{"podcast":{"title":"Legal Speak","slug":"legal-speak-59660","podcast_index_feed_id":59660,"rss_url":"https://legalspeak.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://legalspeak.libsyn.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/1/d/7/61d788347f1c2268bafc7308ab683e82/LSpeak_Blue_1400x1400.png","author":"ALM Podcasts","episode_count":100,"summary":"Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what's happening in the legal industry. Each episode tackles a subject that's worthy of a deep dive—from law firm profit hacks to Supreme Court showdowns to the most promising plays in legal tech. Hosted by Senior Litigation Reporter of the Daily Report Cedra Mayfield and Senior Staff Writer for the American Lawyer Patrick Smith, Legal Speak offers straight talk from experts, plus an inside-the-newsroom perspective on market-shaping stories.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T20:18:09.803013+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/legal-speak-59660"},"episode":{"title":"Live from the GCC MidWest with Kwame Christian","slug":"live-from-the-gcc-midwest-with-kwame-christian","published_at":"2026-04-28T09:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/legal-speak-59660/live-from-the-gcc-midwest-with-kwame-christian","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/legal-speak-59660","url":"https://legalspeak.libsyn.com/live-from-the-gcc-midwest-with-kwame-christian","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/legalspeak/Episode_528_-_GCMidWest_6_-_Kwame_Christian.mp3?dest-id=559680","summary":"Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … Two years in a row! There were skeptics. The proverbial \"they\" said it couldn't be done. Once again, Legal Speak believed it … and was there to see it for themselves. For over 20 years now, the General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry. Delivering practical solutions and key insights that today's General Counsel need to successfully overcome a litigation crisis, manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, and do more with fewer resources. For the 3rd year, Legal Speak was there live to bring you interviews with interesting attendees as well as moderators and speakers from various panels from this year's event at the Chicago. In this episode, host Cedra Mayfield is joined by Kwame Christian, Founder and CEO of the American Negotiation Institute Host: Cedra Mayfield Guest: Kwame Christian Esq., M.A. Producer: Charles Garnar","meta_description":"Two Major ALM Conferences back-to-back … Two years in a row! There were skeptics. The proverbial \"they\" said it couldn't be done. Once again, Legal Speak…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":658,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/legal-speak-59660/episodes/live-from-the-gcc-midwest-with-kwame-christian/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/legal-speak-59660/live-from-the-gcc-midwest-with-kwame-christian.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}