Tracey Thorn has got it all going on at 60 - THE SHIFT REVISITED
While we take our summer hiatus we're revisiting some classic episodes of The Shift with Sam Baker. Since I recorded this interview with Tracey back at the start of 2021, she and her partner Ben Watt ...
27 Jun 202343min
Jo Whiley on menopause, finding your fashion mojo and... gardening - THE SHIFT REVISITED
To celebrate the DJ's 27th year of presenting Glastonbury on the BBC, we revisit one of the very first episodes of The Shift podcast, back in 2020, with Jo Whiley Career crises are tough at the best o...
20 Jun 202348min
BONUS EPISODE: Barbara Kingsolver on why life gets better with every passing decade
For this bonus episode of The Shift, I’m delighted to welcome a very special guest: the award-winning author of ten bestselling novels, Barbara Kingsolver. Every so often, a book comes along that yo...
15 Jun 202353min
Lennie Goodings on ageism, bringing your A-game and the women who've shaped her
If 18-year-old Sam was here now, today’s episode would be a real pinch-me moment. Back in the mid-80s, I was a student in Birmingham when I first stumbled upon the dark green spine that was the hallma...
13 Jun 202352min
Aasmah Mir on how she finally dislodged the pebble in her throat
My guest today is the award-winning broadcaster Aasmah Mir. Born and brought up in Glasgow, of Pakistani Heritage, Aasmah started in newspapers before moving to the BBC, where she worked for twenty ye...
6 Jun 202358min
Tanya Sarne on losing Ghost, surviving rehab and living life to the full
I’m pretty sure there isn’t a woman who was alive in the 90s who didn’t own one of this designer's dresses (or at least one heavily inspired by her from the high street). From the moment they hit the ...
30 Mai 202348min
Josie Long on why she hopes she'll still be doing standup at 80 (old lady arms and all!)
Today’s guest is the comedian Josie Long. Josie started early – and I mean EARLY. She has been performing standup since she was 14, and by 17 won the BBC New comedy award. She was the first woman to b...
23 Mai 202352min
Joanna Cannon on why it took her 50 years to learn it's OK to be her
My guest for Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 is mental health campaigner, psychiatrist and bestselling novelist Joanna Cannon. Jo left school at 15 only returning to complete her A levels when she d...
16 Mai 202353min
