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Curtis Sittenfeld rejects the idea that ageing is somehow bad or shameful
Season 11 Episode 128
My guest today is the bestselling author of American Wife and Prep, Curtis Sittenfeld. I first came across Curtis when both our debut novels were nam…
3 years, 7 months ago
Sarah Knight on finding the courage to make change and why selfish isn't a four letter word
Season 11 Episode 127
Today’s guest is the anti-guru behind the massive No F*cks Given franchise, Sarah Knight. What started life with the Marie Kondo pastiche, The Life C…
3 years, 7 months ago
Anita B on why the beauty industry wants us to fear ageing
Season 11 Episode 126
Today’s guest, Anita Bhagwandas, is that rare thing, a beauty journalist who’s prepared to call out the beauty industry.
Anita B, as she's known, is c…
3 years, 7 months ago
Anna Murphy shares her take-no-prisoners approach to growing older
Season 11 Episode 125
Today’s guest is one of the most stylish women I know, but I also know that she won’t mind me saying, it wasn’t always that way. Now Fashion Director…
3 years, 7 months ago
Dani Shapiro on family secrets and coming into your full potential at 60
Season 11 Episode 124
My guest today is the bestselling writer Dani Shapiro. Dani is best known for the memoirs that made her name. Startlingly honest works of self-invest…
3 years, 8 months ago
Katherine May on burnout and why we all need a little more wonder in our lives
Season 11 Episode 123
We’ve all had those moments in our lives when everything feels… darker, colder, a little (or a lot) less hopeful. Those emotional winters were perfec…
3 years, 8 months ago
Martha Wainwright on music, motherhood and finding love in your 40s
Season 11 Episode 122
I first met todays guest, Canadian singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright, when I interviewed her in Glasgow a few weeks ago. We got talking about the n…
3 years, 8 months ago
Carolyn Hays on parenting a transgender child
Season 11 Episode 121
This episode is a first for me: it’s the first time I’ve interviewed someone without knowing who they are. Because today’s guest, Carolyn Hays, is a …
3 years, 8 months ago
Charlene White on fighting the bias that still exists against older women
Season 11 Episode 120
I’ve been trying to get today’s guest into The Shift hot seat for the longest time - after a mixture of long covid (me) and impromptu trips to the ju…
3 years, 9 months ago
Jojo Moyes on the total liberation of being in your 50s
Season 11 Episode 119
I’m delighted to welcome back my good friend Jojo Moyes. Jojo was one of the very first people I interviewed for the pod back when it was just a rand…
3 years, 9 months ago