Lynda La Plante on a lifetime of breaking boundaries - FROM THE ARCHIVES
To celebrate the old bird/broad role models who’ve appeared on The Shift with Sam Baker, I’ll be rerunning some of these conversations throughout December and into January. Next up, screenwriting leg...
30 Des 202554min
Helen Garner on divorce, grandmothering and the erotic gaze - FROM THE ARCHIVES
To celebrate the old bird/broad role models who’ve appeared on The Shift with Sam Baker I’ll be rerunning some of these conversations throughout December and into January. Next up is Australian litera...
23 Des 202549min
Lady Glenconner on stepping into the spotlight at 87
My guest on the final episode of this season is Anne, Lady Glenconner. Now 93, Lady Glenconner has lived to put it bluntly, one hell of a life. She was born in 1932, the eldest daughter of the ...
9 Des 202556min
Karen Dobres: how menopause & football turned me into an accidental radical
My guest today is the accidental radical Karen Dobres. Until her early fifties, Karen’s life had taken a path familiar to so many women. From modelling in her early twenties, she trained as a counsell...
2 Des 20251h 1min
Samantha Ellis on food, family and finding your identity in your 40s
My guest today is a woman on a mission to preserve the language of her grandparents. Playwright, screenwriter and novelist Samantha Ellis is the author of one of my personal favourites How To Be A Her...
25 Nov 20251h
Holly Dawson on facing permanent memory loss at 40
For many of us losing our memory is our worst nightmare. To be told that that is happening when you are still young (ish) is close to unimaginable. That’s what happened to this week’s guest, writer, t...
18 Nov 20251h 2min
Bobbi Brown on doing it all her own way in her 60s
If you, like me, have lived most of your life in fear of foundation, this week’s guest is your saviour. Because this woman saved us no-makeup makeup girls’ lives. Back in 1991, Bobbi Brown was a m...
11 Nov 202551min
