episode a different guest explores a book that has changed their practice. Follow us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/bedsidereading.bsky.social Facebook or Instagram @bedsidereadingpodcast. If you'd like to recommend a book or to come on the podcast as a guest please email: [email protected]. Episodes hosted by Tara George, edited by Levi Gee

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S11E18 The Let Them Theory

Mar 03, 2026 31m

Send a textI think that there is sometimes a bit of snobbery around genres of books. The self-help market is huge. It's there for a reason but I think sometimes those of us who really enjoy self-help…

S11E17 Dream Count

Feb 24, 2026 39m

Send a textI'm not entirely sure whether Anita and I have really even scratched the surface of a discussion about Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. We've both acknowledged that Chimamanda is…

S11E16 Poor

Feb 17, 2026 31m

Send a textPoor by Katrina O'Sullivan is a book which has really, really stayed with me. I listened to it as an audiobook and I could not stop listening.  I think it helps that Katrina has a fabulous…

S11E15 The Birds

Feb 10, 2026 34m

Send a textI love it when a guest approaches me and says, "please, can I talk about this book?" especially when it's a book that I've never, ever come across before. And today is one of those days.…

S11E14 Burnout Free Working

Feb 03, 2026 37m

Send a textI'm really pleased today to welcome Dr Richard Duggins to Bedside Reading to talk about his book, Burnout Free Working.We know that burnout is incredibly common in all professionals,…

S11E13 The Citadel

Jan 27, 2026 34m

Send a textI always enjoy talking to my guests about books. Sometimes I don't enjoy the book they've chosen. Often I am surprised by how much I have enjoyed something that I wasn't expecting to…

S11E12 Olive's Day

Jan 20, 2026 38m

Send a texti've had the best fun setting up and recording today's podcast with Caryn Price and Georgina Benger. We are talking about a book that they have written together called Olive's Day. We also…

S11E11 Pearl

Jan 13, 2026 32m

Send a textI'm delighted to welcome Louise Persaud to Bedside Reading today to talk about a beautiful and very thought-provoking novel. Pearl by Sian Hughes. T"After she left, I wondered, had I been…

S11E10 Overspill

Jan 06, 2026 32m

Send a textI'm delighted to welcome Hannah Loret to Bedside Reading today to talk about Overspill by Charlotte Paradise. This is a really gripping, absolutely brilliant novel.The blurb: Sara is 25.…

S11E9 Twixtmas Special

Dec 30, 2025 27m

Send a textIt's that strange time of year that we sometimes refer to as Twixtmas again.  I hope people have received lots of fantastic new books to start reading, have eaten a bit too much, drunk a…

S11E8 When your neurons dance

Dec 23, 2025 31m

Send a textA warm welcome today to emergency physician, Johnny Acheson, who is here to talk about his book, When Your Neurons Dance, which is a journey through Johnny's own diagnosis with Parkinson's…

S11E7 The Names

Dec 16, 2025 33m

Send a textThe Names by Florence Knapp is undoubtedly one of my top fiction reads of 2025, if not my absolute top read of 2025. It is an astonishing first novel, which follows three different…

S11E6 Shred Sisters

Dec 09, 2025 31m

Send a textShred Sisters, the debut novel by Betsy Lerner, was a real highlight of my summer reading this year. It is fabulous novel about a family, particularly about two sisters, Amy and Ollie, and…

S11E5 It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Dec 02, 2025 36m

Send a textHow Christmasy are you feeling? It's December now and I know for some people this is a really exciting time of year.Today's podcast has been the best fun to record and is about a book…

S11E4 The Wonders of Dr Bent

Nov 25, 2025 29m

Send a textI'm delighted to welcome Professor Paul Crawford to the podcast today. We are talking about his novel, The Wonders of Dr Bent, described in the publisher's blurb as "a twisted tale of…

S11E3 I who have never known men

Nov 18, 2025 35m

Send a textA warm welcome back today to GP Kirsty Shires, who's here today to talk with me about Jacqueline Harpman's 1995 novel, I Who Have Never Known Men.This is an absolutely astonishing book. It…

S11E2 Educated

Nov 11, 2025 31m

Send a textEducated by Tara Westover is one of those books which has really stayed with me since I first read it back in 2018. It's also a book that I just assumed when I started this podcast that…

S11E1 Fear and Loathing in Plymouth

Nov 04, 2025 31m

Send a textWelcome to  November 2025 and season 11 of the podcast,. We are celebrating our 4th Birthday in November and my guest today, Claire Le Day aka GP Steph celebrates her 40th birthday in…

BONUS EPISODE: The best of what has been....

Oct 28, 2025 22m

Send a textTo celebrate the end of season 10 and our 4th birthday, today's episode is a little bit different. I've chosen a small snippet of each of the most downloaded episodes from seasons 1-10.I…

S10E21 The Ayatollah's Gaze

Oct 21, 2025 31m

Send a textIt is a huge pleasure today to welcome doctor and writer, Majid Parsa. We're talking about The Ayatollah's Gaze: a memoir of the forbidden and the fabulous, which is his first boook. What…

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