Ep. 473: Project Theme Songs & A Wrap On Whimsy

Happier in Hollywood

Lemonada Media

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Careers

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

As Liz and Sarah dive into the new draft of their novel, they’re experimenting with tense. They each wrote a scene in past tense, and now they’re going to write the same scenes in present tense. Which will they prefer? In The Craft (& Fain) they share a listener’s suggestion to assign every project its own theme song. Then they discuss their favorite parts of Mimsy May in Take Two. One takeaway? Whimsy should not be effortful. This week’s Hollywood Hack is on trend — a Mahjong mat with game instructions as part of its design. Finally, Liz recommends the show Firefly Lane on Netflix. Get in touch on Instagram: @Sfain & @LizCraft Get in touch on Threads: @Sfain & @LizCra 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. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! Sign up for Liz & Sarah’s free weekly Substack newsletter at https://happierinhollywoodpod.substack.com. It’ll come right to your inbox! Sign up for Sarah’s free weekly Substack newsletter Chickening Out at https://happierinhollywood.substack.com. It’ll come right to your inbox! LINKS: Taylor Swift’s “The Man” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqAJLh9wuZ0 Annie Lennox: https://www.annielennox.com/ Mahjong Mats: https://amzn.to/4tQY4Li https://amzn.to/4f2HyEe https://amzn.to/4urdZ3Q Firefly Lane trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdHwNt4GXfM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Lemonada.
0:06.1	This message comes from Harvard Business School Executive Education.
0:10.9	Now is the time to invest in yourself and change the world with your voice.
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0:28.9	Apply today to accelerate your future. Learn more at HBS.m. me slash accelerate. That's HBS.m.m.m. slash accelerate.
0:40.5	Liz, what if the lifestyle you built online suddenly became a nightmare you couldn't escape?
0:47.3	That is the premise of yesteryear, the darkly funny gripping debut novel from Carrow Claire Burke. It follows Natalie, a picture-perfect
0:57.3	tradwife influencer with millions of followers until one day she wakes up in 1855 and realizes the
1:04.9	reality of that life is nothing like the fantasy she's been selling. And from there, it becomes this intense,
1:12.0	twisty, turny story where her only goal is to escape by any means necessary.
1:18.4	Carol Claire Burke is also the co-host of the podcast, Diabolical Lies, and she built a huge following
1:23.9	on TikTok talking about feminism and media literacy, especially around the whole
1:28.9	tradwife conversation. The book digs into big themes, motherhood, womanhood, religion, social media,
1:35.7	and how performative values can spiral into something much darker. Yesterday is available now in
1:41.6	print, audio, and ebook. Go check it out wherever you get your books.
1:46.2	Can't believe Violet is going to be an actual high school cheerleader. I know. I mean, the high school
1:51.7	part is crazy. The cheerleader part is crazy. All of it is like absolutely blowing my mind.
1:57.0	Are there pom-poms? Oh, yes, Liz. But they're different.
2:01.5	They're different than you would think.
2:03.1	There's like a bar in the middle of them.
2:04.9	It's not like a thing that you hold and then, I don't know, I can't explain it.
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