With the Hiatus in “Serial” Podcasts, How to Keep Your Listening Ears Happy?

Okay, I will admit to being one of the addicts for the podcast “Serial” episodes.  If you haven’t listened yet, the first season tracked an investigaton of a criminal case, posing the question of whether a young man who was convicted as a teenager of murdering his former girlfriend might be entitled to post-conviction relief.  Listening to the well-crafted episodes and compelling voices of the defendant and other individuals connected the Baltimore events has been a great way to rest my semester-weary eyes, while still considering important questions of law, ethics, justice, professional obligations of attorneys, race, and ethnicity.  

But the last episode for 2014 is now behind us.  What to listen to now? Especially while we actually have some down time between semesters– and might need a break from our own families!?  

Well, here is another interesting option —  Life of the Law, a bi-weekly “sound rich” podcast series exploring cutting edge topics.   The episode on “New Frontiers of Family Law” immediately gave me a new term – polyamorous relationships — and surprising new things to think about for my course on Wills, Trusts & Estates.  The episodes vary in length, some nicely as short as 15 minutes.