Emma Freud on mothering millennials and refusing to lie about her age - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Back at the very beginning, when The Shift was still a hair-brained idea, I sat in Emma Freud's kitchen chatting about being old birds. It ended up being the final episode of the first series. Here it...
18 Heinä 202349min
Alison Bechdel on her search for inner and outer strength - THE SHIFT REVISITED
This week we're revisiting cartoonist and creator of the Bechdel test, Alison Bechdel. This episode first ran back in season 4. My guest this week is the cartoonist Alison Bechdel. Probably best known...
11 Heinä 202339min
Barbara Blake Hannah on feeling new at 80 - THE SHIFT REVISITED
This week we're revisiting the legendary Jamaican journalist Barbara Blake Hannah. I spoke to Barbara at the start of last year and she blew me away. What. A. Woman. My guest today is the Jamaican aut...
4 Heinä 202348min
Tracey Thorn has got it all going on at 60 - THE SHIFT REVISITED
While we take our summer hiatus we're revisiting some classic episodes of The Shift with Sam Baker. Since I recorded this interview with Tracey back at the start of 2021, she and her partner Ben Watt ...
27 Kesä 202343min
Jo Whiley on menopause, finding your fashion mojo and... gardening - THE SHIFT REVISITED
To celebrate the DJ's 27th year of presenting Glastonbury on the BBC, we revisit one of the very first episodes of The Shift podcast, back in 2020, with Jo Whiley Career crises are tough at the best o...
20 Kesä 202348min
BONUS EPISODE: Barbara Kingsolver on why life gets better with every passing decade
For this bonus episode of The Shift, I’m delighted to welcome a very special guest: the award-winning author of ten bestselling novels, Barbara Kingsolver. Every so often, a book comes along that yo...
15 Kesä 202353min
Lennie Goodings on ageism, bringing your A-game and the women who've shaped her
If 18-year-old Sam was here now, today’s episode would be a real pinch-me moment. Back in the mid-80s, I was a student in Birmingham when I first stumbled upon the dark green spine that was the hallma...
13 Kesä 202352min
Aasmah Mir on how she finally dislodged the pebble in her throat
My guest today is the award-winning broadcaster Aasmah Mir. Born and brought up in Glasgow, of Pakistani Heritage, Aasmah started in newspapers before moving to the BBC, where she worked for twenty ye...
6 Kesä 202358min
