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Tracey Thorn on being a woman in a bloke’s world, hormones and going statement grey
Season 4 Episode 29
Like many 80s kids, I grew up with today’s guest. Tracey Thorn started early, forming The Marine Girls (once described as looking like they would “br…
5 years, 6 months ago
Mel Giedroyc on starting a new career at 51 and being a menopause dodger
Season 4 Episode 28
I am thrilled to kick off season four - season bloody four! - of The Shift with today’s guest, Mel Giedroyc (and yes I did practice saying that 935 t…
5 years, 7 months ago
Lindsey Hilsum on Marie Colvin, menopause in a warzone and why going grey is NOT brave
Season 3 Episode 27
You know when people say you’re “brave” because you’ve got a few grey hairs?! Well, my guest this week is the living proof - as if it were needed - t…
5 years, 7 months ago
Sadie Frost and Frances Ruffelle on 40 years of friendship - and why it's more important than love
Season 3 Episode 26
My guests this week have both lived fascinating lives. Both have experienced ups and downs. Both are now 55 and have found themselves in this place i…
5 years, 7 months ago
Nana-Ama Danquah on the triple burden of mental health, menopause and being black
Season 3 Episode 25
My guest today is the Ghanaian American writer Nana-Ama Danquah. Nana-Ama found herself in the public eye when, in the late 90s, she published her me…
5 years, 8 months ago
Isabel Allende on feminism, anger and being "fatally heterosexual"
Season 3 Episode 24
The main word I can think of to describe this week’s guest is wise. (Well there are other words - fabulous and no-bull for starters - but wise is the…
5 years, 8 months ago
Rosie Green: a how to cope with mid-life crisis special
Season 3 Episode 23
This week is a bit of a “how to cope when your life spirals out of control and goes tits up!” Special! And my guest, journalist Rosie Green, is an un…
5 years, 8 months ago
Sarah Pinborough on why women need to get comfortable talking about money
Season 3 Episode 22
Like many women, my guest this week has lived a lot of lives in one. Married and divorced in her 20s, Sarah Pinborough left a career in teaching, bec…
5 years, 8 months ago
Alexandra Heminsley on body image, identity and building an LGBTQ+ family
Season 3 Episode 21
Where to start with the last decade of this week's guest's life? After struggling to get pregnant, Alexandra Heminsley finally conceived at 40 after …
5 years, 9 months ago
Kate Mosse on why caring is a feminist issue
Season 3 Episode 20
You’d be hard pushed to think of anyone who has done more for women writers than this week’s guest. Twenty five years ago, Kate Mosse was working in …
5 years, 9 months ago