The Shift with Sam Baker

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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 d...

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Recent episodes

  • Rose Ferguson: 'You don't have to settle for feeling worse just because you're getting older'Oct 20, 2026 · 58 min
  • Denise Brown on the loss of her sister Nicole Brown Simpson and her lifelong fight against domestic abuseOct 13, 2026 · 55 min
  • Jackie Kay on rediscovering yourself in your 50s - REPLAYOct 6, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
  • Marina Benjamin on the unseen, unsung, undone work of women - REPLAYSep 29, 2026 · 44 min
  • Zandra Rhodes: how a 'boring little girl' made a big bold life - REPLAYSep 22, 2026 · 52 min
  • Louise O'Neill on her midlife dating odyssey - BONUS EPISODESep 19, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
  • Miranda July on the unexpected wildness of ageing - REPLAYSep 15, 2026 · 50 min
  • Rachel Eliza Griffiths shares two great loves and two great griefsSep 8, 2026 · 57 min
  • Meera Syal: 'I am now a Triple Bad Bet – Old, Female and Brown!'Sep 1, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min
  • Tabitha Webb on being an older mum & the menopause-puberty collisionAug 25, 2026 · 52 min

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