ABOUT
Leslie Thompson
Born to a math-teaching father and an art-teaching mother, Leslie Thompson strikes a balance between craft and calculation from podcast hosting & producing, to storytelling & writing. Her work has been featured on Apple Podcasts, Nashville Public Radio, Christianity Today, and beyond.
Leslie’s newest audio project, Niche to Meet You, is an investigative storytelling podcast about little-known niche interests and hobbies where we make and find meaning. The show was chosen by Apple Podcasts as a “New & Noteworthy” pick, and was featured in the top 200 of all Society & Culture podcasts. The work has been featured on NPR and This is Nashville, and a clip from the show has been seen by millions in a viral instagram reel.
Leslie is an associate producer for Christianity Today’s The Bulletin with Russell Moore, Mike Cosper, and Clarissa Moll, and she has served as producer and editor for Charlie Peacock’s Music & Meaning podcast. Leslie has also hosted AncoraTN’s Someone Like Me podcast, which shares the firsthand stories of human sex trafficking survivors in the state of Tennessee.
A writer, Leslie is featured in the best-selling Every Moment Holy prayer series, with prayers featured in the third volume, The Work of the People. She also publishes frequently on Substack, sometimes pairing written words with an audio component released as podcasts.
Inspiration strikes Leslie in the English-Ivy covered hills just outside of Nashville, Tennessee. In 2020, she and her husband went to Alaska to witness the greatness of the 48th Iditarod dog sled race…but that’s another story for another time.
