{"id":1101,"date":"2024-11-06T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornflowerblue-alligator-895125.hostingersite.com\/?p=1101"},"modified":"2024-12-13T11:36:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T11:36:06","slug":"dr-ruth-episode-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/06\/dr-ruth-episode-89\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Ruth &#8211; Episode 89"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cornflowerblue-alligator-895125.hostingersite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s5e14-web-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s5e14-web-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s5e14-web-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s5e14-web-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/s5e14-web.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Ruth was the fourteenth episode of Quantum Leap\u2019s fifth season to air, with Sam leaping into radio therapist Dr. Ruth to allow here an opportunity to treat Al in 1999. In this episode Gerry and Iain discuss prudishness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Dr. Ruth &amp;#8211; Episode 89\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-11-06T07:30:00+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The fourteenth episode of season 5. Sam leaps into sex therapist Dr Ruth and immediately gets his knickers in a twist.\n\n\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep89-dr-ruth.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"34.2\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1193\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1101-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep89-dr-ruth.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep89-dr-ruth.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep89-dr-ruth.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep89-dr-ruth.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1101-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/heardyet\/leaphome-ep89-dr-ruth.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"leaphome-ep89-dr-ruth.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-leap-home\/id1616859100?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1qEaL7VtFOn5wONQdYi8kq\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.co.uk\/podcasts\/c5dd4131-a2ea-46cb-ba8a-426a2c86cd27\/the-leap-home\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_amazon\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Amazon Music\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon Music<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribeonandroid.com\/www.theleaphome.com\/index.php\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_android\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Android\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theleaphome.com\/index.php\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>Sam leaps into Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the renowned sex therapist, in the middle of a 1985 radio phone-in. His producers Doug (Peter Spears) and Debbie (Anita Barone) squabble in the booth as Sam squirms at a series of lurid enquiries, until he takes a call from a woman named Annie (Robyn Lively) who claims to have been sexually assaulted at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking up Annie&#8217;s cause with gusto, Sam pursues her boss Jonathan (James McDonnell) to discover the truth. Meanwhile, in 1999, Dr. Ruth (Dr. Ruth Westheimer) tries to get to the bottom of Al&#8217;s romantic hangups and childhood trauma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dr. Ruth<\/em> was directed by Stuart Margolin, his only contribution to the series. The writer was Robin Bernheim, the fourth of her five <em>Quantum Leap<\/em> scripts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode Gerry and Iain considered escalation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussion continues in the comments below and please keep in touch with us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/leaphomepodcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theleaphome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leaphomepodcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p>You can listen to the show here on the website, on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-leap-home\/id1616859100?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1qEaL7VtFOn5wONQdYi8kq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7YSRg1N8zZk&amp;list=PLCILaj2ibVvN0_1yJfLKbD5DbUmIIMYs1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pca.st\/ak1maqxq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pocket Casts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tun.in\/plfNy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/listen.stitcher.com\/yvap\/?af_dp=stitcher:\/\/show\/695426&amp;af_web_dp=https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/show\/695426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVsZWFwaG9tZS5jb20vaW5kZXgucGhwL2ZlZWQvcG9kY2FzdC8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Google<\/a> or wherever you find your podcasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dr. Ruth<\/em> was released in 1993. It is 47 minutes long and originally aired on the NBC network. It can be viewed on NBC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peacock<\/a> streaming service in the UK and in the United States. The show is available on DVD and Blu Ray in other countries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fourteenth episode of season 5. 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