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Off The Job: A Tradesman PodcastFighting Back Against Tool Theft & Saving Mental Health – With Stephen Baker & Frankie WilliamsSend us a textIn this powerful and emotional episode, Pete and Keiran sit down with Frankie Williams, the founder of Stolen Tools UK, and tradesman Stephen Baker to unpack the devastating impact of tool theft on UK tradespeople—and the growing movement to fight back.Frankie shares how being a victim of theft in 2022 led him to start a small awareness page that quickly exploded into a national campaign. From tool marches and Parliament meetings to exposing illegal boot sale activity and pushing for industry reform, he outlines ho...
2025-06-161h 00
Tara Talks Racing on BreednetJim Clarke - Bjorn Baker's Bloodstock Agent & Big Racing. Enjoy!We’re joined by Jim Clarke – bloodstock agent and key player in the success that is Bjorn Baker. We talk Arapaho, Stefi Magnetica, O’ Ole, yearling sales, mentorship, Ridgmont, loads more – it really is a great chat. And of course we do our take on the big races from Day 2 of The Championships, plus a bit of what’s ahead. Enjoy.
2025-04-141h 00
Straight Talk - The StraightJim Clarke on Bjorn Baker's streak plus Melbourne Premier, PointsBet takeover and so much moreIn this week's episode of Straight Talk, join Bren O'Brien and Tim Rowe as they delve into a host of subjects including Melbourne's Premier Yearling Sale.
Special guest and bloodstock agent Jim Clarke shares insights into the remarkable winning streak of trainer Bjorn Baker and discusses the current state of the yearling market.
The episode also highlights intriguing stallion deals and explores real estate opportunities impacting the racing industry in New South Wales.
There is also an explainer on what is going on with the PointsBet takeover.
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2025-02-2833 min
Share Talk LTDZak Mir talks to Harry Baker, Chief Executive of Borders and Southern Petroleum PLCZak Mir talks to Harry Baker, CEO of Borders & Southern, after the London-based independent oil and gas company with assets offshore the Falkland Islands announced a fundraising campaign to raise approximately £1.86 million. They discuss the new “drill, baby drill” mantra in the market and Borders' strategy and outlook.
Borders & Southern is an independent oil and gas exploration company based in the UK, primarily focused on the Falkland Islands. Recently, the company made headlines with its announcement of a fundraising initiative aimed at raising approximately £1.86 million. This move reflects the company's strategic approach to capitalizing on its assets and positi...
2025-02-2109 min
Able to CareBreaking Down Tasks for Success: Forward & Backward Chaining in Care & EducationHave you ever faced a task that felt overwhelming? Now imagine learning a new skill or trying to maintain independence while experiencing cognitive or physical decline. In this episode of Able to Care, Andy Baker explores forward and backward chaining—powerful techniques that break down complex tasks into manageable steps, helping individuals learn new skills, regain confidence, and maintain independence.
Whether you’re a caregiver, teacher, or healthcare professional, understanding these strategies can transform the way you support others, particularly those with dementia, acquired brain injury, or neurodiversity-related challenges.
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2025-02-0724 min
Food Manufacture PodcastModern Baker founder: Birth of the ‘Superloaf’In this month’s podcast, Food Manufacture speaks with Modern Baker founder Leo Campbell about his fight with depression, the spark that led to the creation of the brand and what makes a loaf ‘super’.
2025-01-2840 minAble to CareThe Power of Active ListeningHave you ever felt like someone wasn't truly listening to you? Or found yourself so focused on your response that you missed the heart of a conversation? In this episode of The Able to Care Podcast, host Andy Baker dives deep into the art of active listening—a transformative skill that builds stronger relationships at home, work, and in care settings. Andy shares practical insights, real-life examples, and actionable tips to help you become a more present and empathetic listener.
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2025-01-2420 minAble to CareTransforming Challenges Into Opportunities: The Power of Stage Desensitisation for Carers, Teachers, and ParentsIn this episode of the Able to Care Podcast, host Andy Baker dives into the concept of stage desensitisation—a step-by-step approach to overcoming fears, managing transitions, and building trust. Originally developed for treating phobias, this method has far-reaching applications for caregivers, educators, and parents. Whether it’s helping someone adapt to sensory challenges, navigate life changes, or overcome a fear, stage desensitisation offers a compassionate, effective framework for fostering resilience and growth.
🎧 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
The fundamentals of stage desensitisation and why it works.
Practical examples, from overcoming phobias to managing sensory sensitivities.
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2025-01-1724 minAble to CareSocial Conditioning: The Key to Better Behaviour ManagementIn this insightful episode of the Able to Care Podcast, host Andy Baker dives into the fascinating world of social conditioning and its profound impact on behaviour. From the early days of childhood to complex adult interactions, Andy explores how behaviours are shaped by norms, expectations, and the environments we navigate daily. He challenges traditional punishment-and-reward models of behaviour management, offering a fresh perspective grounded in research and practical strategies.
Drawing on experiments like the Solomon Asch Conformity Study and the Bobo Doll Experiment, Andy provides actionable advice for caregivers, teachers, and leaders looking to foster positive...
2024-12-0611 minAble to CareAuthor Andy Baker on 'Targeting the Positive' – A New Approach to BehaviourIn this insightful episode, former guest Tem interviews host Andy Baker about his new book, Targeting the Positive with Behaviours that Challenge. Together, they discuss the core mission behind Andy’s work: providing practical tools and strategies to empower caregivers, educators, and support workers facing challenging behaviours. Andy shares personal stories and practical insights, shedding light on how understanding, empathy, and strategic techniques can reshape challenging interactions. From Andy’s Six-Stage Target Model to insights on attachment theory and human rights, this episode offers listeners an in-depth look at how to respond to difficult behaviours thoughtfully and effectively.
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2024-11-1951 min
Quickly Kevin; will he score? The 90s Football ShowS14 EP3: Danny BakerJoining us this week is a titan, a legend of British broadcasting in the 90's and beyond (and Chris' number one dream guest for Quickly Kevin!) from 606 to TFI Friday, Gazza, Bowie and everything in between.. it was an absolute pleasure to spend time in the company of the one and only, Mr Danny Baker.... enjoy! Thanks for the continued support we genuinely couldn't make the show without you. Thanks, Chris, Josh and Michael xxxFan Club: www.anotherslice.com/quicklykevin...
2024-05-061h 39
Grow A Small Business PodcastUnleashing Extraordinary Success: Co-founder of Varicon orchestrates the strategic direction, guiding a team of 25 to remarkable accomplishments, exceeding revenue targets, and reshaping the landscape of small business excellence. (James Baker)Join Troy in a riveting conversation with James Baker, co-founder of Varicon, as they unveil the secrets behind growing a small business. Discover how James navigated challenges, scaled his team to 25, and achieved unparalleled success, exceeding revenue targets. Gain insights into strategic leadership and elevate your small business journey. Why would you wait any longer to start living the lifestyle you signed up for? Balance your health, wealth, relationships and business growth. And focus your time and energy and make the most of this year. Let’s get into it by clicking here. Tro...
2024-02-0638 min
Manx NewscastHealth committee member resigns over 'toxic and adversarial atmosphere'Vice-chair of the Health Services Consultative Committee Annette Baker has resigned from the body following concerns over the health minister's behaviour towards committee members.
The former Ramsey Grammar School headteacher has served on the panel for three years.
She says it's become increasingly impossible to serve on the committee, and that comments made by Lawrie Hooper about the HSCC's annual report have left a 'very sour taste' among members.
In this episode of the Manx Newscast, Mrs Baker explains more about her decision to step down.
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2024-01-0311 min
Business on a Beanbag#23 - Paul Baker | Business growth, values and lessons learnedWelcome to episode 23 of Business on a Beanbag!
This week Adam Baskill and Laura King-Berry are joined by Paul Baker of Bakers Environmental Solutions.
We talk about the importance of sustainable growth, second chances, living by your values and how crucial it is to operate sustainably.
Yet again, it's another episode jam packed with great conversation and of course, our infamous questionable questions!
Have a listen and let us know what you think!
If you'd like to contact Paul, you can find him here:
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2023-08-291h 08
The Shift with Sam BakerAnnie Macmanus: why middle aged women are a force to be reckoned with - THE SHIFT REVISITEDBack in season 4, I spoke to Annie Macmanus just as she was about to make the big leap from mega-DJ to... something entirely new. It's fascinating to see how much of what we talked about has since come to pass.My guest this week is a business woman, broadcaster, curator, tastemaker and DJ. She headlines festivals, hosts one of BBC Radio 1’s flagship shows, was Europe’s biggest female DJ and has her own hit podcast Changes with Annie Macmanus. And now, as if that wasn’t e-bloody-nough (bc let’s not forget the two kids), Annie ha...
2023-07-2541 min
The Shift with Sam BakerEmma Freud on mothering millennials and refusing to lie about her age - THE SHIFT REVISITEDBack at the very beginning, when The Shift was still a hair-brained idea, I sat in Emma Freud's kitchen chatting about being old birds. It ended up being the final episode of the first series. Here it is again.Where to start with this week’s guest? Now 58, Emma Freud is a broadcaster, presenter, columnist and fund-raiser, for want of a better way of putting the incredible work she and her partner Richard Curtis do with Comic Relief. And she’s got four kids. And a bazillion pets (listen on for kittens!). And she lives in my P...
2023-07-1848 min
The Shift with Sam BakerAlison Bechdel on her search for inner and outer strength - THE SHIFT REVISITEDThis week we're revisiting cartoonist and creator of the Bechdel test, Alison Bechdel. This episode first ran back in season 4.My guest this week is the cartoonist Alison Bechdel. Probably best known for the Bechdel test - a tongue in cheek method she came up with in the 80s for assessing gender bias in movies. She became a household name when Fun Home, her graphic novel/memoir about coming out and her father’s death, became a bestseller and was turned into an award-winning musical. Her new autobiographical graphic novel, The Secret To Superhuman Strength is a...
2023-07-1139 min
The Shift with Sam BakerTracey Thorn has got it all going on at 60 - THE SHIFT REVISITEDWhile we take our summer hiatus we're revisiting some classic episodes of The Shift with Sam Baker. Since I recorded this interview with Tracey back at the start of 2021, she and her partner Ben Watt have released a new Everything But The Girl album, Fuse, that's rocketed them back into the charts.Like many 80s kids, I grew up with today’s guest. Tracey Thorn started early, forming The Marine Girls (once described as looking like they would “break your arm before they’d let you break their hearts”), while still at school, and Everything But The Girl...
2023-06-2742 min
The Shift with Sam BakerJo Whiley on menopause, finding your fashion mojo and... gardening - THE SHIFT REVISITEDTo celebrate the DJ's 27th year of presenting Glastonbury on the BBC, we revisit one of the very first episodes of The Shift podcast, back in 2020, with Jo WhileyCareer crises are tough at the best of times, but imagine being in the midst of menopause – hot flushes, anxiety, brain fog, the lot – and finding your thirty year career is crashing down around your ears. That’s what happened to this week’s guest, the brilliant DJ and broadcaster Jo Whiley when she was given the job of co-hosting BBC radio 2’s drive time slot with Simon Mayo...
2023-06-2048 min
Sheffield's Hidden GemsEpisode 05 of the Sheffield's Hidden Gems podcast featuring commercial, portrait and landscape photographer, Antony BakerIn this episode, our guest is Antony Baker of Focussing On Photography Ltd.
As a photographer, Antony has a unique combination of three areas of focus: Commercial, Portrait and Landscape photography. Selected landscapes from Antony's photography are now used as backgrounds for greeting cards.
In this episode of the podcast, Antony reminds us also that “Weather makes the mood of the photograph”. Listen to this episode of the Sheffield's Hidden Gems podcast as Antony Baker discusses his unique photography business.
2022-12-2234 min
The Shift with Sam BakerThe Shift LIVE: Elif Shafak on intersectionality, identity and finding the courage to come out in her 40sIn the run up to Christmas I'll be dropping two special live episodes recorded live at the Birmingham Literature Festival earlier this autumn. The first conversation is with one of the most thoughtful people I’ve ever interviewed: the activist, author and academic, Elif Shafak.The author of 19 books, including the novels Ten minutes 38 seconds in this strange world which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and her latest, The Island Of Missing Trees which was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize, amongst many others. Elif is an advocate for women's rights, LGBTQ+ rights and freedom of e...
2022-12-2044 min
Grow A Small Business PodcastQFF 3+ years of high-level construction cost management. Now assisting small and medium-sized business owners in making and selling their idea with no high risk and in the most efficient way possible using various different strategies. (James Baker)In this week’s episode, Michael interviews James Baker, the Co-Founder of Varicon, a construction cost management software, based in Hobart, Tasmania. James is all about efficiency in business, it’s what drove him to co-create Varicon. James helps small to medium business owners, especially startups by convincing them to be as efficient as possible and recommending them to use the BMC (Business Model Canvas), which he states is a powerful tool for business owners. It shows all of the key building blocks of the business and how it comes together, aiding business owners in being efficient in cos...
2022-11-0313 min
Real RasslinReal Rasslin Podcast - Episode 10 - The Ox Baker Story - W/Special Guest Meghan Baker!Join Adz and Kyle as they talk to the daughter of the legendary Ox Baker, Meghan! We discuss her dad Ox's illustrious career, his life at home as a father and a parent, his death and Meghan's campaign to secure the trademark of his name!If you would like to donate to Meghan's campaign, click the link below:https://bit.ly/3ao7Bn6=============================================================Don' t forget to follow our partners Wrestling's Glory Days and The Pro Wrestling Wold over on Facebook.WGD: https://www.facebook.com/WrestlingsGl.......
2022-10-0542 min
The Shift with Sam BakerDeborah Frances-White on feminism, guilt-exfoliation and being diagnosed with ADHD in her 40sHello and welcome to this special bonus episode of The Shift with Sam Baker. Consider it a taster for season 10, which starts next Tuesday.If you’re in your 40s or 50s (or even 30s or 60s) and feeling a bit what-next, my guest today is just the motivation you need. Seven years ago Deborah Frances-White was sitting in a bar with a comedian friend, when they came up with a crazy idea for a podcast. You might have heard of it. It’s called The Guilty Feminist! Now about to celebrate 100 million downloads, its catch phra...
2022-10-0436 min
The Shift with Sam BakerDr Jen Gunter has things she wants you to know about the menopause - THE SHIFT REVISITEDOne of my favourite things about making The Shift podcast is all the fascinating women I get to interview - and learn a little bit from. So I’m revisiting a few of my favourite episodes while I finish putting together the new season. I had long been an admirer of Dr Jen Gunter's no-bull approach to women's health before I met her eighteen months ago. She didn't disappoint!Here are the original show notes:The best way I can think of to describe this week’s guest is that she’s a women’...
2022-09-2746 min
The Shift with Sam BakerNana-Ama Danquah on the triple burden of mental health, menopause and being Black - THE SHIFT REVISITEDOne of my favourite things about making The Shift podcast is all the fascinating women I get to interview - and learn a little bit from. So I’m revisiting a few of my favourite episodes while I finish putting together the new season. I had never heard of Nana-Ama Danquah before I started The Shift and speaking to her was one of my most enlightening conversations. Nana-Ama's writing has recently found a new audience and was shortlisted for this year's Caine Prize.Here are the original show notes:My guest today is th...
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Lifespring StoriesJust Catching UpThe Who, hospitals and catching upAnn, Sue and FranOver Sixties Lunches
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The Shift with Sam BakerBONUS: Sam Baker on menopause, the HRT lottery and the power of invisibilityWelcome to this special bonus episode of The Shift, the podcast that aims to tell the no-holds barred truth about being a woman post 40. Created and hosted by me, writer and broadcaster, Sam baker. Listeners often ask why I don’t put myself on the receiving end of The Shift!? Well, a couple of weeks ago I did just that. When I was interviewed about menopause, misogyny, the HRT lottery and all things midlife by my friend Jennifer Crichton, creator of The Flock, at Edinburgh Wellbeing Festival.As you will hear, it’s not t...
2022-05-2135 min
The Shift with Sam BakerJojo Moyes on radical life change in your 40s - FROM THE ARCHIVESBack in the before times, I had an idea to launch a podcast that celebrated the achievements and lives of women over 40. With a couple of friends and an idiot-proof microphone I recorded the first series of what was to become The Shift. This is a replay of one of the first episodes I ever recorded - with my friend Jojo Moyes. Little did we know that two and a half years later we would only have seen each other a handful of times and EVERYTHING would have changed irrevocably. It's a real blast from the past in so...
2022-04-1948 min
The Shift with Sam BakerLindsey Hilsum on menopause in a warzone - FROM THE ARCHIVESOne of my favourite things about making The Shift podcast is all the fascinating women I get to interview - and learn a little bit from. This is a replay of one of my all time favourites. I was in awe of the indomitable Channel 4 international editor Lindsey Hilsum when I interviewed her 15 months ago and even more so now, as we watch her daily reporting from the devastation that has been wrought on Ukraine by Russian troops.Here are the original show notes:You know when people say you’re “brave” because you’ve...
2022-04-0540 min
The Lone Star PlateSean Baker's New Film ‘Red Rocket’ is Set in TexasRed Rocket is a hilarious and touching film about a formerly successful, but now near penniless adult entertainer, who returns to his small Texas hometown in search of a new start. I’m joined by writer and director Sean Baker to hear about how the film was shot, why he chose Texas, and what he learned from spending so much time shooting in the state… “Everybody except for our three leads are from Texas and they’re all first-timers.” - Sean Baker Time Stamps: 00:00 - Introducing filmmaker Sean Baker and his new film ‘Red Ro...
2021-12-1734 min
Look, Hear – Discover Oxford RoadThe IDRThe Friends of the IDR are major advocates of the road's potential, but there are two sides to the ringroad’s history.Performed by Claire Morgan and Tiffany KingThank You to Reg Vastern-King and everyone from The Friends of the IDRWritten by Oli Hewson, Milli Dalton and Renee Quartey-PeluolaCasting by Martha HaskinsDirected by Matthew WhitelockSound Engineering by Pedro SantosTheme music composed by Vladimir GrudinovGraphic Design by Courtney HiggsPhotographic images by Em...
2021-11-0210 min
Look, Hear – Discover Oxford RoadGhostsThe Oxford Road is over a thousand years old and many people have passed away there. Let Adam Byrneintroduce you to a few of them.Performed by Paul Gallantry and Tiffany KingWritten by Oli Hewson, Milli Dalton and Renee Quartey-PeluolaCasting by Martha HaskinsDirected by Matthew WhitelockSound Engineering by Pedro SantosTheme music composed by Vladimir GrudinovGraphic Design by Courtney HiggsPhotographic images by Emily Marshall© Copyright Baker Street Productions Ltd 2021Learn a...
2021-11-0211 min
Look, Hear – Discover Oxford RoadProvidence ChapelThe community at Providence Chapel have been caring for Reading’s homeless for decades, but how hasCOVID affected their operation?Performed by Tiffany King Thank you to John DavisWritten by Oli Hewson, Milli Dalton and Renee Quartey-PeluolaCasting by Martha HaskinsDirected by Matthew WhitelockSound Engineering by Pedro SantosTheme music composed by Vladimir GrudinovGraphic Design by Courtney HiggsPhotographic images by Emily Marshall© Copyright Baker Street Productions Ltd 2021
2021-11-0208 min
Look, Hear – Discover Oxford RoadLife During COVIDHow have the people along Oxford Road fared during the COVID Pandemic?Performed by Tiffany King with contributions from the community.Written by Oli Hewson, Milli Dalton and Renee Quartey-PeluolaCasting by Martha HaskinsDirected by Matthew WhitelockSound Engineering by Pedro SantosTheme music composed by Vladimir GrudinovGraphic Design by Courtney HiggsPhotographic images by Emily Marshall© Copyright Baker Street Productions Ltd 2021
2021-11-0208 min
Look, Hear – Discover Oxford RoadThe Lawyer and the CommunityMartin McDonald wasn’t born on Oxford Road, but it’s more his home than anywhere else.Performed by Caleb Obediah and Tiffany KingSongs written and performed by Jordan ApapWritten by Oli Hewson, Milli Dalton and Renee Quartey-PeluolaCasting by Martha HaskinsDirected by Matthew WhitelockSound Engineering by Pedro SantosTheme music composed by Vladimir GrudinovGraphic Design by Courtney HiggsPhotographic images by Emily MarshallThank You to Bill Montague© Copyright Baker Street Produ...
2021-11-0207 min
Look, Hear – Discover Oxford RoadDemain 1953Son of a tailor, Jonathan Ryz, tells us what his grandfather’s shop means to him.Performed by Tiffany KingWritten by Oli Hewson, Milli Dalton and Renee Quartey-PeluolaCasting by Martha HaskinsDirected by Matthew WhitelockSound Engineering by Pedro SantosTheme music composed by Vladimir GrudinovGraphic Design by Courtney HiggsPhotographic images by Emily MarshallThank you to Jonathan Ryz© Copyright Baker Street Productions Ltd 2021
2021-11-0211 min
Look, Hear – Discover Oxford RoadThe Royal Meteorological SocietyMary Ratajowski, an odd sort of woman, has much to tell us about The Royal Meteorological Society.Performed by Claire Morgan and Tiffany KingWritten by Oli Hewson, Milli Dalton and Renee Quartey-PeluolaCasting by Martha HaskinsDirected by Matthew WhitelockSound Engineering by Pedro SantosTheme music composed by Vladimir GrudinovGraphic Design by Courtney HiggsPhotographic images by Emily Marshall© Copyright Baker Street Productions Ltd 2021https://www.rmets.org/
2021-11-0210 min
Look, Hear – Discover Oxford RoadDerek and his BenchDerek Webb spends his days watching the Oxford Road.Performed by Paul Gallantry and Tiffany KingWritten by Oli Hewson, Milli Dalton and Renee Quartey-PeluolaCasting by Martha HaskinsDirected by Matthew WhitelockSound Engineering by Pedro SantosTheme music composed by Vladimir GrudinovGraphic Design by Courtney HiggsPhotographic images by Emily MarshallInspired by a poem by Kathy Tytler© Copyright Baker Street Productions Ltd 2021
2021-11-0212 min
Look, Hear – Discover Oxford RoadCulture MixThe Artistic Director of Culture Mix explains what music means to him.Performed by Caleb Obediah and Tiffany KingWritten by Oli Hewson, Milli Dalton and Renee Quartey-PeluolaCasting by Martha HaskinsDirected by Matthew WhitelockSound Engineering by Pedro SantosTheme music composed by Vladimir GrudinovGraphic Design by Courtney HiggsPhotographic images by Emily MarshallMusic by RASPOThank you to Mary Genis at Culture Mix© Copyright Baker Street Productions Ltd 2021
2021-11-0208 min
Look, Hear – Discover Oxford RoadBest FoodsOur guide competes in a cooking competition with two other Oxford Road locals.Performed by William Burrage, Victoria Wasilewska and Tiffany KingWritten by Oli Hewson, Milli Dalton and Renee Quartey-PeluolaCasting by Martha HaskinsDirected by Matthew WhitelockSound Engineering by Pedro SantosTheme music composed by Vladimir GrudinovGraphic Design by Courtney HiggsPhotographic images by Emily MarshallMusic by RASPO© Copyright Baker Street Productions Ltd 2021
2021-11-0209 min
Look, Hear – Discover Oxford RoadHoly TrinityChris, pub landlord and church organist, takes us on a journey around the Holy Trinity Chapel.Performed by Paul Gallantry and Tiffany KingWritten by Oli Hewson, Milli Dalton and Renee Quartey-PeluolaCasting by Martha HaskinsDirected by Matthew WhitelockSound Engineering by Pedro SantosTheme music composed by Vladimir GrudinovGraphic Design by Courtney HiggsPhotographic images by Emily MarshallMusic performed by Andre Jacobucci and mixed by Marius Hopley© Copyright Baker Street Productions Ltd 2021
2021-11-0210 min
Look, Hear – Discover Oxford RoadThe PavilionAmory Phillips tells us what the Oxford Road community means to LifeSpring Church.Performed by Claire Morgon and Tiffany Kinghttps://lifespringchurch.org.uk/Written by Oli Hewson, Milli Dalton and Renee Quartey-PeluolaCasting by Martha HaskinsDirected by Matthew WhitelockSound Engineering by Pedro SantosTheme music composed by Vladimir GrudinovGraphic Design by Courtney HiggsPhotographic images by Emily Marshall© Copyright Baker Street Productions Ltd 2021
2021-11-0209 min
The Shift with Sam BakerMarian Keyes on menopause, Botox and learning to be shameless (from the archive)This is the second episode I ever recorded and the most popular episode of The Shift bar none. Marian Keyes has a legion of fans and for good reason. I thought I'd replay it in preparation for the upcoming 25th anniversary of her greatest hit, Rachel's Holiday, and its long-awaited sequel, Again, Rachel, coming February 2022.*Ask any group of women to name a woman they love and I guarantee you someone will name this week’s guest, because Marian Keyes is beloved of women the world over. (She won’t be...
2021-09-2145 min
The Shift with Sam BakerIsabel Allende on feminism, anger and being fatally heterosexual (from the archive)This is a replay of an episode from earlier this year. If I had to choose one episode as my favourite - tough call, like choosing a favourite child! - this would probably be it. If you've heard it before, give it another listen - Isabel Allende is iconic, truly. If you haven't, you are about to meet your old bird role model....The main word I can think of to describe this week’s guest is wise. (Well there are other words - fabulous and no-bull for starters - but wise is the biggie.) Bestselling au...
2021-09-1436 min
Korda - The Thinking Tackle Podcast#052 - John Baker, do me a flavour?John Baker is one of the most respected and highly influential bait specialists around today. Since the 1970s, John's baits and ingredients have accounted for numerous specimen-sized carp, substantiating his reputation as one of the most informed and knowledgeable people on the subject today. John's fishing experience is vast and varied, having fished for carp on some of the country's most influential waters such as Savay, Redmire, Ashley pool, Darenth, and Harrow.
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The Shift with Sam BakerDr Jen Gunter on menopause, mental health and why we all need a meno-partyThe best way I can think of to describe this week’s guest is that she’s a women’s health vigilante. (A vagina vigilante if you will!) Dubbed twitter’s resident gynaecologist, and the nemesis of snake oil salesmen everywhere, Dr Jen Gunter is the living embodiment of “information is power”. She has made it her life’s mission to give you the information you need to make life better for you - and for your vagina. Best known for her book The Vagina Bible, and publicly taking Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle website Goop to task for, amongst...
2021-06-1546 min
The Shift with Sam BakerEsther Freud on motherhood, guilt and upending your life in your 50sHow does it feel to come from a family with a legend? If you’re today’s guest, novelist and playwright Esther Freud (daughter of painter Lucian Freud and great granddaughter of Sigmund Freud) you work with that legacy to produce some of the finest novels of the last thirty years. Her first Hideous Kinky, based on her unusual childhood, was made into a film starring Kate Winslet and after the follow-up, Peerless Flats, she was named one of Granta’s Best Young Novelists. Scroll forward a couple of decades and her ninth novel, I Couldn’t Love You More, co...
2021-06-0841 min
The Shift with Sam BakerKate Mosse: why caring is a feminist issue (from the archives)This is a replay of an episode published at the start of the year in which Kate Mosse talked about her experience of caring for both her own elderly parents, and her husband's mother. I'm replaying it now to coincide with the publication of her memoir, An Extra Pair of Hands, in which she writes movingly about that experience and its profound effect on her family.Kate is also founder of the Women's Prize for Fiction, now in its 26th year, and a bestselling author of seven novels and two short story collections. She is kind...
2021-06-0343 min
The Shift with Sam BakerPragya Agarwal on shame, surrogacy and the many faces of motherhoodThis week’s guest is the behavioural and data scientist, Dr Pragya Agarwal. A passionate campaigner for gender and race equality, Pragya is the author of the much-praised Sway, about unravelling unconscious bias, and the host of of the podcast, Wish We Knew What to Say: talking with children about race. Pragya is also - and I tell you this only because it’s relevant to today’s conversation - the mother of three daughters, the first is now in her early twenties, her twins, now aged five. It’s that journey - from one sort of mother...
2021-06-0145 min
The Shift with Sam BakerAnnie Mac on turning 40 and why middle aged women are a force to be reckoned withMy guest this week is a business woman, broadcaster, curator, tastemaker and DJ. She headlines festivals, hosts one of BBC Radio 1’s flagship shows, was Europe’s biggest female DJ and has her own hit podcast Changes with Annie Macmanus. And now, as if that wasn’t e-bloody-nough (bc let’s not forget the two kids), Annie has written her first novel, Mother Mother. Oh and she’s cool. And nice. (In the best possible way. Not in the I’m too lazy to think of a proper adjective kind of way.)Over the next 45 minutes, Annie talks...
2021-05-2541 min
The Shift with Sam BakerMona Eltahawy on anger, ambition and ageing disgracefullyThe phrase force-of-nature was created to describe this week’s guest. Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy has been fighting back and refusing to shut up for the best part of 50 years. She has been assaulted and detained in Tahir Square, banned from an Australian TV network, and has made it her business to be the scourge of the pale male, and stale everywhere. She is also a huge source of inspiration for women and girls the world over through her Feminist Giant newsletter.In her new book - The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls, a fi...
2021-05-1846 min
The Shift with Sam BakerAlison Bechdel on her search for inner and outer strength. Plus tarotMy guest this week is the cartoonist Alison Bechdel. Probably best known for the Bechdel test - a tongue in cheek method she came up with in the 80s for assessing gender bias in movies. She became a household name when Fun Home, her graphic novel/memoir about coming out and her father’s death, became a bestseller and was turned into an award-winning musical. Her new autobiographical graphic novel, The Secret To Superhuman Strength is a funny-not funny exploration of her own search for inner and outer strength through the lens of 60 years of fitness fads....
2021-05-1139 min
The Shift with Sam BakerAnya Hindmarch on beating self doubt and why fashion needs to take some responsibilityEntrepreneur and fashion designer Anya Hindmarch is the queen of practicality. The bags for which her eponymous label is famous have long been adored for their pockets, compartments, zips and the fact they’re not weighed down with hardware - I mean seriously who wants a bag that’s too heavy to carry when it’s EMPTY?! It’s that super-sensible but fun, creative approach that saw her lauded as Accessories Designer of the year at the British Fashion Awards. So it’s no surprise that her never-fail piece of advice - if In doubt, wash your hair - has become t...
2021-05-0444 minSheffield's Hidden GemsEpisode 07 of the Sheffield's Hidden Gems podcast with guests Steve Rundell and Laura Baker -Nomad Opening Doors (charity)Episode 07 of the Sheffield's Hidden Gems podcast features an interview with two representatives of the charity 'Nomad Opening Doors'.
In this interview Steve Rundell (CEO) and Laura Baker (Fundraising and Communication Coordinator) talk about Nomad and share insights into the work of the charity in helping homeless people in Sheffield. Since founding over 30 years ago, Nomad has provided accommodation and much more to help people live more stable and secure lives in Sheffield.
Some mind-numbing facts:
-'Sofa surfing' is the hidden face of the homelessness crisis in the UK.
-In 2018, over 200,000 people in...
2021-05-0320 min
The Shift with Sam BakerTamsin Calidas: the truth about the "escape to the country" dreamThis week’s guest is a writer, photographer, sheep rearer (pretty sure that’s not the right word for it), crofter and expert at the dark art of being alone. Tamsin Calidas lived a relatively anonymous life on a small Scottish island, until she wrote her memoir, I am an island, about her experience of moving from London to the comparatively remote Hebrides.In doing so, she was living the dream of every midlife woman I know. Or was she?From her stone croft (no heating - and on the day we talk, bloo...
2021-04-2738 min
The Shift with Sam BakerTracey Thorn on being a woman in a bloke’s world, hormones and going statement greyLike many 80s kids, I grew up with today’s guest. Tracey Thorn started early, forming The Marine Girls (once described as looking like they would “break your arm before they’d let you break their hearts”), while still at school, and Everything But The Girl, with her musical and life partner Ben Watt, whilst at university. Since then she’s released three solo albums, three critically acclaimed memoirs - and had three children. Her fourth book - My Rock’n’Roll Friend - about her 37 year on-off friendship with Lindy Morrison (drummer of Australian band The Go-Betweens) is...
2021-04-2042 min
The Shift with Sam BakerMel Giedroyc on starting a new career at 51 and being a menopause dodgerI am thrilled to kick off season four - season bloody four! - of The Shift with today’s guest, Mel Giedroyc (and yes I did practice saying that 935 times). Mel is (she reckons) the more punctual half of beloved comedy duo, Mel and Sue, an actress, writer and, drum roll, NATIONAL TREASURE thanks to the best part of seven years spent eating cake. (Nice gig if you can get it) And now - bloody over-achiever - she’s written her debut novel, The Best Things, which is as warm, hilarious and full of pin-sharp observation as you’d expect...
2021-04-1348 min
The Shift with Sam BakerLindsey Hilsum on Marie Colvin, menopause in a warzone and why going grey is NOT braveYou know when people say you’re “brave” because you’ve got a few grey hairs?! Well, my guest this week is the living proof - as if it were needed - that that is a right old load of BS. Channel 4 International Editor Lindsey Hilsum is an acclaimed foreign correspondent who has reported from all over the world including Iraq, Syria, Gaza, Kosovo and Rwanda. She also won the James Tait Black Award for In Extremis, her devastating biography of her friend, the foreign reporter, Marie Colvin who was killed reporting from Syria in 2012.Lindsey is just...
2021-03-2340 min
The Shift with Sam BakerSadie Frost and Frances Ruffelle on 40 years of friendship - and why it's more important than loveMy guests this week have both lived fascinating lives. Both have experienced ups and downs. Both are now 55 and have found themselves in this place in life that has brought them a surprising new power. Actress, producer, businesswoman and compulsive learner Sadie Frost and award winning actress and singer/songwriter Frances Ruffelle first met at school in 1976 (when they were the scruffy, noisy, naughty ones at the back!) and have been firm friends ever since.They are also both yoga addicts, so it made perfect sense for them to launch their new business, Yin & Tonic, that...
2021-03-1641 min
The Shift with Sam BakerNana-Ama Danquah on the triple burden of mental health, menopause and being blackMy guest today is the Ghanaian American writer Nana-Ama Danquah. Nana-Ama found herself in the public eye when, in the late 90s, she published her memoir Willow Weep For Me about suffering from clinical depression - one of the first books to openly discuss black women’s mental health experience. Critically acclaimed by the likes of the late, great Maya Angelou, its description of the shame, dismissal, denial and out and out despair experienced by many black women started a much-needed conversation that was widely credited with “saving lives”. (It's currently not published in the UK - publishers I AM LOO...
2021-03-0946 min
The Shift with Sam BakerIsabel Allende on feminism, anger and being "fatally heterosexual"The main word I can think of to describe this week’s guest is wise. (Well there are other words - fabulous and no-bull for starters - but wise is the biggie.) Bestselling author Isabel Allende has written 25 books including her debut, the global smash hit The House of the Spirits, published when she was 39, and two memoirs, one about the death of her daughter Paula, at the age of 29. In her latest, The Soul of A Woman, the 79 year old Chilean who has been in self-imposed exile since 1975, takes a candid look at her own life, sexuality and ev...
2021-03-0236 min
The Shift with Sam BakerRosie Green: a how to cope with mid-life crisis specialThis week is a bit of a “how to cope when your life spirals out of control and goes tits up!” Special! And my guest, journalist Rosie Green, is an unwilling expert on midlife chaos. She was 44 (there’s that age again…) when her contented, settled, literally roses-round-the-door family life was pulled out from under her when her husband and partner of 26 years told her he didn’t love her any more - well, he did, but “like a friend”. Yep, I know.Three years on, Rosie has flipped the pain of that heartbreak around, rebuilding her life and h...
2021-02-2347 min
The Shift with Sam BakerSarah Pinborough on why women need to get comfortable talking about moneyLike many women, my guest this week has lived a lot of lives in one. Married and divorced in her 20s, Sarah Pinborough left a career in teaching, became a horror writer and taught herself to script write, but it was when she turned her hand to psychological thrillers, when she was 44 (remember that age, it’s definitely significant!), that things went ‘a little nuts’.That book, Behind Her Eyes, went onto sell a million copies and is now coming to Netflix as a highly bingeable series (18 February 2021 - get it on your watchlist). Sarah is honest...
2021-02-1637 minKorda - The Thinking Tackle Podcast#036 - Lockdown Listens with Carl & Alex, John Baker and Tom DoveYoutubers Carl and Alex, bait expert John Baker and Monster Carp co-host and Korda’s Tom Dove all joined Simon Pitt on this episode of The Thinking Tackle Podcast. Due to the lockdown regulations, the podcast is continuing its series of Lockdown Listens with guests from the world of carp fishing. Carl and Alex discussed their recent lockdown videos, John Baker lifts the lid on the bait industry and Tom Dove revealed some big news regarding his personal life.
2021-02-151h 35
The Shift with Sam BakerAlexandra Heminsley on body image, identity and building an LGBTQ+ familyWhere to start with the last decade of this week's guest's life? After struggling to get pregnant, Alexandra Heminsley finally conceived at 40 after unsuccessful rounds of IVF. You might hope that was the end of the stress. But no. First came the DNA test that questioned whether the embryo was really hers and then, as she tried to adapt to life as the mother of a much longed-for newborn, her husband D reached a point where they felt they had no choice but to transition. Oh, and She was also assaulted on public transport whilst heavily pregnant.
2021-02-0943 min
The Shift with Sam BakerKate Mosse on why caring is a feminist issueYou’d be hard pushed to think of anyone who has done more for women writers than this week’s guest. Twenty five years ago, Kate Mosse was working in publishing when she looked around and realised that everyone on all the awards shortlists looked familiar - pale, male and stale. The result - the Women’s Prize for Fiction - has just celebrated its 25th anniversary, and given a much-needed voice to women’s writing.Kate is also a bestselling author of 7 novels and 2 short story collections including the millions-selling global smash hit Labyrinth and her new...
2021-02-0243 min
The Shift with Sam BakerSalena Godden on why 40-plus is where the party isThis week's guest is acclaimed poet, author and activist, Salena Godden. Now in her late 40s, Salena has been writing and performing since 1994 when she moved to London seeking the bright lights and never looked back. In her evocative debut novel, Mrs Death Misses Death, the self-confessed “dreamer” brings death to life as a middle-aged black woman and combines prose, poetry and non-fiction to tell the stories of the invisible women society prefers to ignore.Over the next half hour, the woman once described as “everything the Daily Mail is terrified of” talks about "not being here for...
2021-01-2634 min
The Shift with Sam BakerSeason 3 of The Shift with Sam Baker is back!!How can it possibly be season three already?! Time flies when you're locked indoors binge-watching repeats! After full and frank conversations about life after 40 (and I DO mean full and frank!) in the first two seasons with the likes of Marian Keyes, Emma Freud, Jojo Moyes, Jo Whiley, Sara Collins, Bryony Gordon, Jodi Picoult, Gabby Logan and many more, we're back with lots more chat about everything from hormones to cash flow, body image to the portrayal of midlife women on screen to the triple burden of menopause, mental health and being black. Guests to look out for include...
2021-01-1801 min
NLP Talks with Laura EvansUsing NLP in Career Coaching - helping people get career success with transformational results - featuring Jane BakerAre you curious about the difference NLP can make in Career Coaching? Ever wondered how changing your mindset can help you get a promotion or change career?Perhaps you’re looking to understand how NLP can help you if you're being made redundant and deciding on what’s next for you? In this episode Jane Baker shares how Neuro-Linguistic Programming has made a significant difference to the career success she’s been able to get her clients, describing NLP as ‘magical’. She helps ambitious Professionals, Leaders and Executives build confidence and self-belief...
2020-12-0956 min
The Transformation Leaders Podcast: Expert Strategies for Leading Organizational Change and Transformation#22 - Steve BakerThis episode is slightly different that the previous shows, in that the person that Tony is in discussion with isn't a corporate transformation leader.
However, we are delighted to be joined by Steven Baker OBE and honestly, we defy anyone in business (irrespective of whether you operate in the change and transformation space) not to be able to get something from this episode.
Tony has known Steve for a couple of years and his background story is fascinating.
What is even more fascinating though is his ability to deliver real behavioural transformation in...
2020-11-2048 min
The Shift with Sam BakerEmma Freud on millennials, going grey and why she'll never lie about her ageWhere to start with this week’s guest? Now 58, Emma Freud is a broadcaster, presenter, columnist and fund-raiser, for want of a better way of putting the incredible work she and her partner Richard Curtis do with Comic Relief. And she’s got four kids. And a bazillion pets (listen on for kittens!). And she lives in my Pinterest board. And she’s not afraid to call a spade a spade. Lots of spades, in fact.In a no-holds barred conversation, Emma talks frankly about reshaping Comic Relief for a new generation, how being the mother of one...
2020-10-1348 min
The Shift with Sam BakerKate Spicer on menopause stereotypes, being child-free and single at 50This week's guest is journalist and author, Kate Spicer. Kate went from “just another journalist” to national treasure and the country’s most famous dog-lover when her dog Wolfie went missing and she enlisted twitter to help find him. That story became a book, Lost Dog (billed as What did Fleabag do next? But equally a story about the love between a lost human and her four-legged friend), and is now on the way to becoming a film.There is no-one better than Kate to talk about the way child-free women are stereotyped (dog as baby substi...
2020-10-0640 min
Clinton Baptiste's Paranormal PodcastSeries 3 - The Healing Festival - Episode 1EPISODE ONEClinton arrives onsite and stumbles into a ‘women only’ workshop. He wastes no time ingratiating himself with Lord Hawley and his daughter; the no nonsense Beebee, but comes unstuck during a séance when he claims the Hawley’s estate was used as a brothel in the early 1800s. Things go from bad to worse when his arch rival Ramone arrives for the full five days and the two of them are forced to share a tepee.Clinton Baptiste ALEX LOWEJason CORNELIUS MENDEZCarer JOSH CLUDERAYPA Announcer HANNAH BOURNE
2020-09-3028 min
The Shift with Sam BakerJo Whiley on regaining your confidence, finding your fashion mojo and... gardeningCareer crises are tough at the best of times, but imagine being in the midst of menopause - hot flushes, anxiety, brain fog, the lot - and finding your thirty year career is crashing down around your ears. That’s what happened to this week’s guest, the brilliant DJ and broadcaster Jo Whiley when she was given the job of co-hosting BBC radio 2’s drive time slot with Simon Mayo. She talks honestly about coming through the most turbulent year of her career, regaining her confidence, learning to listen to your heart not your detractors, going outside your comfor...
2020-09-2948 min
The Shift with Sam BakerCaroline de Maigret on being older but better and grown up styleThis week’s guest this week is the epitome of grown up style - so much so that her effortless look has earnt her almost a million followers on Instagram. At 45, French model and producer Caroline de Maigret is the face of Chanel and co-author of two bestselling books that take a tongue in cheek look at the whole 'cult of the French woman' thing.So how does it feel when your face (and body) is your fortune and you discover that - yes! - even fashion icons age? Especially when you go to get a mo...
2020-09-2242 min
The Shift with Sam BakerJojo Moyes on visibility, imposter syndrome and female friendshipHow does it feel to suddenly become ultra-visible just as the world is trying to invisible you? That’s what happened to this week’s guest, mega-selling novelist Jojo Moyes, when the book her old publishers didn't want to publish - Me Before You - became a global bestseller and smash-hit movie in her mid-40s. Since then every book Jojo has written has been a bestseller and she’s sold the movie rights to pretty much everything she’s ever written. (Not remotely jealous.) Her latest, The Giver Of Stars, the transporting story of a group of...
2020-09-1548 min
The Shift with Sam BakerSara Collins on the power of women and turning a midlife crisis into successMy guest this week will give hope to anyone who’s looking at their work life and wondering WTF? The inspirational Sara Collins was a lawyer and mother of five (I know!) when she looked at her life and thought: no more! (The job, not the kids!) She took a creative writing course and wrote the first few chapters of the book that was to become her debut novel and a runaway bestseller on both sides of the atlantic that has received glowing reviews from everyone from Oprah to Margaret Atwood to Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo: The Confessions of...
2020-09-0850 min
The Shift with Sam BakerMarian Keyes on menopause, Botox and learning to be shamelessAsk any group of women to name a woman they love and I guarantee you someone will name this week’s guest, because Marian Keyes is beloved of women the world over. (She won’t believe that, but she is!) And you know why? Because she speaks the truth. She can’t not speak the truth. Which could well be why she’s sold over 35 million books. Her trademark: the silk glove of laugh out loud funny stories that conceal within them the iron fist of tough contemporary issues. The latest of which is the frankly fabliss and immensely truth-te...
2020-09-0145 min
Wireless Theatre Ltd Audio DramaJacker and BakerTwo students, Arnold Nugent Strode Strode-Jackson and Philip John Noel-Baker, became lifelong friends when they were unexpectedly chosen to represent Britain at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. One became a war hero, awarded the DSO and three Bars and becoming the youngest Brigadier-General in the British Army. The other created the Friends Ambulance Unit, served in WW1 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
2020-04-2629 min
Wireless Theatre Ltd Audio DramaJacker and BakerTwo students, Arnold Nugent Strode Strode-Jackson and Philip John Noel-Baker, became lifelong friends when they were unexpectedly chosen to represent Britain at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. One became a war hero, awarded the DSO and three Bars and becoming the youngest Brigadier-General in the British Army. The other created the Friends Ambulance Unit, served in WW1 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
2020-04-2629 minQuickly Kevin; will he score? The 90s Football ShowCharlie Baker on Torquay United : S06 E03QKWHS - Charlie Baker on Torquay United : S06 E03Joining us in the studio this week is comedian and presenter Charlie Baker to discuss the highs and lowers of life as a lower league supporter and his beloved Torquay United. Thanks,Chris, Josh and Michael.Twitter: @quicklykevinFacebook:quicklykevinInstagram: quicklykevinEmail: hello@quicklykevin.comIf you were mis-sold a bank account by a cast member of TV show Gladiators call this number: 0800 023 4567 Hosted on...
2020-04-061h 12
Everything They Don’t Tell YouBlue is the New White #29 - Bob Baker, @bakerplumbingBob Baker apprenticed with his father, Gerry, from the time he could hold a wrench and eventually received his master plumbing certificate from SAIT. Due to the boom that occurred in Calgary, Gerry and Bob thought it best to split the city into halves. Gerry would look after the NW and Bob would handle the SE. In 2000, Bob started his own company naming it R. Baker Plumbing & Heating Ltd with the intent of eventually joining both his and his dad’s company together when Gerry was ready to retire. The work load provided by their clients, meant Gerry...
2020-02-0457 min
Goodwood Racecourse Official Podcasting ChannelGeorge BakerQatar Goodwood Festival - Day 2 - Race 5 - Trainer George Baker talks after his horse Feel Glorious won Race 5 on Day 2 of the Qatar Goodwood Festival. George trains at Chiddingfold
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