Studio Hoopla co-founder and creative director Lizzie would rather eat her own moodboard than be the centre of attention. So naturally, we decided to put her in the spotlight.

To help you get to know the elusive Lizzie, we asked her a few serious and not-so-serious questions. Here’s what she (reluctantly) had to say.

I’m watching

Adolescence shooketh me. The child actor looks like a dark-haired version of my nephew, Josh, so I was thinking of him the whole time. Thankfully Josh is in the ‘painting-nerdy-fantasy-figurines’ stage for tweendom, and yet to understand the point of girls. So, my fears are somewhat soothed.

5 days at Memorial was a heavy one too. About a New Orleans hospital’s experience after Hurricane Katrina, being abandoned by government agencies and left to fend for themselves. Which led me down a Wikipedia rabbit hole trying to figure out what in the drama was real or fiction. A scary amount really happened.

Lastly, I’m reliving my teenage years watching ER’s Noah ‘Dr Carter’ Wyle’s new medical drama The Pitt. It was developed as an ER reboot, but the production team couldn’t come to terms with ER creator Michael Crichton’s estate. So, they just changed the names and location! And are now being sued, unsurprisingly.

I’m listening to

As a podcast tragic, this could be a long list. But, the main ones are:

Cautionary Tales
Time Hardford tells true stories about human errors and mistakes, and what we should learn from them. His background is as an economic journalist, and his English accent is a lovely listen.

Pod Save America
A bunch of ex-Obama staffers covering the dumpster fire that is US politics.

Throughline
A fascinating show that takes current topics, like health insurance, Sesame Street, the anti-vaccine movement, and goes back in time looking at the history of an issue to help figure out the present. Obviously very US-skewed, but still interesting. It’s really nicely produced, with different voices and soundscape used to the tell the stories.

Music wise, I’m deeply entrenched in my sad girl pop era.

I’m reading

Is this where I announce to the world that my eyes are so dodgy that it makes reading a book for long periods of time difficult? After 20 minutes, my eyes go cross-eyed. So, I listen to podcasts and audio books instead. Because audio books are the same as reading. Right?... Right?

I’m curious about

What my cat is thinking when he is randomly sitting in the corner staring at the wall.

Also, the bowl of spaghetti that is disinformation, AI and politics, and the implications for humanity. That and cats.

I’m working on

Two investment firm brand uplifts are in the works, so I’m busy getting my head in that world.

I’m also working on a program of change collateral suite, triggered by a major shift in how the government funds in-home care for seniors. Between that and our super clients, I’m spending a little too much time looking for stock photos of over 65s who are either laughing at salad or inexplicably on a yacht.

I’m eating

Having finally fixed my oven after two years without one (the fix was a 10min call out, of course) I’ve been hitting the oven bakes pretty hard. I made spanakopita for the first time, much to the disappointment of my Italian ancestors. Though the multiple lasagnas I’ve made should appease them.

In the Studio Hoopla team, I'm most likely to…

Grumble, loudly. I’m sorry, I can’t hold it in.

Meet Lizzie Deller