Ep. 432: Make A Laugh List & Councilman Nazarian on Bringing Back Production

Happier in Hollywood

The Onward Project

Careers, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Liz and Sarah talk to L.A. City Councilmember Adrin Nazarian about what he’s doing to bring production back to Los Angeles — including tax incentives, an easier permit process, and ending price gouging for crew parking. Then, in Take A Hike, Sarah shares why we should all make a Laugh List. This week Liz has a Hit for her recent experience getting blood drawn, and Sarah has a Bomb for the price of dry cleaning. This week’s Hollywood Hack is perfect for the end of summer: the Dash My Mug Ice Cream Maker. Finally, Liz recommends two dating reality shows on Netflix — Perfect Match Season 3 and Love is Blind UK Season 2.

Sign up for Liz & Sarah’s free weekly Substack newsletter at https://happierinhollywoodpod.substack.com. It will come right to your inbox!

Get in touch on Instagram: @Sfain & @LizCraft

Get in touch on 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, andSide Hustle School . If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends!

LINKS:

Councilmember Adrin Nazarian:

https://cd2.lacity.gov/about/Adrin-Nazarian

Dash My Mug Ice Cream Maker:

https://amzn.to/3UzyFX9

Dash Heart Waffle Maker:

https://amzn.to/4oYxPBt

Perfect Match Season 3 trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBjXB_l6GMo

Love is Blink UK Season 2 trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIHBRA4qoMA

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Lemonada
0:02.7	Sarah, your birthday is so soon.
0:08.4	What do you want?
0:09.6	Well, you know, I'm not buying anything this year, so I want a bunch of things.
0:13.8	They're all on my giftful.
0:15.3	I'll share my giftful with you.
0:17.0	Okay, yeah.
0:17.6	Send me the link, please.
0:25.0	Okay. Yeah. Send me the link, please. Okay. Hi, and welcome to Happier in Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier,
0:30.0	saner, more creative, more successful, and more productive in a backbiting, superficial,
0:34.9	chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world. I'm Sarah Fane, a TV
0:40.3	writer and producer living in Ohio right outside of L.A. And with me is my high school friend
0:45.5	and writing partner, Liz. That's me, Liz Kraft. On this podcast, we talk about being writers in
0:51.2	Hollywood, how we balance a career in friendship, and how to survive the war of attrition that is life in Los Angeles.
0:58.1	Today we're going to talk to Los Angeles City Council member, Audrey Nizarian, about his plans to revitalize film and TV production in L.A.
1:07.1	Very excited. Yes. Then we're going to share why we think everyone should have a laugh list. And we've got a blood test hit and a dry cleaning bomb. This week's Hollywood hack is perfect for these final days of summer. And Liz has a reality show recommendation. Shocking, a reality show. That's never happened before.
1:30.5	And then Sarah, we also wanted to mention we got an email from a listener who works for the CDC
1:36.0	who's dealing with the aftermath of the shooting there a couple of weeks ago.
1:40.9	A police officer, David Rose, was killed.
1:46.7	And we just wanted to take a moment to send good thoughts and support to all the public health workers who have had to deal with so much in the
1:51.8	last several years. Yes, public health is so important to the health and safety of all of us,
1:57.1	and we appreciate you. We sure do. It's time for from the treadmill desks of where we talk about
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 14 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Onward Project, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Onward Project and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.