Betsy Lerner is on a mission to destigmatise mental health in her 60s
My guest this week is the novelist Betsy Lerner. Now Betsy is here to talk about her critically acclaimed debut novel, Shred Sisters, which takes us from the 1970s to the 90s and tells us the stor...
19 Aug 202550min
Nicola Sturgeon on life after leadership
This week I’m delighted to welcome back to The Shift one of my most listened-to guests, Nicola Sturgeon. When we last spoke, at the start of 2022, Nicola was First Minister of Scotland - the first ...
12 Aug 202556min
Sarah Perry on "becoming a woman who didn't have children"
My guest today is the award-winning novelist Sarah Perry. Sarah is the internationally bestselling author of four novels, but the one you will almost definitely heard of (and may well have watched) i...
5 Aug 202556min
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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 202549min
