Podcast Episodes

Lisa Jewell on hitting a golden seam of success in her 50s - FROM THE ARCHIVES

Episode 257

(This episode first aired in September 2022.)

Today’s guest is one of Britain’s best loved novelists, Lisa Jewell. Her career started with a smash hi…

6 months, 4 weeks ago

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Thomasina Miers on the midlife Mexican escape that rebuilt her

Season 18 Episode 256

Hello and welcome to the final episode of season 18. 18!!!!

My guest today is the cook, Thomasina Miers.

Despite being taught to cook as a child, T…

7 months ago

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Laura Lippmann is having a second coming at 60

Season 18 Episode 255

A few weeks ago, I was pootling around on substack where The Shift newsletter lives - https://theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com/ - and I noticed I ha…

7 months, 1 week ago

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Charlotte Mendelson – middle-aged women are entitled to want more

Season 18 Episode 254

This season is dedicated to helping you pick your summer reads and my guest today is the novelist Charlotte Mendelson whose writing has been compared…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

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Betsy Lerner is on a mission to destigmatise mental health in her 60s

Season 18 Episode 253

My guest this week is the novelist Betsy Lerner. 

Now Betsy is here to talk about her critically acclaimed debut novel, Shred Sisters, which takes u…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

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Nicola Sturgeon on life after leadership

Season 18 Episode 252

This week I’m delighted to welcome back to The Shift one of my most listened-to guests, Nicola Sturgeon.

When we last spoke, at the start of 2022, N…

8 months ago

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Sarah Perry on "becoming a woman who didn't have children"

Season 18 Episode 251

My guest today is the award-winning novelist Sarah Perry.

Sarah is the internationally bestselling author of four novels, but the one you will almost…

8 months, 1 week ago

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Glynnis MacNicol: everything you've been told about being a middle-aged woman is a lie

Season 18 Episode 250

What happens when the life you find yourself leading in midlife doesn’t tick all the supposed boxes?

That’s the situation today’s guest found herself…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

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Steph McGovern on money, menopause & staying out of your lane

Season 18 Episode 249

Crime novels might not be the first thing that springs to mind when you hear the name Steph McGovern. Steph is an award-winning broadcaster who is cu…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Alison Bechdel on tarot, ageing & why men are scared of women who can do push-ups! - THE SHIFT REVISITED

Episode 248

The last of our archive episodes this time around is the cartoonist Alison Bechdel. Spent, Alison's new graphic novel-come-memoir, reminded me of the…

8 months, 4 weeks ago

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