Throwing Fits Podcast

Episode: The Myha’la Interview with Throwing Fits

Release Date: January 19, 2026

Overview

In this highly entertaining and candid interview, Myha’la Herrold—star of HBO’s hit series Industry—sits down with the Throwing Fits hosts to talk about the highly anticipated Season 4, her evolution alongside the show, fashion on and off screen, fame, money habits, and her creative ambitions. Full of signature Throwing Fits irreverence, the conversation is loose, intimate, and often hilarious, packed with inside stories, memorable one-liners, and real talk on making it in entertainment.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Industry Season 4 & Its Evolution

• Cultural Impact & Growth
  • Myha’la reflects on the show’s journey and the pride in how its audience has grown:
    • “From the first time I read the pilot episode in 2019, I was like, this is one of the best shows ever. So as our audience grows, I'm just feeling, like, so much pride and gratitude for other people feeling the way that I have always felt about this show.” (04:00)
• Season 4 Vibe
  • Pitch: “Season four of Industry, first of all, is a cinematic experience. It is eight hours of movie. It is a broad... the broadening world of finance meets politics meets news media meets power meets power.” (15:10)
  • “Characters are a little older, so the things that they get into are a little grown. They get into grown people shit and... other grown people.” (15:34)

2. On-Set & Character Development

• Harper’s Style
  • Harper’s wardrobe evolution reflects her arc from “hand-me-down vintage, like the wrong... giving Primark” to “immediately very big and rich. Powerful. Elevated.” (09:17)
  • Discussion of the iconic “hero suit” designed for the character, tailored for modular wear. (09:31)
• Behind-the-Scenes Chemistry
  • Deep bonds with cast members like Ken Leung (Eric) and Marisa Abela (Yasmin); peer mentorship and mutual growth highlighted.
  • “Ken is, I think, one of the most underrated actors and human beings of potentially all time...” (16:33)
  • On Marisa: “We support each other beyond. Nothing makes me more happy than her success. And I'm so fucking jealous of her. She's such a good actor. Like, it inspires me so much.” (20:13)

3. Fashion & Personal Style

• Fit Check Segment
  • Myha’la’s outfit: vintage men’s suit from A Brio in Williamsburg, maroon polka dot tie styled as an ascot, YSL sling backs (from the show), and vintage Anne Klein watch. “Italian men in the whatever, 60s, 70s, 80s were all really small. So they're malnourished, the pants fit...” (06:48)
• On Expensive Taste
  • The hosts probe her taste: “Why is [The Row] so expensive?... No matter how much money I make, I can't justify spending 13…” (29:15)
  • Brands sometimes reluctant to lend pieces if characters do drugs or violence on screen, leading to funny anecdotes about hiding watches and bags during certain scenes. (31:24)

4. Money, Fame & Living with Success

• Financial Reality Check
  • Quadrupled her savings since Season 1, but still feels “broke mindset”: “When you grow up with not a lot of money and then you get a lot of money... you feel like you have to hoard it. Even though your expenses increase, like the more money you make, the more money you spend.” (35:48)
  • “I'm taking the train. I have some friends who are like, you take the train. I'm like, yeah, what do I look like to you?” (36:07)
• On Broke Days & Staying Humble
  • Story of running out of money post-Season 1, living in Lena Dunham’s empty apartment to make ends meet rather than going home. (37:46)

5. Relationships & Personal Growth

• Marriage Advice
  • “Just keep talking... we talk until the resolution comes. And no matter like what I'm feeling or what he's feeling or how angry I am, eventually I forget what the hell we're fighting about.” (49:28)
• Resolutions and Manifestations
  • Wanting to leave “any shred of doubt” behind. (50:52)
  • Manifesting the production of her own movie as writer, creator, and star: “If the thing that you want to make is not out there, like, go make... make it.” (52:19)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Industry’s writers:
  “Mickey and Conrad are geniuses... they write so beautifully. I have yet to find a rival of them.” (05:00)
• On onscreen character Harper:
  “She’s at a real high point and probably the highest we've ever seen her in terms of her money and her agency and her power and her leverage. But she is having issues with this catastrophic levels of oversight...” (22:49)
• On fitting into British culture:
  “You gotta stop mashing. They were globally mashing for a while there.” (53:38)
• On maintaining humility post-fame:
  “I'm gluten free and dairy free, and I don't do processed sugar... but it's not. I'm not diva on purpose. I have, like, a gut issue.” (34:58)
• On vintage style heartbreak:
  “I did this thing like, ‘I'll come back and get it tomorrow.’ ...literally two days later... this bitch walked by in my jacket.” (45:23)
• On her ‘broke era’ strategy:
  “I can't get an only fans because I have all these identifying tattoos.” (37:41)
• Harper's relationship with Yasmin:
  “Marisa and I have all the things that Harper and Yasmin have that aren't toxic. We are completely untoxic friends.” (18:52)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• 02:13 – Myha’la’s return to the pod, reunion vibes
• 04:00 – Reflections on Industry’s growth and audience
• 05:30 – Praise for the writers and starting with the script
• 07:50 – Fit check & fashion philosophies
• 09:17 – Harper’s style evolution, “hero suit” tale
• 15:10 – Myha’la’s elevator pitch for Industry Season 4
• 16:33 – Discussing cast chemistry (Ken Leung & Marisa Abela)
• 22:03 – Harper’s position entering Season 4
• 26:00 – Spicy: Who wrote the pegging scene?
• 29:15 – The Row & fashion brand anecdotes
• 35:48 – Money talk: quadrupling savings, but still “broke mindset”
• 37:46 – Story of being broke in NYC, Lena Dunham’s help
• 39:12 – What she won’t spend money on
• 49:27 – Marriage advice for the youth
• 52:19 – Manifesting new projects, ambition beyond Industry
• 53:38 – Trash TV, guilty pleasures, Mount Rushmore of TV
• 58:20 – Her TV Mount Rushmore (Nurse Jackie, Fleabag, etc.)
• 60:54 – Myha’la’s social media, movie projects, TV schedule shout-outs

Further Notes & Fun Details

• Anecdotes about set life: Costume hand-me-downs, brand resistance to being associated with drug/sex scenes, and directors angling for the “Director Fits” Instagram.
• Real Talk on Fame: Myha’la finds LA anonymity refreshing and New York fans chill; her only “diva” habit is dietary—otherwise, she makes her own matcha.
• Fashion Regrets: Biggest regret is what she didn’t buy, not what she did—especially in the case of a lost Giorgio Armani trench.
• Personal ambitions: Actively pursuing her own projects; not a classic “resolution” person, more about ongoing intention.
• Audience Advice: If you want a Season 5 cameo, just appear in Cardiff during filming—“it’s very possible for you.” (60:08)

Socials & Current Projects

• Instagram & TikTok: @myhalaherrold
• Upcoming Films:
  • Dead Man’s Wire (Gus Van Sant, in theaters Jan 9/16)
  • They Will Kill You (with Zazie Beetz, March 27)
• Industry Season 4: New episodes Sunday nights, HBO

Final Words:
The conversation perfectly mirrors both the chaotic energy and the honest intimacy of the Industry universe and Throwing Fits' rapport. Myha’la emerges as authentic, stylish, witty, and ambitious—a perfect anchor for Industry's next act.