{"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":"Making a Career Change When You're Afraid of Getting It Wrong with Kelcey Baker","slug":"making-a-career-change-when-you-re-afraid-of-getting-it-wrong-with-kelcey-baker","published_at":"2026-06-08T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-former-lawyer-podcast-743786/making-a-career-change-when-you-re-afraid-of-getting-it-wrong-with-kelcey-baker","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-former-lawyer-podcast-743786","url":"https://formerlawyer.com/312","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2372424/episodes/19276617-making-a-career-change-when-you-re-afraid-of-getting-it-wrong-with-kelcey-baker.mp3","summary":"Going to law school felt like the right call. For some lawyers it felt like the obvious call, backed up by experience, by personality, by everything they knew about themselves at the time. So when practicing law turns out to be a bad fit, the harder part is that the decision felt so right going in. If they were wrong about something they were that sure about, how can they trust themselves to choose anything else? That fear is what keeps so many lawyers where they are, even when staying is act...","meta_description":"Going to law school felt like the right call. For some lawyers it felt like the obvious call, backed up by experience, by personality, by everything they…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2993,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-former-lawyer-podcast-743786/episodes/making-a-career-change-when-you-re-afraid-of-getting-it-wrong-with-kelcey-baker/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/making-a-career-change-when-you-re-afraid-of-getting-it-wrong-with-kelcey-baker.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}