Ep. 161: Tackling The Lack Of Diversity In Hollywood

Happier in Hollywood

Lemonada Media

Self-improvement, Careers, Education, Business

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Liz and Sarah talk to Jeanette Volturno of Catchlight Films and Julie Harris Walker of Catch A Break Podcast about how they’re working to make Hollywood more diverse. One promising tool: Crewvie — a worldwide application database for sharing and sourcing qualified crew and production support for film and TV. Jeanette and Julie also talk about their podcast, Catch A Break, which educates people on the nitty-gritty of working in entertainment. Their current focus? A live series on how to resume production during Covid-19. This week’s Hollywood Hack is an app that will let you work together when you’re apart: Scribble Together. 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 Rubin, Side Hustle School, Do The Thing, and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler . If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! Catchlight Films: http://www.catchlightfilms.com/ Catch A Break Podcast: https://www.catchabreakpodcast.com/ Scribble Together: https://scribbletogether.com/ 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm back in my phase of wanting a puppy.
0:03.0	Do not get a puppy.
0:05.8	I'm not getting a puppy.
0:07.2	There's no way I'm getting a puppy.
0:09.0	You're totally getting a puppy.
0:17.5	Hi and welcome to Happier & Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier,
0:21.5	sane or more creative, more successful and more productive in a back-biting, superficial,
0:26.9	chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.
0:30.3	I'm Sarah Fane, a TV writer and producer living in LA, and with me is my high school friend
0:35.3	and writing partner Liz.
0:36.7	That's me, Liz Kraft.
0:38.7	On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career in friendship
0:43.6	and how to survive the more of a tradition that is life and less sensualist.
0:47.9	In today's episode, we're going to talk to Jeanette Volterno of Catchlight Studios
0:52.8	and Julie Harris Walker of Catch a Break podcast about how they're working to make Hollywood
0:58.0	more diverse.
0:59.6	Yes, they're not just talking about it, they're doing it, and they are tackling this issue,
1:05.0	Sarah, in many ways.
1:06.6	And we're going to hear about all of them.
1:09.6	Yes, and then we have a hack that's good for adults working from home and fun for kids
1:14.2	having distance play dates too.
1:16.4	Okay, Sarah, we have a lot to cover, so we are going to dive right into from the treadmill
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