Ep. 440: Pitch Decks & Meeting IRL

Happier in Hollywood

The Onward Project

Careers, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Liz and Sarah talk about how they approach constructing pitch decks — finding the perfect photo is Sarah’s superpower! In Take A Hike, they discuss why it’s so important to take the time to meet people in person. Not only is it fun, it makes working together so much easier. Then they share moments of Disproportionate Joy from listeners and share a couple of their own. This week’s Hollywood Hack helps transform a non-work space into a workspace for all of you floor-sitters: a foldable coffee table. Finally, Liz and Sarah recommend the 1987 movie Baby Boom starring the late, great Diane Keaton.

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LINKS:

Clues by Sam game:

https://cluesbysam.com/

Foldable Coffee Table:

https://amzn.to/3KV6d0h

Meditation Seat:

https://amzn.to/3ILTGf8

Baby Boom trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdzKN8T0c_Q

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0:00.0	Lemonada
0:02.0	I keep going back and forth on whether I need a fresh haircut for our next match of pitches.
0:13.0	How about you?
0:14.0	You just got your haircut.
0:15.0	Well, it was six weeks ago.
0:17.0	Was it really?
0:18.0	Yeah, I know.
0:19.0	Time goes very fast. I keep going back and forth on whether I need a
0:23.0	fresh dose of Botox. Oh, well, we have Zoom touch-up for that. Oh, that's true.
0:35.5	Hi, and welcome to Happier in Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier,
0:40.7	saner, more creative, more successful, and more productive in a backbiting, superficial, chaotic,
0:46.6	unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.
0:49.8	I'm Sarah Fane, a TV writer and producer living in Ohio right outside of L.A.
0:54.5	And with me is my high school friend and writing partner, Liz.
0:57.8	That's me, Liz Craft. 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.
1:08.5	Today, we're going to talk about our approach to making pitch decks.
1:12.3	Having a good pitch deck just gets more and more important. And take a hike, we'll talk about
1:17.5	why we should all take the time to meet in person. Then we share listener moments of disproportionate
1:24.5	joy. This week's Hollywood hack can help you transform a non-workspace into a
1:29.4	workspace. Finally, Liz recommends one of our favorite Diane Keaton movies. But first, Sarah,
1:36.6	we have a couple of updates. We were talking recently about printers and how infuriating they can be.
1:47.5	And Rachel sent in a recommendation. She said, I just caught up on the pitch episode where you talked about printer headaches. I actually have
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