Natalie Lee on breaking free of shame and finding sexual freedom
My guest today is a 42-year-old mum of two on a mission to kick sexual shame into touch. Natalie Lee was just like many of the rest of us. Not mad keen on her body, not as familiar with orgasm as she’...
31 Touko 202245min
Amy Bloom on love, death, dignity – and tarot!
When you enter a relationship, you rarely consider how it might end. Let’s face it, how many of us would ever do anything if we crossed THAT bridge before we came to it. For today’s guest, writer and ...
24 Touko 202242min
BONUS: Sam Baker on menopause, the HRT lottery and the power of invisibility
Welcome to this special bonus episode of The Shift, the podcast that aims to tell the no-holds barred truth about being a woman post 40. Created and hosted by me, writer and broadcaster, Sam baker. L...
21 Touko 202236min
Minnie Driver on ageing, expectation and creased Brad Pitt!
My guest this week is one of the most enduring movie actresses of our (by which I mean my!) generation. Minnie Driver made her first film, Circle of Friends in 1995, and went on to follow that with a ...
17 Touko 202243min
Abi Morgan on embracing catastrophe and rebuilding just about everything in your 50s
Today’s guest is a woman I’ve admired for the longest time: stage and screenwriter Abi Morgan. Throughout her thirty year career Abi has written some of our most memorable drama: Shame, Sex Traffic, T...
10 Touko 202251min
Chitra Ramaswamy on memory, mothering & the "mid-life gift" of responsibility
My guest this week is the award-winning journalist Chitra Ramaswamy. And, lucky me, Chitra lives in Edinburgh so - before I go any further - let me revel in the joy that was recording this episode IRL...
3 Touko 202254min
Nina Stibbe on the relationship-saving power of a sofa bed!
What happens when “one of the great comic writers of our time” hits menopause? That’s the conundrum that faced this week’s guest, award-winning novelist Nina Stibbe when she sat down to write her new ...
26 Huhti 202234min
Jojo Moyes on radical life change in your 40s - FROM THE ARCHIVES
Back in the before times, I had an idea to launch a podcast that celebrated the achievements and lives of women over 40. With a couple of friends and an idiot-proof microphone I recorded the first ser...
19 Huhti 202248min
