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Top 10 podcast episodes of the year
The Shift's most-listened of 2024 contains some surprises
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Role models and the older woman
What a conversation with my teenage hero Neneh Cherry taught me about the need to see what we can be
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BONUS EPISODE: Neneh Cherry on love, loss and legacy
"The idea that you're meant to be done because you're 60 makes me want to start a riot"
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New episode: Bella Freud on ageing, letting go of chaos and fashion neurosis
"I've definitely become more daring with age."
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New episode: Donna Ashworth on ageing, eating disorders and finding her calling in midlife
"I don't care for man-made when it comes to the timeline of my life."
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New episode: Baroness Lola Young on uncovering the truth about her past in her 50s
"Not having wrinkles isn't some kind of achievement"
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"There's a tipping point for women where the anger penny drops, and they think, WTF?!"
Women aren't just angry, they're downright bloody furious. So now seems like a good time to chat to a woman who knows why – and what we can do about it…
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New episode: Louise Doughty on the untapped potential of the middle-aged woman
"To me the rewards of getting older hugely outweigh the debits of it. I've never been happier than I am now."
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New episode: Kate Weinberg on the kindness of women & living with a mother-shaped hole
"I think there's a build up of disruptive energy and you can either see that as a good thing and channel it – or you can burn the house down!"
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Conversations with women (over 40): Annie Macmanus, 46
"I do feel that I don't know who I'm going to be and that's really exciting. I want to be as open to change as possible. And I want to keep surprising…
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New episode: Vanessa Feltz on divorce, dating and finally losing her inhibitions at 62
"I can't envisage going grey, my soul is blonde"
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Conversations with women (over 40): Deborah Harkness, 59
"A lot of people have a troubling and destructive midlife crisis. I wrote a vampire novel and it's really opened up my life in ways I could never have…
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