Ep. 22 - A Studio Worker's 2025-2026 Survival Guide to the Warner Bros. Sale
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As a former contractor for both Warner Bros. and Netflix, respectively, here's my take on the studio worker's guide to surviving uncertainty, above-the-paygrade stress, and keeping your cool when a studio and billions of dollars are on the line. Is it an end of a Hollywood era...or can Hollywood change it in its favor? Ultimately, audiences will decide and they are who need you. 💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent: Listen, connect or subscribe at:
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Ep. 21 - Thanksgiving Thoughts, Thanks & Love!
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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! 💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent: Listen, connect or subscribe at:
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Ep. 20 – 2002 Journals: The Oscars, AFM, Girls Next Door & Recap Chat!
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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! It's a real-cap recap - I think you'll like it! 💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent: Listen, connect or subscribe at:
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Ep. 19 – 2002 Journals: "There's A Price for All This"
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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. 💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent: Listen, connect or subscribe at:
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Ep. 18 - Lily Allen, Britney Spears, AI, WGA, Layoffs & DEI Hope
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Episode 18: Hot Topics: Lily Allen-David Harbour, Britney Spears, WGA, AI, DEI Hope 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, DEI hope for a world that's already there. 💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent: Listen, connect or subscribe at:
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Ep. 17 – 2002 Journals: If Hollywood Get to Be Too Much
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Episode 2: If Hollywood Gets To Be Too Much 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. 💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent: Listen, connect or subscribe at:
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Ep. 16 – Season 2: How Hollywood Lost the Plot in 2025 (And How to Break Through Anyway)
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It's Season 2! This is a super-sized episode with 83 minutes on the state of the industry right now in 2025, from someone who's been inside it for 24 years and can give some positive and very real perspective. It's honest, thoughtful talk about what's broken, what still works, and why faith matters when everything feels uncertain. 💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent: Listen, connect or subscribe at:
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Ep. 15 – 2001 Journals: The Season 1 Finale!
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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! 💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent: Listen, connect or subscribe at:
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Ep. 14 – In Memoriam: Thank You Bebbles Stone
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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...
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Ep. 13 – 2001 Journals: The Fire Escape
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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. 💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent: Listen, connect or subscribe at:
info_outlineEpisode 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!
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