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And Legalweek talk. ------ It was Legalweek last week, and we discuss the big happenings from the show -- which is pretty much all AI talk -- but while we saw splashy product announcements about the future of working as a lawyer within an AI-enhanced workflow, an assistant U.S. Attorney got bounced from the job for letting AI run too much of the workflow. But the most imaginative large language models wouldn't have predicted opening a federal judicial opinion with the phrase "swinging dicks." That takes a special level of deranged that's pure Judge Lawrence VanDyke. The certified non-qualified occupant of a Ninth Circuit seat kicked off an official taxpayer funded rant about wokeness framed as vulgar trolling to appeal to the White House. His colleagues -- most of them anyway -- issued a plea for decorum, that went basically nowhere.

  Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Megan McMillin, a Legal Innovation Partner at Harvey.     This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: Megan McMillin  Producer: Charles Garnar  

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th.  And a conference this size was the perfect place to celebrate Legal Speak's 500th episode. On this special milestone episode, hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith were joined by an amazing lineup of guests including from ALM/LBR CEO Nick Brailey, Senior Vice President of Content Gina Passarella, Vice President of Innovation Vanessa Blum, Legal Editor Leigh Jones, Editor in Chief of Litigation and Law.com Alaina Lancaster, Vice President of Professional Education & Practical Insight Publications Lazette Jackson and our special guest Ryan Samii - the Head of Product Innovation at Harvey.      This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: Ryan Samii, Nick Brailey, Gina Passarella, Vanessa Blum, Leigh Jones, Alaina Lancaster, Lazette Jackson Producer: Charles Garnar

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Exterro's Chief Marketing Officer John Vincenzo (a returning guest) and Senior Product Marketing Manager Bryant Bell.   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: John Vincenzo & Bryant Bell Producer: Charles Garnar  

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Greg Mazares, the CEO, Purpose Legal.   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: Greg Mazares Producer: Charles Garnar  

The way litigation has been practiced for decades is cracking - and the lawyers who see it first will win. Recorded live at Legalweek 2026, host David Cowen sits down with Jeffrey Chivers, CEO of Syllo, to unpack why AI isn't just automating legal tasks - it's collapsing the traditional litigation workflow entirely. The path from discovery to trial-ready strategy is getting shorter. The question is: which legal professionals will adapt in time? What you'll learn: Why the litigation AI market has officially matured - and who's winning How Syllo was built by a litigator for litigators, not as a generic platform Why the old step-by-step workflow is dead - and what's replacing it What associates are really feeling right now, and what they need to hear Why 2025–2026 may be the most career-defining window in modern legal history

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Brittany Casey, the Vice President of Customer Success, at DISCO   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Brittany Casey Producer: Charles Garnar  

Sometimes you outgrow your home … and that can be the case with a legal tech conference.  This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City at its brand new location - the Jacob Javits Convention Center.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered for the four-day conference from March 9th through March 12th. And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Aron Ahmadia, Vice President of Applied Science at Relativity   This episode of Legal Speak is brought to you by Harvey.  Harvey … AI tailored for Law.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Aron Ahmadia Producer: Charles Garnar  

Continuing his on-location interview tour of San Francisco, Bob heads an hour north to Santa Rosa to sit down with Nathan Walter, cofounder and CEO of Briefpoint, over a bottle of red wine at Paradise Ridge Winery, a spot literally around the corner from Nathan's house, sitting on the edge of the Mayacamas Mountain Range that divides Sonoma and Napa counties. It is a fitting setting for a founder who grew up in Sonoma wine country, where wine is less a luxury than a way of life, and where his family's most treasured heirloom was a bottle from the year he was born.   Nathan's path to founding Briefpoint is an origin story rooted in genuine frustration with the legal system. A U.C. Santa Barbara philosophy major who drifted into law school for lack of better options, he ultimately landed in civil litigation – and grew increasingly disillusioned with how discovery was weaponized to bleed defendants dry financially, even when they had done nothing wrong. After a particularly infuriating mediation where opposing counsel openly admitted the shakedown strategy, Nathan decided to do something about it. He taught himself to code from YouTube videos, built vaporware prototypes, cold-called attorneys to test demand, and eventually found his technical cofounder through a Discord gaming community he had created to build a social life after moving to Orange County.   What followed was a years-long grind – including an 18-month stretch working days as an entry-level sales rep at another legal tech company and nights building Briefpoint, until a close acquaintance invested $100,000 of her own money so he could focus full time. Briefpoint launched in June 2022, before the ChatGPT wave, focusing narrowly on automating discovery responses – drafting objections, pulling relevant documents and generating formatted Word documents ready to sign. Nathan talks about the company's deliberate "go deep, not wide" strategy: rather than expanding into motions or other legal workflows to chase the AI hype cycle, Briefpoint is doubling down on doing discovery so exceptionally well that firms will pay for it alongside broader AI platforms, the way teams use Slack alongside the full Microsoft suite.   The conversation also covers the threat to legal tech companies posed by foundation models such as Claude and GPT, the psychology behind why attorneys are resistant to automation (Nathan has a theory about "superstitious control" and lucky jerseys), the parallels between winemaking and product development, and the advice he'd give an aspiring founder: burn the ships, go full time and put yourself in a corner with no way out but forward. As for what varietal Briefpoint would be? A Russian River Pinot Noir – not a life-changing Cab, but reliably excellent at exactly what it promises.   Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out. Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase and LollyLaw; the e-payments platform Headnote; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks. Briefpoint, eliminating routine discovery response and request drafting tasks so you can focus on drafting what matters (or just make it home for dinner). Legalweek, March 9-12, North Javits Center, New York City.   If you enjoy listening to LawNext, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.  

Ahead of the LegalWeek Conference taking place in New York City March 9-12, Legal Speak Producer Charles Garnar discusses the current state of artificial intelligence in the legal market with Danielle Benecke, Global Head of Baker McKenzie's Applied AI practice.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Special Guest Reporter: Charles Garnar Guest:  Danielle Benecke Producer: Charles Garnar

Greg Moreman, Partner, Client Solutions for EDRM Trusted Partner Level Legal, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Greg shares Level Legal's approach to integrating AI into client workflows, emphasizing defensibility, measurable outcomes, and the importance of not just a human in the loop, but an expert human in the loop. He discusses starting with smaller pilots before scaling, explaining why AI is not an "easy button," but a transformative one when implemented thoughtfully. The conversation concludes with plans to connect at Legalweek, where Level Legal will be at booth 345 and EDRM at booth 750.

As Bob continues his LawNext on Location series – all recorded live in the San Francisco area at locations of each guest's choosing – he sits down with Pablo Arredondo at his home in Tiburon, a quaint Marin County town with a history stretching from Mexican land grants to naval outposts to a southern railway terminus. From Pablo's home office, the view looks out over Richardson Bay towards Sausalito and, if you look carefully, the Golden Gate Bridge can be seen in the distance. It is a setting that is entirely fitting for a conversation with someone who helped shape one of the more remarkable journeys in the annals of legal technology. Pablo was cofounder of Casetext, the once-scrappy startup that spent a decade iterating, pivoting and persisting before striking gold with CoCounsel, the first GPT-4-powered AI legal assistant, unveiled on the nationally televised Morning Joe show on March 1, 2023. Just four months later, Thomson Reuters acquired Casetext for $650 million in cash. Now, 2.5 years later, Pablo recently left TR, where he is, as he puts it, building a Lego Death Star with his daughter and finally paying attention to his well-being after 16 years of nonstop pursuit. In this wide-ranging conversation, Pablo reflects on the long road to CoCounsel – from a failed crowdsourcing experiment to CARA's brief analysis tool to the pivotal moment when Casetext signed a $20,000 innovation license with OpenAI and got early access to GPT-4, 10 weeks before ChatGPT's public launch. He describes the surreal experience of those first 48 hours after CoCounsel's debut, when he and cofounder Jake Heller identified 74 distinct legal use cases the tool could handle – any one of which, he says, "would have been a company in the old world." Pablo and Bob also dig into the bigger questions surrounding legal AI, including whether the field is advancing as fast as he expected; what the foundation models from Anthropic, OpenAI and Google mean for legal-specific AI companies such as Harvey; and why he believes reasoning models and agentic AI represent the next genuinely profound leap beyond GPT-4. Pablo also candidly reflects on the TR acquisition and his work while at TR, and he offers hints on what may lie ahead for him – at least once that Death Star model is done.  It is a conversation that is part memoir, part technology seminar and part meditation on what it means to have built something that changed a profession – and his life – all recorded with a sweeping, albeit cloudy, view of the majesty of San Francisco Bay.    Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.   Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase and LollyLaw; the e-payments platform Headnote; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks. Briefpoint, eliminating routine discovery response and request drafting tasks so you can focus on drafting what matters (or just make it home for dinner). Legalweek, March 9-12, North Javits Center, New York City.   If you enjoy listening to LawNext, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.  

This episode is recorded live, and is best enjoyed on YouTube. Watch the episode here.   While Bob is visiting San Francisco for two weeks, he is sitting down for conversations with legal tech innovators and entrepreneurs "in their natural habitats" – places in the Bay Area they consider special. Today, in the first in this series, Bob sits down for lunch with Alex Su, chief revenue officer at Latitude Legal, over Thai iced tea and tofu dishes at Phnom Penh House, a Cambodian restaurant in Alameda that Alex considers something of a personal institution, frequenting it for both family meals and business meetings.   Alex's career path is anything but linear. He started as an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York, clerked for a federal judge in Chicago, then drifted through a plaintiff's firm, a brief solo practice, and ultimately a leap of faith into legal tech sales – joining e-discovery company Logikcull in 2016. From there, he moved to Everlaw, then to Ironclad, where he served as head of community development, building a reputation that spread well beyond any job title.   That reputation was shaped in large part by TikTok, where Alex's comedic, self-effacing videos skewering law firm culture – partners, associates, privilege logs and the absurdities of BigLaw – earned him more than 100,000 followers, got shared inside Ironclad's internal Slack, and ultimately helped land him his next job. It's a story of accidental virality and deliberate reinvention that mirrors the broader shifts he sees in the legal profession.   Now at Latitude Legal, an ALSP providing on-demand legal talent to law firms and corporate legal departments, Alex represents a kind of poetic symmetry: a lawyer known for championing "alternative careers" working at an "alternative legal services provider" — a label he thinks has outlived its usefulness, given how mainstream flexible legal talent has become.   Bob and Alex also dig into the current state of legal AI – what's overhyped, what's underhyped, and why the pandemic was arguably a bigger inflection point for legal tech adoption than generative AI. Plus, Alex and Bob reflect on Bob's three decades of covering legal innovation, the stubborn persistence of the billable hour, and why the justice gap remains stubbornly wide despite all the talk of disruption.   It is a wide-ranging and candid conversation – one you may want to watch on video instead of just listening to the audio.    Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out. Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase and LollyLaw; the e-payments platform Headnote; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks. Briefpoint, eliminating routine discovery response and request drafting tasks so you can focus on drafting what matters (or just make it home for dinner). Legalweek, March 9-12, North Javits Center, New York City.   If you enjoy listening to LawNext, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.   Chapters 00:00 Intro to Today's Lunch: A Special In-Person Series 04:45 Career Transitions: From Law to Legal Tech 23:27 Going Viral: The TikTok Journey 25:10 Balancing Humor and Professional Identity 26:54 Redefining Career Paths for Lawyers 28:39 The Evolution of Legal Careers 30:35 Innovation in Legal Practice 34:07 The Impact of the Pandemic on Legal Technology 34:28 The Future of Legal Technology and AI 38:10 Navigating Uncertainty in Legal Services 40:18 The Ongoing Relevance of Traditional Legal Models 42:11 Personal Reflections and Future Outlook  

Elizabeth Guthrie, Content Manager for EDRM Trusted Partner Nextpoint, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Elizabeth recounts her journey from Northwestern University to eDiscovery. Elizabeth explained how being new to eDiscovery allowed her to explore and construct understandable instructional material. Later, as her understanding deepened, she enjoyed describing the unsettled areas of practice. Elizabeth also gave us a good look at what is upcoming in 2026, a preview of their fall user conference in Chicago (On Point), and we made a plan to connect at Legalweek. Elizabeth ended on her fun fact and gave listeners the link to order their own copies of the books she edited, eDiscovery for the Rest of Us and AI for the Rest of Us.

In this episode of LawNext, we talk with Ryan Anderson, co-founder and CEO of Filevine, and Sona Sulakian, former CEO and co-founder of Pincites, about Filevine's acquisition of the AI-powered contract redlining company. The deal, which closed in December, marks Filevine's second major AI acquisition of the year. Even more notably for this traditionally litigation-focused company, it represents a significant strategic expansion into the corporate and transactional legal market — a segment where Filevine saw 120% growth in 2025. What makes this acquisition particularly compelling is its origin story: Filevine was actually a customer of Pincites before acquiring the company. After Filevine's legal team became early adopters and enthusiastic users of the product, Anderson and his team recognized that Pincites' Word-native contract intelligence platform filled a critical gap in their offerings. The acquisition brings aboard sister co-founders Sona and Mariam Sulakian and their team, who will continue developing what Filevine now calls "LOIS for Word" — a drafting and redlining tool integrated directly into Microsoft Word. Along with host Bob Ambrogi, they discuss how the Sulakian sisters identified the market gap that led them to build Pincites, why they chose to build directly into Word rather than create a standalone platform, and what attracted them to Filevine among multiple suitors. Anderson shares his vision for building a comprehensive Legal Operating Intelligence System (LOIS) that connects contracts, depositions and all legal work into a single unified platform. They also explore the broader implications of AI for legal practice and access to justice, and how tools like Pincites and Filevine are transforming the way legal work gets done.   Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.   Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase and LollyLaw; the e-payments platform Headnote; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks. Briefpoint, eliminating routine discovery response and request drafting tasks so you can focus on drafting what matters (or just make it home for dinner). Legalweek, March 9-12, North Javits Center, New York City.   If you enjoy listening to LawNext, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.  

It has returned … and so have we! More than just a legal event, the General Counsel Conference East empowers today's legal leaders for growth, innovation, and excellence. Designed specifically for general counsel, legal executives, and industry professionals, the GCC East is the premier gathering that offers unique opportunities for learning, networking, and professional development.  With a description like that, combined with the fact that we've been there since year one of our launch, how could Legal Speak not be there doing live episodes.  This year, the conference moved to the beautiful Midtown Hilton in New York, a place we're quite familiar with, as it's been home to Legal Week for decades. In this episode, host Patrick Smith sat down with Shawn Naunton, a Managing Partner at Zuckerman Spaeder LLP.   Host: Patrick Smith Guest: Shawn Naunton Producer: Charles Garnar

It has returned … and so have we! More than just a legal event, the General Counsel Conference East empowers today's legal leaders for growth, innovation, and excellence. Designed specifically for general counsel, legal executives, and industry professionals, the GCC East is the premier gathering that offers unique opportunities for learning, networking, and professional development.  With a description like that, combined with the fact that we've been there since year one of our launch, how could Legal Speak not be there doing live episodes.  This year the conference moved to the beautiful Midtown Hilton in New York, a place we're quite familiar with, as it's been home to Legal Week for decades. In this episode, host Patrick Smith sat down with Laura Belmont, General Counsel at Civis Analytics   Host: Patrick Smith Guest: Laura Belmont Producer: Charles Garnar

It has returned … and so have we! More than just a legal event, the General Counsel Conference East empowers today's legal leaders for growth, innovation, and excellence. Designed specifically for general counsel, legal executives, and industry professionals, the GCC East is the premier gathering that offers unique opportunities for learning, networking, and professional development.  With a description like that, combined with the fact that we've been there since year one of our launch, how could Legal Speak not be there doing live episodes.  This year the conference moved to the beautiful Midtown Hilton in New York, a place we're quite familiar with, as it's been home to Legal Week for decades. In this episode, host Patrick Smith sat down with the Honorable Paula Patrick, a Supervising Judge of the Commerce Division Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   Host: Patrick Smith Guest: Hon. Paula Patrick Producer: Charles Garnar

It has returned … and so have we! More than just a legal event, the General Counsel Conference East empowers today's legal leaders for growth, innovation, and excellence. Designed specifically for general counsel, legal executives, and industry professionals, the GCC East is the premier gathering that offers unique opportunities for learning, networking, and professional development.  With a description like that, combined with the fact that we've been there since year one of our launch, how could Legal Speak not be there doing live episodes.  This year, the conference moved to the beautiful Midtown Hilton in New York, a place we're quite familiar with, as it's been home to Legal Week for decades. In this episode, host Patrick Smith sat down with Stephanie Cherny, Director and Deputy General Counsel of M&A and Corporate Governance, Legal Solutions and Strategy at Intuit.   Host: Patrick Smith Guest: Stephanie Cherny Producer: Charles Garnar

It has returned … and so have we! More than just a legal event, the General Counsel Conference East empowers today's legal leaders for growth, innovation, and excellence. Designed specifically for general counsel, legal executives, and industry professionals, the GCC East is the premier gathering that offers unique opportunities for learning, networking, and professional development.  With a description like that, combined with the fact that we've been there since year one of our launch, how could Legal Speak not be there doing live episodes.  This year the conference moved to the beautiful Midtown Hilton in New York, a place we're quite familiar with, as it's been home to Legal Week for decades. In this episode, host Patrick Smith sat down with Shelby Boyd, a Regional Sales Manager at LexisNexis   Host: Patrick Smith Guest: Shelby Boyd Producer: Charles Garnar

It has returned … and so have we! More than just a legal event, the General Counsel Conference East empowers today's legal leaders for growth, innovation, and excellence. Designed specifically for general counsel, legal executives, and industry professionals, the GCC East is the premier gathering that offers unique opportunities for learning, networking, and professional development.  With a description like that, combined with the fact that we've been there since year one of our launch, how could Legal Speak not be there doing live episodes.  This year, the conference moved to the beautiful Midtown Hilton in New York, a place we're quite familiar with, as it's been home to Legal Week for decades. In this episode, host Patrick Smith sat down with EJ Evans, General Counsel and Vice President of Legal at The Marketing Arm   Host: Patrick Smith Guest: EJ Evans Producer: Charles Garnar

It has returned … and so have we! More than just a legal event, the General Counsel Conference East empowers today's legal leaders for growth, innovation, and excellence. Designed specifically for general counsel, legal executives, and industry professionals, the GCC East is the premier gathering that offers unique opportunities for learning, networking, and professional development.  With a description like that, combined with the fact that we've been there since year one of our launch, how could Legal Speak not be there doing live episodes.  This year, the conference moved to the beautiful Midtown Hilton in New York, a place we're quite familiar with, as it's been home to Legal Week for decades. In this episode, host Patrick Smith sat down with Jennifer Contegiacomo, Vice President and & Chief of Staff at QuisLex   Host: Patrick Smith Guest: Jennifer Contegiacomo Producer: Charles Garnar

It has returned … and so have we! More than just a legal event, the General Counsel Conference East empowers today's legal leaders for growth, innovation, and excellence. Designed specifically for general counsel, legal executives, and industry professionals, the GCC East is the premier gathering that offers unique opportunities for learning, networking, and professional development.  With a description like that, combined with the fact that we've been there since year one of our launch, how could Legal Speak not be there doing live episodes.  This year, the conference moved to the beautiful Midtown Hilton in New York, a place we're quite familiar with, as it's been home to Legal Week for decades. In this episode, host Patrick Smith sat down with Erin Wiggins, General Counsel and the Chief Compliance Officer at Williams Lea, RR Donnelley   Host: Patrick Smith Guest: Erin Wiggins Producer: Charles Garnar

It has returned … and so have we! More than just a legal event, the General Counsel Conference East empowers today's legal leaders for growth, innovation, and excellence. Designed specifically for general counsel, legal executives, and industry professionals, the GCC East is the premier gathering that offers unique opportunities for learning, networking, and professional development.  With a description like that, combined with the fact that we've been there since year one of our launch, how could Legal Speak not be there doing live episodes.  This year, the conference moved to the beautiful Midtown Hilton in New York, a place we're quite familiar with, as it's been home to Legal Week for decades. In this episode, host Patrick Smith sat down with Stefani Schwartz, a Managing Partner at the Hatfield Schwartz Law Group   Host: Patrick Smith Guest: Stefani Schwartz Producer: Charles Garnar

It has returned … and so have we!   More than just a legal event, the General Counsel Conference East empowers today's legal leaders for growth, innovation, and excellence. Designed specifically for general counsel, legal executives, and industry professionals, the GCC East is the premier gathering that offers unique opportunities for learning, networking, and professional development.  With a description like that, combined with the fact that we've been there since year one of our launch, how could Legal Speak not be there doing live episodes.  This year the conference moved to the beautiful Midtown Hilton in New York, a place we're quite familiar with, as it's been home to Legal Week for decades.   In this episode, host Patrick Smith sat down with Alex Grishman, a Partner at Haynes Boone.   Host: Patrick Smith Guest: Alex Grishman Producer: Charles Garnar

It has returned … and so have we! More than just a legal event, the General Counsel Conference East empowers today's legal leaders for growth, innovation, and excellence. Designed specifically for general counsel, legal executives, and industry professionals, the GCC East is the premier gathering that offers unique opportunities for learning, networking, and professional development.  With a description like that, combined with the fact that we've been there since year one of our launch, how could Legal Speak not be there doing live episodes.  This year the conference moved to the beautiful Midtown Hilton in New York, a place we're quite familiar with, as it's been home to Legal Week for decades. In this episode, host Patrick Smith sat down with Molly McPherson, a Leading Crisis Communication Strategist, though more notoriously known as TikTok's "PR Lady".  Molly was the opening Keynote speaker at the conference.   Host: Patrick Smith Guest: Molly McPherson Producer: Charles Garnar

Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech  ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference.  And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Sean Fitzpatrick, the CEO of LexisNexis.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Sean Fitzpatrick Producer: Charles Garnar

Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech  ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference.  And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Ashley Picker Dubin, Counsel at Day Pitney.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Ashley Picker Dubin Producer: Charles Garnar

Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech  ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference.  And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Limelight's two founding partners, CEO Ken Gary and CSO Erin Harrison. Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests:  Ken Gary & Erin Harrison Producer: Charles Garnar 

Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech  ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference.  And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Christian Geyer, the Founder and CEO of Actfore.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Christian Geyer Producer: Charles Garnar    

In our final segment of our Legalweek series, Laura and Kevin hit the floor to chat with two folks from Verbit - Matan Barak, Head of Legal Products and JP Son, Chief Legal Officer, for an insightful dive into the evolution of AI in legal transcription and the broader implications for the industry.  We first hear their origin story, being founded with the mission to make transcription more efficient, accessible, and intelligent. They share how the company emerged from the need for faster, more accurate transcription services, especially in high-stakes environments like the legal world. As the conversation turns toward AI, we learn how machine learning is transforming transcription, enhancing turnaround times, enabling real-time insights, and supporting legal professionals with features like inconsistency detection, intelligent search, and summarization through Verbit's Legal Visor.  But with great power comes great responsibility. they address growing concerns around deepfakes and misinformation, explaining how Verbit ensures the authenticity and accuracy of its AI-assisted transcriptions with rigorous quality checks and compliance protocols.  Matan sheds light on how Verbit's models are trained to understand regional dialects and legal-specific jargon, ensuring that nuance is never lost, even in complex, technical discussions. The pair also tackle the hot topic: Will AI replace human court reporters? This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the intersection of legal tech, AI, and the future of court reporting.  Matan Barak is the Head of Legal Products at Verbit, with over a decade of experience leading AI-driven solutions to market. He played a key role in conceptualizing and developing Verbit Legal Visor, a real-time intelligence platform for litigators that enhances legal professionals' efficiency with AI-powered insights, including inconsistency detection, intelligent search, and summaries to help secure better case outcomes.JP Son has served as Verbit's Chief Legal Officer since December 2021, with responsibility for the company's global legal affairs, including in the areas of regulatory compliance, privacy, intellectual property, commercial, M&A, governance and employment. Previously, Son was Vice President, Legal at Vonage Holdings Corp. (VG), where he was responsible for global regulatory, privacy and intellectual property matters. He also served as lead counsel for Vonage's API Platform group. Prior to Vonage, Son was in private practice at a global law firm based in New York. Son received his undergraduate degree in computer science from Cornell University and his J.D. from Columbia Law School.Verbit is a verbal intelligence platform leveraged by 3,000+ businesses and institutions. Our suite of voice AI solutions are used to capture everyday exchanges, better understand the information shared and apply these insights in daily work. Verbit was founded in 2017 in Tel Aviv on the insight that attorneys were spending too much time and money on inaccurate transcripts. The team then uncovered how many more industries could benefit from access to accurate transcripts. By combining automatic speech recognition technology (ASR) with the expert human transcribers, Verbit has transformed a $30B transcription industry. The company has grown into one of the world's largest transcription and closed captioning providers with offices in the US, Canada, UK, and Israel.

Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech  ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference.  And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Anastasia Boyko, a Legal Futurist at Filevine.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Anastasia Boyko Producer: Charles Garnar    

Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech  ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference.  And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Adina Storch, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at the Global Industrial Company.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Adina Storch Producer: Charles Garnar        

Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech  ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference.  And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Thai Trower, Vice President & the BSA Officer at Marqeta.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Thai Trower Producer: Charles Garnar  

Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech  ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference.  And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Exterro's John Vincenzo, the Chief Marketing Officer, and Anthony Diaz, the Chief Information Security Officer.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guests: John Vincenzo & Anthony Diaz Producer: Charles Garnar    

Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech  ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference.  And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Eleanor Lightbody, the CEO of Luminance.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Eleanor Lightbody Producer: Charles Garnar

  Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech  ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference.  And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Mitra Hooman, the Founder & CEO of Access2Justice. Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Mitra Hooman Producer: Charles Garnar    

In the second episode of our Legalweek series, Laura and Kevin sit down with Matt Berry and Greg Anderson from QuikData, a company challenging the status quo in the legal tech space. Matt shares QuikData's mission to offer low-cost, on-premise eDiscovery solutions, bucking the industry's shift toward cloud-only platforms. Alongside him, Greg, VP of Product and Client Services, brings his 20+ years of legal tech experience to the conversation, offering insights into how QuikData prioritizes security, affordability, and convenience for corporations and law firms.We learn about their origin story, tracing back to their first venture, Lateral Data, and the development of Viewpoint, an eDiscovery platform ultimately acquired by Xerox. Matt and Greg discuss how those early experiences shaped their vision for QuikData. We also discuss the role of AI in the industry, how it's reshaping workflows, and QuikData's practical approach to leveraging AI to enhance, not replace human decision-making in complex legal processes. This episode delivers a refreshing perspective on innovation, security, and the power of going against the grain.Matt Berry is an attorney, serial entrepreneur, and co-founder of QuikData, a platform rethinking how legal teams manage eDiscovery and secure collaboration. Before QuikData, Matt co-founded Lateral Data, where he and his team developed Viewpoint, an end-to-end eDiscovery solution focused on on-premises and enterprise deployments. Earlier in his career, Matt co-founded Diamed with his wife Simone—a mail delivery medical supply company that served over 30,000 patients nationwide with diabetes testing supplies and related products. A graduate of Rice University, Matt is also a former Division I tennis player and still finds time to stay active on the court. His diverse background across industries informs his thoughtful approach to building tools that solve real-world problems.Greg Anderson serves as the Vice President of Product and Client Services at QuikData. With over twenty years of experience in legal technology, he specializes in the design and application of E-Discovery solutions, enjoying the challenge of problem solving by leveraging both traditional and non-traditional approaches to address complex or unique problems. His background includes key product management roles at Lateral Data and Conduent, and prior to joining QuikData, he led an E-Discovery Project Management team at Norton Rose Fulbright, where he focused on multinational matters.QuikData is a software development company specializing in eDiscovery and data room solutions for legal service providers, law firms, corporate legal departments, and financial institutions. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, QuikData offers intuitive and powerful tools designed to streamline complex legal data management tasks. ​Their flagship product, Quik E-Discovery, is an end-to-end platform that facilitates the entire electronic discovery process, including data processing, analysis, review, and production. 

Gina Rubel and Jennifer Carr reflect on key insights from Legalweek 2025, focusing on how law firms must adapt to meet the expectations of today's legal buyers. From the rise of millennial buyers prioritizing trust and transparency over cost, to the demand for predictive pricing, multidisciplinary teams, and outcome-based value, the conversation explores how firms can evolve to remain competitive. They also tackle the "million-dollar problem" of associate attrition, the strategic use of data for DEI and talent development, and the importance of including business professionals in client-facing conversations. Grounded in the realities of today's legal and political climate, this episode challenges firms to rethink the business of law with courage, creativity, and client-centricity.

Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech  ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference.  And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Chris Kruse, Chief Revenue Officer of OPEXUS + Casepoint. Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Chris Kruse Producer: Charles Garnar

Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech  ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference.  And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Raj Chandrasekar, the Chief Innovation & Technology Officer at Consilio. Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Raj Chandrasekar Producer: Charles Garnar  

Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech  ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference.  And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Subroto Mukerji, the CEO of Integreon. Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Subroto Mukerji Producer: Charles Garnar        

Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech  ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference.  And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Emily Collins, a Senior Information Governance Attorney at Southwest Airlines. Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Emily Collins Producer: Charles Garnar  

Just when you thought you couldn't get your fill of Legal Tech  ... we're back !! This year's LegalWeek conference, hosted by ALM Media and Law.com, was held in New York City from March 24th through March 27th.  More than 6,000 of the biggest names in the industry gathered at the New York Hilton Midtown for the four-day conference.  And yes ... Legal Speak was there conducting live interviews with the best and brightest. In this episode, hosts Patrick Smith and Cedra Mayfield sat down with Abdi Shayesteh, the Founder & CEO of AltaClaro.   Hosts: Cedra Mayfield & Patrick Smith Guest: Abdi Shayesteh Producer: Charles Garnar  

In this week's episode, Land and Kevin take you inside Legalweek 2025 for a no-holds-barred recap of the biggest legal tech event of the year. We break down the good—the insightful sessions, the exciting product launches, and the incredible people we met. We also cover the bad—from conference logistics to some less-than-stellar booth experiences. And of course, we get into the ugly—including the controversial decision to move Legalweek from its long-time home at the Hilton to the Javits Center in 2026, marking the end of an era.We hit the exhibit hall, highlighting standout vendors, unforgettable swag (yes, we're ranking the best and worst giveaways!), and key trends shaping the legal tech landscape.Plus, we shit down with Josh Janow, CEO of SMI Aware, for a chat on what makes them unique in the world of social media discovery. Josh shares how SMI Aware's proprietary technology and expert analysis help legal teams uncover and preserve critical open-source data, ensuring compliance and strategic insights in discovery, due diligence, and risk management.If you missed Legalweek or just want the inside scoop, this episode has everything you need!Josh Janow is the CEO of SMI Aware, a leader in social media and open-source data discovery. His company specializes in researching, collecting, and preserving publicly available information to support legal, HR, and compliance teams in discovery, due diligence, and risk management.With a career dedicated to leveraging data for strategic decision-making, Josh has led SMI Aware in providing critical insights that shape client strategies. Previously, he served as General Counsel and later President of gategroup North America, overseeing a $1B operation with 10,000+ employees. His leadership during industry disruptions, including the COVID-19 pandemic, drove significant restructuring and growth. Josh began his career at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, developing expertise in legal and business strategy.

In this episode, Gina Rubel and Jennifer Carr reflect on their experiences at Legalweek and discuss the evolving implications of recent executive orders targeting law firms. The conversation covers the controversy surrounding decisions made by major firms and the broader legal industry's response.

“The landscape we all stand on is shifting, and massive amounts of change are upon us,” Phil Saunders, the chief executive officer of e-discovery and legal technology giant Relativity, recently wrote in a post on the company's blog. Driving that change are three transformative forces, he wrote: new legal data challenges, advancing generative AI, and legal's journey to the cloud.  On this episode of LawNext, Saunders – who joined Relativity as CEO in 2022 after three decades in the technology sector – joins host Bob Ambrogi to discuss why he believes that both Relativity and the legal industry at large are at a pivotal moment, and to outline his company's vision for navigating these three forces reshaping the legal technology landscape.  Within Saunders' blog post was a notable announcement: Starting in 2028, Relativity will require that all new matters be hosted on its cloud platform, RelativityOne – a significant milestone for a company that built its success on its on-premises Relativity Server product.  The conversation starts there, with what might be considered the last mile in the company's transition to the cloud. Saunders also discusses what attracted him to join Relativity, how the company is approaching the opportunities and challenges presented by generative AI, its work with the Legal Data Intelligence initiative, and his longer-term strategic vision for Relativity.   Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.   Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase and LollyLaw; the e-payments platform Headnote; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks. LEX Reception, Never miss a call, with expert answering service for Lawyers. Legalweek, March 24-27, New York Hilton Midtown. Register today at legalweekshow.com. Briefpoint, eliminating routine discovery response and request drafting tasks so you can focus on drafting what matters (or just make it home for dinner). If you enjoy listening to LawNext, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.  

Recently, legal technology company SurePoint Technologies acquired the legal practice management company ZenCase in a strategic move aimed at enhancing SurePoint's practice management offerings for mid-sized law firms. In this episode of LawNext, Eric Thurston, who recently marked his two-year anniversary as CEO of SurePoint Technologies, joins host Bob Ambrogi to discuss the acquisition and share his perspective on the mid-market landscape in law.  Originally founded in 1982 as Rippe & Kingston, SurePoint has established itself as a leading provider of financial and practice management software for mid-sized law firms, currently serving nearly 1,000 customers. As Thurston explains in the interview, the acquisition of ZenCase strengthens its front-end capabilities with features tailored specifically for lawyers. The acquisition helps SurePoint "leapfrog innovation by about three years," he says, while addressing customer demands for more lawyer-friendly interfaces. The conversation also explores SurePoint's earlier acquisition of Leopard Solutions, a business intelligence platform that provides comprehensive data on attorneys and law firms across the country, enabling everything from strategic recruiting to competitor analysis. Thurston explains how they've already integrated Leopard's analytics into ZenCase, allowing lawyers to quickly access valuable industry data. Looking at the mid-market practice management landscape, Thurston acknowledges that it is currently fragmented, but he believes SurePoint is positioned to become "the Clio of the mid-market." He outlines the company's vision to help firms not just manage their practices but accelerate growth through better technology, data analytics, and business intelligence. With a philosophy that "you're either growing or dying," Thurston shares how he believes SurePoint continues to evolve while helping law firms do the same.   Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out. Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase and LollyLaw; the e-payments platform Headnote; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks. LEX Reception, Never miss a call, with expert answering service for Lawyers. Legalweek, March 24-27, New York Hilton Midtown. Register today at legalweekshow.com. Briefpoint, eliminating routine discovery response and request drafting tasks so you can focus on drafting what matters (or just make it home for dinner).   If you enjoy listening to LawNext, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.  

On this week's show: LawNext takes you to the movies. Well, to a specific movie, anyway – a documentary being made to raise public awareness and understanding of the access to justice crisis in this country.  Today's guests are the film's director, documentary filmmaker Laura Hand, who previously directed The Tent Mender, about homelessness on Skid Row in Los Angeles, and Maya Markovich, a legal innovation leader – and two-time previous guest on this show (here and here) – who is serving as a producer and advisor to the documentary. You may know Markovich as executive director of the Justice Technology Association and for her recent appointment as vice president of the American Arbitration Association's thought leadership and research arm.  The documentary, called Justice: Just A Promise?, has been given unprecedented access to film inside the courthouses of the Los Angeles County court system – the largest court system in the world and one where litigants unable to get a lawyer present enormous challenges to the civil justice system.  As this episode airs, the filmmakers have just launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to raise the money they need to complete and distribute the film. During today's conversation, you'll hear about that campaign, including Hand's surprising explanation of why she went that route to raise funds.  You will also learn all about the making of the film and how the filmmakers aim to raise awareness about a nationwide crisis that far too few are even aware of, let alone understand.  Check out their fundraising page here.    Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out. Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase and LollyLaw; the e-payments platform Headnote; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks. LEX Reception, Never miss a call, with expert answering service for Lawyers. Legalweek, March 24-27, New York Hilton Midtown. Register today at legalweekshow.com.    If you enjoy listening to LawNext, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.  

After building his career as an engineer at Facebook and as a venture capitalist at Lightspeed Venture Partners, Jay Madheswaran and his cofounders spotted an opportunity to deploy cutting-edge AI to transform what they saw as an underserved segment of the legal market, launching Eve, an AI platform purpose-built for plaintiffs' law firms. Eve has quickly gained traction, recently securing a $47 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz, and boasting 800% year-over-year growth.  But what makes Eve's story particularly interesting is its mission to transform traditional plaintiffs' firms into what Madheswaran calls "AI-native law firms" – where technology does not just automate tasks but fundamentally changes how legal services are delivered, in part by encoding firms' unique knowledge and processes into intelligent systems. In today's episode, Madheswaran joins host Bob Ambrogi to explain his concept of AI-native law firms and describe how Eve's technology can help firms double or triple their caseloads by automating everything from case-intake analysis to document drafting, all while learning to work in each firm's unique voice and style.  He also discusses the challenges of building trust with lawyers around AI and his vision for increasingly specialized legal services in an AI-powered future.   Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.   Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase and LollyLaw; the e-payments platform Headnote; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks. Briefpoint, eliminating routine discovery response and request drafting tasks so you can focus on drafting what matters (or just make it home for dinner). LEX Reception, Never miss a call, with expert answering service for Lawyers. Legalweek, March 24-27, New York Hilton Midtown. Register today at legalweekshow.com.    If you enjoy listening to LawNext, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.