Let's Talk About Hollywood, Seaon 2, Ep. 1: How Hollywood Lost the Plot (And How To Break Through Anyway)

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. 

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Let's Talk About Hollywood, Seaon 2, Ep. 1: How Hollywood Lost the Plot (And How To Break Through Anyway)

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. 

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Let's Talk About Hollywood - Ep. 15: The Season 1 Finale

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!

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Let's Talk About Hollywood - Ep. 15: The Season 1 Finale

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!

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Let's Talk About Hollywood: Ep. 14 – In Memoriam: Thank You Bebbles Stone

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

 

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Let's Talk About Hollywood: Ep. 14 – In Memoriam: Thank You Bebbles Stone

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

 

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Let's Talk About Hollywood, 2001: Ep. 13 – The Fire Escape

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. 

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