Ep. 434: AI Images & Living Vicariously

Happier in Hollywood

The Onward Project

Careers, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Liz and Sarah talk about how a recent survey from the WGA prompted them to try using AI to make images for their latest pitch deck. In Take A Hike, they recommend “living vicariously.” They are absolutely living vicariously through Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement, and they are loving it! Next, Sarah and Liz give a Hit to the new NYT game, Pips, and a Bomb to the same game for being hard to figure out the first time. The solution? Sarah teaches Liz how to play live on the podcast! Liz wishes she’d had this week’s Hollywood Hack earlier in the summer: a self-tanning mitt. Finally, Liz recommends the fascinating new podcast Unicorn Girl.

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LINKS:

Mr. Seifert and Miss Barker get engaged:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfIYDqSvnb0

Self-Tanning Mitt:

https://amzn.to/4lTVDmW

Sally Hansen Body Makeup:

https://amzn.to/47onrfN

Unicorn Girl podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unicorn-girl/id1813180252?i=1000721964497

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Lemonada.
0:05.7	Sarah, is Violet getting into the flow of school yet?
0:09.2	Oh, not at all.
0:10.5	Not even a little bit.
0:11.8	And honestly, I'm not either.
0:13.3	I just can't deal with it.
0:16.0	It's very hard when it's so hot.
0:18.2	Yeah.
0:23.8	Hi, and welcome to Happier in Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier,
0:28.4	saner, more creative, more successful, and more productive in a backbiting, superficial,
0:34.1	chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world. I'm Sarah Fane, a TV writer and producer
0:40.6	living in Ohio right outside of L.A. And with me is my high school friend and writing partner Liz.
0:46.4	That's me, Liz Craft. On this podcast, we talk about being writers in Hollywood, how we balance a
0:52.2	career and friendship and how to survive the war of
0:55.3	attrition that is life in Los Angeles. Today, we're going to talk about how we are using
1:00.5	AI to help with our latest TV pitch. Then we'll reveal how living vicariously is making us
1:07.3	happier. And we have a hit that involves Sarah teaching me something live on the
1:13.1	podcast. Fingers crossed. This week's Hollywood hack is a product Liz wishes she had which she
1:21.5	attempted to self-tan this summer. And Liz has a podcast recommendation. First, Sarah, we have a couple of updates.
1:29.3	I wanted to just shout out all the people I've been hearing from about Manjaro and GLP1.
1:37.8	So I've talked about on the podcast and on our substack newsletter that I'm on Manjaro. I have been, I think about two years now.
1:47.7	I've lost 35 pounds. I think it's the greatest thing ever. I think it's been a miracle for me.
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