235 Episodes

  1. Fi Glover and Jane Garvey on Fortunately, friendship and pushing boundaries in your 50s

    Published: 11/2/2021

  2. Paula Sutton on how age has liberated her and the rejuvenating power of dressing up

    Published: 10/26/2021

  3. Val McDermid on anger, ageing – and an unlikely "cure" for menopause

    Published: 10/19/2021

  4. Sophie Ellis Bextor on music, men and motherhood

    Published: 10/12/2021

  5. Tasmina Perry on career, confidence and how not to get stuck at the amber light (from the archives)

    Published: 9/28/2021

  6. Marian Keyes on menopause, Botox and learning to be shameless (from the archive)

    Published: 9/21/2021

  7. Isabel Allende on feminism, anger and being fatally heterosexual (from the archive)

    Published: 9/14/2021

  8. Denise Mina gets frank about HRT, sex and ageing (from the archive)

    Published: 9/7/2021

  9. Jess Phillips on why we need to talk about menopause in parliament

    Published: 8/31/2021

  10. Lucy Kellaway on fear, freedom and starting a whole new life in her 50s

    Published: 8/23/2021

  11. Elif Shafak on the power of older women and why menopause can be the end of shame

    Published: 8/17/2021

  12. Paula Hawkins on midlife success and the importance of financial independence

    Published: 8/10/2021

  13. Laura Friedman Williams on sex and the newly single 40something mum

    Published: 8/3/2021

  14. Torrey Peters on finding a roadmap for ageing as a trans woman

    Published: 7/27/2021

  15. Terri White on work, class and mental health

    Published: 7/20/2021

  16. Anita Rani on ditching the baggage, owning her anger and why her 40s are her power decade

    Published: 7/13/2021

  17. Dr Jen Gunter on menopause, mental health and why we all need a meno-party

    Published: 6/15/2021

  18. Esther Freud on motherhood, guilt and upending your life in your 50s

    Published: 6/8/2021

  19. Kate Mosse: why caring is a feminist issue (from the archives)

    Published: 6/3/2021

  20. Pragya Agarwal on shame, surrogacy and the many faces of motherhood

    Published: 6/1/2021

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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]