I have my first volunteer shift at the animal shelter tomorrow.

Oh my gosh, what are the chances that you're going to send me a picture of a dog you're going to adopt?

Zero. The odds are zero Liz, but the odds are really high that I'm going to be sending you pictures of a lot of dogs.

Oh gosh.

The odds are higher that you're going to get another dog than that they are of me.

We will see.

Hi and welcome to Happier and Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier, sane, or more creative, more successful, and more productive,

in a backbiting superficial, chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.

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

That's me, Sarah Fane. On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career and friendship, and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in Los Angeles.

Today, we're going to talk to journalist Marine Ryan about her incredible book, Burn It Down, Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood.

Then we have a Hollywood hack to help you stay pain-free on the picket line, although hopefully we won't be there that much longer. We'll see.

And I have a book recommendation.

But first Sarah, we have a couple of updates. We are prepping our Summer Listener Questions episode.

So email us a question at Happier and Hollywood at gmail.com, or you can send us a voice memo, or you can post a question in our Facebook group.

Yes. And then we also wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the wildfires in Hawaii.

It's just a horrible situation. I think the fires there are now the deadliest in US history. It's just incredibly sad.

So we wanted to share a couple resources, but Hawaii is so close to so many people's hearts, including ours.

In Los Angeles, it's a direct flight to Hawaii. So we go there a lot. And we love it. And in fact, Sarah, after you and I finished our first season at Angel, which was one of our first big jobs in Hollywood, we celebrated by together taking a trip to Maui.

For both of us, I think our first time in Hawaii. And it's a trip that I'll always remember fell in love with it.

I've gone back many times to Maui and other places. So just really thinking about everybody in Hawaii.

Yes. And particularly Maui, we wanted to share a couple resources that Jen Grissanti posted on her Facebook account.

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