Multi-Hyphenate University

51. Producing Late Night TV for YouTube & Work/Art Balance

Follow Along: @margaretlefton [https://www.instagram.com/margaretlefton/] Check out the new YT show I'm producing: @goodnight [https://www.youtube.com/@goodnight] on YT What to expect this week: 🎬 What producing the first late night show for YT is like🌀 The concept of creative center of gravity - and why LA makes it uniquely hard to stay in your own orbit (aka work/art balance)

50. Juggling Complex Grief of a Grandparent & Career Life

Follow along: @margaretlefton [https://www.instagram.com/margaretlefton/] You know that thing where every area of your life is happening all at once? My grandmother passed away this week - a truly outrageous, rude, cold, creative, brilliant, deeply complicated woman who shaped so much of my artistic identity, and childhood. This week: childhood grief, nostalgia, and the strange experience of adult life continuing to move at full (fun, exciting) speed while something foundational shifts underneath you. Today: 🕯️ Losing a grandparent 🃏 My Oracle deck is officially in production - seeing a physical product come to life for the first time!! 🎬 Apprenticing on a YouTube late-night show - stepping onto TV-level sets being built for the creator era 💡 Learning entertainment production from scratch - lighting, writers’ rooms, celebrity booking, creative collaboration, and set design <3 Margaret

49. Directing My First Set & Life'ing

I got to direct a new YouTube series with The Casting Society (CSA)! Also: life is happening! Huzzah, complexities of being a 3d person 😂 (I live in LA in Venice so am I obligated to say 5d person? *sigh* ) Inside: 🍝 When throw spaghetti at the wall gets old - juggling exciting projects, paid work, portfolio builders, and bandwidth 🎬 Directing my first set - (WOOOOOO) 🎭 What I’m learning about casting - the hidden architects of what we see on screen 🧩 "What is a C-stand" - and how I'm continuing to navigate beginner mindset 📺 Podcast vs. YouTube We out here ~ 💫

48. LA Imposter Syndrome, Digital Detox, & Storytelling Lessons

FOLLOWWWW ALONG: @margaretlefton [https://www.instagram.com/margaretlefton/] Coming off 48 hours with my phone off (my favorite reset ritual), long walks by the ocean, and falling down a rabbit hole of old films, I found myself thinking a lot about storytelling, visibility, and what it feels like to grow in public. In this episode, I talk through: ✨ Phone's off ritual 🎬 What old films (and Audrey Hepburn) are teaching me about storytelling 🎥 Why YouTube feels like the next creative frontier 🧠 The “I started too late” trap 🌴 Living in LA and the very real imposter syndrome that comes with it 😵‍💫 “Visibility dysmorphia” (aka when your brain can’t process your own work) 🔥 Why growth in public hits your nervous system differently than anything else <3 <3 LOVE Y'ALL

47. The (Boring) Space Between Breakthroughs

I’ve been thinking a lot about integration - the phase after expansion, where things stop feeling new and exciting… and start feeling repetitive, slower, and honestly a little bit boring. We also get into YouTube and the tension between building something educational vs deeply vulnerable + artistic. ✨ In this episode: * 🎢 Missing the emotional highs/lows (and wondering if something’s wrong) * 🌱 Why growth isn’t always breakthroughs - sometimes it’s repetition * 🎥 Falling in love with YouTube — and discovering a slower, more intentional creative space * 📊 Sharing my actual podcast numbers — and why I’m still doing this anyway * 🎭 The tension between educator vs artist — and trying to hold both * 🔁 Consistency without perfection — experimenting with formats just to keep going See you on campus 💫