The Zack Arnold Podcast

ACE Editor Steve Lang truly means it when he says,

“If I can help somebody get a job, it's almost just as satisfying as if I got the job myself.”

As we discussed in part 1 of our marathon interview tog…

If there's one story regular listeners of this show have heard a lot, it's the story of how I got my first television editing the #1 show on cable at the time - Burn Notice (having ZERO television ex…

As a self-diagnosed “extreme introvert,” I’ve done my best to avoid as many mixers, social events, awards parties, and otherwise for the duration of my twenty-year career in Hollywood. Yet despite my…

If you work in the entertainment industry you might be living under the assumption if you get really good at what you do, jobs will just miraculously find you, and you can avoid the painful process o…

Author’s Note: The following is the second in a 3 part series about building a relationship with your ideal mentor. In Part 1 I demonstrated The 10 IMDbPro Features That Will Take Your Outreach to a…

Working long & stressful hours is hard enough when you absolutely love the content you’re creating and live for what you do. But how can you survive when you don’t even enjoy the work you do and have…

I don't know about you, but my brain is like an endless news ticker reminding me of the growing tasks, activities, ambitions, and must-do's that I need to accomplish to prove my worth as a human. No …

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"In twenty years, do you want to be doing this? If the answer is no, you better figure some stuff out." - Alex Ferrari

When the pandemic shut down Hollywood, many cr…

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There is at least one point in our lives when we make the stark realization that we no longer enjoy what we do. The passion has long-since gone, and we’re only ther…

“Success is never a straight line.”

– Agustin Rexach

If there’s one sure thing about Hollywood, it’s that no single path to success exists. Unlike doctors, lawyers, or accountants, Hollywood doesn’t pr…

One of the many fears this pandemic has magnified is that we can’t possibly focus on our careers and work at the highest level while also having time to be parents, partners, and well-rounded individ…

An interview with Ergodriven CEO and Topo Mat creator, Kit Perkins about his new venture: New Standard Whole Protein.

For many of us working in creative industries (and even those that aren’t), we assume that competition simply comes with the territory of becoming successful. We have been taught the only way to get …

If you’ve listened to at least an episode or two in the past, then it’s probably no surprise that I pride myself in being a time management ninja. I always say that the great equalizer is that we all…

It’s astonishing that less than 5% of adults are moving 30 minutes or more a day¹, so much so that it’s been said “Sitting is the new smoking.” Although, I’ve argued for years that it’s not so much s…

It’s no longer news that sitting is bad for us. In fact, it’s common knowledge that sitting has become the new smoking. And hopefully by now after years of me screaming from the rooftops, you now kno…

With health (and more importantly maintaining strong immune systems) at the forefront of everyone’s minds these days, we’re all looking for simple ways to boost our immunity and increase our energy l…

If you’ve been listening to this show for any amount of time, you know that I love breaking seemingly impossible goals down to small, manageable steps. I’m all about creating tiny habits and incremen…