Melissa Febos on what she learnt from a year of celibacy
My guest today is the author and essayist, Melissa Febos. Melissa has written four award winning books - Whip Smart, Abandon Me, Girlhood (which won the National Book Critics Circle Award in the stat...
3 Jun 202554min
Reeta Chakrabarti on growing older & bolder
My guest this week is the journalist and broadcaster Reeta Chakrabarti. After two decades producing and reporting for the BBC, Reeta became a news presenter at the age of 49. She was the main BBC pre...
27 Mai 202554min
Jeanine Cummins on confidence, identity and surviving the American Dirt controversy
My guest today is the bestselling novelist Jeanine Cummins. You might think you haven’t heard of her, but I’ll be pretty surprised if you haven’t heard of the book that catapulted her into the publi...
20 Mai 202557min
Jennifer Weiner on Ozempic, ageing and growing some boundaries!
My guest today is the bestselling American novelist Jennifer Weiner. I first encountered Jen When her debut novel, Good In Bed, was thrust into my hands by someone I worked with on Company magazine. ...
13 Mai 202556min
Naga munchetty on her 30 year battle to get her painful periods taken seriously
To launch season 17 (season 17! I know!) I have a very special guest. Back in 2023, British journalist and BBC breakfast and radio 5 live presenter Naga Munchetty hit the headlines when she spoke out...
6 Mai 20251h 3min
Clover Stroud on grief, love, sex & sisterhood - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Last of my trips back into The Shift archives is this conversation with Clover Stroud. Since this conversation, Clover has written another memoir, The Giant on the Skyline about our relationship with ...
29 Apr 202556min
Tracey Thorn on being a woman in a bloke's world, hormones and going "statement grey" - THE SHIFT REVISITED
This conversation with legendary musician Tracey Thorn from one of The Shift's very early seasons is one of my very favourites. Back then covid was still a thing and these chats on zoom with incredibl...
22 Apr 202544min
Maggie O'Farrell on Hamnet, imposter syndrome and why she didn't think she's the marrying kind: THE SHIFT REVISITED
Back in the mists of time, Maggie O'Farrell was one of my very first guests on The Shift. So, as she celebrates the 25th anniversary of the publication of her very first novel, After You'd Gone and we...
15 Apr 202543min
