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The Shift with Sam Baker — 309 episodes
Meera Syal: 'I am now a Triple Bad Bet – Old, Female and Brown!'
Tabitha Webb on being an older mum & the menopause-puberty collision
Charlotte Wood: 'I don't fear ageing, but I do fear becoming a boring, annoying old person!'
Helen Thorn on how to bounce back from life's shittiest moments
Jennie Godfrey: 'midlife is a powerful place if you lean into it'
Jane Green on being a walkaway wife & rebuilding your life in your 50s
Sarah Hiscox on self esteem, shame and overcoming addiction
Stacey Duguid on coming back from midlife collapse - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Clare Grogan: Back on the road and better than ever at 60 THE SHIFT REVISITED
Sabrina Pace-Humphreys: how running saved me from workaholism and alcoholism THE SHIFT REVISITED
Dawn O'Porter - on ageing, Botox, self-worth & kaftans! THE SHIFT REVISITED
Lyse Doucet: What I learnt from 40 years on the frontline THE SHIFT REVISITED
Liz Earle: 'Much of what we've been told about ageing as women is wrong'
Dr Kate Lister: Most women could benefit from 'pleasure education'
EMaria Semple knows all the dirty little secrets of midlife!
Melissa Auf der Maur on surviving the 90s and her big midlife resurrection
Katriona O'Sullivan on women's bodies, hunger & why women shrink
Siri Hustvedt on living on when the love of your life dies
Bryony Gordon is done with people pleasing
Margaret Busby: Britain's first black female publisher on the power of passing it on
Abi Morgan on rebuilding just about everything in your 50s - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Emily Nagoski knows the surprising secret to long term intimacy - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Elif Shafak on the power of older women & why menopause can be the end of shame - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Christie Watson on menopause, mischief and midlife - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Martha Wainwright on music, motherhood & finding love in midlife - FROM THE ARCHIVES
Prue Leith: 'I've had HRT patches on my bum for more than 40 years!'
Poorna Bell is rewriting the rules around ageing
Elizabeth Gilbert: "It's quite radical, what happens to us as we get older"
Fatima Bhutto: surviving a coercive relationship & letting go of shame
Catherine Newman on surviving the midlife sandwich – THE SHIFT LIVE
Amy Larocca: 'the wellness industry sets women up to fail'
Gretchen Rubin on happiness, acceptance and the secrets of adulthood
Melani Sanders DOES NOT CARE - and she doesn’t care that she doesn’t care!
Dr Gladys McGarey: Life lessons from a 103 year old - FROM THE ARCHIVES
Isabel Allende on feminism, anger and being 'fatally heterosexual' - FROM THE ARCHIVES
Lynda La Plante on a lifetime of breaking boundaries - FROM THE ARCHIVES
Helen Garner on divorce, grandmothering and the erotic gaze - FROM THE ARCHIVES
Miriam Margolyes on the power of living life without secrets - FROM THE ARCHIVES
Lady Glenconner on stepping into the spotlight at 87
Karen Dobres: how menopause & football turned me into an accidental radical
Samantha Ellis on food, family and finding your identity in your 40s
Holly Dawson on facing permanent memory loss at 40
Bobbi Brown on doing it all her own way in her 60s
Hollie McNish on sex, shame and telling the truth about womanhood
EJen Hatmaker: “It’s like I woke up halfway through my life”
THE SHIFT LIVE: Mary Portas on fashion, Ab Fab & how her childhood shaped her
Lyse Doucet – my extraordinary 40 years on the frontline
India Knight on finally gaining a sense of self in her 50s - from the archives
Hilma Wolitzer: 80 years of writing – and not done yet (from the archives)
Caryn Franklin on why fashion still fails older women - from the archives
Lisa Jewell on hitting a golden seam of success in her 50s - FROM THE ARCHIVES
Thomasina Miers on the midlife Mexican escape that rebuilt her
Laura Lippmann is having a second coming at 60
Charlotte Mendelson – middle-aged women are entitled to want more
Betsy Lerner is on a mission to destigmatise mental health in her 60s
Nicola Sturgeon on life after leadership
Sarah Perry on "becoming a woman who didn't have children"
Glynnis MacNicol: everything you've been told about being a middle-aged woman is a lie
Steph McGovern on money, menopause & staying out of your lane
Alison Bechdel on tarot, ageing & why men are scared of women who can do push-ups! - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Esther Freud on upending your life in your 50s - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Helen Garner on divorce, ageing and the erotic gaze - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Molly Jong Fast: confessions of a bad daughter
Jo Hamilton: The Post Office scandal stole 20 years of my life
Olia Hercules: my periods vanished when the war started
Melissa Febos on what she learnt from a year of celibacy
Reeta Chakrabarti on growing older & bolder
Jeanine Cummins on confidence, identity and surviving the American Dirt controversy
Jennifer Weiner on Ozempic, ageing and growing some boundaries!
Naga munchetty on her 30 year battle to get her painful periods taken seriously
Clover Stroud on grief, love, sex & sisterhood - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Tracey Thorn on being a woman in a bloke's world, hormones and going "statement grey" - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Maggie O'Farrell on Hamnet, imposter syndrome and why she didn't think she's the marrying kind: THE SHIFT REVISITED
The "other" Maggie Smith on her midlife reappearing act - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Lorraine Kelly on menopause, misogyny, toxic men in telly, being a granny, Botox, you name it!
Jenni Fagan: I'm 46, nobody thought I'd make it past 16
Ione Skye: I'm still working on being seen in the world – and I'm 50
Denise Lewis shares her secrets for adapting to a big life shift
Liz O'Riordan: When breast cancer surgeon becomes breast cancer patient
Martha Beck on creativity, anxiety & finding your life's purpose
Diana Evans on expectation, ageing & turning 50 without her twin
Kate Fagan on success, ambition and ageing alongside the L-word!
Miranda July on the unexpected wildness of ageing - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Ruby Wax on building an emotional toolkit for the second half of your life - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Dani Shapiro on family secrets and coming into your full potential at 60 - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Bryony Gordon on burnout, binge eating and perimenopause - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Sarah Knight: why selfish isn't a four letter word - THE SHIFT REVISITED
EDr Gladys McGarey: a 102-year-old shares her life lessons - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Barbara Kingsolver on why life gets better with every passing decade - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Katherine May: why we all need a little more wonder in our lives - THE SHIFT REVISITED
BONUS EPISODE: Neneh Cherry on love, loss & legacy
Bella Freud: "I've definitely got more daring with age"
Donna Ashworth on finding her calling in midlife
Baroness Lola Young: "you can't be what you can't see, but somebody has to go first"
Jennifer Cox: why women are furious (and getting angrier)
Louise Doughty on the unrealised potential of older women
Kate Weinberg on the kindness of women & living with a mother-shaped hole
Vanessa Feltz on divorce, dating and finally shaking off her inhibitions at 62
Jane Campbell on reinventing herself at 40 – and again at 80!
Marianne Power: how to build a happy single life
Louise Minchin: why midlife is the time to take more risks
Moon Unit Zappa: "We're all just growing each other up"
Carol Vorderman on finding her voice (and how!) at 60
Bella Mackie: "Nobody tells you motherhood is a choice"
Ruth Crilly: "This is my face, I don't want to tweak it"
Deborah Harkness on witches, wising & the cancer diagnosis that upended her life
Fearne Cotton on the joy of embracing her second chapter
Lindsay Nicholson on resilience, recovery and the pursuit of perfection
Taffy Brodesser-Akner: "Everyone taught me to be afraid of middle age - I wish I could have started in it!"
Zandra Rhodes: the legendary fashion designer on ageing uncompromisingly
Terri White on work, class and mental health - FROM THE ARCHIVES
BONUS EPISODE! Katie Price on taking back control of her own life at 46
EKate Mosse: Why caring is a feminist issue - FROM THE ARCHIVES
Gabby Logan on resilience, reclaiming middle age and why equality begins at home - FROM THE ARCHIVES
Kathy Lette’s midlife mantra: if it doesn’t spark joy, it’s time to toss it away!
Molly Roden-Winter on becoming an ambassador for polyamory in your 50s
Liz Jensen on learning to love life again after devastating loss
Emily Nagoski: what happens when a sex expert loses her sex drive?
Anna Cascarina: you’re never too old to wear what the hell you want
Jackie Kay on absence, adoption & the art of living together apart
Helen Lederer on anxiety, failure & living an “alarmingly truthful” life
Miranda July on the unexpected wildness of ageing
Kate Muir on the menopause experience that turned her into an activist
Amanda de Cadenet on reframing ambition and success in midlife
Minnie Driver on ageing, expectation and creased Brad Pitt! - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Mariella Frostrup on refusing to be "scrap-heaped" at 50 - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Marian Keyes on HRT, Botox and learning to be shameless - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Cathy Newman: "turning 50 feels like a superpower"
Helen Garner on marriage, divorce and why she couldn't give a monkey's about the erotic gaze
Leslie Jamison on divorce, ambition & discovering the parts of ourselves we don't yet know
Lyn Slater (aka Accidental Icon) on writing a new narrative for ageing
Karyn McCluskey on menopause, paying it forward & being the only woman in the room
Annie Macmanus on rebuilding her identity at 45
Lucinda Chambers: the former Vogue fashion director gives us a midlife style masterclass
Bryony Gordon on burnout, binge eating and perimenopause
Jennifer Clement on women, art, creativity & why we love Frida Kahlo
DJ paulette: how perimeno knocked her sideways at 39 (39!)
Delia Ephron on getting a second chance at love in your 70s - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Julia Cameron believes creativity is the answer, whatever the question - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Dr Sharon Blackie wants you to embrace your inner hag - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Raynor Winn on the power of hope & becoming a public person at 60 - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Lindsey Hilsum on menopause in a warzone and why going grey is NOT brave - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Nina Stibbe on menopause, middle age and midlife sex scenes - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Miriam Margolyes on the power of living a life with no secrets
Bee Wilson on how cooking helped her heal after divorce
Patricia Cornwell on how writing helped her take back control of her life
Lindsey Kelk on grief, gynae hell and why she's had enough of ageism in romcoms
Dr Gladys McGarey: a 102-year-old shares their life lessons
India Knight answers your midlife beauty questions
Tracy-Ann Oberman on the strong women who've shaped her
The Shift LIVE: Trinny Woodall on how she learnt to fear less in her 50s
Dr Louise Newson: I was "told off" for prescribing HRT
Agony Aunt Philippa Perry is back!
Grace Dent on balancing a Gen X body image with eating for a living
Stacey Duguid on coming back from midlife collapse
Sara Pascoe: what happens when a weirdo grows up!
Natasha Walter on being a middle-aged activist
Maggie Smith on her midlife reappearing act
Helen Rebanks is flying the flag for invisible women
Dawn Butler is living proof that well-behaved women seldom make history
Miki Berenyi on freeing yourself from the anxiety of youth
Leila Slimani: It's time women started telling each other the truth
Andi Osho: I'm 50, get used to it!
Annie Macmanus: why middle aged women are a force to be reckoned with - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Emma Freud on mothering millennials and refusing to lie about her age - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Alison Bechdel on her search for inner and outer strength - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Barbara Blake Hannah on feeling new at 80 - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Tracey Thorn has got it all going on at 60 - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Jo Whiley on menopause, finding your fashion mojo and... gardening - THE SHIFT REVISITED
BONUS EPISODE: Barbara Kingsolver on why life gets better with every passing decade
Lennie Goodings on ageism, bringing your A-game and the women who've shaped her
Aasmah Mir on how she finally dislodged the pebble in her throat
Tanya Sarne on losing Ghost, surviving rehab and living life to the full
Josie Long on why she hopes she'll still be doing standup at 80 (old lady arms and all!)
Joanna Cannon on why it took her 50 years to learn it's OK to be her
Ruby Wax on building an emotional toolkit for the second half of your life
Melanie Sykes on her autism diagnosis at 51 and being her own person
ENatasha Carthew on class, poverty and refusing to stay in her lane
Marina Benjamin on emotional labour & the caring conundrum
Curtis Sittenfeld rejects the idea that ageing is somehow bad or shameful
Sarah Knight on finding the courage to make change and why selfish isn't a four letter word
EAnita B on why the beauty industry wants us to fear ageing
Anna Murphy shares her take-no-prisoners approach to growing older
Dani Shapiro on family secrets and coming into your full potential at 60
Katherine May on burnout and why we all need a little more wonder in our lives
Martha Wainwright on music, motherhood and finding love in your 40s
Carolyn Hays on parenting a transgender child
Charlene White on fighting the bias that still exists against older women
Jojo Moyes on the total liberation of being in your 50s
Cariad Lloyd on what she's learnt from 25 years in The Grief Club
Clover Stroud on sex, sisterhood & looking forward to menopause - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Kit de Waal on race, class – and her exceedingly cool hair! - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Kat Farmer has the answer to all your "my wardrobe hates me" dilemmas - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Poorna Bell on the unexpected power in being 40 - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Sheila Hancock on the class ceiling and the "strong woman" problem - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Abi Morgan on rebuilding just about everything in your 50s - THE SHIFT REVISITED
The Shift LIVE: Ruth Jones on daughterhood, menopause and being Nanny Ruth
The Shift LIVE: Elif Shafak on intersectionality, identity and finding the courage to come out in her 40s
Nadiya Hussain on becoming the independent woman her nan was afraid of
Kaye Adams on ambition, insecurity and surviving Strictly
Sali Hughes on the positive power of being a grown up
Milly Johnson on grafting, greetings cards and life in the "sandwich" zone
Caryn Franklin on how being a carer in her thirties changed her attitude to ageing
Marina Hyde on gaining confidence and growing older riskily
Dawn O'Porter on cats, kaftans and kicking the need to be liked
ESharon Blackie on embracing your inner hag & the magic of menopause!
Susannah Constantine on alcoholism, 'mental' menopause & finding herself in her 50s
Raynor Winn on walking, nature and the power of hope
Deborah Frances-White on feminism, guilt-exfoliation and being diagnosed with ADHD in her 40s
Dr Jen Gunter has things she wants you to know about the menopause - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Nana-Ama Danquah on the triple burden of mental health, menopause and being Black - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Anita Rani on why her 40s are her power decade - THE SHIFT REVISITED
Lisa Jewell on hitting a golden seam of success in her 50s
Hilma Wolitzer: 80 years of writing, and not done yet
Clare Grogan on the superpower that helped her survive her most difficult decade
Emma Forrest on sex, celibacy and solitude
Kit de Waal on race, class, privilege – and her exceedingly cool hair!
Julia Cameron on alcoholism, creativity and emotional sobriety
Jane Fallon on embracing 60 and being a Botox hold-out
CJ Hauser on learning to live your own dreams, not other people’s
A quick word from Sam
Poorna Bell on the unexpected power in being 40
Lisa Taddeo on women, power and the success stitch-up
Janey Godley on kicking the "I'm fine" compulsion & being proud to be gallus
Sabrina Pace-Humphreys on rural racism, alcoholism and the life-saving power of running
Ruth Ozeki on why menopause is the new adolescence - FROM THE ARCHIVES
Christie Watson on menopause, midlife and mischief
Sheila Hancock on sexism, classism and the double-edged sword of being seen as a "strong woman"
Natalie Lee on breaking free of shame and finding sexual freedom
EAmy Bloom on love, death, dignity – and tarot!
BONUS: Sam Baker on menopause, the HRT lottery and the power of invisibility
Minnie Driver on ageing, expectation and creased Brad Pitt!
Abi Morgan on embracing catastrophe and rebuilding just about everything in your 50s
Chitra Ramaswamy on memory, mothering & the "mid-life gift" of responsibility
Nina Stibbe on the relationship-saving power of a sofa bed!
Jojo Moyes on radical life change in your 40s - FROM THE ARCHIVES
Philippa Perry takes issue with your inner critic - FROM THE ARCHIVE
ELindsey Hilsum on menopause in a warzone - FROM THE ARCHIVES
Delia Ephron on getting a second chance at life and love in your 70s
Kat Farmer has the answer to all your "my wardrobe hates me" dilemmas
Dana Spiotta on putting paid to menopause shame
Clover Stroud on grief, love, sex and sisterhood
Barbara Blake Hannah on feeling new at 80 and why she believes in miracles
Christina Patterson on how to deal with the blows life throws at you
Marian Keyes is BACK!
Jami Attenberg on the joy of starting over and finding a place of your own
Dorothy Koomson on how she learnt to be enough
Nicola Sturgeon on power and the fiftysomething woman
Pepsi and Shirlie on miscarriage, mental health and 40 years of friendship
Lynda La Plante on breaking boundaries and why there STILL aren't enough good roles for women
Liz Fraser on living with and loving an alcoholic
Mariella Frostrup on fearlessness, menopause and knowing your worth
Bobbi Brown on taking a leap at 64
Ruth Ozeki on why menopause is the new adolescence
Fi Glover and Jane Garvey on Fortunately, friendship and pushing boundaries in your 50s
Paula Sutton on how age has liberated her and the rejuvenating power of dressing up
Val McDermid on anger, ageing – and an unlikely "cure" for menopause
Sophie Ellis Bextor on music, men and motherhood
Tasmina Perry on career, confidence and how not to get stuck at the amber light (from the archives)
Marian Keyes on menopause, Botox and learning to be shameless (from the archive)
Isabel Allende on feminism, anger and being fatally heterosexual (from the archive)
Denise Mina gets frank about HRT, sex and ageing (from the archive)
EJess Phillips on why we need to talk about menopause in parliament
Lucy Kellaway on fear, freedom and starting a whole new life in her 50s
Elif Shafak on the power of older women and why menopause can be the end of shame
Paula Hawkins on midlife success and the importance of financial independence
Laura Friedman Williams on sex and the newly single 40something mum
ETorrey Peters on finding a roadmap for ageing as a trans woman
ETerri White on work, class and mental health
Anita Rani on ditching the baggage, owning her anger and why her 40s are her power decade
Dr Jen Gunter on menopause, mental health and why we all need a meno-party
EEsther Freud on motherhood, guilt and upending your life in your 50s
Kate Mosse: why caring is a feminist issue (from the archives)
Pragya Agarwal on shame, surrogacy and the many faces of motherhood
Annie Mac on turning 40 and why middle aged women are a force to be reckoned with
Mona Eltahawy on anger, ambition and ageing disgracefully
EAlison Bechdel on her search for inner and outer strength. Plus tarot
Anya Hindmarch on beating self doubt and why fashion needs to take some responsibility
Tamsin Calidas: the truth about the "escape to the country" dream
Tracey Thorn on being a woman in a bloke’s world, hormones and going statement grey
Mel Giedroyc on starting a new career at 51 and being a menopause dodger
Lindsey Hilsum on Marie Colvin, menopause in a warzone and why going grey is NOT brave
Sadie Frost and Frances Ruffelle on 40 years of friendship - and why it's more important than love
Nana-Ama Danquah on the triple burden of mental health, menopause and being black
Isabel Allende on feminism, anger and being "fatally heterosexual"
Rosie Green: a how to cope with mid-life crisis special
Sarah Pinborough on why women need to get comfortable talking about money
EAlexandra Heminsley on body image, identity and building an LGBTQ+ family
Kate Mosse on why caring is a feminist issue
Salena Godden on why 40-plus is where the party is
Philippa Perry on getting hold of the "steering wheel of life"
ESeason 3 of The Shift with Sam Baker is back!!
Gabby Logan on resilience, reclaiming middle age – and why equality begins at home
Erica Davies is here to help you rediscover your fashion mojo
Maggie O'Farrell on imposter syndrome and why she didn't think she was "the marrying kind"
Denise Mina on the feminism, HRT and how to be assertive
EMeg Mathews on menopause, osteoporosis and feeling like she'd "lost it"
Jodi Picoult on sexism, Donald Trump and why everyone has a "what if?" moment
Bryony Gordon on alcoholism, mental health & why she feels lucky to be 40
Karen Arthur on how to turn a breakdown into a breakthrough and #MenopauseWhilstBlack
Emma Freud on millennials, going grey and why she'll never lie about her age
Kate Spicer on menopause stereotypes, being child-free and single at 50
Jo Whiley on regaining your confidence, finding your fashion mojo and... gardening
Caroline de Maigret on being older but better and grown up style
Jojo Moyes on visibility, imposter syndrome and female friendship
Sara Collins on the power of women and turning a midlife crisis into success
Marian Keyes on menopause, Botox and learning to be shameless
Tasmina Perry on career, confidence and how not to get stuck at the amber light
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