Hosted by Karl Gibson · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 42 episodes
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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.
Karl Gibson hosts Let's Talk About Hollywood™, a tv show with 42 episodes published.
It's the end of September 2002 and Karl has a red carpet press rebellion for the ages and neo-soul pousers get their appropriate read. From the newsroom floor to 22 countries. This is Season 2: 2002 of "Let's Talk About
Welcome! 💛 To support the podcast and help keep it independent, donations can be made from 96 countries here: https://letstalkabouthollywood.com/support This episode: It's late September 2002. The Hollywood Hills are fo
Ep. 41: "One Big Tuxedo-Clad Orgasmatron!" — ATS Synopsis Emmy Sunday, September 22, 2002. The Hollywood Reporter newsroom. One of the reporters privately called awards season "one big tuxedo-clad orgasmatron." That was
September 13-18, 2002. The Hollywood Reporter newsroom. Looking back, the job and salary negotiations were straight forward and direct: my boss called me in, closed the door, and a plan to fill the Assistant to the Edito
September 10-12, 2002. The Hollywood Reporter newsroom. My supervisor's leaving. I turned her job down. Twice. Boss asks my salary and the first two numbers lower than my age. He looks astounded. "Your boss needs you bot
Thank you to my listeners in 30 countries, so far. It is a true honor to be a part of your day or evening. This is Episode 38 of Let's Talk About Hollywood : a listener appreciation episode from the newsroom floor to you
It's fall 2002 in Hollywood and everything is shifting at once. A new apartment, a new schedule, a boss who keeps telling me it'll get better and a newsroom that never stops. In this episode, I take you inside my Labor D
Labor Day 2002. New apartment. No A/C. 125 degrees inside. Me and Bebbles Stone, unpacking boxes, making daiquiris, trying to start a life. I was an editorial assistant at The Hollywood Reporter. He was staging our new h
This week of April 12, 2026, Disney laid off 1000 employees. My LinkedIn filled with 86,000 impressions in my written response to lazy AI slop about "streaming failure." Disney+ is a streaming success. But 1000 careers w
In this week's Ask Karl Anything episode, I answer listener questions about leaving Los Angeles after 29 years, starting over on Florida's Gulf Coast, and whether making this podcast and sharing candid parts of my life i
In this episode, I talk about what it's like being an assistant at an multi-million dollar enterprise and how being the best at your work and paying your dues is smart, but losing your identity and your own unique career
In this episode, it's the summer of 2002 and everyone (except my Mom and sister) is pissy and stressed. I'm working 6-day weeks at The Hollywood Reporter, my spouse has just gotten a new job, we've got a new apartment ju
In this episode, an update comes in 2002 about one of my closest actor friendships, an actor I'd worked with for nearly two years and shared off-the-set experiences with, that came to a chaotic and argumentative end on S
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 acco
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 touch
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 he
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,
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 440-hour a month work schedule and the same class system I left
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
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 want
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