Ep. 134: Nichelle Tramble Spellman is NOT Failing On All Fronts (But Liz Is)

Happier in Hollywood

The Onward Project

Careers, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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TILiz and Sarah talk to their good friend Nichelle Tramble Spellman, creator and showrunner of the fantastic new Apple TV+ show TRUTH BE TOLD, starring Octavia Spencer, Aaron Paul, and Lizzie Caplan. Then, in Take A Hike, Liz reveals why she’s “failing on all fronts” during this extra busy time. This week’s Hollywood Hack comes courtesy of Nichelle: get a fabulous suit custom-made for a big event. Truth Be Told: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Be_Told_(2019_TV_series) Nichelle Tramble Spellman: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2838492/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Happier 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/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:04.0	Should we read the draft one more time before we send it out to anybody?
0:10.5	Yeah, like a quick pass. We'll skip.
0:19.6	Hi and welcome to Happier and Hollywood.
0:21.8	The podcast about how to be happier, healthier,
0:24.4	sane or more creative, more successful and more productive in a back fighting
0:29.0	superficial, chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.
0:33.6	I'm Liz Kraft, a TV writer and producer living in LA, and with me is my high school friend
0:38.4	and writing partner Sarah. That's me, Sarah Fein. On this podcast, we talk about being writers
0:43.2	in Hollywood, how we balance a career and friendship, and how to survive the war of attrition
0:47.2	that is life in less Angeles. In today's episode, we're going to talk to our good friend,
0:52.5	the insanely talented writer, Nishel Tramble Spellman about her new show, Truth Be Told,
0:58.5	starring Octavia Spencer, Lizzie Kaplan and Aaron Paul.
1:02.0	And in Take a Hike, Liz explains why she's failing on all fronts, and we'll try to figure out
1:07.6	what she can do about it if anything. And Nishel's got a premiere night Hollywood hack.
1:13.3	Spoiler alert, pink shoes will be mentioned. But first an update.
1:17.8	Yes, so we got an email from a listener that struck a chord with us. Kate wrote in,
1:22.5	when you were talking about your season of sacrifice and the need to limit yourself to the
1:26.3	non-negotiables, you said we could do this all for nothing. There's no guarantee that you'll come
1:31.3	out of this season with the results you want, and you might just be heading back to the drawing board.
1:35.8	That sucks, and I really hope that my comment doesn't come across as dismissive or paliana-ish,
1:41.2	but when I'm in a similar situation, it helps me to take the long view. You might not get the
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