{"podcast":{"title":"The Former Lawyer Podcast","slug":"the-former-lawyer-podcast-743786","podcast_index_feed_id":743786,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2372424.rss","website_url":"https://formerlawyer.com/podcast","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/ljq5ieptocl4c55y1ruivzffamej?.jpg","author":"Sarah Cottrell","episode_count":356,"summary":"Do you hate working as a lawyer? Are you an unhappy lawyer who wants to leave the law, but isn't sure what to do next? Do your family and friends think you're crazy for wanting to leave the law, or are you too afraid to tell them you don't want to be a lawyer? The Former Lawyer Podcast is for you! Each week, host Sarah Cottrell interviews a different former lawyer who has left the law behind. Hear inspiring stories about how these former lawyers are thriving and found their way to careers and lives they love.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T16:23:12.427104+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-former-lawyer-podcast-743786"},"episode":{"title":"How an Overdeveloped Sense of Responsibility Keeps Lawyers Stuck","slug":"how-an-overdeveloped-sense-of-responsibility-keeps-lawyers-stuck","published_at":"2026-04-13T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-former-lawyer-podcast-743786/how-an-overdeveloped-sense-of-responsibility-keeps-lawyers-stuck","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-former-lawyer-podcast-743786","url":"https://formerlawyer.com/304","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2372424/episodes/18955268-how-an-overdeveloped-sense-of-responsibility-keeps-lawyers-stuck.mp3","summary":"Responsibility is one of the things that makes lawyers good at their jobs. It also shows up, over and over, as one of the things that makes it hardest for them to leave. Not because they don't want to go, but because leaving means someone else has to pick up the work. And for a lawyer who is wired around responsibility, that can feel like something they're just not willing to do. What Sarah sees with her clients is that the sense of responsibility doesn't stay proportional. It ends up putting...","meta_description":"Responsibility is one of the things that makes lawyers good at their jobs. It also shows up, over and over, as one of the things that makes it hardest for…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":716,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-former-lawyer-podcast-743786/episodes/how-an-overdeveloped-sense-of-responsibility-keeps-lawyers-stuck/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-former-lawyer-podcast-743786/how-an-overdeveloped-sense-of-responsibility-keeps-lawyers-stuck.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}