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Back to SearchBonnie Garmus on misogyny, death threats and Elizabeth Zott
Season 23 Episode 318
My guest today is Bonnie Garmus, the author of one of the bestselling books of the century, Lessons In Chemistry.
The story of radical chemist turne…
5 days, 7 hours ago
Mary Portas on losing it all and putting yourself together again
Season 23 Episode 317
My guest today is back by popular demand.
Mary Portas, businesswoman, author, activist and retail expert, was my guest this time last year in a liv…
1 week, 5 days ago
Gillian Slovo on family legacy, sisterhood and learning to forgive
Season 23 Episode 316
My guest today is the South African-born author, journalist and playwright Gillian Slovo.
Now 74, Gillian has written thirteen novels, including Red…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Rose Ferguson: 'You don't have to settle for feeling worse just because you're getting older'
Season 23 Episode 315
My guest today is the former model turned leading nutritionist Rose Ferguson.
At the age of 15, Rose was discovered in McDonalds on Oxford Street b…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Denise Brown on the loss of her sister Nicole Brown Simpson and her lifelong fight against domestic abuse
Season 23 Episode 314
Hello and welcome to season 23 (!) of The Shift podcast, and this first episode is very close to my heart. Domestic abuse is something I have spent a…
1 month ago
Jackie Kay on rediscovering yourself in your 50s - REPLAY
Episode 313
My guest today has blazed a trail through the British poetry scene ever since her work was first published in 1991. Born in Edinburgh, Jackie Kay MBE…
1 month, 1 week ago
Marina Benjamin on the unseen, unsung, undone work of women - REPLAY
Episode 312
I first encountered today’s guest, Marina Benjamin, when I was researching The Shift book and stumbled across her memoir, The Middlepause. An insight…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Zandra Rhodes: how a 'boring little girl' made a big bold life - REPLAY
Episode 311
I can’t be cool about today’s guest, so I’m not even going to try. Ever since I started The Shift I have had a Wishlist and high up on it from day on…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Louise O'Neill on her midlife dating odyssey - BONUS EPISODE
Season 22 Episode 310
You can be swimming along nicely and then all of a sudden everything you thought you had is gone.
That’s what happened to today’s guest, the best-sel…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Miranda July on the unexpected wildness of ageing - REPLAY
Episode 309
It's two and a half years since I first interviewed Miranda July for this podcast and wow, what a change! Her novel All Fours became a must-read, got…
2 months ago