EP. 313: WGA Strike Talk With Negotiating Committee Member Nicole Yorkin

Happier in Hollywood

The Onward Project

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Careers

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🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Liz and Sarah discuss the WGA strike with their friend Nicole Yorkin, who is a member of the WGA Negotiating Committee. Why do writers view this moment in the business as existential? What is the AMPTP’s stance on AI? How will the unity among all the entertainment unions impact this labor action? Then, in The Craft & Fain, Liz and Sarah talk about how they’re “getting down to business” on their novel. They’ve each committed to writing five hundred words a day, five days a week. This week’s Hollywood Hack will make it easier to share expenses with friends and family: the Tricount app. Finally, Liz recommends a book — Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy by James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams. Get in touch on Twitter: @sarahmfain & @elizabethcraft Get in touch on Instagram: @Sfain & @LizCraft Visit our website: https://happierinhollywood.com Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/HappierinHollywood/ 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, and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler . If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! LINKS: Nicole Yorkin: Nicole Yorkinimdb.com Entertainment Community Fund Entertainment Community Fundentertainmentcommunity.org Tricount: Organize group expensestricount.com Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy: Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy a book by James B. Stewart and Rachel Abramsbookshop.org 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 everybody, we just got news that Fantasy Island is not going to get a season three.
0:07.6	Yes, we got the call about 10 minutes ago, so we're still in our feelings.
0:13.4	But thank you so much for watching the show and the finale is on Hulu, so don't miss it.
0:20.6	Hi and welcome to Happier in Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier,
0:30.4	sane or more creative, more successful and more productive, and a back-biting,
0:34.3	superficial, chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.
0:38.8	I'm Sarah Fane, a TV writer and producer living in Ohio right outside of LA,
0:43.4	and with me is my high school friend and writing partner Liz.
0:46.5	That's me, Liz Kraft. On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood,
0:51.1	how we balance a career and friendship and how to survive the war of attrition that is life
0:56.2	and less Angeles. Today, we're going to talk to the amazing Nicole Yorkin about the ongoing WGA
1:02.1	strike. Nicole is a TV writer and showrunner and a member of the WGA Negotiating Committee.
1:08.5	Then in Kraft and Fane, we'll reveal how we've decided to approach writing our novel.
1:14.2	Finally, this week's Hollywood hack makes going out with friends a lot easier and Liz has a book
1:20.3	recommendation. Sarah, before we dive in, a couple of reminders. My sister Gretchen Rubens book,
1:26.8	Life in five senses is out. It is fantastic. Everyone should get it and it's a great Mother's Day gift
1:34.5	and we're Father's Day gift. Oh, it is. And then very importantly, the season finale of Fantasy
1:42.3	Island was this week. Yes. It was on Monday night. If you missed it, you can catch up on Hulu.
1:49.9	It really wraps up the season in the most beautiful way. So don't miss it. Do not miss it.
1:56.2	Okay, Sarah. It is time for from the treadmill desu, and which we discuss what's most pressing in our
2:01.9	worksikies. And this week, not a surprise. It is the WGA strike. Yes. Our union, the WGA,
2:12.1	is on strike. And we're so lucky because we have one of our favorite TV writer showrunners here
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