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The Shift with Sam Baker

The Shift with Sam Baker


The Shift with Sam Baker

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187 episodes
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English
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Podcast

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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...) is changing? Each week, award-winning author and journalist Sam Baker asks a different woman how she got here, where she's going - and how it feels to be where she is right now. Expect intimate conversation, big laughs, occasional tears and an awful lot of ripping up the rule book and stamping on it... Past guests have included Nicola Sturgeon, Marian Keyes, Guilty Feminist Deborah Frances-White, Minnie Driver, Philippa Perry, Anita Rani, Tracey Thorn, Isabel Allende, Bobbi Brown, Barbara Blake-Hannah and many more, talking everything from confidence to career reinvention, mental health, menopause and so much more.If you enjoy The Shift podcast, and you'd like to show the love, you can buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theshiftwithsambakerAnd if you really love The Shift and would like to hear more conversations with women over 40, why not become a member of our community and receive a weekly newsletter, get exclusive transcripts, join The Shift bookclub and so much more, please visit https://theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episodes1 - 10 of 187 episodes

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Kate Muir on the menopause experience that turned her into an activist

My guest today is the writer, film-maker and women’s health campaigner Kate Muir. Until...

55 minutes
May 07, 2024

Amanda de Cadenet on reframing ambition and success in midlife

My guest today has lived a lot of lives in her 50 years. If you were knocking around in...

48 minutes
Apr 30, 2024

Minnie Driver on ageing, expectation and creased Brad Pitt! - THE SHIFT REVISITED

My guest this week is one of the most enduring movie actresses of our (by which I mean ...

41 minutes
Apr 23, 2024

Mariella Frostrup on refusing to be "scrap-heaped" at 50 - THE SHIFT REVISITED

A couple of weeks ago, journalist and broadcaster Mariella Frostrup stepped down from h...

44 minutes
Apr 16, 2024

Marian Keyes on HRT, Botox and learning to be shameless - THE SHIFT REVISITED

This week, Marian Keyes celebrates the publication of her 16th novel, My Favourite Mist...

43 minutes
Apr 09, 2024

Cathy Newman: "turning 50 feels like a superpower"

My guest this week is the first female main presenter of Channel 4 news, Cathy Newman. ...

49 minutes
Apr 02, 2024

Helen Garner on marriage, divorce and why she couldn't give a monkey's about the erotic gaze

My guest today is the writer Helen Garner. I’m pretty sure that right now you are eithe...

46 minutes
Mar 26, 2024

Leslie Jamison on divorce, ambition & discovering the parts of ourselves we don't yet know

My guest today is the American author and essayist, Leslie Jamison. Leslie has the kind...

46 minutes
Mar 19, 2024

Lyn Slater (aka Accidental Icon) on writing a new narrative for ageing

My guest today is a woman who knows all about reinvention. For 45 years, Lyn Slater was...

51 minutes
Mar 12, 2024

Karyn McCluskey on menopause, paying it forward & being the only woman in the room

Regular listeners have probably noticed that I’m trying a few different things with thi...

54 minutes
Mar 05, 2024