The Shift with Sam Baker
The Shift is a podcast that aims to tell the truth about being a woman post-40, created and hosted by writer and broadcaster, Sam Baker. Did you ever wonder why you stop hearing so many women's voices once they pass 40? That's where The Shift comes in - a frank, funny, sometimes heartbreaking, always honest look at what it means to be a woman in midlife and beyond. Work, life, love, health, sex, money, identity, body image... What does it all mean when everything around you (and inside you...) i...
Episodes (587)
Marianne Power: how to build a happy single life
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Louise Minchin: why midlife is the time to take more risks
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Moon Unit Zappa: "We're all just growing each other up"
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Carol Vorderman on finding her voice (and how!) at 60
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Bella Mackie: "Nobody tells you motherhood is a choice"
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Ruth Crilly: "This is my face, I don't want to tweak it"
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Deborah Harkness on witches, wising & the cancer diagnosis that upended her life
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Fearne Cotton on the joy of embracing her second chapter
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Lindsay Nicholson on resilience, recovery and the pursuit of perfection
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Taffy Brodesser-Akner: "Everyone taught me to be afraid of middle age - I wish I...
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Zandra Rhodes: the legendary fashion designer on ageing uncompromisingly
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Terri White on work, class and mental health - FROM THE ARCHIVES
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BONUS EPISODE! Katie Price on taking back control of her own life at 46
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Kate Mosse: Why caring is a feminist issue - FROM THE ARCHIVES
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Gabby Logan on resilience, reclaiming middle age and why equality begins at home...
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Kathy Lette’s midlife mantra: if it doesn’t spark joy, it’s time to toss it away...
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Molly Roden-Winter on becoming an ambassador for polyamory in your 50s
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Liz Jensen on learning to love life again after devastating loss
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Emily Nagoski: what happens when a sex expert loses her sex drive?
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Anna Cascarina: you’re never too old to wear what the hell you want
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Jackie Kay on absence, adoption & the art of living together apart
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Helen Lederer on anxiety, failure & living an “alarmingly truthful” life
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Miranda July on the unexpected wildness of ageing
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Kate Muir on the menopause experience that turned her into an activist
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Amanda de Cadenet on reframing ambition and success in midlife
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Minnie Driver on ageing, expectation and creased Brad Pitt! - THE SHIFT REVISITE...
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Mariella Frostrup on refusing to be "scrap-heaped" at 50 - THE SHIFT REVISITED
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Marian Keyes on HRT, Botox and learning to be shameless - THE SHIFT REVISITED
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Cathy Newman: "turning 50 feels like a superpower"
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Helen Garner on marriage, divorce and why she couldn't give a monkey's about the...
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Leslie Jamison on divorce, ambition & discovering the parts of ourselves we don'...
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Lyn Slater (aka Accidental Icon) on writing a new narrative for ageing
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Karyn McCluskey on menopause, paying it forward & being the only woman in the ro...
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Annie Macmanus on rebuilding her identity at 45
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Lucinda Chambers: the former Vogue fashion director gives us a midlife style mas...
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Bryony Gordon on burnout, binge eating and perimenopause
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Jennifer Clement on women, art, creativity & why we love Frida Kahlo
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DJ paulette: how perimeno knocked her sideways at 39 (39!)
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Delia Ephron on getting a second chance at love in your 70s - THE SHIFT REVISITE...
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Julia Cameron believes creativity is the answer, whatever the question - THE SHI...
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Dr Sharon Blackie wants you to embrace your inner hag - THE SHIFT REVISITED
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Raynor Winn on the power of hope & becoming a public person at 60 - THE SHIFT RE...
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Lindsey Hilsum on menopause in a warzone and why going grey is NOT brave - THE S...
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Nina Stibbe on menopause, middle age and midlife sex scenes - THE SHIFT REVISITE...
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Miriam Margolyes on the power of living a life with no secrets
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Bee Wilson on how cooking helped her heal after divorce
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Patricia Cornwell on how writing helped her take back control of her life
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Lindsey Kelk on grief, gynae hell and why she's had enough of ageism in romcoms
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Dr Gladys McGarey: a 102-year-old shares their life lessons
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India Knight answers your midlife beauty questions
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