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Sam Baker

@theothersambaker.bsky.social

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One of the millions of journalists who’s defected to Substack and started a podcast. https://theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com/

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Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · 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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#biased

Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · 3d

A wise woman once told me terror was the flip side of exhilaration. She’s not wrong!

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Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thank god!

Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · Sep 7

Minging little ginger flower girl!

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Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · Sep 7

Hardly!

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Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · Sep 7

That would probably fit the bill. They all know Austen inside out.

Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · Sep 7

Got it. Brainy books. Barbara Kingsolver. Maggie O’Farrell. Arundhati Roy. That kind of thing.

Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · Sep 7

Have they read Elif Shafak There are rivers in the sky or Island of Missing Trees. Both equally brainy and engrossing.

Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · Sep 7

Give me some EG’s of previous reads and I’ll make suggestions

Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · Sep 7

List of suspicious things is good but it depends how ostentatiously brainy they are!

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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · Aug 15

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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Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · Aug 15

Lots of love for my conversation with Nicola Sturgeon rhis week. Catch up here podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · Aug 15

The sound drove me mad too! Glad you enjoyed it otherwise.

Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · 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...

Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · Aug 8

Sitting in my living room listening to Oasis’ support act warm up. Should have sold tickets

Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · Jul 30

“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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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jul 24

NEW: Tomorrow’s front page of Scottish newspaper, The National.

The headline below a photo of Trump’s eyes says:

CONVICTED US FELON TO ARRIVE IN SCOTLAND.

The sub-heading reads:

Republican leader, who was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation, will visit golf courses.

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Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · Jul 24

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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Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · Jul 16

😂

Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · Jul 16

I’m going down this weekend. If we had a car she’d be in trouble!

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Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · Jul 8

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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Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · Jul 6

Everyone’s mum is furious!

Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · Jul 3

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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Sam Baker @theothersambaker.bsky.social · Jun 3

It was a total joy.