235 Episodes

  1. Lorraine Kelly on menopause, misogyny, toxic men in telly, being a granny, Botox, you name it!

    Published: 4/1/2025

  2. Jenni Fagan: I'm 46, nobody thought I'd make it past 16

    Published: 3/25/2025

  3. Ione Skye: I'm still working on being seen in the world – and I'm 50

    Published: 3/18/2025

  4. Denise Lewis shares her secrets for adapting to a big life shift

    Published: 3/11/2025

  5. Liz O'Riordan: When breast cancer surgeon becomes breast cancer patient

    Published: 3/4/2025

  6. Martha Beck on creativity, anxiety & finding your life's purpose

    Published: 2/25/2025

  7. Diana Evans on expectation, ageing & turning 50 without her twin

    Published: 2/18/2025

  8. Kate Fagan on success, ambition and ageing alongside the L-word!

    Published: 2/11/2025

  9. Miranda July on the unexpected wildness of ageing - THE SHIFT REVISITED

    Published: 2/4/2025

  10. Ruby Wax on building an emotional toolkit for the second half of your life - THE SHIFT REVISITED

    Published: 1/28/2025

  11. Dani Shapiro on family secrets and coming into your full potential at 60 - THE SHIFT REVISITED

    Published: 1/21/2025

  12. Bryony Gordon on burnout, binge eating and perimenopause - THE SHIFT REVISITED

    Published: 1/14/2025

  13. Sarah Knight: why selfish isn't a four letter word - THE SHIFT REVISITED

    Published: 1/7/2025

  14. Dr Gladys McGarey: a 102-year-old shares her life lessons - THE SHIFT REVISITED

    Published: 12/31/2024

  15. Barbara Kingsolver on why life gets better with every passing decade - THE SHIFT REVISITED

    Published: 12/24/2024

  16. Katherine May: why we all need a little more wonder in our lives - THE SHIFT REVISITED

    Published: 12/17/2024

  17. BONUS EPISODE: Neneh Cherry on love, loss & legacy

    Published: 12/10/2024

  18. Bella Freud: "I've definitely got more daring with age"

    Published: 12/3/2024

  19. Donna Ashworth on finding her calling in midlife

    Published: 11/26/2024

  20. Baroness Lola Young: "you can't be what you can't see, but somebody has to go first"

    Published: 11/19/2024

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The Shift is a podcast that aims to tell the truth about being a woman post-40, created and hosted by writer and broadcaster, Sam Baker.  Did you ever wonder why you stop hearing so many women's voices once they pass 40? That's where The Shift comes in - a frank, funny, sometimes heartbreaking, always honest look at what it means to be a woman in midlife and beyond. Work, life, love, health, sex, money, identity, body image... What does it all mean when everything around you (and inside you...) is changing? Each week, award-winning author and journalist Sam Baker asks a different woman how she got here, where she's going - and how it feels to be where she is right now. Expect intimate conversation, big laughs, occasional tears and an awful lot of ripping up the rule book and stamping on it... Past guests have included Nicola Sturgeon, Marian Keyes, Guilty Feminist Deborah Frances-White, Minnie Driver, Philippa Perry, Anita Rani, Tracey Thorn, Isabel Allende, Bobbi Brown, Barbara Blake-Hannah and many more, talking everything from confidence to career reinvention, mental health, menopause and so much more. If you enjoy The Shift podcast, and you'd like to show the love, you can buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theshiftwithsambaker And if you really love The Shift and would like to hear more conversations with women over 40, why not become a member of our community and receive a weekly newsletter, get exclusive transcripts, join The Shift bookclub and so much more, please visit https://theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com/ For advertising enquiries, email [email protected]