Laura Lippmann is having a second coming at 60
A few weeks ago, I was pootling around on substack where The Shift newsletter lives - https://theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com/ - and I noticed I had a DM from a new subscriber. It turned out to be f...
2 Sep 202554min
Charlotte Mendelson – middle-aged women are entitled to want more
This season is dedicated to helping you pick your summer reads and my guest today is the novelist Charlotte Mendelson whose writing has been compared to “late Shakespeare meets Modern family!” So you ...
26 Aug 20251h 1min
Betsy Lerner is on a mission to destigmatise mental health in her 60s
My guest this week is the novelist Betsy Lerner. Now Betsy is here to talk about her critically acclaimed debut novel, Shred Sisters, which takes us from the 1970s to the 90s and tells us the stor...
19 Aug 202550min
Nicola Sturgeon on life after leadership
This week I’m delighted to welcome back to The Shift one of my most listened-to guests, Nicola Sturgeon. When we last spoke, at the start of 2022, Nicola was First Minister of Scotland - the first ...
12 Aug 202556min
Sarah Perry on "becoming a woman who didn't have children"
My guest today is the award-winning novelist Sarah Perry. Sarah is the internationally bestselling author of four novels, but the one you will almost definitely heard of (and may well have watched) i...
5 Aug 202556min
Glynnis MacNicol: everything you've been told about being a middle-aged woman is a lie
What happens when the life you find yourself leading in midlife doesn’t tick all the supposed boxes? That’s the situation today’s guest found herself in. Glynnis MacNicol was 46 - a woman of a so-cal...
29 Jul 20251h 2min
Steph McGovern on money, menopause & staying out of your lane
Crime novels might not be the first thing that springs to mind when you hear the name Steph McGovern. Steph is an award-winning broadcaster who is currently co-host of The Rest Is Money podcast with R...
22 Jul 20251h 8min
Alison Bechdel on tarot, ageing & why men are scared of women who can do push-ups! - THE SHIFT REVISITED
The last of our archive episodes this time around is the cartoonist Alison Bechdel. Spent, Alison's new graphic novel-come-memoir, reminded me of the conversation we had back in 2021. Here it is... -...
15 Jul 202540min
