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...
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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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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...
Eriq La Salle on the Journey of a Character’s Soul
Eriq La Salle joins Zibby Owens to discuss his new thriller Laws of Solomon , the fourth book in his Martyr Maker series, which takes a prev...
Amanda Peters on the Importance of Tradition
Amanda Peters sits down with Zibby Owens to discuss her new novel (and Zibby’s November Book Club pick!) The Birthing Tree, the story of a y...
Sarah Addison Allen, PAPER GHOSTS, on Grief
Sarah Addison Allen’s book Paper Ghosts was, quite fittingly, haunting. We discussed grief, loss, fiction, writing, and more. I left feeling...
Jonah Platt, Being Jewish with Jonah Platt
Jonah Platt and I both have TV shows on the JBS network which is how we connected for this episode. I’d been dying to interview Jonah about...
Beth Ricanati, MD, THE BRAIDED PRESCRIPTION: Seven Practices for Living Well from the Ancient Ritual of Making Challah
Beth Ricanati, MD, and I made challah together in my kitchen in L.A. eight years ago — and filmed it. Since then, our lives continue to inte...
Laurie Notaro, I'VE GOT A NEW COMPLAINT: Essays on Aging Disgracefully and Other Small Disasters
Laurie Notaro makes me laugh. A bestselling humorist, Laurie writes about whatever life stage she’s in with wit and bluntness. We talked abo...
Community Builders' Spotlight: Jennifer Shoop, Magpie, and the Wine Sisters Book Club
Today’s episode features female founders of two communities: Jennifer Shoop, Magpie , and Aly Wente and Niki Wente, The Wine Sisters Book Cl...
Dr. Rachel Zoffness on The Truth About Pain
Pain psychologist Dr. Rachel Zoffness sits down with Zibby Owens to discuss her new book, Tell Me Where It Hurts: The New Science of Pain an...
Sara Goodman Confino on Women in Journalism and The Power of a Strong Mentor
Sara Goodman Confino’s high school journalism teacher was the first person who told her “you can do better than this.” And she did. Sara joi...
Margie Lachman, PhD, PRIMETIME: A New Vision for Midlife
Midlife desperately needs a rebrand. Dr. Margie Lachman is doing just that with her research at the Lifespan Lab at Brandeis University wher...
Lisa Katayama, THE JAPANESE WAY OF PARENTING: And What It Taught Me About Raising (Mostly) Calm, Caring, Capable Kids
Tokyo-born Lisa Katayama took her parenting techniques with her to Northern California and found that what Japanese culture had to offer was...
Ann Tashi Slater on Life’s Impermanence
Ann Tashi Slater and I spoke about life, meaning, the role of literature, travel, family, and more, inspired by her book Traveling in Bardo:...
Jacqueline Friedland, BREATHING UNDER WATER: A Novel
Jackie Friedland, a contributor to my anthology On Being Jewish Now and past podcast guest, returns with her latest novel, Breathing Under W...