Leah
Jacob's wife
25
APPEARANCES
18
PODCASTS
May 23, 2026
LeahGUEST
I think I'm gonna do close to mile two, and then run over to 12 and see her come back.
17 MINS LATER
LeahGUEST
She'd be getting a pretty little bill in the mail because the amount of t- it's nauseating.
LeahGUEST
If that's your entire personality, you, it's, y- uh, "Hey, what's up? Vent, vent, vent, vent, vent." There's nothing else to talk about, just my, I hate my husband, this is going on.
18 MINS LATER
LeahGUEST
So one thing I try to do every summer is organize our events around summer activities that I can bring Cora to, that she enjoys, and that we can invite other families to.
LeahGUEST
And families are definitely, um, one of the b- focus areas of mine, specifically upsizers.
LeahGUEST
So we do everything from a scavenger hunt in a local park where we invite our, the families in our database.
LeahGUEST
And so, um, [laughs] I've essentially just stayed at my cut calories since then, because if I, if I target those calories, then I can maintain for the most part.
LeahGUEST
I mean, I actually am up higher now, um, and I should, I do want to go back into a cut and actually try to focus on it.
9 MINS LATER
Amber BruesekeHOST
I don't know if that offers anything for you a- as you start to think about this.
LeahGUEST
On the outside to everybody else looked, you know, wonderful and great, and at a certain point, you know, we had a big house and, and, you know, people just assume somebody with a, a big beautiful house, you know, all these physical things, must be happy and everything's great.
LeahGUEST
But for me as a kid, from my earliest memories, um, I always felt like, um, I was not s- didn't feel safe in my envi- in my home environment.
LeahGUEST
Um, like I said, it looked like on the outside to others that, you know, a great place to live, but for me, a home...
27 MINS LATER
LeahGUEST
Like, he's gonna cut her into a million pieces or whatever he does with his laser vision.
LeahGUEST
Um, I was shocked that Hughie and Butcher had a backup plan, and I thought, 'cause I thought they were screwed.
26 MINS LATER
KayaHOST
Because as much as we hold a grudge as an audience for what Cassie did, she also is saying things that are true, and that's how you should go about life.
KayaHOST
And what pisses me off is, what I'll say about this is the last thing that pisses me off about this, is that I genuinely can tell that he is more upset that he hurt KJ rather than the fact that he changed Sierra's life for the worse.
LeahGUEST
It's the, it's the misogyny, it's the b- it's the boys thing and it's, but it's also like I don't, I don't even believe the text.
LeahGUEST
Like because I'm, my thing is like as I reread it I'm like there's not one sentence in here...
32 MINS LATER
Joanna FletcherHOST
[instrumental music] Leah, a registered midwife for just over 12 years, began her midwifery journey in the aftermath of a birth that left her with a lingering question.
LeahGUEST
[instrumental music] Like many midwives, I came to midwifery as a mature student because I had a bit of a rubbish birth.
LeahGUEST
If you had told me growing up that I would be a midwife, I think I would have been very confused.
LeahGUEST
I met the right person, got married, decided to start a family, and I had thought I was really well-prepared for birth.
LeahGUEST
I'd always had a bit of an interest in women's health, and I read widely around pregnancy and birth.
9 MINS LATER
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LeahGUEST
She usually plays it off as, like, toughing it out, but no, fucking child safety locking lids on, like, medicine stuff-
Brian GeserjianHOST
I can't have my mind dulled," but really you just see her in the dark just like-
6 MINS LATER
speaker_10UNKNOWN
... pull off the necklace and throw it?
KayaHOST
Um, what did you think about obviously the conversation, the big conversation between those two?
Nikkiey StottHOST
So let's talk about what did your journey look like before Warrior Babe? Like, what were you struggling with physically and emotionally during that time?
35 MINS LATER
LeahGUEST
And I make a post to my family and friends, "Does anyone have any recommendations? What do you guys think?" And really quickly, I get a message back from my cousin, and she's like, "Hey, I used to work with this one girl, super sweet.
LeahGUEST
The first few dates we would just do very normal activities, like going to the beach, going on a walk, going to a cafe, and the most boring activities were just so much fun, because he was just so funny and engaged, and just, he just wanted to have a good time.
LeahGUEST
I just always felt like he was more into me than I was into him, and I kinda liked that, 'cause I feel like normally y- y- I feel like I'm always chasing people who don't like me.
LeahGUEST
[laughs]When we saw each other, it was definitely in odd times because his schedule was varied and so was mine.
LeahGUEST
And so it was in odd times, but we'd always make an effort because we did live close by to see each other, even if it was at night or in the morning.
18 MINS LATER
Georgia LoveHOST
But dear listener, you can see by how long this episode has left the story isn't finished just yet.
LeahGUEST
I was like, "I love ha- hanging out and having parties." I was like, "But does the door lock?" You know what I mean? But [laughs] but that was, like, her biggest thing.
11 MINS LATER
Nick ViallHOST
Had you dated younger men before? Was that something that you found yourself doing, or was a relationship with Chris something that was new for you?
LeahGUEST
When I was now older, the young ones come to me, 'cause I don't look my age, and I just don't even tell them anymore, 'cause they don't believe me.
LeahGUEST
And so when I've, when Chris came, what, 26? I was like, you know what? He said he's, he, he ma- he was, came to me very confidently.
LeahGUEST
I was like, well, he's, sounds like he's set, you know? He knows what he wants and who he is.
10 MINS LATER
speaker_17PANELIST
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LeahGUEST
Um, um, everyone else happened to be remote that day except for my boss, and I gave her one.
HeathHOST
[laughs]
LeahGUEST
Three days later the girl calls me, and she's like, um, "Okay, yeah, perfect." And keep in mind my gas has already been off for about five days now that I've figured this out to call them, whatever, yada, yada, yada.
HeathHOST
Mm
LeahGUEST
And if they sting you, you start to hallucinate, and they have to airlift you out and take you to the hospital.
speaker_14PANELIST
It's, [laughs] yeah.
LeahGUEST
There was a story once that it was like this person had a snake, and they were sleeping with it, and the snake was, like, uh, for s- I can't even remember how long, but he was stretching his body out to, like, basically consume the human.
LeahGUEST
Or if it doesn't fit the narrative of gun violence or gang violence, or something like that, then somehow it's not, uh, it's not, it's not real.
24 MINS LATER
Keith MorrisonHOST
He talked to a newspaper columnist who wrote sympathetically about his treatment in jail.And every delay, every manipulation was slow torture.
LeahGUEST
And that too often, people who are poor or people of color do not, um, uh, or most often, they don't get proper representation and they don't get a fair shake in our court system.
Steven CrowderHOST
And, and, and do you know what you want to d- Do you want to go into the sciences, Leah, when you get, uh, when you get older?
Geoff BennettHOST
And we catch up with a transgender teen and her parents who moved out of Texas because of the state's ban on transgender healthcare for minors.
LeahGUEST
I heard so, so, so much from the kids at school and just from people in Texas in general that I started to question, am I the problem? (instrumental music)
51 MINS LATER
William BranghamCORRESPONDENT
Leah says despite all her parents' efforts, the pressure on trans people in America is pervasive and it's hard to keep it at bay.
LeahGUEST
Transitioning is like the best thing that's ever happened to me, so like I never take that back.
LeahGUEST
Now that I'm here with my people that want to protect me, I mean, it's a totally different mindset 'cause at some point it did feel like (sighs) I had heard so, so, so much from the kids at school and just from people in Texas in general that I started to question, am I the problem? (crying)
LeahGUEST
A lot of people out here have been in crisis, like something happened in their life, a change, a death.
LeahGUEST
Like, they lose somebody or something changes in their life and they- they don't overcome it and, um, whether they start using in their old life and that makes things fall apart or they're out here and trying to- to adapt and they start using, for me, that's what happened.
LeahGUEST
And I was just newly out of re- on medical leave from my job, so I was like for the first time in my life not working.
LeahGUEST
Not a mom, not a wife, you know, and each person is, uh, we're only had things in common is not having a house, but what we have in common is that something happened that we weren't able to overcome.
Avery TrufelmanHOST
She would rather have a roof, but for lack of a comprehensive social safety net, Leah and so many other people can only rely on their gear.
LeahGUEST
I have a backpack that's a body size and it has everything I own in it and we put that somewhere and hide till I keep it safe, but a lot of folks are just like backpack bag and tent and sleeping bag.
Lee OvertreeHOST
Is that hard to do sometimes? Like, do you ever come up with a character that is so different from you that you have a hard time relating to them?
LeahGUEST
But I really just try to focus on, like, the emotion of the character at the time and, like, if I've ever been, like, under that pressure or s- or, like, that circumstance.
Lee OvertreeHOST
If you had to give advice to your brother or someone else about writing a story, and maybe they don't know where to start, what kind of advice would you give them?
LeahGUEST
Well, first think about what you've done in your life, like if, if any, like, exciting, big stories, things like that.
LeahGUEST
And then try to come up with a character who might have trouble with some of those things, and just sort of work, uh, on from there.
LeahGUEST
Like, try to see how that character might have done some of the things maybe you have done.