Sophie Ellis Bextor on music, men and motherhood
My guest this week has always been a self-starter. From flogging Blue Peter badges in the playground to earn a few extra quid to joining theaudience while she was still at school (famously telling her...
12 Okt 202140min
Tasmina Perry on career, confidence and how not to get stuck at the amber light (from the archives)
The Shift has so many new listeners that it seemed like time to say hello, welcome and thank you for your support. It's been SO gratifying to see how many of you agreed with my hunch that there was a ...
28 Sep 202156min
Marian Keyes on menopause, Botox and learning to be shameless (from the archive)
This is the second episode I ever recorded and the most popular episode of The Shift bar none. Marian Keyes has a legion of fans and for good reason. I thought I'd replay it in preparation for the upc...
21 Sep 202145min
Isabel Allende on feminism, anger and being fatally heterosexual (from the archive)
This is a replay of an episode from earlier this year. If I had to choose one episode as my favourite - tough call, like choosing a favourite child! - this would probably be it. If you've heard it bef...
14 Sep 202137min
Denise Mina gets frank about HRT, sex and ageing (from the archive)
This is a replay of an episode first broadcast last autumn. I'm replaying it now to coincide with the publication of Denise's new novella, Rizzio, a gripping contemporary reimagining of the 1566 murde...
7 Sep 202150min
Jess Phillips on why we need to talk about menopause in parliament
My guest today has been MP for Birmingham Yardley since 2015. Jess Phillips still lives in Birmingham, with her husband and two sons, not far from where she grew up with her activist parents, going to...
31 Aug 202146min
Lucy Kellaway on fear, freedom and starting a whole new life in her 50s
Ever wanted to chuck it all in? I mean ALL of it? My guest today did just that - baby, bathwater AND bath. For 30 years, journalist Lucy Kellaway was a columnist on the Financial Times. Then, in the s...
23 Aug 202141min
Elif Shafak on the power of older women and why menopause can be the end of shame
My guest today is one of the most intelligent, thoughtful people I’ve ever interviewed - and I’ve interviewed A LOT. Writer and academic, Elif Shafak has written 19 books and 12 novels and been shortl...
17 Aug 202146min
