Sam Baker
@theothersambaker.bsky.social
One of the millions of journalists who’s defected to Substack and started a podcast. https://theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com/
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!
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...
“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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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
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
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
What is everyone thinking?! 🤯
April 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
What is everyone thinking?! 🤯
#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 8:09 AM
#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.
Toxic men on the telly, misogyny, menopause, and why she doesn’t want to look like a boiled egg! That’s just the tip of the conversational iceberg with Lorraine Kelly off the telly on The Shift podcast this week @orionbooks.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
April 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Toxic men on the telly, misogyny, menopause, and why she doesn’t want to look like a boiled egg! That’s just the tip of the conversational iceberg with Lorraine Kelly off the telly on The Shift podcast this week @orionbooks.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Child poverty, growing up in care, being written off at birth, hear what Jenni Fagan has to say about all that and much more (also read her incred memoir #Ootlin) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
March 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Child poverty, growing up in care, being written off at birth, hear what Jenni Fagan has to say about all that and much more (also read her incred memoir #Ootlin) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The debate about assisted dying in the UK made me think about an astonishing conversation I had with Amy Bloom about her husband’s decision to die when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. What she has to say about living through that with him took my breath away. open.substack.com/pub/theshift...
March 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The debate about assisted dying in the UK made me think about an astonishing conversation I had with Amy Bloom about her husband’s decision to die when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. What she has to say about living through that with him took my breath away. open.substack.com/pub/theshift...
All I can say is that this is an episode you will never forget. Listen and then get yourself a boot of Jenni Fagan’s incredible memoir, Ootlin, @womensprize.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
March 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
All I can say is that this is an episode you will never forget. Listen and then get yourself a boot of Jenni Fagan’s incredible memoir, Ootlin, @womensprize.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Fascinating chat with Ione Skye about how it felt to revisit her youth on this week’s episode of The Shift pod. Feat Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Beastie Boys, feminism, ageing and taking a lesson from your daughters podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
March 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Fascinating chat with Ione Skye about how it felt to revisit her youth on this week’s episode of The Shift pod. Feat Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Beastie Boys, feminism, ageing and taking a lesson from your daughters podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Blown away by @lizoriordan.bsky.social on today’s episode of The Shift pod. So much candour. And so much useful info. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
March 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Blown away by @lizoriordan.bsky.social on today’s episode of The Shift pod. So much candour. And so much useful info. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Are you anxious? I’m anxious! (I mean even more than usual…) Martha Beck is here to help on this week’s episode of The Shift podcast. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
February 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Are you anxious? I’m anxious! (I mean even more than usual…) Martha Beck is here to help on this week’s episode of The Shift podcast. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Love this photo of Judi Dench. This is what I want to look like when I’m pushing 90: lived in.
February 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Love this photo of Judi Dench. This is what I want to look like when I’m pushing 90: lived in.
The shift podcast is back! First up Kate Fagan (former basketball player, ESPN journalist, @reesesbookclub.bsky.social pick) abt ageing, grief, TODs (?!), the L word & her EXTREMELY conflicted relationship with ambition & success. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The shift podcast is back! First up Kate Fagan (former basketball player, ESPN journalist, @reesesbookclub.bsky.social pick) abt ageing, grief, TODs (?!), the L word & her EXTREMELY conflicted relationship with ambition & success. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
I promised you an extra special Christmas treat and here it is: a bonus episode with the one and only Neneh Cherry talking grief, loss, breakdown, creativity, pickling (not a typo) and why being expected to stop just bc she’s 6-0 makes her want to start a riot. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
December 10, 2024 at 9:19 AM
I promised you an extra special Christmas treat and here it is: a bonus episode with the one and only Neneh Cherry talking grief, loss, breakdown, creativity, pickling (not a typo) and why being expected to stop just bc she’s 6-0 makes her want to start a riot. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
I do this thing for The Shift podcast called buymeacoffee.com where ppl show their appreciation by buying a coffee or 2 and honestly the joy of waking up to discover someone bought you 5 and left a message like this takes a lot of beating.
December 4, 2024 at 9:54 AM
I do this thing for The Shift podcast called buymeacoffee.com where ppl show their appreciation by buying a coffee or 2 and honestly the joy of waking up to discover someone bought you 5 and left a message like this takes a lot of beating.
It’s the penultimate episode of this season if #TheShift pod and this week Bella Freud is talking about body image, chaos, punctuality and getting more daring with age. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
December 3, 2024 at 7:17 PM
It’s the penultimate episode of this season if #TheShift pod and this week Bella Freud is talking about body image, chaos, punctuality and getting more daring with age. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Wonderful @chitgrrl.bsky.social talking about her relationship with Henry Wuga, whose story she tells in Homelands, with Chitra’s dad and one of Henry’s daughters in the audience. Thank you @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social for making this happen. Happy St Andrews Day.
November 30, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Wonderful @chitgrrl.bsky.social talking about her relationship with Henry Wuga, whose story she tells in Homelands, with Chitra’s dad and one of Henry’s daughters in the audience. Thank you @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social for making this happen. Happy St Andrews Day.
“Everything else is man-made and I don’t care for man-made when it comes to my timeline”Donna Ashworth dropping a lot of emotional truth bombs on this week’s episode of The Shift podcast. #booksky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
November 26, 2024 at 9:36 AM
“Everything else is man-made and I don’t care for man-made when it comes to my timeline”Donna Ashworth dropping a lot of emotional truth bombs on this week’s episode of The Shift podcast. #booksky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Look what happens when women make TV! This started out as an essay sbout the representation of older women on our screens and ended up as a love letter to #BadSisters open.substack.com/pub/theshift...
November 21, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Look what happens when women make TV! This started out as an essay sbout the representation of older women on our screens and ended up as a love letter to #BadSisters open.substack.com/pub/theshift...
What an inspiring woman Baroness Lola Young is. Loved talking to her for #theshiftpodcast about discovering the truth about her childhood in her 50s, what its really like in the House of Lords, plus ageism, sexism, racism, the works… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
November 19, 2024 at 1:12 PM
What an inspiring woman Baroness Lola Young is. Loved talking to her for #theshiftpodcast about discovering the truth about her childhood in her 50s, what its really like in the House of Lords, plus ageism, sexism, racism, the works… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...