Ruth Ozeki on why menopause is the new adolescence
My guest this week is a novelist, film-maker - and Zen Buddhist priest. Ruth Ozeki was born in Conneticut in the 1950s to a Japanese mother and, as she puts it, caucasian anthropologist father. Despit...
9 Marras 202141min
Fi Glover and Jane Garvey on Fortunately, friendship and pushing boundaries in your 50s
How do two sensible middle aged broadcasters become the voices of a generation of pissed off older women? My guests today can tell you aaallll about that. Fi Glover and Jane Garvey were off-air collea...
2 Marras 202144min
Paula Sutton on how age has liberated her and the rejuvenating power of dressing up
Today’s guest is former fashion journalist turned interiors blogger, Paula Sutton. For twenty years Paula lived a typical busy busy busy 9-to-9 London life. But the birth of her third child made her q...
26 Loka 202145min
Val McDermid on anger, ageing – and an unlikely "cure" for menopause
Dubbed the Queen of Crime, Val McDermid has written 35 books (she thinks, but she’s stopped counting), sold over 17million copies and been translated into 40 languages. At the vanguard of female crime...
19 Loka 202139min
Sophie Ellis Bextor on music, men and motherhood
My guest this week has always been a self-starter. From flogging Blue Peter badges in the playground to earn a few extra quid to joining theaudience while she was still at school (famously telling her...
12 Loka 202140min
Tasmina Perry on career, confidence and how not to get stuck at the amber light (from the archives)
The Shift has so many new listeners that it seemed like time to say hello, welcome and thank you for your support. It's been SO gratifying to see how many of you agreed with my hunch that there was a ...
28 Syys 202156min
Marian Keyes on menopause, Botox and learning to be shameless (from the archive)
This is the second episode I ever recorded and the most popular episode of The Shift bar none. Marian Keyes has a legion of fans and for good reason. I thought I'd replay it in preparation for the upc...
21 Syys 202145min
Isabel Allende on feminism, anger and being fatally heterosexual (from the archive)
This is a replay of an episode from earlier this year. If I had to choose one episode as my favourite - tough call, like choosing a favourite child! - this would probably be it. If you've heard it bef...
14 Syys 202137min
