The Shift with Sam Baker
Hosted by Sam Baker · sam baker
4.8from 274 ratings
- 317
- Episodes
- 37
- Transcribed
- 274
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About The Shift with Sam Baker
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 different woman how she got here, where she's going - and how it feels to be where she is right now. Expect intimate conversation, big laughs, occasional tears and an awful lot of ripping up the rule book and stamping on it... Past guests have included Elizabeth Gilbert, Martha Beck, Siri Hustvedt, Jojo Moyes, Nicola Sturgeon, Marian Keyes, Guilty Feminist Deborah Frances-White, Minnie Driver, Philippa Perry, Anita Rani, Tracey Thorn, Isabel Allende, Bobbi Brown, Barbara Kingsolver, Zandra Rhodes, Liz Earle and many more, talking everything from confidence to career reinvention, mental health, menopause and so much more. If you enjoy The Shift podcast, and you'd like to show the love, you can buy me a coffee at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theshiftwithsambaker And if you really love The Shift and would like to hear more conversations with women over 40, why not become a member of our community and receive a weekly newsletter, get exclusive transcripts, join The Shift bookclub and so much more, please visit https://theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com/ For advertising enquiries, email sales@auddy.co
- Publisher
- sam baker
- Category
- arts · education · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Aug 2020
- Latest episode
- 3 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
37 of 317 episodes have a transcript.
3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mary Portas on losing it all and putting yourself together again
27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Gillian Slovo on family legacy, sisterhood and learning to forgive
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Rose Ferguson: 'You don't have to settle for feeling worse just because you're getting older'
Who has been a guest on The Shift with Sam Baker
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Mary Portas
- Gillian Slovo
- Rose Ferguson
- Denise Brown
- Jackie Kay
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 72 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 202 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100
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- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 96
Contact The Shift with Sam Baker
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- Books guests
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Questions about The Shift with Sam Baker
Who hosts The Shift with Sam Baker?
Sam Baker host the show. Published by sam baker.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Shift with Sam Baker take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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