How To Fail In Hollywood

How did entertainment industry professionals with thriving, creative careers survive false starts, shitty jobs, and utter failures on their road to the top? How to Fail in Hollywood answers that, one career at a time. One part inspiration, two parts comedy, with a dollop of how-to dipped in a vat of what it's like to live and work in Los Angeles. Host Catherine Law spoon-feeds it to you every other week. Sugar-coated career advice for actors, filmmakers, musicians, bands, writers and artists who live in LA (or want to someday).

TV Writer Rachel Borders 02/26/2019

TV Writer Rachel Borders Join us as TV Writer & Director Rachel Borders dishes about coffee stains vs. bodily fluids, the terrible life of a Roma screener, gives us WGA fee hacks and how she leveled up to co-write an episode of her new show, Proven Innocent. /episode/index/show/howtofailinhollywood/id/8782829

Travel Host Eli Newell pt 2 01/30/2019

Travel Host Eli Newell pt 2 Entertainment industry pros tell all about the shitty jobs, false starts, and failures that brought them to their dream job. This is How To Fail In Hollywood with Catherine Law. /episode/index/show/howtofailinhollywood/id/8461547

Travel Host Eli Newell 01/30/2019

Travel Host Eli Newell Entertainment industry pros tell all about the shitty jobs, false starts, and failures that brought them to their dream job. This is How To Fail In Hollywood with Catherine Law. /episode/index/show/howtofailinhollywood/id/8460713

Screenwriter Daniel Tuttel 01/15/2019

Screenwriter Daniel Tuttel How To Fail In Hollywood with Catherine Law is a podcast where entertainment industry pros tell all about the shitty jobs, false starts, and failures that brought them to their dream job. /episode/index/show/howtofailinhollywood/id/8261570

Podcaster Screenwriter Daniel Tuttel 01/05/2019

Podcaster Screenwriter Daniel Tuttel Daniel Tuttel, creator of the Hollywood Hustle Podcast, joins us to talk about moonlighting as a ghost hunter at Halloween Horror Nights, waiting tables, and hustling to the top of the game. Oh, and there will be ballroom dancing. /episode/index/show/howtofailinhollywood/id/8142710

Tiny Soapbox with Catherine Law: Artistic Ennui 12/15/2018

Tiny Soapbox with Catherine Law: Artistic Ennui Tiny Soapbox: Artistic Ennui. I have a tiny soapbox this week. Listen in to get a little pick-me-up if you're feeling overwhelmed with content overload and content-creation FOMO. /episode/index/show/howtofailinhollywood/id/7927211

Drag Songwriter Ashley Levy 12/15/2018

Drag Songwriter Ashley Levy Songwriter Ashley Levy joins us this week as we dive deep into the wiggy world of drag pop music, commercial songwriting, and faking the bicoastal life until you make it. We talk about how one connection can jump-start a career, fat-girl spidey senses, and how many sweaters your hairless cat needs right now. She dishes about her newest project with Jiggly Caliente, and we gab about all your favorite drag queens, from Skinny Legend Trixie Mattel and Violet Chachki to Cardi B and Nikki Minaj. How To Fail In Hollywood with Catherine Law is a podcast where entertainment industry pros tell all about the shitty jobs, false starts, and failures that brought them to their dream job. /episode/index/show/howtofailinhollywood/id/7927019

Music Publishing w/ Danielle Lien 12/01/2018

Music Publishing w/ Danielle Lien Danielle Lien on how she survived the nightmare of actually living an episode of Entourage. Set sail with us as we dive into the white-capped waters of music publishing and sync licensing, featuring Danielle Lien and your happy hostess, Catherine Law. Most importantly, we tackle the ever-present dangers of scurvy. /episode/index/show/howtofailinhollywood/id/7759277

Disney Imagineer Meg Granger Part 2 11/24/2018

Disney Imagineer Meg Granger Part 2 Ever wonder what to do when you land on your ass, in roller skates as well as in life? Well you're in luck! Megan Granger and host Catherine Law cover all that and everything you could ever want to know about which true crime shows to binge (ie My Favorite Murder). Episode 2 of 2 featuring Megan, Star Wars book series copy editor. /episode/index/show/howtofailinhollywood/id/7669181

Disney Imagineer Meg Granger Pt 1 11/24/2018

Disney Imagineer Meg Granger Pt 1 Ever wonder why you should go to a tattoo parlor alone, what the merits of deciding to become a non-teenage roller skater are, or how to jump into a career under the benevolent overlord Mickey Mouse? Well you're in luck! Megan Granger and host Catherine Law cover all that and everything you could ever want to know about which true crime shows to binge (I'm looking at you, My Favorite Murder). Episode 1 of 2 featuring Megan Granger, Star Wars book series copy editor extraordinaire. /episode/index/show/howtofailinhollywood/id/7669091

Jonah Nimoy of Furiosa 11/03/2018

Jonah Nimoy of Furiosa Jonah Nimoy of Furiosa (hey, they wrote our theme song!) joins host Catherine Law to talk about horror films, moms on tour buses, and how to fail in hollywood for three generations. He's played with the Offspring, Stone Sour, and Fuel. He also happens to be an incredible visual artist, whose mural was recently featured in a Kendrick Lamar video. He does it all, and has a unique talent for marketing and cross-branding - all of which he spills secrets about during this interview. /episode/index/show/howtofailinhollywood/id/7420976

Comedy Writer Rosette Laursen - How To Fail In Hollywood 09/05/2018

Comedy Writer Rosette Laursen - How To Fail In Hollywood How To Fail In Hollywood is a podcast all about the shitty jobs, false starts, and failures entertainment industry pros had before their fun, creative jobs. /episode/index/show/howtofailinhollywood/id/7008368

Art Director Kurt Gefke 08/16/2018

Art Director Kurt Gefke Art Director Kurt Gefke gives you the inside scoop on how he went from cold calling to a unionized art director in just a couple of years. Kurt breaks down how the right kind of risks led him to working on Marvel films, Sia's Cheap Thrills music video and Coachella set, and commercials for Verizon and Hugo Boss. You'll also discover how he designed the world's priciest poo. I shit you not. Dive into the world of Art Direction the $7-an-hour jobs that got him there & gave him the love of his life, too! /episode/index/show/howtofailinhollywood/id/6933663

Monique Powell of Save Ferris - How To Fail In Hollywood 08/02/2018

Monique Powell of Save Ferris - How To Fail In Hollywood Save Ferris's Monique Powell opens up about mainlining brie, getting a new spine, and what the hell she was up to for the 10 years she was out of the limelight. Featuring some excellent cameos by Mimsy. /episode/index/show/howtofailinhollywood/id/6880043

TV Writers Taylor Cox + Jacquie Walters 07/25/2018

TV Writers Taylor Cox + Jacquie Walters How To Fail In Hollywood with Catherine Law is a podcast where entertainment industry pros tell all about the shitty jobs, false starts, and failures that brought them to their dream jobs. /episode/index/show/howtofailinhollywood/id/6850307

How To Fail In Hollywood

TOPICS