Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLouise Minchin: why midlife is the time to take more risks
Season 15 Episode 207
My guest today is author, endurance athlete and ex BBC breakfast presenter Louise Minchin.
Louise is, of course, best known for her twenty year stint …
1 year, 6 months ago
Moon Unit Zappa: "We're all just growing each other up"
Season 15 Episode 206
Today’s guest is the American actress, writer and singer Moon Unit Zappa.
Moon shot to fame in her early teens when her vocals featured on her father …
1 year, 6 months ago
Carol Vorderman on finding her voice (and how!) at 60
Season 15 Episode 205
My guest today is a woman who has truly come into her own in middle-age. A broadcaster, engineer, statistician and entrepreneur, at the age of 63 Car…
1 year, 6 months ago
Bella Mackie: "Nobody tells you motherhood is a choice"
Season 15 Episode 204
My guest today is Bella Mackie. Until her mid-30s Bella was a journalist, then she wrote a book called Jog On and her trajectory changed - dramatical…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ruth Crilly: "This is my face, I don't want to tweak it"
Season 15 Episode 203
My guest today is the award-winning… well what is she? Writer? Content creator? Blogger? Influencer? Ruth Crilly is all of the above. She started her…
1 year, 7 months ago
Deborah Harkness on witches, wising & the cancer diagnosis that upended her life
Season 15 Episode 202
My guest today is the creator of the global bestseller and smash hit TV adaptation, The Discovery of Witches, Deborah Harkness. Now, I’m not sure if …
1 year, 7 months ago
Fearne Cotton on the joy of embracing her second chapter
Season 15 Episode 201
Today’s guest is the queen of embracing the second chapter. Fearne Cotton started young. She became a children’s TV presenter at 15, presented Top of…
1 year, 7 months ago
Lindsay Nicholson on resilience, recovery and the pursuit of perfection
Season 15 Episode 200
I have known today’s guest for quite some time. Decades in fact. To begin with she didn’t really know me, because she was close friends with my first…
1 year, 8 months ago
Taffy Brodesser-Akner: "Everyone taught me to be afraid of middle age - I wish I could have started in it!"
Season 15 Episode 199
If there’s anything more daunting than interviewing a professional interviewer it’s interviewing an award-winning professional interviewer.
Today’s gu…
1 year, 8 months ago
Zandra Rhodes: the legendary fashion designer on ageing uncompromisingly
Season 15 Episode 198
I can’t be cool about today’s guest, so I’m not even going to try. Ever since I started The Shift I have had a Wishlist and high up on it from day on…
1 year, 8 months ago