Dawn Butler is living proof that well-behaved women seldom make history
My guest today has made history – more than once. Dawn Butler, MP for Brent Central was only the third Black woman elected to parliament, when she became an MP in 2005, aged 37. She was the first Blac...
22 Aug 202345min
Miki Berenyi on freeing yourself from the anxiety of youth
Today’s guest is the singer-songwriter Miki Berenyi. If you were a teenager in the late 80s or early 90s with even vaguely alternative taste you can’t have missed Miki and her band, Lush. Miki’s disti...
15 Aug 20231h 6min
Leila Slimani: It's time women started telling each other the truth
My guest today is the prize winning author, Leila Slimani. Leila was the first Moroccan woman to win France’s prestigious Prix Goncourt for her spine-tingling novel Lullaby. She has since written thre...
8 Aug 202353min
Andi Osho: I'm 50, get used to it!
Welcome to season 12 of The Shift! Season 12! How did that happen?! My guest today is the actor hyphen screenwriter hyphen comedian hyphen novelist - all the hyphens! - Andi Osho. You might recognise ...
1 Aug 202354min
Annie Macmanus: why middle aged women are a force to be reckoned with - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Back in season 4, I spoke to Annie Macmanus just as she was about to make the big leap from mega-DJ to... something entirely new. It's fascinating to see how much of what we talked about has since com...
25 Jul 202342min
Emma Freud on mothering millennials and refusing to lie about her age - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Back at the very beginning, when The Shift was still a hair-brained idea, I sat in Emma Freud's kitchen chatting about being old birds. It ended up being the final episode of the first series. Here it...
18 Jul 202349min
Alison Bechdel on her search for inner and outer strength - THE SHIFT REVISITED
This week we're revisiting cartoonist and creator of the Bechdel test, Alison Bechdel. This episode first ran back in season 4. My guest this week is the cartoonist Alison Bechdel. Probably best known...
11 Jul 202339min
Barbara Blake Hannah on feeling new at 80 - THE SHIFT REVISITED
This week we're revisiting the legendary Jamaican journalist Barbara Blake Hannah. I spoke to Barbara at the start of last year and she blew me away. What. A. Woman. My guest today is the Jamaican aut...
4 Jul 202348min
