Is that really legal? with Eric Ruben
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Is that really legal? with Eric Ruben
A podcast about showbiz, creativity, and sometimes the law. Created by and starring Eric W. Ruben, Esq.
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Episode 134: Music Act and Event Manager, Joanna Jackson, Part II
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This episode is a deep dive into the music business, its past and its future.
Joanna started with a passion for music and a...

Episode 133: Actress and Fitness Pro, Kerstin Schulze
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Kerstin grew up in Germany and moved to Los Angeles after Theater Training and a Degree in Business. She is known for her ability...

Episode 132: Intellectual Property Adviser and Attorney, Tamany Vinson Bentz
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Tamany helps clients navigate the ever changing landscape of technology and media. She focuses her efforts with clients on intell...

Episode 131: Music Act and Event Manager, Joanna Jackson
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Joanna started with a passion for music and a belief in the transformative power of live events. She's made a career of working w...

Episode 130: Musician and Entrepreneur, Tory Smith
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Tory Smith is a guitarist, singer, and manager of two busy cover bands. Over the years, he observed how many performers have beco...

Episode 129: Attorney and Entrepreneur, Marty Koffman
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A graduate of an elite boarding school, Ivy League College, and top-notch Law School, Marty has been a lawyer, an entrepreneur, a...

Episode 128: Managing Director in a Private Equity Firm, Pam Stern
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Pam, a friend and client for over 15 years, explains what a private equity firm does. We also talk about fashion, accounting, and...

Episode 127: Biocompatibility & Toxicology Consultant, Michel Mercier
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Michel is a multilingual scientist who consults in the Medical Devise industry.
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Episode 126: Project Manager, B. Madhusudan
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Madhu is a native New Yorker whose parents came from India and made incredible contributions to this country. He continues in the...

Episode 125: Consulting CTO and Author Dave Stern
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Dave is a consulting CTO and devops engineer. We talk about transformation, technology, cyber security, artificial intelligence,...

Episode 124: Author, Chef, Podcaster, Hotelier Jamie Schler (3rd interview)
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After getting her degree from the University of Pennsylvania, she lived in New York City and then moved to France where she lives...

Financial Advisor Bailie Slevin
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I've known Bailie through the world of theater, but she's been a camp counselor, massage therapist, stage manager, office manager...

Attorney/Writer Ed Gaffney Returns and We Restart the Pod
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Ed Gaffney is an Ivy League grad, a lawyer with experience in the corporate world who has spent the last three decades doing crim...

Episode 121: Josie Bray, Producer, Director, Choreographer
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Josie started out in Chicago, went to Maine and ultimately attended Emerson College where she got a BFA, a Masters in Theater Edu...

Episode 120: Author Frances Stockton
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Frances started with a no-w famously defunct publisher, got the rights to her books back, and has not stopped. Like many authors,...

Episode 119: Attorney Chavala Kobluk
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Chavala started her career as a dancer/musician/actress, attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She travelled to over 3...

Episode 118: Singer Songwriter, Emmaline
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Living in Nashville, Emmaline started life in small town Australia. She writes and performs trippy pop music and is also a music...

Episode 117: Actress Tammy Dahlstrom
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Tammy Dahlstrom currently stars as the as the take-no-b.s. undercover U.S. Marshall ‘Diane’ in the new Dekkoo original comedy ser...

Episode 116: Podcaster, writer and tech guy, Chris Crimm
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Chris is a podcaster who has provided a platform for the voices of survivors of abuse. He's made a career in tech and writes as w...

Episode 115: Romance Writer, Terri Brisbin
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Since 1998, Terri’s more than 50 historical and paranormal romance novels, novellas and short stories have been published by Berk...

Episode 114: Law Professor Eric Ruben (2nd Appearance)
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Professor Ruben teaches criminal law, professional responsibility, and a seminar on the Second Amendment. His scholarly work has...

Episode 113: Talent Enabler, Anna Krieger
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Anna Krieger, is a talent recruiting professional. She talks with me about talent, queer issues, pronouns, intersectionalism, the...

Episode 112: Jason T. Gaffney & David Singletary of new series Marriage of Inconvenience
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In the brand new Dekkoo-Original Comedy Series Marriage of Inconvenience, two total strangers entering a witness protection progr...

Episode 111: Actress and Teacher Paula Plum
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Paula Plum is one of Boston’s leading actresses. Her most notable performance have been as Cleopatra and Lady Macbeth at the Acto...

Episode 110: Actor Mariano Skroce
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Mariano grew up in Hamburg, visited the U.S. as an exchange student, studied acting and performing in Germany and married an actr...

Episode 109: Actress and Educator, Kristina Kost
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Kristina fell in love with musical theater as a child and, as a result, became an actress, singer, and educator. Born and raised...

Episode 108: Actor, Singer, Writer, Producer, Demetri Bonaros
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Demetri studied mathematics and theater at Swarthmore College and Villanova University, piano and music theory and harmony at Ath...

Episode 107: Acting coach and director Peter Kelley
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Peter Kelley is an acting coach and director of film and theatre. His clients include Chris O'Donnell, Eliza Dushku, L.L. Cool J...

Episode 106: Consultant and singer Fareeda Pasha
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Fareeda is a native New Yorker whose Pakistani background is more similar to my Jewish background than I would have thought. Her...

Episode 105: Corporate Communicator, Artist, and Photographer Liz McCrocklin
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Liz started in San Diego, sailed with adventurous parents, went to school in Washington D.C. and London, lived in Africa and retu...

Episode 104: Actress/Model/Dancer Heike Werntgen
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Heike is an actress, dancer, model, and teacher. Born in Germany, she came to New York City to study acting but spent some time i...

Episode 103: COO of Art Sales Vault, Alexandrea Tracy
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Soon-to-be attorney Tracy (she graduates law school in December and takes the bar exam in February) is already an expert on art...

Episode 102: Artist Stefanie Lueck
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Stefanie studied fine art at the Städelschule in Frankfurt/Main, with Per Kirkeby, and was also a master student there. In London...

Episode 101: Award-winning playwright Angela Gant
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Angela Gant received two national playwriting awards at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, including the Paula...

Episode 100
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It's the 100th episode!!! I keep it short and sweet. I thank people and I implore you to get involved.
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Episode 99: Podcaster/Poker Player/ Businessman Walt Blau
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Walt started life as a farmer, became a gym rat, a poker player and a podcaster. His podcast, Be Raw can be found at www.berawpod...

Episode 98: Musician and Cutting Room owner Steve Walter
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Steve Walter is a fixture of the New York music scene. A Berkley Music School graduate and guitar player, Steve worked his way fr...

Episode 97: Actor/Filmmaker/Writer Patrick Riviere
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Patrick and I met acting in. an off-Broadway musical together. He's taught and acted a lot and recently created the award-winning...

Episode 96: Musician/Songwriter Daniel Monte
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Daniel Monte's over ten years of classical training through the Royal Conservatory of Music in violin and piano, coupled with his...

Episode 95: Bassist Clint Bahr
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Bass virtuoso Clint Bahr just released a new solo album “PUZZLEBOX” on Moonjune Records. The album features members of King Crims...