Erin Schlozman on Debunking the Aspiration to Be Perfect
Erin Schlozman joins Zibby Owens to discuss her book The Myth of the Perfect Mom , a guide to new motherhood and postpartum that rejects the...
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Writer Zibby Owens, mother of four, interviews authors about their work on this award-winning literary podcast.
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Hank Phillippi Ryan on What Happens After the Happy Ending
Hank Phillippi Ryan sits down with Zibby Owens to chat about her new novel Mother Daughter Sister Stranger , a twisty thriller about Eliza’s...
Rebekah Lowin on Impossible Jewish Joy
Rebekah Lowin sits down with Zibby Owens to discuss A Year of Jewish Joy , her new cookbook full of meaningful recipes, homemade crafts, and...
Elizabeth Wellington Rollins on Writing Her Way Home
Elizabeth Wellington Rollins joins Zibby Owens to discuss her debut novel and Book of the Month Club Pick The Three Graces of Pearl Street ,...
Meg Mason: The New Reese's Book Club pick!
Newly minted Reese's Book Club pick Meg Mason joins Zibby Owens to discuss her new novel (and Zibby’s October Book Club pick!) Sophie, Stand...
Susan Coll on the Nonsensical Business of Publishing
Susan Coll sits down with Zibby Owens to discuss her new novel Word Salad , a bookish comedy about former economics major Matilda who finds...
Fran Hauser on Embracing the Twenty-Minute Mindset
Fran Hauser joins Zibby Owens to discuss her new book Twenty Minutes is the New Hour, a guide to help women embrace the twenty-minute mindse...
Allison Sweet Grant on The Psychological Weight of Cancer
Allison Sweet Grant joins Zibby Owens to talk about her new poetic memoir Lump , an unconventional, moving collection of essays and verse ab...
Isabel Allende on The Quiet Happiness of Aging
Isabel Allende joins Zibby Owens to discuss her new memoir Story Telling , a heartfelt love letter to life and writing that recounts the pas...
Zibby Owens on Her Decade of Extreme Change
Bestselling author Renée Rosen interviews Zibby Owens about her new book Between Chapters, a heartfelt and candid collection of essays cente...
Laura Moriarty on Writing Amid Her Cancer Diagnosis
Laura Moriarty sits down with Zibby Owens to discuss her new novel and August 2026 Read With Jenna Pick Sunlight Finds You , a deeply felt l...
Harlan Coben on The Blurry Line Between Memoir and Fiction
Harlan Coben sits down with Zibby Owens to discuss his new book Plot Twist , a memoir that blends personal narrative and writing advice, ack...
Dara Horn on The Big Lie of Antisemitism
Instant New York Times bestseller! Dara Horn joins Zibby Owens to discuss her new book The Final Solution to the Jewish Question , an explor...
Sona Movsesian on Betraying Her Preconceptions of Motherhood
USA Today bestseller Sona Movsesian sits down with Zibby Owens to discuss her new book The World’s Worst Mom , a funny and relatable look in...
Elizabeth Castellano on the Pressure of a Two-Book Deal
Elizabeth Castellano joins Zibby Owens to talk about her new novel Proof of Progress , the humorous story of B-list actress and comedian Mar...
Amy Chozick on Sex Work and Motherhood
Live from the Children’s Museum of the East End, Amy Chozick sits down with Zibby Owens to talk about her new psychological thriller With Fr...
Zibby’s 9/11 Essay
Zibby was one of the countless people who lost a loved one on 9/11. Stacey Sanders, Zibby’s college roommate, worked in the North Tower of t...
Lea Vale on Her Ode to 9/11
Lea Vale joins Zibby Owens to discuss her new novel Blue Sky Black , the second-chance romance told across two timelines that she wrote as a...
Kara Kavensky on Finding Joy
Kara Kavensky sits down with Zibby Owens to talk about her memoir Tell Me About Joy , inspired by WWII veteran Bob who shared with her his g...
Jonathan Santlofer on Finding Empathy for His Villainous Characters
Jonathan Santlofer joins Zibby Owens for a deep dive into his new novel Ten Perfect Guests , an immersive, fun, “whodunit” thriller followin...