Ep. 410: What The Hell Is Substack & Project Warning Signs

Happier in Hollywood

The Onward Project

Careers, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Sarah and Liz are Substack zealots, but they realize many listeners don’t even know what Substack is — six months ago, they’d barely heard of it. So they break down the ABC’s of Substack from a user’s point of view. In Take A Hike, Sarah talks about why giving micro loans through Kiva makes her happier. Then Liz and Sarah answer a question about the signs that project isn’t going well. The biggest sign? Silence from the executives. This week’s Hollywood Hack comes from a listener — list a loved one by a special name in the contacts on your phone. Finally, Liz recommends Say Everything: A Memoir by Ione Skye.

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Note: Go to the Happier In Hollywood Facebook Group for Liz and Sarah’s extensive Teens/Tweens Gift Guide. Thanks to listeners for such great ideas! Link below.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/903150719832696/permalink/3081705578643855/

LINKS:

Happier In Hollywood on Substack:

https://happierinhollywoodpod.substack.com/?utm_source=global-search

Kiva:

https://www.kiva.org/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD9vUP-yNTM5QGOn77jB9BwcUb2ZN&utm_campaign=branded&utm_medium=ad_grant&utm_source=google_cpc

Say Everything: A Memoir by Ione Skye:

https://amzn.to/3DxOQzo

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Sarah, we want to tell listeners about strivectin and their new peptide plump collagen cushion cream.
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0:16.5	In just four weeks, it's clinically proven to improve the look of four types of wrinkles,
0:21.5	including fine lines, laugh lines, 11 lines, and forehead wrinkles.
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0:34.0	Strebectin, the science behind great skin.
0:39.0	Lemonada.
0:42.5	So I just completely changed our spring break plans.
0:45.5	I canceled everything.
0:47.2	You did?
0:48.7	Yes, because we were going to go to Utah at like Bryce Canyon and Zion, and Violet was like,
0:53.6	you know, I really want to see the Redwoods. I really want to go to Sequoia. Canyon and Zion and Violet was like, you know, I really want to see
0:54.4	the Redwoods. I really want to go to Sequoia. Oh, wow. It was like, great, that's easier.
1:00.2	Nice. I know. I'm really excited.
1:07.7	Hi, and welcome to happier in Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier,
1:12.5	saner, more creative, more successful, and more productive in a backbiting, superficial, chaotic,
1:18.5	unpredictable, fundamentally insane world. I'm Sarah Fane, a TV writer and producer living in
1:24.9	Ohio right outside of L.A. and with me is my high school friend
1:28.4	and writing partner Liz. That's me, Liz Kraft. On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood,
1:34.6	how we balance a career and friendship and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in Los Angeles.
1:41.0	Today, we're going to talk about thestack learning curve. Then we have an
1:45.4	uplifting take a hike. In our mailroom segment, we'll answer a question about signs a project
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