Ep. 466: 10 Things We Don’t Feel Bad About Anymore
Happier in Hollywood
Lemonada Media
4.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Liz and Sarah are entering Phase Two of working on their novel, Bad Trip. Next up? They have a plan to be done tracking each character through the story by the end of May. In Take A Hike, they each share a list of ten things they don’t feel bad about anymore. Sarah doesn’t feel bad about not being married, and Liz doesn’t feel bad about the gap between her front teeth. This week’s Hollywood Hack will make it easier to dance at weddings this summer — bring along a pair of crocs that match your outfit to fancy parties. Finally, Sarah recommends Serial’s latest podcast, The Idiot.
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Paramount Writers Mentoring Program:
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, Liz, you know I love my stepmom, and she has this way of saying things that would sound completely outrageous from anyone else, but from her, it's exactly what I need to hear. |
| 0:08.5 | She's direct, a little funny, and always right. |
| 0:12.3 | I love that about her. |
| 0:13.9 | And that brings us to Mother's Day. |
| 0:15.8 | Most Mother's Day gifts are about one moment, but Storyworth is so much more. |
| 0:20.1 | It's a year-long experience that |
| 0:21.7 | turns into a book filled with the stories only your mom or stepmom or mom figure can tell. |
| 0:28.1 | Each week, StoryWorth sends her a question about her life, and she responds however she wants |
| 0:32.4 | writing over email or web, recording her voice, or even doing a guided phone call. There's no app or tech hassle, |
| 0:39.0 | which makes it really easy. We use Storyworth and you should too. This year, give Mom a gift that |
| 0:44.9 | helps her reflect on her life with fresh perspective and gives your whole family the gift of her |
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| 0:56.6 | slash Hollywood. Save up to $20 at storyworth.com slash Hollywood. Storyworth.com slash Hollywood. |
| 1:04.7 | Liz, what if the lifestyle you built online suddenly became a nightmare you couldn't escape. That is the premise of yesteryear, |
| 1:14.1 | the darkly funny gripping debut novel from Caro Claire Burke. It follows Natalie, a picture |
| 1:21.0 | perfect tradwife influencer with millions of followers until one day she wakes up in 1855 and realizes the reality of that life is nothing |
| 1:31.2 | like the fantasy she's been selling. And from there, it becomes this intense, twisty, turny, |
| 1:37.5 | story where her only goal is to escape by any means necessary. Carol Claire Burke is also the co-host of the podcast Diabolical Lies, |
| 1:47.0 | and she built a huge following on TikTok talking about feminism and media literacy, |
| 1:51.6 | especially around the whole Tradwife conversation. The book digs into big themes, motherhood, womanhood, |
| 1:58.4 | religion, social media, and how performative values can spiral into something much darker. |
| 2:04.2 | Yesterday year is available now in print, audio, and ebook. Go check it out wherever you get your books. |
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