Choices We Made: Lawyer or Journalist? (with Jodi Kantor)

Choice Words with Samantha Bee

Lemonada Media

Comedy

4.3 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Journalist Jodi Kantor joins Sam to talk about her new book, How To Start, and how, much to the chagrin of her parents, she dropped out of Harvard Law to go into a career in Journalism. They talk about why it is so uniquely hard to find a job out of college these days, and how even if you’re not a recent grad, AI is destroying the interview process and the need for entry-level jobs. They talk about why the American college system makes it so hard to take risks, the fog of technology, and the importance of focusing on craft if you can. They agree their kids will never take career advice from them and can only hear wisdom if it comes from Tik Tok, and why it would be best for everyone to find a career where they’re happy in ten minute increments. Keep up with Samantha Bee @realsambee on Instagram and X. And stay up to date with us @LemonadaMedia on X, Facebook, and Instagram. For a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this and every other Lemonada show, go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Lemonado. July always feels like peak summer, longer days, packed calendars, travel, and a lot more time
0:12.1	away from home. In the middle of all that movement, I've realized how much I lean on the small
0:16.7	routines that stay steady no matter where I am. For me, AG1 is one of those constants. Whether I'm at
0:23.2	home and a hotel or stuffing a bag for a quick trip, my morning doesn't really need to change.
0:28.3	I bring AG1 with me and it just slides right into whatever the day looks like. No thinking, no
0:33.3	rebuilding, no figuring it out from scratch. Travel is where that really shows up. Days get fuller,
0:40.3	plans shift around, meals are grab and go, and everything feels a little more in motion.
0:45.1	Having AG1 packed makes one less thing on my mental checklist when I'm already moving through
0:50.2	a busy stretch. And I like that it helps me stay in that grounded, steady rhythm I try to
0:56.0	keep when I'm out of my normal routine. Less scattered, more anchored, not constantly trying to
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1:40.0	When 12-year-old Jules stumbles into a time machine, an unexpected journey begins.
1:46.2	Turns out, our planet looks different in the year 2100, cyclones, poison tides, and algios for breakfast.
1:54.5	But how did we get here? And can we turn back the clock?
1:58.4	Well, that's up to you. Play it safe, or risk it all, as a member of the Midnight Rebellion.
2:05.3	Available wherever you listen.
2:09.8	Between mergers, corporate plundering, and just running out of money, it is a hard time to run any sort of newspaper or media company these days.
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