Niche to Meet You

Niche to Meet You

You know that weirdly specific thing your friend’s obsessed with? Like speed jigsaw puzzling. Or dressing up as Santa. Or raising wild turkeys. This show is about those people. Each episode, host Leslie Eiler Thompson finds a niche interest—and then gently, curiously, hilariously peels back the layers to find out why it matters for everyone. It’s funny. It’s surprisingly moving. It’s like a deep dive into the strange and beautiful stuff that makes us, us.

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July 25, 2025 38 mins

Malcolm Gladwell comes to Niche to Meet You.

Our FINAL Revisionist History Takeover Month episode!

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Revisionist History teams up with the Culinary Institute of America to reverse engineer the secret recipe for Thomas’s English Muffins.

Our second Revisionist History Takeover Month episode!

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Seven people knew the recipe for a half-a-billion dollar muffin. Then, one of them tried to leave.

Our first Revisionist History Takeover Month episode!

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July is Leslie’s birthday month — and she’s celebrating by giving you a gift. That gift? Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History is taking over the Niche to Meet You feed.

Yes, you read that right: Revisionist. History.

Starting Friday, July 11th, we’re featuring three of Leslie’s favorite episodes from Gladwell’s genre-defying show.

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Niche to Meet You takes to the high seas in search of the unconquerable.


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Somewhere deep in the Tennessee woods, there’s a race with no finish line — at least not one most people will ever reach. Th...

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Celebrate Earth Day, the niche way.

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History, science, and Leslie tries to beat a national champ.

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February 21, 2025 33 mins

Community, belonging, and solving puzzles (really fast).

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Our favorite Santas read the famous poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas."

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The origins of the professional Santa.

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Meet the Santas behind the beard.

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Why Santa matters.

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Some moments that didn’t make the Wild Turkey Conservation miniseries.


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Coming December 6th (St. Nicholas Day) – a three-episode series about Santa and the folks who portray him. Listen to the full series here.


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Christmas is about more than just presents and decorations—it's about the spirit of giving, love, and bringing joy to others. Many of us anticipate this post-election Holiday season to be tense, perhaps even dish...

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Meet dog agility hobbyist, Toast, along with her human companion, Amy.


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Introducing the Wild Turkey Conservation niche. And y’all, it is definitely wild. 


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Meet the Wild Turkey people. 


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Where Wild Turkey Conservation REALLY got its start. 


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Wild Turkey Conservation matters, and here’s why.


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Coming August 16th: a 4-part miniseries about the Wild Turkey Conservation niche. It’s an important story about belonging, community, mending seemingly irreparable gaps and changing the world. 

Learn more about the show, read a transcript, and give feedback at Nichetomeetyou.show/wild-turkey

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