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The Leap

The Leap

Written by: KQED
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 From a doctor’s controversial LSD treatments to a mother’s high-risk efforts to recover her abducted child to a punk rock pioneer’s radical career reinvention, these are stories of people making dramatic, risky changes—and the big and small decisions that change the course of lives. Hosted by award­­­-winning journalist Judy Campbell.Copyright © 2019 KQED Inc. All Rights Reserved. Politics & Government Social Sciences
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  • Suddenly Everyone’s Favorite Communist

    Suddenly Everyone’s Favorite Communist
    Jul 24 2018
    Brace Belden was 27 when he snuck into Syria to enlist in a Kurdish militia, leaving his girlfriend, job, and hometown of San Francisco behind. Even he thought it was a dumb idea, but it was also a chance to finally put his beliefs into action.
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    34 mins
  • I’m Your Man

    I’m Your Man
    Jul 10 2018
    April hasn't seen Steve in 15 years. So when she gets a call from a lawyer asking about him, she's not sure what to think. As memories from long ago crowd her mind, she's also confronted by an ugly new truth. One that haunts her present and makes her doubt the past.
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    57 mins
  • 17andMe

    17andMe
    Jun 26 2018
    Daley Dunham was a junior in college at UC Berkeley when he decided to donate sperm. He likened it to donating blood -- an opportunity to do something good for a person in need. Except when you donate blood, you don’t get a tidal wave of children crashing into your life twenty years later.
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    29 mins
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