Best Death Diner Podcasts (2024)

Fear of flying is one of the most common phobias in the U.S., but my guest today knew he wanted to spend his life in the air the moment his dad let him climb into a cockpit. But, a fear of heights and claustrophobia are probably the last two things you’d want if your dream was to become a fighter-pilot. And yet my guest today endured both while doi…

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Episode 108: Head Nodding, TradWives, Flatwoods Monster, Coprit Crap 1:17:06

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Legal Grounds | Susan Hawk on Learning to Accept Help, Struggling in the Spotlight, and Building Empathy into the Law 54:40

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One of, if not THE most insidious aspects of depression is how it convinces you that reaching out for help is a fool's errand. The stories we tell ourselves in those moments are often as dark as they are wrong, but thankfully very few of us will have to wrestle with these kinds of demons in full view of the public. My guest today, however, did not …

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Episode 107: Farting on Airplanes, Dworld Dwar Two, Physicals, Late Night Diners 1:15:16

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Episode 106: The Intervention Episode with Zach Reino and Caroline Cotter 1:21:10

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Legal Grounds | Natalie Armstrong-Motin on Growing an ADR Practice, the Emotional Toll of Litigation, & Asking Authentic Questions 57:11

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If I had to boil down this week’s episode to one word it would be Control. Like we talked about in last week’s episode, when it comes to mediators, too often the job is perceived as “controlling” two diametrically opposed parties; the idea being that in choosing what information to share and how to share it, mediators hold all the cards. And while …

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Legal Grounds | Jeff Kichaven on the Psychology of Mediation, Advocating vs. Facilitating, and a Life in the Law 1:02:23

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The obligation that attorneys have to zealously represent their clients is, as my guest today puts it, “like walking a razor’s edge between perfection and disaster.” For the first 15 years of his career it was a job that Jeff Kichaven excelled at, but as he himself admits in our conversation today, it is incredibly taxing. After discovering his pas…

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Episode 105: Improv Episode 49:29

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Episode 104: Cargo Shorts, The Hope Diamond, The Tartarian Empire, The Ransom of Julius Caesar 1:13:01

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Episode 103: Faking It Till I Making It, Kraftwerk Koncert, Near Death Experiences, Hero of Alexandria 1:16:38

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Episode 102: High Walk, The Inspection Paradox, TommyKnockers 1:16:57

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Legal Grounds | Sophia Laurenzi on Seeing the Whole Person, the Nature of Death, and Advocating for the Voiceless 48:59

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While both are unavoidable, when it comes to Death and Taxes a majority of us never have to navigate bureaucracies when it comes to the former. For me, Capital Punishment has always been an interesting choice of language in that it implies that the act of dying is a punishment in & of itself; “capital” simply acts as a modifier for how and by whom …

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Episode 101: Piano Bars, Sports Betting, Wish Me Luck, Industry Beefs, Traffic Cams 1:17:58

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Legal Grounds | Sherry Buckley-Brown on Growing Alongside our Pain, the Non-Linear Nature of Healing, and the Art of Letting Go 42:18

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This week my guest is author, coach, and corporate veteran, Sherry Buckley-Brown. Having just released her memoir, "Who Will Take Care of Me Now", Sherry and I discuss the tragic loss of her mother, the beautiful relationship she developed with her grandmother, and the ups and downs in between. After earning an MBA and working in leadership roles a…

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Episode 100: The 100th Episode with Flula Borg 1:05:53

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Legal Grounds | Nicole Black on Generative A.I., Retaining Humanity, and the Legal-Tech Ecosphere 50:05

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My guest today has been preaching about the potential power of tech in the legal sphere since the earliest days of social media. Nicole Black began her legal career as a Public Defender, conducting countless hearings, jury trials, bench trials, and depositions, in matters both civil and criminal. But in 2008 she began covering the intersection of t…

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Episode 99: Autographs, Alchemy, Roswell, Live Music, Brushing Your Dogs Teeth 1:17:43

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Episode 98: Fake Laughs, Being Wrong, Fire, Coachella, Sidewalk Etiquette 1:20:37

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Legal Grounds | Courtney Redman on Legal Support Systems, Bridging the Trust/Delegation-Gap, and the Difference Between Keeping Up & Adapting 43:45

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In 2021, the Bloomberg Law Survey reached a sobering milestone. For the first time, attorneys reported feeling stressed about their workload more than HALF of the time. Setting aside the very serious and very real consequences to one’s health, when your profession is one that bills by the hour, spending half of that time in “damage-control” mode is…

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Episode 97: Would Do, Summer Shoes, Oort Cloud, Psychopomps, Fly Hunter 1:09:58

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Episode 96: WW2, Monkey King, Relic Neutrinos, Unconscious Processing, Phone Stress 1:05:14

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Legal Grounds | Dr. Eugene K. Choi on the Illusion of Accomplishment, Strategizing v. Execution, & Being the Common Denominator 50:58

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If you’ve ever found yourself pulling into your driveway only to realize you meant to stop at the grocery store on the way home, you know how easy it is for the brain to run on autopilot And while forgetting you needed to pick-up a couple of ingredients for dinner is always a bummer, when leaders find themselves running on autopilot, there’s sudden…

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Episode 95: The Lost Episode 1:14:18

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Legal Grounds | Serban Mare on Burnout, the Difference Between Efficiency & Overwork, and Learning to Appreciate the Slow Times 42:38

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This week we welcome Serban Mare back to the program. Last time we spoke, Serban and I discussed his life story and really focused on how trust is the foundation to any working relationship. But what listeners didn’t know was that we had an entire section of the interview that we simply ran out of time on. And - perhaps ironically - that subject wa…

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Episode 94: Scrum Master, Science as Magic, Star Formation, Love to Hate Movies, The Giggles 1:30:20

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Episode 93: Explicit Rating, Rings, Alignment Problem, Male Filler, Free Samples 1:19:11

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Episode 92: GTA 6, Movie Experience, Dreams, Cooking, Dinosaurs 1:24:45

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Episode 91: "Hey", Nazca Lines, Bong Rips, Plenty of Fish in the Sea, Wealth Bias 1:26:31

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Episode 90: Magic Key, The Cyrus Cylinder, Liquid Additions, Government Dating App, Sleeping In 1:13:09

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Legal Grounds | Dave Obrand on Consistency, the Power of Mentorship, and the Joys of Public Service 48:29

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My guest this week is Dave Obrand, a fellow attorney and Deputy County Counsel out of Orange County. What attracted me to Dave was not simply the work he does helping to reunite families, but the story of his OWN family and the power to grow through grief. While not giving away the entire episode, after graduating from law school, Dave’s life took …

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Legal Grounds | Victor Li on the Impacts of A.I., the Next Generation of Lawyers, and the ‘Performance’ of Law 55:30

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For this week’s episode I was lucky enough to sit down with the Assistant Managing Editor of the ABA Journal, Victor Li, for one of the most wide-ranging discussions on the law we’ve had on this show in a while. As a writer focusing on Legal Technology and the Business of Law, it was a great chance to get the pulse of what’s happening at the forefr…

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Episode 89: Peter's Principle, Town Names, Google, Daily Costumes, Public Farting 1:30:07

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Episode 88: Homophones, Valentines, Disney Bounding, Purgatory, Immunity Shots 1:07:14

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Episode 87: with Lauren Lapkus!, Multiversions, Boring Books, Sand Mafia, Traitors, NYT Spelling Bee 1:14:28

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Episode 86: En Passant, Zeus, Acting, Teenage Depression Programs, Parking Meters 1:18:51

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Episode 85: Brown Flag, Y2K, App Dating, Basal Cognition, Talking to Yourself 1:24:27

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Legal Grounds | Joshua Becker on the Nature of Minimalism, the More of Less, & Intentionality in a Cluttered World 51:16

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Twelve Wooden Stirring Spoons. Twelve. That’s the number Liz and I unearthed the first time we decided to give Minimalism a try. We had both just read the book, “The More of Less” written by my guest today, Joshua Becker, founder of Becoming Minimalist. The book explained how Minimalism wasn’t just a novel series of systems or routines to apply to …

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Legal Grounds | Sam Mollaei - Incorporating A.I., The Business of Law, and the Future of Legal System in the Digital Realm 48:01

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In last week's episode we looked back on the “standard practices” that the pandemic shifted from in-person to virtual spaces. So for this week's episode it only seems appropriate that we look forward with someone who has been moving the practice of law away from brick-and-mortar operations since before the pandemic forced our collective hands. Sam …

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Episode 84: Work Friends, Gregorian Calendars, Hunting, Streamers, Impressionists 1:29:56

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Episode 83: Riley Just Listen, Borders, Salt Life, Breaking Point, Talking Too Much 1:23:14

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Legal Grounds | Jean Lawler 58:33

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For this week’s episode I had the absolute pleasure of talking with veteran attorney, now full-time mediator, Jean Lawler. Mediation now makes up around 30% of my practice, and as you’ll be able to tell from today’s conversation, it’s something I’ve truly come to love. What really broke open this week’s conversation for me was Jean’s observation th…

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Episode 82: Post Holiday Laid Back Chill Episode 1:18:04

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Legal Grounds | New Year's Light-Roast 8:10

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As we start off the new year, there’s a good chance you’ve chosen one or two areas of life that you’d like to work on “changing” for the better. While it’s no secret that we at Legal Grounds are big fans of self-improvement, I think there is a real danger in ALWAYS moving forward. As anyone who has done Deep Work can tell you, it’s exhausting. And …

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Episode 81: Parenting Hacks, Neighborhoods, Back Pain, AI Likeness, Adult Viewing 1:24:46

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Legal Grounds | Alexandra Macey Davis 49:12

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As the end of 2023 draws closer, there is a good chance that if you’re reading this you’re already starting to think about what changes you want to make in the new year. For most of us it will be something meaningful but probably not always something major - after all, nearly all research points to the fact that making a drastic change overnight is…

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Episode 80: Office Etiquette, Christmas Mass, Our Stank, The Nukes 1:15:14

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By Joey Greer and Mike Castle

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Legal Grounds | Holiday Light-Roast 6:00

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As we come up on the Holidays, there’s a good chance you’re scrambling for at least one last-minute gift. It’s such a cliche that it’s become a comedic trope, but behind the joke is the very heartfelt fact that we don’t want others to feel left out. But instead of thinking about the things we get from others, I want to reflect on what we can give o…

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