Hollywood was already struggling before AI, and now it’s only getting worse. Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway have a conversation with Hayes Davenport. Listen to Odd Lots on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and You Tube, and subscribe to the newsletter.

Is Hollywood just screwed? Writers are earning less, fewer shoots are taking place in Los Angeles, and people are freaked out about AI. But according to Hayes Davenport, things were starting to feel bad in Hollywood before chatbots showed up to the scene.

Davenport — who’s written for shows like Family Guy and is now creative director of LA Material and the co-host of the fantastic Hollywood Handbook podcast — joined us on stage at the Vermont to give us a history lesson on Hollywood's steady decline from the pandemic to now. We also get into the changing norms of AI use among entertainment professionals and why Davenport is jealous of New York right now.