Happier in Hollywood

Liz and Sarah share the details of their first Happier In Hollywood Q&A Cocktail Party. It was a huge success! Then they interview TV writers Jess Burkle and Ryan Knighton from the CW show “In the Dark” about how they navigate Hollywood while being blind, their superpower in the writers’ room, and why they hate being called “inspirational.” Then Liz and Sarah answer a listener question about whether we should all be wearing Mom Jeans/overalls to meetings. This week’s Hollywood Hack makes it easier to return clothes you ordered online: take them back to the IRL store!Jess Burkle on Twitter: @jessburkleRyan Knighton on Twitter: @ryanknightonIn the Dark: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7772602/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now that Liz and Sarah don’t have an official office, they’re creating “a room of their own” at Sarah’s house. While Sarah insists on following the feng shui guidelines in the book Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life, Liz just wants a functional, pleasant space to work in. Then they debut a new segment, The Craft (And Fain) on the craft of writing. Their first topic? Swim out. This week’s Hollywood Hack will make your legs red-carpet ready: Sally Hansen’s Airbrush Legs. Then Liz has a vicarious double Celebrity Sighting (Chris Pratt and Jeff Goldblum) courtesy of her husband, Adam.A Room of One’s Own:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Room_of_One%27s_OwnMove Your Stuff, Change Your Life by Karen Rauch Carter:https://www.karenrauchcarter.com/Best office color:https://cdispaces.ca/blog/best-office-colors/A Room of One’s Own: Why We Need Space and QuietThe Shield:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286486/Vampire Diaries:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405406/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1The Fix:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7942774/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Sally Hansen’s Airbrush Legs: AirbrushLegsChris Pratt:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0695435/Jeff Goldblum:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000156/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1Photo by Laurie-Anne Robert on UnsplashHappier In Hollywood is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts — Happier With Gretchen Ruben, Do The Thing, and Side Hustle School. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Liz and Sarah discuss a listener suggestion that they coordinate their meeting outfits. Are they up for the task? Then they talk about the difficulty of compartmentalizing when they need to work on several projects at once. Next, Liz and Sarah answer a listener question about whether they think a different network president would have kept The Fix on the air. In Take A Hike, Sarah shares her “health lull.” She was so motivated to keep improving her health for so long, but now she feels over it. How can she get back in the zone? Finally, this week’s Hollywood Hack: have a personal focus group. Channing Dungey on HIH:http://happierinhollywood.com/episode69/Merrin Dungey: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242257/Photo by Hannah Morgan on UnsplashHappier In Hollywood is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better.  Check out the other Onward Project podcasts — Happier With Gretchen Ruben, Do The Thing, and Side Hustle School. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Inspired by listener demand, Liz and Sarah announce their August 8th Happier In Hollywood Q & A Cocktail Party.  (For more information email happierinhollywood@gmail.com.) Then Liz and Sarah talk to Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg, the cohosts of one of their favorite podcasts, By The Book, about being each other’s work wife. What IS a work wife? How is work marriage different from actual marriage?  And what makes a work marriage successful? In Take Two, they revisit the subject of saving money. Liz and Sarah’s favorite new tip from a listener? Try a No Spend Week. This week’s Hollywood Hack: Apple Wallet. By The Book Podcast https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/stitcher/by-the-bookThe EveryDollar App https://www.everydollar.com/budget-appIconsumer.com: https://www.iconsumer.com/Let Go: https://us.letgo.com/enOfferUp: https://offerup.com/Apple Wallet: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204003Photo: TK To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Liz and Sarah discuss why they’ve recently decided NOT to take every meeting. Sometimes they need to go deep instead of going wide. Then Sarah’s recent bout of pneumonia is a reminder that we all need to listen to our bodies. In The Mailroom, Liz and Sarah tackle a listener question about whether they ever feel like the “weak link” in their partnership. Short answer? Yes! This week Sarah and Liz have a dual parenting bomb — failing to set up summer play dates. And they give a hit to their fellow WGA writers for supporting one another through a tough time in the industry. Finally, this a Hollywood Hack: make plans immediately!WGA-ATA Dispute:https://www.indiewire.com/2019/04/writers-agents-wga-ata-writers-guild-of-america-association-of-talent-agents-1202057979/June Diane Raphael:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2053085/The Jane Club:https://www.janeclub.com/Photo by Maria Krasnova on Unsplash To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Liz and Sarah break down the experience of being a Staff Writer on a TV show with their former assistant turned TV writer, Brook Sitgraves Turner. Brook’s advice: show up prepared and stay late. In Take A Hike, Liz and Sarah discuss the concept of Swedish Death Cleaning and why we should all accumulate less stuff. Finally, Liz shares yet another Hollywood Hack that will help you achieve “meeting hair:” Dry Bar’s new 25 dollar 20 minute option! Brook Sitgraves Turner — https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8223801/The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning — https://www.amazon.com/Gentle-Art-Swedish-Death-Cleaning/dp/1501173243/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1ZS7B2KMCFXHB&keywords=swedish+death+cleaning+book&qid=1562009398&s=gateway&sprefix=Swedish+Death%2Caps%2C253&sr=8-3Dry Bar — https://www.thedrybar.com/services/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Liz and Sarah discuss the importance of saving money in Hollywood’s perennially unstable gig economy. Hint: avoid mindless spending. And shop your closet! Then they share a listener question about fertility and the problem/dilemma of waiting to start a family. Have they come to terms with having only children? Liz offers two Hollywood Hacks from entertainment attorney Michael Donaldson’s WGA workshop on negotiating: make the first offer, and negotiate in the other person’s space. Finally, a Netflix celebrity sighting (Gary Oldman) and a near-miss (Brad Pitt)!Rakuten: http://www.rakuten.comHer Money: https://www.hermoney.com/t/podcasts/Offer Up:https://offerup.com/Let Go: https://us.letgo.com/enEgg freezing: https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/egg-freezing/about/pac-20384556Michael Donaldson: http://www.donaldsoncallif.com/attorneys/Gary Oldman: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000198/Brad Pitt: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000093/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1Photo by Fabian Blank on Unsplash To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Liz and Sarah talk to their mentor, the brilliant television writer/producer, Shawn Ryan (The Shield, S.W.A.T.), about how he picks projects. Spoiler alert: he actually needs to like the material. They also grill Shawn about his famous calm demeanor. Is he really as zen as he seems? In the Mailroom segment, Liz and Sarah answer a question about being a technical consultant for TV and movies. This week’s Hollywood Hack is an easy gift: a textable Starbuck’s gift card.Shawn Ryan: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0752841/Starbucks: https://www.starbucks.com/menu?&utm_source=google&utm_term=starbucks&utm_campaign=BR+-+Brand+-+Starbucks+-+Desktop+-+Exact&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9JzoBRDjARIsAGcdIDVrs7hJHIGUOWLFAmHOUFE7DuZTRqztu0li9mZljRNhpMAUcFuQxUUaAmMpEALw_wcB To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Liz and Sarah discuss the issue of doing free work in Hollywood. It’s necessary, but how much is too much? And how can they do free work without resenting it? Then they answer a Mailroom Question about passion. Is it fair to expect people to be passionate about their work ALL of the time? And what do you do when you’re not feelin’ it? In L v. S (Lis versus Sarah), Sarah tries to convince Liz to try roller skating. Finally, in this week’s Hollywood Hack, Liz shares two tools that are helping her achieve “meeting hair:” the John Frieda Hot Hair Brush and The Wrap Party Curling and Styling Wand from Dry Bar.Jenna Fisher’s The Actor’s Life: A Survival Guide:https://www.amazon.com/Actors-Life-Survival-Guide/dp/1944648224/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ZXHNTT6X8NC2&keywords=jenna+fisher+the+actors+life&qid=1560803920&s=gateway&sprefix=Jenna+Fisher%2Caps%2C235&sr=8-1Skate land:http://www.skateland.net/John Frieda Hot Air Brush:https://www.amazon.com/John-Frieda-Hot-Brush-inch/dp/B0056GDG90/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=1TA0R10JLEF5H&keywords=john+frieda+hot+hair+brush&qid=1560803849&s=gateway&sprefix=John+Frieda+Hot+h%2Caps%2C253&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1The Wrap Party Curling and Styling Wand from Dry Bar:https://www.amazon.com/Drybar-Wrap-Party-Hair-Styling/dp/B074WNLK3Z/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3IBDQ5B64ZW1G&keywords=drybar+wand&qid=1560803997&s=gateway&sprefix=Dry+bar+wand%2Caps%2C425&sr=8-1Photo by Sean Bernstein on Unsplash To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Everyone gets knocked down once in awhile— the question is, what do you do AFTER you get knocked down? If you’re resilient, you get back up! Liz and Sarah discuss the brilliance of resilience and share how working in the entertainment business has helped them develop their own resilience muscles. Then in a very special Take A Hike, executive producer Chuck Reed’s mom, Michelene Reed Laski, reveals why June 13th is a cherished anniversary for her Hollywood family— and why every family should find a reason to celebrate. This week’s Hollywood Hack comes from Robot Chick co-founder Matt Senreich: Ask for favors! (And Liz has a bonus selfie hack.)The Fix: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7942774/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Chuck Reed: @sancolasound (Instagram)Sancola Sound: https://www.sancolasound.com/Michelene Reed Laski: https://michreedlaski.artspan.com/homeHermes Pan: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes_PanHermes Pan obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/23/obituaries/hermes-pan-dancer-79-is-dead-choreographer-of-astaire-classics.htmlRobot Chicken: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_ChickenMatt Senreich: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1803552/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1Photo by Mel Elías on Unsplash To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.