Liz and Sarah choose their “team word” for 2018: Expand! Liz’s 6th sense tells her that this will be their best year yet. Sarah vents about the unexpected sugar bombs in her food as she embarks on her year of no sugar. She also talks about how Diane Sanfilippo’s “21 Day Sugar Detox” program is helping her stay on track. This week’s Hollywood Hack is good for the environment — Aluminum Straws! Finally, Mary shares her RHOBH celebrity sighting: Mohamed Hadid. (And her almost celebrity sighting of Justin Bieber)
Latest Episodes
Episode 35: You Asked — We Answer! A Q&A Episode with Liz and Sarah
This episode is all about you! Liz and Sarah answer all of your pressing questions. How does Liz live with two first and last names? Where do sets go when no one’s using them? How does Sarah manage her healthy lifestyle without obsessing? And more! Plus, their Assistant Mary offers advice on how to make friends in Los Angeles. (Insider Tip: start with finding an acquaintance.) Then this week’s Hollywood Hack comes from listener Matt: Portrait Mode, the metaphor.
Episode 34: Peeking Behind the Podcast Curtain
Podcast Power! Liz and Sarah go behind the podcast curtain and talk to Panoply’s Director of Nonfiction Programming and By the Book co-host Kristen Meinzer about what it takes to grow a successful podcast. Pro Tip: treat it like a college thesis. They also introduce their new Assistant, Mary Mehrkens! What makes her Happier in Hollywood? Supporting her peers instead of stabbing them in the back. This week’s Hollywood Hack: personalized stationery. Finally, Liz has a VEEP celebrity sighting.
Episode 33: Make People Love You (and the World Will Be Yours)
Assistant extravaganza! We talk to our former assistant, Elysse Applebaum, about her super intense Writer’s Group— there’s an admissions process. We also sit down with our very first assistant, Tony Dodds (now a successful sitcom writer) to talk about what it takes to be not just a good assistant, but a GREAT one. Tony also provides this week’s Hollywood Hack: using the PDF Reader to prepare a pitch. Finally, a celebrity sighting: Mandy Moore!
Episode 32: “No Asshole Policy” With Executive Producer And Lupus Warrior Maurissa Tancharoen
No assholes! Liz and Sarah talk to ABC’s Agents of Shield Executive Producer, Maurissa Tancharoen, about her “no asshole policy” — and about being a high-powered, ass-kicking writer/producer, boss, and mom all while living with Lupus. One way she copes — embracing the Spoon Theory. Then Liz has a Hit this week — reading books to Jack’s class at school — and Sarah has an exercise-related Bomb. Finally, this week’s Hollywood Hack will up your parenting game: create a kid bag for the car.
Episode 31: 2018 — Our Year of Living Sugar-Freely and Weighing Daily
This episode is all about change! Liz and Sarah discuss big changes in their professional lives and how they’re managing to stay (more or less) calm despite the chaos. They also reveal the changes they plan to make in 2018. Yes, it’s New Year’s Resolution time! Then, this week’s Hollywood Hack will up your selfie game: the Lumee. Finally, Sarah dishes on her bowling alley celebrity sighting.