The Shift (on life after 40) with Sam Baker
By 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...) 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/theshiftwithsambaker
And 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/
For advertising enquiries, email [email protected]
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/theshiftwithsambaker
And 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/
For advertising enquiries, email [email protected]
Latest episode
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Barbara Kingsolver on why life gets better with every passing decade - THE SHIFT REVISITED
The Pulitzer Prize winner talks poverty, mothering, ageing & finding your identity -
Katherine May: why we all need a little more wonder in our lives - THE SHIFT REVISITED
The bestselling author of Wintering talks meaning making, midlife autism diagnosis and entering perimenopause at 29 -
BONUS EPISODE: Neneh Cherry on love, loss & legacy
The legendary singer, songwriter and producer talks grief, menopause, family, home & turning 60 -
Bella Freud: "I've definitely got more daring with age"
The designer talks ageing, letting go of chaos, body image and fashion neurosis -
Donna Ashworth on finding her calling in midlife
The UK’s bestselling poet on eating disorders, self worth and beating the shame-blame game -
Baroness Lola Young: "you can't be what you can't see, but somebody has to go first"
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Jennifer Cox: why women are furious (and getting angrier)
The creator of Women Are Mad on how to uncover your rage and handle it -
Louise Doughty on the unrealised potential of older women
and why it's still considered controversial when middle-aged women have sex! -
Kate Weinberg on the kindness of women & living with a mother-shaped hole
The bestselling author of Truants on living with long covid, an illness she's endlessly told is "all in her head" -
Vanessa Feltz on divorce, dating and finally shaking off her inhibitions at 62
Why growing up with a chorus of critics helped the award-winning broadcaster cope with toxic media attention
