Ep. 118: Writing Blind: An Interview with TV Writers Jess Burkle and Ryan Knighton

Happier in Hollywood

The Onward Project

Careers, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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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: @jessburkle Ryan Knighton on Twitter: @ryanknighton In 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/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone. Gretchen and I had so much fun going on the road. We're going to do it again.
0:05.4	Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle. Tickets are now on sale for our live shows in September.
0:11.7	You can get details and ticket links at GretchenRubin.com slash events.
0:17.1	And we'll be announcing more cities and dates soon. If you want to make sure you get notified,
0:22.0	we're coming to your city. Sign up for Gretchen's newsletter at GretchenRubin.com slash hashtag newsletter.
0:29.5	Yes, that's hashtag newsletter. Please come and bring your friends. Hope to see you there.
0:36.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:39.2	Hey, Liz, here they are. These are my wide leg jeans.
0:42.4	Oh, I love them. Those would be perfect for a meeting.
0:46.1	I feel like I would be silly in a meeting. These are more like
0:50.6	to wear to a kid birthday party to show I'm still cool. We'll see.
1:00.4	Hi and welcome to Happier in Hollywood. The podcast about how to be happier, healthier,
1:06.3	sane, or more creative, more successful, and more productive in a backbiting superficial,
1:11.6	chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world. I'm Liz Kraft, a TV writer and producer,
1:17.7	living in LA. And with me is my high school friend and writing partner of 19 years, Sarah.
1:22.8	That's me, Sarah Fein. On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance
1:27.6	a career and friendship and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in less angeles.
1:32.8	In this week's episode, we're talking to two writers from the CW show in the dark,
1:37.7	Jess Berkel and Ryan Knighton. Both Jess and Ryan have visual disabilities and we're going to talk
1:43.0	to them about being professional writers with a disability and about their surprising superpowers
1:48.4	in the writer's room. Then we answer a question about mom, jeans, and overalls, and whether we should
1:53.5	all be trying to be hippie or even if we're not 20-something. And we have a Hollywood hack that
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