This is an I-Heart podcast.

This is the most dramatic podcast ever.

An I-Heart Radio podcast.

Chris Harrison and Lauren Zima coming to you from the home office in Austin, Texas.

But all eyes these days are pointed out west to Hollywood.

And the SAG-A-A has crippled and shut down Hollywood.

This is much publicized, been talked about quite a bit.

And the reason we are opening up the playbook for this special episode of the most

dramatic podcast ever is some of you reached out to us

and said, hey, can LZ get on and do what she does best? She's brilliant, beautiful. I added a couple of

those things. But the way you break things down, people really appreciate it. I know you dove into

this topic on your Instagram and a lot of people responded just how good you can kind of put this into bite-sized little nuggets for us. Wow, thank you. That makes me feel like I'm like doing a little journalism again. It's been a minute for me. I've taken a break. Is that what I do best? God, babe, I thought I made you laugh. Well, you do a lot of things really well. In full disclosure, this is something near and dear to our hearts. Lauren and I are both card carrying members of the SAG AFRA Guild. Yes. And look, part of the reason we wanted to do this is because, look, when I watch CNBC, I'm confused. I don't know what's going on in the stock market. Like, I don't understand the world of finance. If a doctor tries to explain something to me, I say, can you give it to me in layman's terms? So we all have our own fields and industries. But this strike is historic. I'll explain why. It's making national and international news. And I think it's so important for everybody to understand why, because I actually think what happens in this strike could very much affect and set precedent in other industries. Oh, for sure. In huge part,

because, and we'll get into it, but one of the major issues here is AI, artificial intelligence

and how it could potentially take jobs. So we're going to get into it all. I also want to point out,

you said, look, we are SAG after members, but specifically what the union is striking about right

now is a certain type of contract. Like some people have wondered, you know, how this will affect

the TV and movies they see. It will affect networks, fall shows. You know, the Writers Guild is on strike as well,

and you're not going to see some of those maybe new TV shows in the fall.

Things like Euphoria is probably delayed.

Huge show for HBO, probably delayed well into 2026 by now

because the writers are on strike.

They can't write it.

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