The Shift with Sam Baker

Sam Baker

sam@sambaker.co.uk

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Booking Overview

An interview podcast focused on the realities of being a woman in midlife and beyond, featuring intimate conversations with accomplished women across writing, journalism, entertainment, business, and public life. Credible pitches include women over 40 with notable careers, books, expertise in menopause or mental health, or compelling stories of career reinvention and personal transformation; booking is likely high difficulty given the show's established roster of prominent guests.

Metrics

Episodes: 305

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Female

Location: United Kingdom

YouTube: 535 subscribers

Contact Information

sam@sambaker.co.uk

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Host

Sam Baker - Award-winning author, journalist, writer, and broadcaster focused on women's lives, midlife, and personal reinvention.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Women over 40 with established careers or public profiles in writing, journalism, entertainment, business, or advocacy, as well as recognized specialists and authors with firsthand expertise in midlife issues.
Required Achievements:  
Published books or memoirs, Established careers in media, entertainment, or other public-facing fields, Recognized expertise in areas such as mental health, addiction recovery, menopause, or career reinvention, Distinctive personal or professional experiences that support an intimate, candid conversation

Recent Guest Discussions

Sarah Hiscox - Self-esteem, Shame, Addiction Recovery, Disordered Eating, Family Relationships, Female Friendship, And Finding Purpose In Midlife.

Stacey Duguid - Midlife Career Crisis, Divorce, Self-blame, Perimenopause, Sexuality, And Rebuilding A Sense Of Self.

Clare Grogan - Career Longevity, Returning To Live Performance, Navigating Difficult Periods In Midlife, And Starting Over Creatively After 60.

Recent Topics

Midlife, Women, Menopause, Careers, Mental Health

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Shift with Sam Baker
:

Jennie Godfrey: 'midlife is a powerful place if you lean into it'

August 04, 2026

My guest today is the bestselling novelist Jennie Godfrey. Jennie has experienced the kind of midlife turnaround most of us can only dream of. She started her career working in HR and rose to the top of her chosen industry working for a large corporation. Life was a whirlwind of high powered meetings, swanky job titles, frocks and heels - and boozing to release the pressure valve. Cue burn out - and drying out! In her mid 40s, in the midst of what she now knows was perimenopause, Jennie...

Jane Green on being a walkaway wife & rebuilding your life in your 50s

July 28, 2026

Where do you turn when the identity you’ve clung to for decades slips away? That’s the position today’s guest, Jane Green, found herself in at 55. Her solution? She packed a case and ran away! Anyone who was a fan of women’s commercial fiction (aka chicklit, ugh) in the 90s and noughties will know Jane’s name. Along with Marian Keyes and Helen Fielding, she ruled the roost. She wrote 21 novels - the first of which, Jemima J, was right up there with Bridget Jones in the states. And for a w...

Sarah Hiscox on self esteem, shame and overcoming addiction

July 21, 2026

Hello and welcome to SEASON 22(!) of The Shift with Sam Baker podcast. That's 300 fascinating conversations with women in midlife and beyond, if you're new here and fancy diving in. (To think that when I started it back in 2020, I thought I'd only do six!) My guest today is Sarah Hiscox. Now a counsellor for NA and AA, amongst other things, the first three and a half decades of Sarah’s life were marked by turbulence and addiction. Sarah was just eight years old when she first experience...

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