Ep. 33: Hollywood Assistant: Pay Your Dues, Not Your Identity

In this episode, I talk about what it's like being an assistant at an multi-million dollar enterprise and how being the best at your work and paying your dues is smart, but losing your identity and your own unique career path doesn't come with the job. I share a slice of life, the clashes and the wins that set a precedent for the career to ultimately come. As always, it's not what you say yes to, it's what you say no to and why. Assistants rock and this episode represents for all! 

If you'd like to support the podcast - it's always free and runs on donations, of any amount, like yours, you can do so below! I use Donorbox, available in 96 countries and currencies. And it's safe! Thank you and see you next week.   xox - Karl

💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent:  
www.letstalkabouthollywood.com/support

I've launched a GoFundMe for this podcast and my Industry reset and I'm 37% toward my goal! If you're interested in supporting, or even sharing the link, please do so here:
https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2

Check out this episode!

Ep. 33: Hollywood Assistant: Pay Your Dues, Not Your Identity

In this episode, I talk about what it's like being an assistant at an multi-million dollar enterprise and how being the best at your work and paying your dues is smart, but losing your identity and your own unique career path doesn't come with the job. I share a slice of life, the clashes and the wins that set a precedent for the career to ultimately come. As always, it's not what you say yes to, it's what you say no to and why. Assistants rock and this episode represents for all! 

If you'd like to support the podcast - it's always free and runs on donations, of any amount, like yours, you can do so below! I use Donorbox, available in 96 countries and currencies. And it's safe! Thank you and see you next week.   xox - Karl

💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent:  
www.letstalkabouthollywood.com/support

I've launched a GoFundMe for this podcast and my Industry reset and I'm 37% toward my goal! If you're interested in supporting, or even sharing the link, please do so here:
https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2

Check out this episode!

Ep. 32: Summertime Madness

In this episode, it's the summer of 2002 and everyone (except my Mom and sister) is pissy and stressed. I'm working 6-day weeks at The Hollywood Reporter, my spouse has just gotten a new job, we've got a new apartment just weeks away from moving into, my then-best friend is tripping, and overall it's just a slice of life of pre-autumn summertime madness!

If you'd like to support the podcast - it's always free and runs on donations, of any amount, like yours, you can do so below! I use Donorbox, available in 96 countries and currencies. And it's safe! Thank you and see you next week.   xox - Karl

💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent:  
www.letstalkabouthollywood.com/support

I've launched a GoFundMe for this podcast and my Industry reset and I'm 37% toward my goal! If you're interested in supporting, or even sharing the link, please do so here:
https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2

Check out this episode!

Ep. 32: Summertime Madness

In this episode, it's the summer of 2002 and everyone (except my Mom and sister) is pissy and stressed. I'm working 6-day weeks at The Hollywood Reporter, my spouse has just gotten a new job, we've got a new apartment just weeks away from moving into, my then-best friend is tripping, and overall it's just a slice of life of pre-autumn summertime madness!

If you'd like to support the podcast - it's always free and runs on donations, of any amount, like yours, you can do so below! I use Donorbox, available in 96 countries and currencies. And it's safe! Thank you and see you next week.   xox - Karl

💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent:  
www.letstalkabouthollywood.com/support

I've launched a GoFundMe for this podcast and my Industry reset and I'm 37% toward my goal! If you're interested in supporting, or even sharing the link, please do so here:
https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2

Check out this episode!

Ep. 31: Chaos & Confrontation on the Sunset Strip

In this episode, an update comes in 2002 about one of my closest actor friendships, an actor I'd worked with for nearly two years and shared off-the-set experiences with, that came to a chaotic and argumentative end on Sunset Blvd. at 2 a.m. in 1998.

This episode honors friendship, grief, and touches on the start of when a loved one's drug use overpowers everything you used to know about each other. 

If you'd like to support the podcast - it's always free and runs on donations, of any amount, like yours, you can do so below! I use Donorbox, available in 96 countries and currencies. And it's safe! Thank you and see you next week.   xox - Karl

💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent:  
www.letstalkabouthollywood.com/support

I've launched a GoFundMe for this podcast and my Industry reset and I'm 37% toward my goal! If you're interested in supporting, or even sharing the link, please do so here:
https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2

 

Check out this episode!

Ep. 31: Chaos & Confrontation on the Sunset Strip

In this episode, an update comes in 2002 about one of my closest actor friendships, an actor I'd worked with for nearly two years and shared off-the-set experiences with, that came to a chaotic and argumentative end on Sunset Blvd. at 2 a.m. in 1998.

This episode honors friendship, grief, and touches on the start of when a loved one's drug use overpowers everything you used to know about each other. 

If you'd like to support the podcast - it's always free and runs on donations, of any amount, like yours, you can do so below! I use Donorbox, available in 96 countries and currencies. And it's safe! Thank you and see you next week.   xox - Karl

💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent:  
www.letstalkabouthollywood.com/support

I've launched a GoFundMe for this podcast and my Industry reset and I'm 37% toward my goal! If you're interested in supporting, or even sharing the link, please do so here:
https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2

 

Check out this episode!

Ep. 30: It Comes Back to Your Career

This week's episode talks about the current armchair analysis of Hollywood in certain forums that incorrectly see a wholesale AI takeover and is crowning winners of a future consolidate Hollywood without taking into account that the paying customers and audiences will be the judge of that. The 2002 journals detail an impending move, the stress of trade-offs in a career, leaving Hollywood in style, and why it's not so much leaving in style so much as it is leaving on your own terms and with your sanity intact. Let's talk...about Hollywood!

If you'd like to support the podcast - it's always free and runs on donations, of any amount, like yours, you can do so below! I use Donorbox, available in 96 countries and currencies. And it's safe! Thank you and see you next week.   xox - Karl

💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent:  
www.letstalkabouthollywood.com/support

I've launched a GoFundMe for this podcast and my Industry reset and I'm 37% toward my goal! If you're interested in supporting, or even sharing the link, please do so here:
https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2

Check out this episode!

Ep. 30: It Comes Back to Your Career

This week's episode talks about the current armchair analysis of Hollywood in certain forums that incorrectly see a wholesale AI takeover and is crowning winners of a future consolidate Hollywood without taking into account that the paying customers and audiences will be the judge of that. The 2002 journals detail an impending move, the stress of trade-offs in a career, leaving Hollywood in style, and why it's not so much leaving in style so much as it is leaving on your own terms and with your sanity intact. Let's talk...about Hollywood!

If you'd like to support the podcast - it's always free and runs on donations, of any amount, like yours, you can do so below! I use Donorbox, available in 96 countries and currencies. And it's safe! Thank you and see you next week.   xox - Karl

💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent:  
www.letstalkabouthollywood.com/support

I've launched a GoFundMe for this podcast and my Industry reset and I'm 37% toward my goal! If you're interested in supporting, or even sharing the link, please do so here:
https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2

Check out this episode!

Ep. 29: "You're the Golden Child, It Doesn't Matter"

I'm back and offering prayers for love, peace and safety in our current global conflict. My first solo invite to a party in 2002 where I gained entree into Black Hollywood. This is part two of a two-parter and also touches on those early days in Hollywood, the vibes of trying to get on the radar of PR execs and the town. I throw Bebbles a party and, later, a bar brawl nearly ensues when an admirer gets too close. 

If you'd like to support the podcast - it's always free and runs on donations, of any amount, like yours, you can do so below! I use Donorbox, available in 96 countries and currencies. And it's safe! Thank you and see you next week.   xox - Karl

💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent:  
www.letstalkabouthollywood.com/support

I've launched a GoFundMe for this podcast and my Industry reset and I'm 37% toward my goal! If you're interested in supporting, or even sharing the link, please do so here:
https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2

 

 

Check out this episode!

Ep. 29: "You're the Golden Child, It Doesn't Matter"

I'm back and offering prayers for love, peace and safety in our current global conflict. My first solo invite to a party in 2002 where I gained entree into Black Hollywood. This is part two of a two-parter and also touches on those early days in Hollywood, the vibes of trying to get on the radar of PR execs and the town. I throw Bebbles a party and, later, a bar brawl nearly ensues when an admirer gets too close. 

If you'd like to support the podcast - it's always free and runs on donations, of any amount, like yours, you can do so below! I use Donorbox, available in 96 countries and currencies. And it's safe! Thank you and see you next week.   xox - Karl

💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent:  
www.letstalkabouthollywood.com/support

I've launched a GoFundMe for this podcast and my Industry reset and I'm 37% toward my goal! If you're interested in supporting, or even sharing the link, please do so here:
https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2

 

 

Check out this episode!