Sam Baker
@theothersambaker.bsky.social
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· Aug 12
Talking life after leadership and “the worst two yeara of my life” with @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social on The Shift podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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We’re excited that @catherinenewman.bsky.social will be here on Tuesday 3rd February to discuss her latest novel, Wreck, with @theothersambaker.bsky.social! The event will be recorded for a future episode of Baker’s podcast, The Shift.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
We’re excited that @catherinenewman.bsky.social will be here on Tuesday 3rd February to discuss her latest novel, Wreck, with @theothersambaker.bsky.social! The event will be recorded for a future episode of Baker’s podcast, The Shift.
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Absolutely definitely not me!
“I need characters to love and root for to keep my interest,” Dacey continued. “But I also need for it to not particularly matter when they die.”
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October 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Absolutely definitely not me!
A wise woman once told me terror was the flip side of exhilaration. She’s not wrong!
October 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A wise woman once told me terror was the flip side of exhilaration. She’s not wrong!
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Watching Nicola Sturgeon discussing her memoir Frankly with Sam Baker in Glasgow last night, I was struck by how much nostalgia was in the hall - people don't just love her, they love who they were when she first came to power and the hope they invested in her
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NEW EPISODE: Nicola Sturgeon on life after leadership
"If I could turn the clock back 30 years and have children I would, but only if I could still do all the other things."
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August 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Watching Nicola Sturgeon discussing her memoir Frankly with Sam Baker in Glasgow last night, I was struck by how much nostalgia was in the hall - people don't just love her, they love who they were when she first came to power and the hope they invested in her
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Lots of love for my conversation with Nicola Sturgeon rhis week. Catch up here podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
August 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Lots of love for my conversation with Nicola Sturgeon rhis week. Catch up here podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Talking life after leadership and “the worst two yeara of my life” with @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social on The Shift podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
August 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Talking life after leadership and “the worst two yeara of my life” with @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social on The Shift podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Sitting in my living room listening to Oasis’ support act warm up. Should have sold tickets
August 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Sitting in my living room listening to Oasis’ support act warm up. Should have sold tickets
“The ironic benefit of having so few narratives around this time of life is you don’t feel punished by them either” - talking midlife lies with @glynnismacnicol.bsky.social on this week’s podcast.
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July 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
“The ironic benefit of having so few narratives around this time of life is you don’t feel punished by them either” - talking midlife lies with @glynnismacnicol.bsky.social on this week’s podcast.
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NEW: Tomorrow’s front page of Scottish newspaper, The National.
July 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
NEW: Tomorrow’s front page of Scottish newspaper, The National.
Talking about atrophy over on The Shift today, bc somebody has to! theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com/p/lets-talk-...
Let's talk about women's libido and atrophy
Hands up anyone who's ever been made to feel entitled for wanting sex that doesn't hurt! Plus the things I've found that actually helped me
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July 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Talking about atrophy over on The Shift today, bc somebody has to! theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com/p/lets-talk-...
As the Inquiry into the Post Office scandal is released and the full scale of its impact is revealed, catch up with leading campaigner Jo Hamilton on The Shift podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Jo Hamilton: The Post Office scandal stole 20 years of my life
Podcast Episode · The Shift with Sam Baker · 17/06/2025 · 55m
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July 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
As the Inquiry into the Post Office scandal is released and the full scale of its impact is revealed, catch up with leading campaigner Jo Hamilton on The Shift podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Yesterday the little boy who was told he’d never read more than a tabloid headline got himself a PhD from St Andrews. So proud of you @joncg.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/theshift...
It's never too late to prove them wrong
This little boy was told he wasn't good enough. Yesterday he got a PhD from St Andrews university
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July 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Yesterday the little boy who was told he’d never read more than a tabloid headline got himself a PhD from St Andrews. So proud of you @joncg.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/theshift...
I think this is one of my most favourite episodes of The Shift podcast ever. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... @canongate.co.uk @melissafebos.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I think this is one of my most favourite episodes of The Shift podcast ever. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... @canongate.co.uk @melissafebos.bsky.social
This book is brilliant. I really recommend you buy it - or support @monaeltahaway’s substack. Unbound (now @boundless) have not paid Mona and many other authors. She did all the work and made it happen. They are taking the piss, please support Mona if you can.
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Bloody Hell!
A bit of a rant
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May 31, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This book is brilliant. I really recommend you buy it - or support @monaeltahaway’s substack. Unbound (now @boundless) have not paid Mona and many other authors. She did all the work and made it happen. They are taking the piss, please support Mona if you can.
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Annual summer reading roundup time. Getting in before the hoards! theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com/p/summer-rea...
Summer reading roundup
I read a lot (A LOT) of books. Here's an entirely personal list of the ones I think are worth your case space
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May 29, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Annual summer reading roundup time. Getting in before the hoards! theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com/p/summer-rea...
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@jeaninecummins.bsky.social mins saying it how it is and how it was for the first time since American Dirt. What a woman, what a listen
@theothersambaker.bsky.social #newbook #speaktomeofhome @headlinebooks.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
@theothersambaker.bsky.social #newbook #speaktomeofhome @headlinebooks.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
Jeanine Cummins on confidence, identity and surviving the American Dirt controversy
Podcast Episode · The Shift with Sam Baker · 20/05/2025 · 58m
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May 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
@jeaninecummins.bsky.social mins saying it how it is and how it was for the first time since American Dirt. What a woman, what a listen
@theothersambaker.bsky.social #newbook #speaktomeofhome @headlinebooks.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
@theothersambaker.bsky.social #newbook #speaktomeofhome @headlinebooks.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
How do you walk through fire and come out the other side? @jeaninecummins.bsky.social talking exclusively to The Shift podcast about the American Dirt controversy, confidence, identity and her new book Speak To Me of Home podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... @headlinebooks.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 8:07 AM
How do you walk through fire and come out the other side? @jeaninecummins.bsky.social talking exclusively to The Shift podcast about the American Dirt controversy, confidence, identity and her new book Speak To Me of Home podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... @headlinebooks.bsky.social
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Who benefits when women shrink shrink shrink to invisibility? 🤔Chatting to @jenniferweiner.bsky.social on this week’s episode of The Shift pod. open.spotify.com/episode/10Uh... @hqstories.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Who benefits when women shrink shrink shrink to invisibility? 🤔Chatting to @jenniferweiner.bsky.social on this week’s episode of The Shift pod. open.spotify.com/episode/10Uh... @hqstories.bsky.social
Who benefits when women shrink shrink shrink to invisibility? 🤔Chatting to @jenniferweiner.bsky.social on this week’s episode of The Shift pod. open.spotify.com/episode/10Uh... @hqstories.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Who benefits when women shrink shrink shrink to invisibility? 🤔Chatting to @jenniferweiner.bsky.social on this week’s episode of The Shift pod. open.spotify.com/episode/10Uh... @hqstories.bsky.social
Why women don’t go up against powerful white men. The system was built by them and for them. Rest in peace Virginia Giuffre. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Virginia Giuffre, Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew accuser, dies aged 41
Giuffre’s family issue statement confirming she killed herself at her farm in Western Australia
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April 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Why women don’t go up against powerful white men. The system was built by them and for them. Rest in peace Virginia Giuffre. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Ever wonder whether books change conversations? Miranda July has just been named as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2025 in TIME Magazine. HELL YES.
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(Big thanks to @theothersambaker.bsky.social for the shout out in The Shift newsletter!)
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(Big thanks to @theothersambaker.bsky.social for the shout out in The Shift newsletter!)
Miranda July: The 100 Most Influential People of 2025
Find out why Miranda July is on this year’s list
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April 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Ever wonder whether books change conversations? Miranda July has just been named as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2025 in TIME Magazine. HELL YES.
time.com/collections/...
(Big thanks to @theothersambaker.bsky.social for the shout out in The Shift newsletter!)
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(Big thanks to @theothersambaker.bsky.social for the shout out in The Shift newsletter!)
Is your brain absolutely fried? Nothing going in? Nothing staying in? Unable to concentrate? Hiding under the bed to get away from the news cycle? This might be for you… open.substack.com/pub/theshift...
What to read when absolutely nothing goes in
Up and not crying? Just about? Me too
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April 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Is your brain absolutely fried? Nothing going in? Nothing staying in? Unable to concentrate? Hiding under the bed to get away from the news cycle? This might be for you… open.substack.com/pub/theshift...
What is everyone thinking?! 🤯
April 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
What is everyone thinking?! 🤯
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I wish I didn't have to keep asking if News outlets were reporting things but there's so much they ignore.
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @bbcradio4.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social @skynewsrss.bsky.social [rss? Russia?]
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @bbcradio4.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social @skynewsrss.bsky.social [rss? Russia?]
#metabookthieves #SoA
Date: Thursday, 3 April 2025, 1.30pm
Location: Meta’s London offices (11-22 Canal Reach, London N1C 4BE, King’s Cross).
Meet: Granary Square at 1.30pm. Once we have a critical mass, we will move to Meta’s offices.
Date: Thursday, 3 April 2025, 1.30pm
Location: Meta’s London offices (11-22 Canal Reach, London N1C 4BE, King’s Cross).
Meet: Granary Square at 1.30pm. Once we have a critical mass, we will move to Meta’s offices.
April 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I wish I didn't have to keep asking if News outlets were reporting things but there's so much they ignore.
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @bbcradio4.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social @skynewsrss.bsky.social [rss? Russia?]
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @bbcradio4.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social @skynewsrss.bsky.social [rss? Russia?]
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