Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDawn O'Porter - on ageing, Botox, self-worth & kaftans! THE SHIFT REVISITED
Episode 297
This episode first aired in autumn 2022. I'm replaying it now because Dawn's new memoir, Hungry Eyes, borne of her love of food (and her Celebrity Ma…
4 months, 1 week ago
Lyse Doucet: What I learnt from 40 years on the frontline THE SHIFT REVISITED
Episode 296
This episode first aired last autumn, but I'm replaying it now because last week Lyse won The Women's Prize for Non-Fiction for her remarkable people…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Liz Earle: 'Much of what we've been told about ageing as women is wrong'
Season 21 Episode 295
My guest today is the woman who put Cleanse & Polish cleanser and muslin cloths in bathroom cabinets all over the country, Liz Earle.
Back in the 19…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Dr Kate Lister: Most women could benefit from 'pleasure education'
Season 21 Episode 294
My guest this week is a historian columnist television presenter and vocal advocate for better sex for women!
I first encountered Dr Kate Lister whe…
5 months ago
Maria Semple knows all the dirty little secrets of midlife!
Season 21 Episode 293
My guest this week is Maria Semple the author of one of my favourite books of all time, Where’d you go bernadette,.
Once encountered, Bernadette Fox…
5 months, 1 week ago
Melissa Auf der Maur on surviving the 90s and her big midlife resurrection
Season 21 Episode 292
Today’s episode will take you ricocheting back to the 90s - in all the ways.
Canadian singer, songwriter, photographer and producer Melissa Auf der …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Katriona O'Sullivan on women's bodies, hunger & why women shrink
Season 21 Episode 291
My guest today is Dr Katriona O’Sullivan.
Katriona grew up in Coventry and her early life was marked by poverty, addiction and abuse. She became pr…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Siri Hustvedt on living on when the love of your life dies
Season 21 Episode 290
My guest today is the acclaimed writer Siri Hustvedt.
The author of seven novels (including my personal favourite What I Loved and the Booker longli…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Bryony Gordon is done with people pleasing
Season 21 Episode 289
There aren’t many people I let make a repeat visit to The Shift, but sometimes a guest proves so popular that I have to make an exception. That’s the…
6 months, 1 week ago
Margaret Busby: Britain's first black female publisher on the power of passing it on
Season 21 Episode 288
My guest today is the pioneering publisher, Margaret Busby. It is safe to say that without Margaret’s lifelong work the publishing industry today- an…
6 months, 2 weeks ago