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Happier in Hollywood

Ep. 210: Cussing and Discussing

Happier in Hollywood

Lemonada Media

Self-improvement, Careers, Education, Business

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Liz and Sarah share a listener’s suggestion about how to frame potentially difficult work conversations so that they stay light-hearted and productive — let everyone know at the outset that there will be plenty of “cussing and discussing.” In Hits & Bombs, they give a big hit to the Fantasy Island hair and makeup team, who gave up their lunch hour to make Liz and Sarah look good for a behind-the-scenes interview. They also give themselves a bomb for too much bitching and complaining! Clearly, Liz and Sarah need to heed their own advice — “don’t treat a gift like a burden.” This week’s Hollywood Hack will add humor to your work text chains — use gifs! Finally, after a year of lockdown, Celebrity Sightings are back! Liz and Sarah are seeing celebrities all over the resort in Puerto Rico — of course these celebrities do happen to be working on Fantasy Island! 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! Links: Happier Episode 322: https://gretchenrubin.com/podcast-episode/322-a-conversation-with-sensation-leslie-jordan 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

Okay, so what episodes do we have to move forward tomorrow?

0:07.0

We have to do notes on four, notes on five.

0:12.7

We have to break seven, break eight, check in on nine-ten.

0:17.9

Plus we have the production rewrite of three.

0:21.4

Okay, so one and two are fine.

0:24.4

And six.

0:25.4

One and two and six are good.

0:28.0

Excellent.

0:29.0

Hi and welcome to Happier and Hollywood.

0:36.0

The podcast about how to be happier, healthier, sane, or more creative, more successful,

0:40.7

and more productive, and a back-biting superficial, chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane

0:45.9

world.

0:46.9

I'm Liz Kraft, a TV writer and producer, usually living in LA, but right now, in Puerto Rico.

0:52.6

And with me is my high school friend and writing partner, Sarah.

0:56.6

Thanks me, Sarah Fein, on this podcast we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance

1:01.4

a career and friendship, and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in Los Angeles.

1:08.0

In today's episode, we're going to talk about how to keep a potentially difficult work

1:12.4

conversation light-hearted and productive.

1:16.4

Then in hits and bombs, we give a hit to the fantasy island, hair, and makeup department

1:21.3

and a bomb to ourselves because we deserve it.

1:25.4

This week's Hollywood hack will add humor to your work text chains.

1:30.1

And then we have the triumphant return of our celebrity-sighting segment.

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