Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMeera Syal: 'I am now a Triple Bad Bet – Old, Female and Brown!'
Season 22 Episode 307
My guest this week is the actor, playwright, screenwriter, novelist and multi-award winner Dame Meera Syal.
Most of us have those people we grow up …
2 months ago
Tabitha Webb on being an older mum & the menopause-puberty collision
Season 22 Episode 306
My guest today is the fashion designer and entrepreneur turned novelist Tabitha Webb.
What can I tell you about Tabitha - other than her life makes…
2 months, 1 week ago
Charlotte Wood: 'I don't fear ageing, but I do fear becoming a boring, annoying old person!'
Season 22 Episode 305
My guest today is the Australian writer and thinker, Charlotte Wood.
Charlotte is the celebrated author of seven novels and three books of non-ficti…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Helen Thorn on how to bounce back when life gives you a kicking
Season 22 Episode 304
My guest today is the award-winning comedian and podcaster Helen Thorn. The co-creator of the comedy duo and hit podcast, Scummy Mummies, Helen trave…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Jennie Godfrey: 'midlife is a powerful place if you lean into it'
Season 22 Episode 303
My guest today is the bestselling novelist Jennie Godfrey. Jennie has experienced the kind of midlife turnaround most of us can only dream of.
She s…
3 months ago
Jane Green on being a walkaway wife & rebuilding your life in your 50s
Season 22 Episode 302
Where do you turn when the identity you’ve clung to for decades slips away? That’s the position today’s guest, Jane Green, found herself in at 55. He…
3 months, 1 week ago
Sarah Hiscox on self esteem, shame and overcoming addiction
Season 22 Episode 301
Hello and welcome to SEASON 22(!) of The Shift with Sam Baker podcast. That's 300 fascinating conversations with women in midlife and beyond, if you'…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Stacey Duguid on coming back from midlife collapse - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Episode 300
Ever since I wrote about Stacey Duguid's campaign to shine a light on women's midlife career crisis loads of you have messaged me to say, 'Get her on…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Clare Grogan: Back on the road and better than ever at 60 THE SHIFT REVISITED
Episode 299
This episode first aired in the summer of 2022. I'm replaying it now because Altered Images are going back on the road this autumn, touring their ico…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Sabrina Pace-Humphreys: how running saved me from workaholism and alcoholism THE SHIFT REVISITED
Episode 298
This episode first aired June 2022...
This week’s guest will make you wonder what you do with your time! Sabrina Pace-Humphreys is an award-winning …
4 months, 1 week ago