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Technical Difficulties

I want to apologize to the many people I've interviewed recently for the Back-To-School edition of Blawg Review on Blawg Wisdom. I was hoping to weave all those great interviews into the Review for a sort of back-to-school extravaganza. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, things didn't turn out as planned. I apologize for not being able to include all of those interviews in the extravaganza, but rest assured I will be posting all of those interviews as soon as I possibly can.

#16: An Interview with Deborah Schneider

This special back-to-school episode of Ambivalent Voices (http://mowabb.com/ai/voices/) features a conversation with Deborah Schneider, co-author of Should You Really Be A Lawyer?

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The conversation ranges over such topics as:

Avoiding the herd mentality.
Ways to tell the difference between law school being just difficult and when law school is just not for you.
Using informational interviews to explore different practice areas and figure out where you might fit in the legal profession.
How law school could be more useful and less stressful. See also Humanizing Law School.
Why making law school better depends on law students helping each other.
Different ways to approach the job search—organizing your options into helpful and manageable categories so you can find the best fit for you.
Helpful job-search reading, including: "The Official Guide to Legal Specialties" (Lisa L. Abrams, National Association for Law Placement), "America's Greatest Places to Work with a Law Degree & How to Make the Most of Any Job, No Matter Where It Is" (Kimm Alayne Walton, Kimm A. Walton), and "What Can You Do With a Law Degree?: A Lawyer's Guide to Career Alternatives Inside, Outside & Around the Law" (Deborah Arron). See also JDBliss.
The importance of networking to the job search and five ways to make it simple.
What to do if you finish law school and think you don't want to practice law.
And more!

In addition to generously offering her time and expertise for this interview, Deborah invites you to send her your own questions about law school and the legal profession so she can offer answers and advice on her blog.

Thanks, Deborah, for a great interview!

#15: White

In this 15th "episode" of Ambivalent Voices (http://mowabb.com/ai/voices/) you'll hear a bit off school miscellaney, still more about upcoming podcasts, something about milk and politics and ketchup, and more podcasts for you to check out.

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One: School miscellany and upcoming podcasts and a mention of the MPRE. (0:00-3:33)

Music: "Temping" by GK and the Shoe Band from Segment 4 of the 9/25/2004 episode of A Prairie Home Companion.

Two: The Politics Minit with Yubbledew™—An interactive listening experiment and a Daily Show montage of Yubbledew spinning. Source: CommonBits. (5:17-9:16)

Interlude: A message from the Catchup Advisory Council from Segment 4 of the 9/25/2004 episode of A Prairie Home Companion.

Three: Am I doing something illegal or am I just a smart podcaster? Podcasts for you to check out: BicycleMark's Radiocommunique, Mashup.Podcast, Radio Clash, the Weekly Radio Address, and an upcoming podcast from Professor Smith. (12:50-20:57)

#14: Lawyers, Liars, and Lovers of Life

In this 14th "episode" of Ambivalent Voices (http://mowabb.com/ai/voices/) you'll hear: More kudos to the Legal Underground Podcast (from which I've borrowed many tips and techniques and put them to use in this podcast), when lawyers are neither lawyers nor attorneys, the Politics Minit w/Yubbledew™, upcoming interviews on Ambivalent Voices, and two new and different podcasts for you to check out.

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One: When is a lawyer neither a lawyer nor an attorney? A prosecutor tells us all about it.

Two: The Politics Minit with Yubbledew™—Comments on the president's recent interview with Israeli Telvision 1 in which he said he would consider attacking Iran to stop its nuclear development. See also: Every Mother's Son.

Three: Upcoming interviews—I'm lining them up. If you'd like to be on the show, let me know in the comments or via email to ai-at-mowabb-dot-com.

Four: Two podcasts for you to check out: BicycleMark's Radiocommunique and the Radio MacGuys podcast and website.

Five: Thanks to music.podshow.com for all the great podsafe music in this podcast. Specifically, this podcast features:
Back to the Basic by Madsumo
Sunshine, by Groove Generator
Gloria, by Fumitaka Anzai
Wo es hin geht kann man springen, by JT
Kyrie Eleison, by Fumitaka Anzai
Luna Clipper's Them, also by Fumitaka Anzai.

Song for the Road: Operation Iraqi Liberation, by David Rovics.

UPDATE: A listener suggested it was just an "urban myth" that the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 was originally called "Operation Iraqi Liberation." I always thought it was true b/c Ari Fleischer said so (search for the phrase on that page). [link via Wikipedia]

Reasonable Volume

An update on the podcast: Changed URL for subscribing, comments on the Law School Podcast, and a look ahead at future episodes.

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Buzzwords In Alaska

A conversation with Monica of buzzwords in which we talk about the lawyerly art of waiting, the awesome possibilities of student practice permits, the amazing beauty of Alaska, the cost of living in Alaska, and the Northeastern cooperative education plan that allows Monica to be in Alaska while most law students are still sitting in classrooms.

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DJ Sui G Spins da Podcast

In which Sui Generis talks about waiting to hear about acceptance to law school, leisure reading, being a DJ, and writing a novel in 15 days or less.

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Fatherhood w/Famous P.

Famous P, an old friend, talks about his three-month-old daughter and what it's like to be a father for the very first time.

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E. McPan Turns the Tables

In which the irrepressible E. McPan of the Neutral Zone Trap manages to spend the bulk of our conversation asking me questions (but then answers a few herself).

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Birthday Podcast w/Denise

A conversation about birthdays with Denise of Life, Law, Gender on her 50th birthday.

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Podcasting w/a Superhero!

A conversation w/Energy Spatula of Will Work for Favorable Dicta. Listen for tips on avoiding drunk dials, drunk podcasting, babysitting, and cabana boys!

Hi There.

This should be where podcasts are posted from Slapcast.com; however, so far it doesn't seem to be working. We'll see if that changes any time soon.

Synecdochic

Looking for the perfect blog name? Try making this part stand for the whole.

Unnatural Disasters

Another giggle from Sister Imbroglio. It may be an oldie, but, well, is it a goodie?

Is It Mine?

Sister Imbroglio gets into the act w/bad jokes from around the watercooler.