Hollywood isn't just a place: it's a mindset. Part memoir, part behind-the-scenes insight, this podcast offers stories, reflections, and encouragement from Karl Gibson, a veteran of The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix, Warner Bros., Tubi, and Disney+. Whether you are industry-savvy or just curious, get comfy and settle in for a real, unvarnished take on the dreams, detours, and heart behind the Hollywood dream machine.
The new audio memoir by media executive Karl Gibson. Season 1 = 2001. One year per season. 24 years: The Hollywood Reporter, NYT, Gracenote, Warner Bros., Netflix, Tubi, Disney+. TV-MA for language. No gossip. No axes to grind. Just empirical witness to how Hollywood really works. Relatable stories about ambition, layoffs, friendship, and rebuilding. Weekly episodes! In his debut episode, actor-writer-studio exec Karl Gibson starts just before his 7 seasons at The Hollywood Reporter back when it was a daily magazine, introduces himself and shares what's to come. From journal excerpts and career takeaways to real talk and the start of a community, this episode sets the tone for a podcast that's personal, reflective, and audience-first. Next up: the journals begin, starting in 2001, when Karl quit his day job and, over one pivotal summer, landed his first A-list branded big break. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
9/24/25 • 05:22
Rewind to the summer of 2001, before my first big break at The Hollywood Reporter. I had just quit my job of four years and found myself staring down the side‑eyes of temp agency managers while trying to rebound fast. This episode is about the resilience it takes to bet on yourself, the messy reality behind "breaking in," and how those early choices shaped my Hollywood journey. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
9/24/25 • 25:23
Summer 2001. SAG-AFTRA strike looms. I'm temping at a marketing firm with out-of-work crewbies. Stories about James Woods, David Cronenberg, Marilyn Chambers, and how kindness outlasts Hollywood cred. If you've ever felt like an outsider in the room where it happens, this one's for you TV-MA. Audio memoir by media executive Karl Gibson. Year-by-year: THR, NYT, Gracenote, Warner Bros, Netflix, Tubi, Disney+. No gossip. Just what it's really like below-the-line. New episodes Wednesdays. 💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent, donations can be made in 96 countries here: https://letstalkabouthollywood.com/support or to support my GoFundMe here, international currency donations available: https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2
9/24/25 • 24:40
Summer 2001. I quit my job. A temp agency side-eyes me. Then a one-day notice for a "gay Sex and the City" pilot. TV-MA: comedy, cold reads, no nudity clause, and a director in chaos. I got the call: a spontaneous one-day notice to audition for a TV pilot the producers called a "gay Sex and the City." This episode is a comedy of errors on a soundstage. I break down the mechanics: hitting marks, bad auditions, cold readings that go sideways, plus negotiating no nudity clauses when you're still working a 9-5. The director was a mess. The network wanted stereotypical interracial couples on cable TV in 2001. The pilot was never made. The story? Still teaching me how to outlast Hollywood. Inspired by Sharon Gless' audiobook memoir (and great physical book) "Apparently There Were Complaints" If you've ever tried to act and pay rent in the same week, this one's for you. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
9/26/25 • 28:46
Summer 2001: I'm temping at a marketing firm, 4 hours a day with my husband, arguing about Payless shoes. Love under pressure, for real. "Let's Talk About Hollywood" isn't gossip. It's career + real life from inside the mediasphere. In 2001, months before The Hollywood Reporter, I was a temp. My husband Stone made more than me and wanted a house. I was told "you're not a working actor." We fought about money, exhaustion, and dueling ambitions. We got past it. This is raw, adult, and true because: couples have stress, love isn't naive, and success vs. reality hits before you ever get the A-list job. If you and your person are under financial pressure, if your job doesn't see you, if love feels terse at cocktail hour? Then this episode is your aerial view from one couple. It's not naïve to prioritize love at the end of the day. Written and read by Karl Gibson. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
9/27/25 • 24:20
2001. UCLA Westwood. I'm temping on a research project. They offer me the permanent role. I say no. The 2001 SAG strike gets averted. Hollywood feels conservative, risk averse. My agents are flaky. I'm in a dry spell. Saying no to "safe" feels insane. It isn't. It clears the path to The Hollywood Reporter. This is Let's Talk About Hollywood. Career clarity plus real life from the mediasphere, for adults. I'm Karl Gibson and this is a first-hand audio Hollywood memoir from 2001 on. No blind items. No gossip. Just what it costs to say no in the shadows of the A-list. In this episode: eating lunch with Milos Forman on Man on the Moon in 1998. Working with Courtney Love, Danny DeVito, Marilu Henner, Jeff Conaway, Carol Kane, and Christopher Lloyd. Meeting Tara Reid. Watching What's The Worst That Could Happen and Josie & The Pussycats flop. Navigating fruitless alliances and entitled dudes. Realizing corporate America isn't scared of me. Where are the visionaries? Sometimes you have to get out of your head to find them. Sometimes you have to turn down workable beefcake. Thank you, Christopher Lloyd. Written and read by Karl Gibson. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
9/30/25 • 38:58
Karl starts at The Hollywood Reporter for a two-month assignment that ultimately becomes a 7-year full-time role, from one day in the mailroom to the newsroom for good. Aaliyah's death shocks the world. 2002 jobs, from wrangling with oil men at a marketing firm to the top trade paper in the world. 2024: laid off on vacation by The Walt Disney Studios with 300 others after Marvel/Star Wars/Disney+ hits. Authentic candor, real-time memories and journals: leaving yourself breadcrumbs for the way back. P.S. Correction from 2001 news reports: Aaliyah was 22 years old at the time of her passing. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
10/1/25 • 29:29
November 2001. The Hollywood Reporter. I'm temping for The Hollywood Reporter, learning the difference between empathy and sympathy while getting yelled at on the phone. There's aso a vacancy at The Hollywood Reporter and I'm up for the job. Will my agency blow it? A highly-placed mover and shaker from Black Hollywood goes off and a full-time role is within reach. My agency and THR are in contract negotiations I can't control. I'm not in the room. I'm on the newsroom floor, taking messages and watching editorial standards strongly match editorial discretion. It's mild purgatory: Temp of the Month, "you're getting the hang of this place," and crisis in a teacup every hour. The greedy aspects of L.A. show up in phone calls. Journalistic ethics show up in what we don't print. I'm a Karl Gibson teen stage actor turned assistant. I'm an Everyman now. And I'm learning to let go and let God, because that's Hollywood. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
10/8/25 • 26:40
The world witnesses the events of 9/11 and The Hollywood Reporter's coverage, devoted to the news of the day, sets a standard for Hollywood trade magazines. Negotiations continue over my future role with the magazine and a theater legend's funeral leads to some stark realizations. The podcast will always be free and runs on audience donations. I'll thank you on the air in an episode! Thank you! 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
10/9/25 • 31:21
Episode 10: Character Studies In this episode, the Emmys are postponed for a month, anthrax attacks hit the mail, and war is looming. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
10/13/25 • 33:23
Karl lands his first major job in Hollywood at The Hollywood Reporter, with his contract being bought out to work there full time as an editorial assistant. Long hours, adjusting and balancing the rhythm of home and the Industry's needs is a learning curve, especially at home. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
10/15/25 • 30:56
After a long Emmy night and a lesson in newsroom politics, Karl finds humor, observational realities, and a touch of childhood fandom at The Hollywood Reporter's Next Generation gala....including a surprise encounter with Three's Company's Jenilee Harrison. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
10/16/25 • 33:53
More details from a different vantage point of The Hollywood Reporter's 2001 Next Generation event in Hollywood as reporters, agents, writers, worker bees (me) and more converge for our own mini-party, I find some clarity and plenty to be grateful for in retrospect and, inside, a director goes off the rails. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
10/17/25 • 36:17
This episode is extra personal. It's a goodbye and a thank-you to Bebbles Stone, who was my partner, my love, and the person who saw me through more chapters than most ever got to witness. It isn't a typical episode, but it's a moment of reflection, love, and loss. It's a way to honor a person who shaped my life and, in many ways, The Hollywood Reporter seasons I worked and experienced, as well as my career to come. Thank you for listening, for being part of this serial Hollywood memoir podcast, and for allowing space for moments like this. I know I'm not alone and wanted to share with you in this episode before the Season 1 finale. - Karl 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
10/22/25 • 26:14
Episode 15: The Season 1 Finale! In this episode, 2001 draws to a close, the labor market in Hollywood gets soft, layoffs are sure to happen and a New Year – 2002 – awaits! T 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
10/29/25 • 33:12
Season 2 kicks off with a supersized 83-minute truth session on Hollywood in 2025. After 24 years inside the system, from mailroom to The Hollywood Reporter, I'm calling out what's broken: studios crying broke while DEI-angry cosplay kills audiences, post-strike fear and anger driving bad decisions, and why YouTube and creator-owned content are eating the industry's lunch. This isn't doom. It's real talk on what still works, why global audiences are our focus now, how faith anchors you when the pipeline collapses, and the exact mindset shifts to break through anyway. I've worked it and lived it and so have you. We can do this! If you're an industry worker holding on, a creator watching the old gates crumble, or finding a new way in this episode is your blueprint. Hollywood is a mentality and a strong determination goes a long way. --> Related episodes from Let's Talk About Hollywood:Ep. 35: The Disney Layoffs 2026: Regroup, Recalibrate, Ready! My take on the Disney cuts in April 2026, how to regroup, how to approach this phase while tending to self-care, and getting ready for your next step. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
11/2/25 • 83:39
It's the start of 2002 and awards season is in full swing with growing pains, staying out of the fray as an assistant, and hoping I can do a full year at The Hollywood Reporter. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
11/5/25 • 36:52
Pop-culture topics for the week of Nov 2, 2025 including the divorce album heard around the world, in defense of Britney Spears, WGA talks, AI and layoffs, plus inclusive hope for a world that's already there. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
11/9/25 • 45:58
In this episode, the 2002 Oscar nominations are out, the annual American Film Market (AFM) comes to Santa Monica and Hollywood's nerves are on edge. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
11/12/25 • 31:56
In this episode, AFM is still in full swing, the Oscars are approaching, Bebbles and Karl go to Vegas, plus plenty of stories including: The Girls Next Door, Raquel Welch, Gloria Allred, getting kicked out of Six Flags in 2000 (for the day), keeping the faith in 2025 and more Hollywood observations from 2002 and more! 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
11/19/25 • 46:44
Happy Thanksgiving! In this episode I wanted to take the time to thank you, the listeners, for your support, downloads and helping this podcast grow over the last 2 months and 21 episodes since it launched. It's about hope, loss, resilience, faith and knowing you're not alone! 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
11/27/25 • 36:53
As a former contractor for both Warner Bros. and Netflix, I have lived the billion-dollar chaos with the former, while Netflix was a dream job. This is your studio worker's guide to the preliminary Warner Bros. Discovery sale fallout in 2025. Real talk: Streamers had the cash. Legacy studios were making their case to regulators. If Hollywood's worried about losing the culture, then change the culture. We claim we're future forward, so take back the narrative and keep Hollywood. I break down surviving above-the-paygrade stress, why studio redundancies are coming, the danger of making alliances too fast, and how technical proficiency keeps you untouchable when execs gamble with billions. Is this the end of a Hollywood era? Not if workers anchor to audiences, not mergers. Audiences decide. That's who you need to prevail. If you're inside the system watching it shake, this episode is your survival blueprint. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
12/10/25 • 43:59
It's back to the journals of spring 2022. In this episode, the Oscars are over and things get tense at the magazine for some, Stone is fired, and a date night to a criticially-acclaimed play - where the entire audience leaves and the actors come back to an empty stage - becomes a tense situation 8 years later. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
12/17/25 • 45:02
Happy New Year's Eve! I'm leaving California after 29 years in Los Angeles. Time to find work, but I won't be leaving the industry or this podcast! The podcast will be on hiatus until January 28th, but until then, I wanted to wish you a Happy New Year's Eve! The podcast runs on donations, so if you're so moved, I appreciate your support! Much love and see you all soon - don't go away! 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
12/31/25 • 08:03
It's a New Year and I'm back from a 4-week hiatus after leaving Los Angeles for the Tampa Bay area. In this episode I talk about what informed that move and how when you know you know. Big leaps of faith can lead to big results, just shake up your own algorithm in life! It's not easy, it takes adjusting and you'll have your days...just know that greater connection awaits! 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
1/28/26 • 26:55
Welcome back! In this episode I talk about being torn between wanting to make my new career as an editorial assistant at The Hollywood Reporter, balancing a 200+hour a month work schedule and the same class system I left as a stage actor that I'm starting to see is different, but also the same: it's nuts! Breakthroughs - yours and mine - are never too late. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
2/5/26 • 29:55
Welcome! In this episode I talk about my first and only husband and a moment of missing each other that I see even more clearly now. It's been 20 years, yet he was so intrisic to my career and life that there are times, in dreams, where all I want to do to make sense of the world is...to go running toward him for that moment. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
2/12/26 • 35:49
Welcome! In this episode I talk about my first party in 2002 where I gained entree into Black Hollywood. This is a two-parter and also touches on those early days in Hollywood, or a career, where the hustle feels like hell until your career kicks off - but it does get better, so hang in there! Sometimes it just takes one manifest to let you know you're on the right track. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
2/19/26 • 26:26
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. 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
3/5/26 • 40:35
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! 💖 Let's Keep Talking About Hollywood! 💖 This podcast is a labor of love, funded entirely by incredible listeners across the globe. If you love the intimacy and honesty of these stories, you can help protect our independence: Donate to the Podcast: Any amount, no matter how small, fuels the engine! Drop a tip here: letstalkabouthollywood.com/support My Hollywood Reset GoFundMe: Help me rewrite the rules! We are officially 37% of the way to our goal—every dollar or social media share means the world: GoFundMe Link https://gofund.me/9fa60a3b2 Rate This on Your App & Share: If you have a moment, tap what you think the show deserves on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your favorite episode with a friend!
3/13/26 • 36:56
