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Helen Lederer on anxiety, failure & living an “alarmingly truthful” life
Season 14 Episode 187
My guest today is the writer, actress and comedian Helen Lederer. Helen began as a stand-up comedian in the “comedy swamp” of the 1980s, where women …
1 year, 10 months ago
Miranda July on the unexpected wildness of ageing
Season 14 Episode 186
Every so often you get the chance to interview someone whose work has fascinated you for, well, forever. And today is one of those days.
Miranda July…
1 year, 11 months ago
Kate Muir on the menopause experience that turned her into an activist
Season 14 Episode 185
My guest today is the writer, film-maker and women’s health campaigner Kate Muir. Until perimenopause struck, Kate was the chief film critic of The T…
1 year, 11 months ago
Amanda de Cadenet on reframing ambition and success in midlife
Season 14 Episode 184
My guest today has lived a lot of lives in her 50 years.
If you were knocking around in 1990, Amanda de Cadenet burst into your world when she became…
1 year, 11 months ago
Minnie Driver on ageing, expectation and creased Brad Pitt! - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Season 13 Episode 183
My guest this week is one of the most enduring movie actresses of our (by which I mean my!) generation. Minnie Driver made her first film, Circle of …
1 year, 11 months ago
Mariella Frostrup on refusing to be "scrap-heaped" at 50 - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Season 13 Episode 182
A couple of weeks ago, journalist and broadcaster Mariella Frostrup stepped down from her presenting role at Times Radio so she could concentrate ful…
1 year, 11 months ago
Marian Keyes on HRT, Botox and learning to be shameless - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Season 13 Episode 181
This week, Marian Keyes celebrates the publication of her 16th novel, My Favourite Mistake. So it seemed like as good a time as any to revisit the se…
2 years ago
Cathy Newman: "turning 50 feels like a superpower"
Season 13 Episode 180
My guest this week is the first female main presenter of Channel 4 news, Cathy Newman. Cathy joined Channel 4 News as political correspondent in 2006…
2 years ago
Helen Garner on marriage, divorce and why she couldn't give a monkey's about the erotic gaze
Season 13 Episode 179
My guest today is the writer Helen Garner. I’m pretty sure that right now you are either going, wow I LOVE her, or looking a bit vague. Because despi…
2 years ago
Leslie Jamison on divorce, ambition & discovering the parts of ourselves we don't yet know
Season 13 Episode 178
My guest today is the American author and essayist, Leslie Jamison. Leslie has the kind of CV that makes other writers weep with envy: the memoir of …
2 years ago