About this episode
Monica Lewinsky interviews Krista Vernoff about her career in television and the challenges of female success.
What does it take to walk away from one of the most powerful jobs in television? Monica sits down with legendary showrunner Krista Vernoff, a creative force behind Grey's Anatomy,Station 19, and Shameless , for a profoundly honest conversation about the real price of female success and the wakeup moment that demanded she start to reclaim her life from burnout. Krista pulls back the curtain on the makings of her remarkable career, from her unconventional "hippie artist" upbringing that taught her to break the rules, to the intense pressures of "having it all." She shares how shaping the behaviors and dialogue of the characters in her TV shows can impact social change and how she's used writing as a powerful healing modality to process her own grief and life experiences. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
People in this episode
Host: Monica Lewinsky
Guest: Krista Vernoff
Topics covered
- female success
- burnout
- television industry
- social change
- creative process
Keywords
- Krista Vernoff
- Monica Lewinsky
- Grey's Anatomy
- burnout
- female empowerment
- television
- social impact
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Grey's Anatomy, Station 19, Shameless
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