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 (569)
Jeanine Cummins on confidence, identity and surviving the American Dirt controve...
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Jennifer Weiner on Ozempic, ageing and growing some boundaries!
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Naga munchetty on her 30 year battle to get her painful periods taken seriously
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Clover Stroud on grief, love, sex & sisterhood - THE SHIFT REVISITED
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Tracey Thorn on being a woman in a bloke's world, hormones and going "statement...
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Maggie O'Farrell on Hamnet, imposter syndrome and why she didn't think she's the...
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The "other" Maggie Smith on her midlife reappearing act - THE SHIFT REVISITED
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Lorraine Kelly on menopause, misogyny, toxic men in telly, being a granny, Botox...
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Jenni Fagan: I'm 46, nobody thought I'd make it past 16
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Ione Skye: I'm still working on being seen in the world – and I'm 50
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Denise Lewis shares her secrets for adapting to a big life shift
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Liz O'Riordan: When breast cancer surgeon becomes breast cancer patient
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Martha Beck on creativity, anxiety & finding your life's purpose
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Diana Evans on expectation, ageing & turning 50 without her twin
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Kate Fagan on success, ambition and ageing alongside the L-word!
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Miranda July on the unexpected wildness of ageing - THE SHIFT REVISITED
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Ruby Wax on building an emotional toolkit for the second half of your life - THE...
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Dani Shapiro on family secrets and coming into your full potential at 60 - THE S...
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Bryony Gordon on burnout, binge eating and perimenopause - THE SHIFT REVISITED
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Sarah Knight: why selfish isn't a four letter word - THE SHIFT REVISITED
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Dr Gladys McGarey: a 102-year-old shares her life lessons - THE SHIFT REVISITED
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Barbara Kingsolver on why life gets better with every passing decade - THE SHIFT...
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Katherine May: why we all need a little more wonder in our lives - THE SHIFT REV...
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BONUS EPISODE: Neneh Cherry on love, loss & legacy
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Bella Freud: "I've definitely got more daring with age"
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Donna Ashworth on finding her calling in midlife
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Baroness Lola Young: "you can't be what you can't see, but somebody has to go fi...
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Jennifer Cox: why women are furious (and getting angrier)
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Louise Doughty on the unrealised potential of older women
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Kate Weinberg on the kindness of women & living with a mother-shaped hole
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Vanessa Feltz on divorce, dating and finally shaking off her inhibitions at 62
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Jane Campbell on reinventing herself at 40 – and again at 80!
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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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