Maggie O'Farrell on imposter syndrome and why she didn't think she was "the marrying kind"
This week’s guest is the award-winning novelist, Maggie O’Farrell. The author of eight novels, most recently the stunning Women’s Prize winner, Hamnet, and one of my favourite memoirs of all time, I A...
24 Marras 202042min
Denise Mina on the feminism, HRT and how to be assertive
This week’s episode comes to you from the Glasgow kitchen of straight talking crime writer Denise Mina. (Lockdown let up long enough for me to leave the house - yay!) She’s written 15 novels, includin...
17 Marras 202050min
Meg Mathews on menopause, osteoporosis and feeling like she'd "lost it"
This week’s guest has been in the tabloids since her early teens. In fact, like me, you’re probably guilty of thinking you know all about Meg Mathews just because you read about her marriage to Noel G...
10 Marras 202047min
Jodi Picoult on sexism, Donald Trump and why everyone has a "what if?" moment
This week I’m chatting to a woman who is the very definition of a Bestseller. Jodi Picoult has written 24 global smash hits (including A Spark of Light and Small Great Things) all with her inimitable ...
3 Marras 202047min
Bryony Gordon on alcoholism, mental health & why she feels lucky to be 40
This week’s guest will be no stranger to you but she’s a little bit of a different one for The Shift because, at 40, Bryony Gordon is a mere whipper snapper, but she’s crammed a whole lot of living in...
27 Loka 202036min
Karen Arthur on how to turn a breakdown into a breakthrough and #MenopauseWhilstBlack
My brilliant guest for the first episode of this season is a very special one. You may not have heard of Karen Arthur, but you sure as hell will have done by the time she’s finished with you. Because ...
20 Loka 202040min
Emma Freud on millennials, going grey and why she'll never lie about her age
Where to start with this week’s guest? Now 58, Emma Freud is a broadcaster, presenter, columnist and fund-raiser, for want of a better way of putting the incredible work she and her partner Richard Cu...
13 Loka 202049min
Kate Spicer on menopause stereotypes, being child-free and single at 50
This week's guest is journalist and author, Kate Spicer. Kate went from “just another journalist” to national treasure and the country’s most famous dog-lover when her dog Wolfie went missing and she ...
6 Loka 202041min
