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
Esther Freud on upending your life in your 50s - THE SHIFT REVISITED
This week we're going way back in The Shift archives, to one of the earliest episodes I recorded with novelist Esther Freud. This summer Esther will be a guest of The Shift bookclub, to talk about her...
8 Jul 202542min
Helen Garner on divorce, ageing and the erotic gaze - THE SHIFT REVISITED
We're heading back to the archives for the next few weeks and first up here's one of my favourite episodes. With the desperately overdue publication of her brilliant diaries, How To End A Story, in th...
1 Jul 202549min
Molly Jong Fast: confessions of a bad daughter
My guest today is the journalist Molly Jong Fast. The author of four books, Molly started writing about politics in 2016. She’s now a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, a political analyst for MSN...
24 Jun 202547min
Jo Hamilton: The Post Office scandal stole 20 years of my life
This is a really special episode and one I’m honoured to be trusted with. Because my guest today is Jo Hamilton, one of more than 700 British sub postmasters who was prosecuted between 2000 and 2014 ...
17 Jun 202555min
Olia Hercules: my periods vanished when the war started
My guest today is the Ukrainian chef, food writer and activist Olia Hercules. Olia was born in the South of Ukraine and has lived in the UK since her late teens. After working in journalism she decid...
10 Jun 20251h 3min
