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Happier with Gretchen Rubin

More Happier - Trying To Fall Asleep? Listen to This Quiet Talk About Roles on a TV Set

Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

For listeners who have trouble falling asleep, we record a calm, leisurely conversation that’s interesting enough to hold listeners’ attention, and quiet enough to help listeners fall asleep—about the different positions needed to create a TV show. Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; @elizabethcraft; Get in touch: @gretchenrubin; @elizabethcraft; [email protected] Get in touch on Instagram: @GretchenRubin & @LizCraft Get the podcast show notes by email every week here: http://gretchenrubin.com/#newsletter Leave a voicemail message on: 774-277-9336 For information about advertisers and promo codes, go to happiercast.com/sponsors Want to be happier in 2022? Order Gretchen Rubin’s book The Happiness Project to see how she approached the question, “How can I be happier?” and start a Happiness Project of your own. Happier with Gretchen Rubin 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—Do The Thing, Side Hustle School, Happier in Hollywood and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler. If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, we're here for more happier, a podcast where we get more happier.

0:24.6

Hey Elizabeth, hi Grouchon.

0:27.8

Today, as promised in the last episode of more happier, we are providing a

0:32.7

separate episode, a slow, quiet, yet interesting conversation to help you fall asleep if you're

0:41.2

having trouble falling asleep.

0:43.4

We won't have our feelings hurt if you fall asleep while we're talking.

0:47.6

That is the whole point.

0:48.6

We'll take it as a compliment.

0:51.7

Absolutely.

0:52.7

What we're going to do is Elizabeth is going to describe some of the positions that play

0:57.4

a role in the making of a TV show because of course, she is a showrunner of fantasy

1:03.7

island, the Fox television show.

1:06.2

They're currently shooting season two.

1:08.8

So many jobs are essential for making a TV show.

1:12.6

We will talk about enough to help you drift asleep or if you are interested in working

1:16.9

in Hollywood, you may find this an extremely interesting and useful category of jobs.

1:23.4

So Elizabeth, let's start off with you describing your job on fantasy island.

1:29.2

What does a showrunner do on a TV show?

1:32.5

Grouchon a showrunner is responsible for the whole show.

1:35.9

So I am responsible along with Sarah for all of the scripts.

1:40.6

That's the most important part of my job, but I also sign off on all casting and all sets

1:48.2

on the budget.

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