Best Sam Baker Ltd Podcasts (2024)

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BONUS EPISODE! Katie Price on taking back control of her own life at 46 38:33

35m ago38:33

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There are plenty of famous women who we think we know all there is to know without ever having met them. Women we judge based on some random unsubstantiated headline, but there are few women that applies to quite so much as Katie Price. Katie has been in the public eye for thirty years. She started as the glamour model Jordan at just 17 years old a…

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Kate Mosse: Why caring is a feminist issue - FROM THE ARCHIVES 42:01

6h ago42:01

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I'm not sure there's anyone quite like Kate Mosse. The driving power behind the Women's Prize for Fiction which is now in its 27th year (the winner was VV Ganeshananthan's Brotherless Night) and now the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction (whose inaugural winner was Doppleganger by Naomi Klein), she also manages to write a book a year (and they're not sm…

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Gabby Logan on resilience, reclaiming middle age and why equality begins at home - FROM THE ARCHIVES 47:20

5d ago47:20

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It's Gabby Logan's summer. First there's the Euros and then the Paris Olympics are hot on their heels. Plus, she has a new book, The Midpoint Plan, out so it seemed like a fine time to revisit my conversation with her from a couple of years ago... My guest this week has hosted everything from Final Score to the Six Nations to the Olympics. Formerly…

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Kathy Lette’s midlife mantra: if it doesn’t spark joy, it’s time to toss it away! 43:29

12d ago43:29

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It's season finale time! And my guest today is the whirlwind also known as Kathy Lette. Australian Kathy smashed her way into the global bestseller lists at the age of 17 with the novel Puberty Blues. Since then she has turned her irreverent, en pointe pen on the peaks and troughs, triumphs and total BS of female existence. I first read her with Gi…

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Molly Roden-Winter on becoming an ambassador for polyamory in your 50s 1:00:45

19d ago1:00:45

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My guest today is the teacher, musician and writer Molly Roden Winter. Molly hit the headlines earlier this year when her memoir More was published in the United States and caused… let’s just call it “a storm”. Why? Because Molly’s book is an incredibly candid account of her open marriage. Which, lets face it, shouldn’t be that big of a deal in 202…

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Liz Jensen on learning to love life again after devastating loss 52:11

29d ago52:11

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CONTENT WARNING: There are many moments of joy in this conversation, but please be aware that Liz talks candidly about grief and the sudden death of her son, which some listeners may find upsetting. My guest today is the writer and climate activist Liz Jensen. Half Danish and half-anglo Moroccan, Liz started out as a journalist, working in radio be…

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Emily Nagoski: what happens when a sex expert loses her sex drive? 54:21

1M ago54:21

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I first came across today’s guest, Dr Emily Nagoski, on this very podcast, when my then guest Sarah Knight (creator of the NoFucks Given franchise) raved about the transformational power of her runaway bestseller, Come As You Are. I hunted it down and, like millions of women the world over, I was blown away. A sex expert speaking our language? Taki…

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Anna Cascarina: you’re never too old to wear what the hell you want 59:25

2M ago59:25

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My guest today is a fashion editor on a mission to improve the representation of all women over 40 - not just the thin white ones with a ton of spare cash! Anna Cascarina has worked in the fashion industry for over 25 years, first as a fashion editor and stylist, then as a teacher. But as she got older and so did her body, something rankled. Yep - …

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Jackie Kay on absence, adoption & the art of living together apart 57:28

2M ago57:28

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My guest today has blazed a trail through the British poetry scene ever since her work was first published in 1991. Born in Edinburgh, Jackie Kay MBE was brought up in Glasgow by her adoptive parents, Helen and John Kay, of whom much more later. She has had countless poetry collections, short stories and novels published to acclaim, as well as her …

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Helen Lederer on anxiety, failure & living an “alarmingly truthful” life 51:54

2M ago51:54

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My guest today is the writer, actress and comedian Helen Lederer. Helen began as a stand-up comedian in the “comedy swamp” of the 1980s, where women were like hen’s teeth and rose to fame with her sloaney girl at the bar in the BBC Comedy ‘Naked video’. Then came Saturday Night Live, The Young Ones, French and Saunders and Bottom with Rik Mayall. B…

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Miranda July on the unexpected wildness of ageing 47:22

2M ago47:22

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Every so often you get the chance to interview someone whose work has fascinated you for, well, forever. And today is one of those days. Miranda July is an artist, performer, film maker and writer who has been doing it her own way since she was in her teens. She has made three films - The Future, Me and You and Everyone We Know and Kajillionaire, h…

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Kate Muir on the menopause experience that turned her into an activist 55:40

2M ago55:40

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My guest today is the writer, film-maker and women’s health campaigner Kate Muir. Until perimenopause struck, Kate was the chief film critic of The Times, then all hell broke lose (as anyone who’s found themselves in the midst of the peri-maelstrom will understand). Her life and her job underwent massive turmoil. Now out the other side, she has pro…

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Amanda de Cadenet on reframing ambition and success in midlife 48:19

3M ago48:19

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My guest today has lived a lot of lives in her 50 years. If you were knocking around in 1990, Amanda de Cadenet burst into your world when she became presenter on the seminal late night TV show, The Word, at 18 and appeared most days on the front of the British tabloids. Like many young women trapped in the public gaze, she has spent the rest of he…

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Minnie Driver on ageing, expectation and creased Brad Pitt! - THE SHIFT REVISITED 41:12

3M ago41:12

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My guest this week is one of the most enduring movie actresses of our (by which I mean my!) generation. Minnie Driver made her first film, Circle of Friends in 1995, and went on to follow that with a lead role in Stanley Tucci’s gorgeous ode to Italian food, Big Night, an Oscar nominated turn in Goodwill Hunting. And my personal favourite Grosse Po…

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Mariella Frostrup on refusing to be "scrap-heaped" at 50 - THE SHIFT REVISITED 44:45

3M ago44:45

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A couple of weeks ago, journalist and broadcaster Mariella Frostrup stepped down from her presenting role at Times Radio so she could concentrate full-time on the women's health advocacy that has become her life's work. Seemed like a good time to look back at our episode from two and a half years ago when she discussed why she was on a mission to m…

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Marian Keyes on HRT, Botox and learning to be shameless - THE SHIFT REVISITED 43:24

3M ago43:24

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This week, Marian Keyes celebrates the publication of her 16th novel, My Favourite Mistake. So it seemed like as good a time as any to revisit the second ever episode of The Shift podcast. Yes, the goddess Marian Keyes was one of the first people to say, "Sure, why not?" when I told her I was starting a podcast that celebrated women in midlife and …

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Cathy Newman: "turning 50 feels like a superpower" 49:32

3M ago49:32

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My guest this week is the first female main presenter of Channel 4 news, Cathy Newman. Cathy joined Channel 4 News as political correspondent in 2006 after more than a decade working in newspapers, including The Independent, Financial Times and Washington Post. She is an award-winning investigative journalist whose scoops include the sexual harassm…

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Helen Garner on marriage, divorce and why she couldn't give a monkey's about the erotic gaze 46:47

4M ago46:47

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My guest today is the writer Helen Garner. I’m pretty sure that right now you are either going, wow I LOVE her, or looking a bit vague. Because despite being one of Australia’s greatest living writers she is surprisingly little known here. But not for much longer because, at the age of 81, she is finally about to see almost all her books in print i…

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Leslie Jamison on divorce, ambition & discovering the parts of ourselves we don't yet know 46:59

4M ago46:59

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My guest today is the American author and essayist, Leslie Jamison. Leslie has the kind of CV that makes other writers weep with envy: the memoir of her alcoholism, The Recovering was an NYT bestseller as was her essay collection The Empathy Exams. That’s the tip of the iceberg, but we only have so much time! Often compared to such legends as Joan …

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Lyn Slater (aka Accidental Icon) on writing a new narrative for ageing 51:16

4M ago51:16

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My guest today is a woman who knows all about reinvention. For 45 years, Lyn Slater was a professor of social work with a side-passion for fashion. Feeling burnt out, she started a blog aimed at women like her who wanted to talk about clothes and the way they shape our identity. And, just like that, the phenomenon that was Accidental Icon was born.…

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Karyn McCluskey on menopause, paying it forward & being the only woman in the room 54:57

4M ago54:57

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Regular listeners have probably noticed that I’m trying a few different things with this series. I wanted to hear more women’s voices, with more varied experiences and today’s guest is one of those! I first met Karyn McCluskey 12 years ago when I was editor of Red magazine and we gave her a woman of the year award for her role in reducing gang viol…

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Annie Macmanus on rebuilding her identity at 45 56:02

5M ago56:02

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Last time Annie Macmanus came on The Shift she was about to make a MASSIVE change. Then, in her early 40s, one of the country’s biggest female DJs was on the brink of walking away. The prescribed way of doing things - climbing, climbing, climbing, until you were Johnny Big Balls, as she put it, was not for her. She, like so many women at this life …

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Lucinda Chambers: the former Vogue fashion director gives us a midlife style masterclass 46:20

5M ago46:20

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My guest today is a woman whose style I have admired for a very long time. To quote the fashion journalist Jess Cartner-Morley, fashion director, stylist and curator Lucinda Chambers has the kind of style you just can’t buy. And, like many other women, I’ve certainly tried. Lucinda has worked in the fashion industry for more than three decades. For…

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Bryony Gordon on burnout, binge eating and perimenopause 46:26

5M ago46:26

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Today I’m delighted to welcome back one of The Shift’s very first guests, journalist and mental health campaigner Bryony Gordon. Bryony has been a columnist on the Telegraph for over 20 years and for ten of those she has been writing candidly about her own experiences of addiction and mental illness. She is the best selling author of Mad Girl and T…

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Jennifer Clement on women, art, creativity & why we love Frida Kahlo 41:00

6M ago41:00

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My guest today has lived, well, a life like no other. The writer Jennifer Clement grew up in 1960s Mexico, at the tail end of the Mexican Golden Age, next door to the former home and extended family of seminal artist Frida Kahlo. As a teenager she moved to New York, where she inhabited the artistic downtown world of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Hari…

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BONUS EPISODE! Katie Price on taking back control of her own life at 46 38:33

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Kate Mosse: Why caring is a feminist issue - FROM THE ARCHIVES 42:01

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Gabby Logan on resilience, reclaiming middle age and why equality begins at home - FROM THE ARCHIVES 47:20

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Kathy Lette’s midlife mantra: if it doesn’t spark joy, it’s time to toss it away! 43:29

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Molly Roden-Winter on becoming an ambassador for polyamory in your 50s 1:00:45

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Liz Jensen on learning to love life again after devastating loss 52:11

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Emily Nagoski: what happens when a sex expert loses her sex drive? 54:21

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Anna Cascarina: you’re never too old to wear what the hell you want 59:25

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Jackie Kay on absence, adoption & the art of living together apart 57:28

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Helen Lederer on anxiety, failure & living an “alarmingly truthful” life 51:54

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Miranda July on the unexpected wildness of ageing 47:22

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Kate Muir on the menopause experience that turned her into an activist 55:40

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Amanda de Cadenet on reframing ambition and success in midlife 48:19

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Minnie Driver on ageing, expectation and creased Brad Pitt! - THE SHIFT REVISITED 41:12

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Mariella Frostrup on refusing to be "scrap-heaped" at 50 - THE SHIFT REVISITED 44:45

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Marian Keyes on HRT, Botox and learning to be shameless - THE SHIFT REVISITED 43:24

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Cathy Newman: "turning 50 feels like a superpower" 49:32

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Helen Garner on marriage, divorce and why she couldn't give a monkey's about the erotic gaze 46:47

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Leslie Jamison on divorce, ambition & discovering the parts of ourselves we don't yet know 46:59

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Lyn Slater (aka Accidental Icon) on writing a new narrative for ageing 51:16

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Karyn McCluskey on menopause, paying it forward & being the only woman in the room 54:57

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Annie Macmanus on rebuilding her identity at 45 56:02

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Lucinda Chambers: the former Vogue fashion director gives us a midlife style masterclass 46:20

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Bryony Gordon on burnout, binge eating and perimenopause 46:26

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Jennifer Clement on women, art, creativity & why we love Frida Kahlo 41:00

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