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Leslie Marshall

Is a nationally syndicated radio talk host, Contributor and blog columnist for The Huffington Post.

Leslie is no newcomer to the world of ; she has been a radio talk host for 27 years and a pundit on national television for the past decade. Leslie became the youngest person ever to be nationally syndicated on radio when she replaced on the ABC Satellite Radio Network in 1992. She was also woman to host an issues oriented program nationwide.

Originally from Boston, Leslie earned her undergraduate degree from Northeastern University and attended Emerson College’s Master’s program in Broadcast Journalism.

Marshall started her broadcasting career as a radio news reporter in Boston. Hoping to branch out into television, Leslie took her news skills to Miami, Florida. While in Miami, Leslie broadened her skills by doing news, traffic, weather and even work. One night, when hosting an overnight nostalgic music program, Leslie did a special “Remembrance” hour in which Veterans called in with their experiences. It was that night that Leslie was discovered by a Program Director at the talk station across town. He phoned her, and told she might have missed her calling….

After years of anchoring, reporting and hosting music programs, Leslie decided to give talk radio a try; and after one show, she was hooked! Leslie started her talk radio career at WNWS in Miami where she remained for 3 years.

Leslie’s career next moved her to host mid-days at WGR in Buffalo, followed by mid-days at KPRC in Houston; all the while, the network was watching.

In 1992, Leslie was asked to replace Tom Snyder on the ABC Satellite Radio Network. Her program ran for 3 years on over 200 stations nationwide.

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After 3 years the network disbanded and Leslie went to work for WLS/FM in Chicago hosting an afternoon drive talk show. After the OJ Simpson trial ended, Leslie decided she needed a change of pace and followed her heart to San Francisco to marry her love of nearly 8 years. Leslie then joined the great line up at KGO radio in San Francisco and also hosted a midday show on KHTK/Hot Talk in Sacramento. On television she guest hosted “Bay Talk” on KRON T.V., the local NBC affiliate in the city by .

Two years later, Chicago missed Leslie and asked her to return. She did and worked early evenings on WLS AM; in addition, she sat in on “Beyond the Beltway” on WGR TV and remained in Chicago for over 2 years. Long distance love is tough, but even tougher on a marriage; so when Leslie’s husband was offered a job opportunity in , she joined him. Once in L.A., Leslie hosted talk shows on KFI, KLSX and KABC radio on the weekends, and was finally signed to KLAC, KFI’s sister station at it’s inception. KLAC remained a talk station for 2 years and Leslie was there the entire time hosting early evening weeknights. When KLAC flipped formats, Leslie decided to stay in Los Angeles with her husband.

Since KLAC flipped to music, Leslie lent her voice to the then “ New Choice New Voice AM 1520, a 50,000 watt powerhouse heard throughout the Northeast.

At the time, Leslie also filled in for on the Fox Radio Network as well as on the Radio Network. Leslie’s midday show was a success, and many sought to syndicate her.

At the same time, a TV Producer asked her boss at KLAC if Leslie ‘looked as good as she sounded,” they gave Leslie a shot at being a guest, and then one by one nearly every network wanted Leslie on as a Guest. She’s been seen on: Fox, , CNN, CBS, MSNBC, CNBC, HLN and more. On CNBC she was a regular member of the Varsity Panel on “.”

In 2008, Fox News Channel recognized Leslie was special. Presenting and debating politics and social issues from a liberal, progressive & Democrat point of view, they asked her to be a contributor and she gladly accepted.

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In addition to her radio and television career, Leslie occasionally lends her talents in the acting arena. You may have seen her on “NYPD Blue,” ”Seventh Heaven,” ”,” “,” “Port Charles,”“What Should You Do?” On Lifetime and “Take Two: Living the Movies” on the USA network. “A Mexican Werewolf,” winner of four awards for horror is out on video, and the feature film, “The App,” will be released next year; where, ironically, Leslie plays a talk show host.

Leslie’s opinions on political, social & women’s issues can be seen on national television and heard on radio & online; but she also writes about this. Currently, she is a blog columnist for “The Huffington Post” and formerly wrote for “U S News & World Report. “ She is followed by over 100,000 fans on social media and heard by hundreds of thousands worldwide.

For the past decade, her radio program, “The Leslie Marshall Show” is heard nationwide, in addition to being heard on iHeart Radio, Tune In, The Progressive Voices Network, The American Armed Forces Radio Network, Indiana Talks, Talks, Houston Talks; and, from Podcasts and other online sources as well. The program has been one of the fastest growing progressive talk shows in the country.

On Television, Leslie is seen each week on “The Kelly File,” “America’s Newsroom,” and “The Real Story w/ .” She is also a frequent contributor on “The O’Reilly Factor” and “.”

Leslie’s personal life is also very interesting. She hails from Boston, the product of Jewish & Christian parents. She is married and has two children. The first, she adopted from Pakistan, the second, she had after 13 IVF cycles. Leslie’s husband is American, of Indian descent and his family is Muslim. Leslie has traveled extensively including Israel, Jordan, Egypt and has lived in both Mexico & Pakistan. She lives with her husband and two children in Los Angeles.

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