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The Shift with Sam Baker — 316 episodes · page 2 of 4
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