New conversations, twice a week
Honest, substantive conversations with the people shaping history, theology, and women's empowerment.
Follow the Leighder is a society and culture podcast hosted by a USAFR veteran, seminary graduate, and graduate of UT Austin. Each 45-60 minute episode brings historians, theologians, women's advocates, and public intellectuals into the kind of conversation that actually gets somewhere.
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245K+
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45–60 Min
Episodes
Women 26–55
Core Audience
What is Follow the Leighder?
Follow the Leighder exists at the intersection of scholarship and storytelling. Every episode is a long-form conversation with someone who has spent their career thinking seriously about history, faith, culture, or women's place in all three. We take ideas seriously and trust the audience to keep up.
Guests have included historians, theologians, women's advocates, military figures, public lands advocates, and religious leaders. What they share is a commitment to rigorous, honest conversation, and a willingness to go somewhere real with it.
If you're hungry for content that examines complex ideas with a compassionate heart, you're in the right place.
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Are you the next voice on Follow the Leighder?
We feature historians, theologians, women's advocates, military figures, authors, journalists, and public intellectuals. Basically folks who are credentialed, credible, and committed to advancing public knowledge. If that sounds like you, we want to hear from you.
What guests receive: — A form with details in advance — no surprises! Transcript following recording — Full episode distributed across YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major platforms — Cross-promotion across our 245K+ following on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook
Your Host
Leigh Larson is a USAFR veteran, Master of Theological Studies graduate, and former Presidential and Jefferson Scholar at the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in International Relations. Her original research examined Christian Nationalism in US military chaplaincy. She built Follow the Leighder to bring rigorous, women-centered perspectives on history, theology, and culture to an audience that deserves more than surface-level content.
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My Focus
SCHOLAR
History, theology, and thought leadership. Long-form conversations with credentialed academics, historians, and public intellectuals.
Because serious ideas deserve serious treatment.
EXPLORER
Travel tied to historical, humanitarian, and cultural significance. On-location storytelling that brings the past alive for a modern, curious audience.
HUMAN
Women's empowerment, personal stories, and real talk. Honest conversations about faith, identity, service, and what it means to lead with purpose.
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