Talk to My Assistant

Episodes

1. 10

   Ep 10: My Assistant is on Vacay -- Bloopers & Book Recs (MINI EP)

   This week's episode is a mini-ep of outtakes from other episodes, which is obviously very meta and deep. Talk to My Assistant is on hiatus! TALK TO MY ASSISTANT HAS A WEBSITE AND BLOG: www.talktomyassistant.com CONNECT WITH TALK TO MY ASSISTANT ON INSTAGRAM: @talktomyassistant CONNECT WITH RACHEL...

   Dec 13, 2018

   16m
2. 9

   Ep 9: My Assistant Survived the Elation & Heartbreak of Pilot Development

   A TV Comedy Writer who has sold multiple pilots into development shares the elation and, often, heartbreak of that process--from a successful pitch to not getting picked up to pilot. She first fell in love writing through a college sketch group and moved out to Los Angeles after graduation to...

   Nov 29, 2018

   1h 13m
3. 8

   Ep 8: My Assistant Asks For What She Wants

   This week's guest shares the importance of asking for what you want, even if the answer is going to be no. The episode is full of awesome advice. Hollywood career advice! Life advice! Advice on how to secretly apply for a job across the country while pretending you're already an LA resident! Her...

   Nov 8, 2018

   1h 31m
4. 7

   Ep 7: My Assistant Wants a Job

   This episode's guest applied for 40 (!!!) jobs before getting her current gig as an assistant in television development. That works out to over a hundred interviews. She was ready to leave her post as an agency assistant, but did not realize how challenging it can be to land the next thing. She...

   Oct 25, 2018

   1h 18m
5. 6

   Ep 6: My Assistant is Animated / The Job Pivot

   This episode's guest worked on the production side of animation before transitioning to comedy writing. She currently works as a writer's assistant/script coordinator on an animated show, but her live action pilot script was recently honored by a festival. So she does both! She shares how to...

   Oct 11, 2018

   1h 09m
6. 5

   Ep 5: My Assistant Will Sleep When He's Promoted

   This episode's guest is not an assistant anymore! I sit down with a newly minted television development executive at an independent studio. We talk about his zigzagging path to promotion, his biggest mistake (a typo), and the time an executive kept calling him the wrong name in a job interview....

   Sep 27, 2018

   1h 26m
7. 4

   Ep 4: My Assistant Produces TV / Finding Your Path

   This episode's guest spent a while figuring out what she wanted to pursue before landing on television producing. She gives advice on finding your path, tips gleaned from a long tenure as an agency assistant, why she doesn't hate the mailroom, the time she got called a scared puppy dog, and the...

   Sep 20, 2018

   1h 10m
8. 3

   Ep 3: My Assistant is Hustling at a TV Network / Diversity in Entertainment

   This episode's guest is a coordinator of current programming at a television network. She explains what "current programming" is, what it's like to be a woman of color in entertainment, and her aspirations to be a TV producer like "the Asian Betsy Beers to an Asian Shonda Rhimes." She shares her...

   Sep 5, 2018

   1h 10m
9. 2

   Ep 2: My Assistant is in Production / Making the Move to LA

   This episode's guest started her career as a production asssistant (P.A.) in her hometown of Atlanta before taking the plunge and moving to Los Angeles. She talks about life on set (free food and the magic of movie making), starting again at a talent agency in Los Angeles, and the differences...

   Sep 5, 2018

   1h 23m
10. 1

    Ep 1: My Assistant is a Writer - Maintaining Your Creativity

    Talk to My Assistant's first episode kicks off with a writer & director who jumpstarted her career in an agency mailroom. She shares her experiences moving from New York to Los Angeles, working as an agency assistant, working as a showrunner's assistant and script coordinator, doing a TV Writing...

    Sep 5, 2018

    57m