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Marian Keyes on menopause, Botox and learning to be shameless (from the archive)
Season 5 Episode 49
This is the second episode I ever recorded and the most popular episode of The Shift bar none. Marian Keyes has a legion of fans and for good reason.…
5 years, 1 month ago
Isabel Allende on feminism, anger and being fatally heterosexual (from the archive)
Season 5 Episode 48
This is a replay of an episode from earlier this year. If I had to choose one episode as my favourite - tough call, like choosing a favourite child! …
5 years, 2 months ago
Denise Mina gets frank about HRT, sex and ageing (from the archive)
Season 5 Episode 47
This is a replay of an episode first broadcast last autumn. I'm replaying it now to coincide with the publication of Denise's new novella, Rizzio, a …
5 years, 2 months ago
Jess Phillips on why we need to talk about menopause in parliament
Season 5 Episode 46
My guest today has been MP for Birmingham Yardley since 2015. Jess Phillips still lives in Birmingham, with her husband and two sons, not far from wh…
5 years, 2 months ago
Lucy Kellaway on fear, freedom and starting a whole new life in her 50s
Season 5 Episode 45
Ever wanted to chuck it all in? I mean ALL of it? My guest today did just that - baby, bathwater AND bath. For 30 years, journalist Lucy Kellaway was…
5 years, 2 months ago
Elif Shafak on the power of older women and why menopause can be the end of shame
Season 5 Episode 44
My guest today is one of the most intelligent, thoughtful people I’ve ever interviewed - and I’ve interviewed A LOT. Writer and academic, Elif Shafak…
5 years, 2 months ago
Paula Hawkins on midlife success and the importance of financial independence
Season 5 Episode 43
My guest today is a woman who I’m pretty sure you’ve heard of, but you may not think you have. Her name is Paula Hawkins, but you probably know her a…
5 years, 3 months ago
Laura Friedman Williams on sex and the newly single 40something mum
Season 5 Episode 42
How does it feel to have your life turned upside down in your mid 40s? That’s what happened to Laura Friedman Williams when, after 27 years with her …
5 years, 3 months ago
Torrey Peters on finding a roadmap for ageing as a trans woman
Season 5 Episode 41
My guest this week has spent a fair part of this year at the eye of a storm. Torrey Peters’ novel Detransition, Baby - a gloriously gossipy comedy of…
5 years, 3 months ago
Terri White on work, class and mental health
Season 5 Episode 40
My guest this week has come a hell of a long way - from the Derbyshire village where she grew up, to London and the editor's seat of Empire magazine,…
5 years, 3 months ago