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Happier in Hollywood

Ep. 323: Strike News & Formatting Fun

Happier in Hollywood

The Onward Project

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Careers

4.82.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Liz and Sarah discuss SAG-AFTRA going out on strike. Will actors on strike pressure the AMPTP to come back to the table? They sure hope so. Then they Amplify a new book from journalist Maureen Ryan — Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood. In The Craft (& Fain), Liz and Sarah talk about what they’ve learned about creative formatting while working on their novel. Small changes can make a big impact on the reader. This week’s Hollywood Hack is a low tech way to help pass time while you wait — keep a deck of playing cards in the car. Finally, Liz has a controversial TV recommendation: The Idol on MAX. Get in touch on Twitter: @sarahmfain & @elizabethcraft Get in touch on Instagram and Threads: @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: Burn It Down by Maureen Ryan: Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywoodamazon.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

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0:00.0

So, how are the chickens doing in this heat?

0:03.5

They don't like it, but I'm putting ice in their water and then today literally just

0:10.0

filled up a giant bowl with ice and took it out there and like duped it on the ground

0:13.7

and the coop.

0:14.7

Because apparently if they have cold feet, it cools them off, so yeah, but they're not

0:21.7

pleased.

0:22.7

Yeah, I wouldn't think so.

0:29.5

Hi and welcome to Happier in Hollywood.

0:31.3

The podcast about how to be happier, healthier, saner, more creative, more successful, and

0:36.4

more productive in a backbiting superficial, chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane

0:42.2

world.

0:43.2

I'm Liz Kraft, a TV writer and producer, living in LA, and with me is my high school

0:47.9

friend and writing partner, Sarah.

0:50.7

That's me, Sarah Fane.

0:52.2

On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career and friendship,

0:57.3

and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in Los Angeles.

1:01.4

Today, we're going to talk about what's going on with the Hollywood writer's strike,

1:06.5

or should I say, writers and actor's strike.

1:10.4

Yes, then we'll amplify a book that's giving Hollywood a lot to talk about.

1:16.0

And in The Craft and Fane, we're going to discuss what we've been discovering about

1:20.2

formatting, spoiler alert, it matters.

1:23.8

This week's Hollywood hack is a tech-free way to make waiting more enjoyable.

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