The Leap

The Leap


Latest Episodes

Suddenly Everyone’s Favorite Communist
July 24, 2018

Brace Belden was 27 when he snuck into Syria to enlist in a Kurdish militia.

I’m Your Man
July 10, 2018

April hasn't seen Steve in 15 years. So when a lawyer calls her asking about him, she's not sure what to think.

17andMe
June 26, 2018

Twenty years after Daley Dunham donated sperm, a tidal wave of children came crashing into his life.

The Company We Keep
June 12, 2018

Stories of unlikely friendships.

Her Double Life
May 29, 2018

A strange dream made My Linh Le wonder, should she finally tell her parents the truth about who she was?

Little Girl Lost
May 15, 2018

Sunday, Dec. 9, 1984 is a day Beth McGhee will never forget. It’s the day her three year-old daughter, Neola, vanished, kidnapped by her ex-husband. As Beth launched into the painful search for Neola, she had no idea how long she would be waiting for h...

Listener Stories – A Boat, a Baby and the Blue Skies of Montana
May 09, 2017

We've been asking for your stories, and on the last episode of Season 2, we highlight three of our listeners' leaps. - Gavin McClurg embarked on a death-defying adventure on the Pacific that changed the direction of his life.

S2 Episode 6: Listener Stories- A Boat, a Baby and the Blue Skies of Montana
May 09, 2017

We’ve been asking for your stories, and on the last episode of Season 2, we highlight three of our listeners’ leaps. Gavin McClurg embarked on a death-defying adventure on the Pacific that changed the direction of his life.

S2 Episode 5: An Unorthodox Life
April 25, 2017

Henny Kupferstein grew up in the Belz sect of ultra-orthodox, Hasidic Jews in Borough Park, Brooklyn. From early childhood, she felt like a misfit. After getting married to a virtual stranger at age 18, Henny began secretly rebelling against the confin...

An Unorthodox Life
April 25, 2017

Henny Kupferstein grew up in the Belz sect of ultra-orthodox, Hasidic Jews in Borough Park, Brooklyn. From early childhood, she felt like a misfit. After getting married to a virtual stranger at age 18, Henny began secretly rebelling against the confin...