Maria Semple knows all the dirty little secrets of midlife!
My guest this week is Maria Semple the author of one of my favourite books of all time, Where’d you go bernadette,. Once encountered, Bernadette Fox is never forgotten. I wasn’t alone, Bernadette w...
26 Maj 1h 9min
Melissa Auf der Maur on surviving the 90s and her big midlife resurrection
Today’s episode will take you ricocheting back to the 90s - in all the ways. Canadian singer, songwriter, photographer and producer Melissa Auf der Maur is best known as the bassist of Hole through...
19 Maj 58min
Katriona O'Sullivan on women's bodies, hunger & why women shrink
My guest today is Dr Katriona O’Sullivan. Katriona grew up in Coventry and her early life was marked by poverty, addiction and abuse. She became pregnant and subsequently homeless at 15, let down ...
12 Maj 1h 10min
Siri Hustvedt on living on when the love of your life dies
My guest today is the acclaimed writer Siri Hustvedt. The author of seven novels (including my personal favourite What I Loved and the Booker longlisted The Blazing World), five essay collections, ...
5 Maj 1h 3min
Bryony Gordon is done with people pleasing
There aren’t many people I let make a repeat visit to The Shift, but sometimes a guest proves so popular that I have to make an exception. That’s the case with journalist and author Bryony Gordon. ...
28 Apr 1h 6min
Margaret Busby: Britain's first black female publisher on the power of passing it on
My guest today is the pioneering publisher, Margaret Busby. It is safe to say that without Margaret’s lifelong work the publishing industry today- and indeed our bookshelves - might look very differen...
21 Apr 1h 9min
Abi Morgan on rebuilding just about everything in your 50s - THE SHIFT REVISITED
This episode first aired in May 2022. Today’s guest is a woman I’ve admired for the longest time: stage and screenwriter Abi Morgan. Throughout her thirty year career Abi has written some of our mo...
14 Apr 51min
Emily Nagoski knows the surprising secret to long term intimacy - THE SHIFT REVISITED
This episode of The Shift first aired in June 2024. I first came across today’s guest, Dr Emily Nagoski, on this very podcast, when my then guest Sarah Knight (creator of the NoFucks Given franchis...
7 Apr 56min
