Episodes
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Gina Frangello, BLOW YOUR HOUSE DOWN
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
"I tried to write a narrative that would talk about the collisions of full-throttle life and what happens to women who are over forty who don't remain in that happily-ever-after state.” Gina Frangello discusses her new memoir, Blow Your House Down, and how through it she wants to challenge "the invisibility of middle-aged and older women and this false assumption that our inner lives and our changes and our evolutions just sort of stop after we get married and we have children.” She honestly discusses her past extramarital affair, and contemplates the surreal experience of leading many lives.
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Friday Apr 30, 2021
Kristy Woodson Harvey, UNDER THE SOUTHERN SKY
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Zibby had the privilege of moderating author Kristy Woodson Harvey’s virtual tour event with Left Bank Books for her new novel, Under the Southern Sky. We recorded this conversation, and are releasing it now as a special episode you won’t want to miss!
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Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Adriana Trigiani, REUNION BEACH
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
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Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Jesse Q Sutanto, DIAL A FOR AUNTIES
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
"I actually got so carried away with some scenes that I'm like, 'Wait, what's the point of this scene again?' It was the most fun that I've ever had writing a book." Jesse Q. Sutanto joins Zibby to talk about her book, Dial A for Aunties, which is currently the #1 book in Humorous American Literature on Amazon. The two discuss Jesse's global experience, how she has four books coming out next year, and why it is so important to have writer friends.
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Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Vince Granata, EVERYTHING IS FINE
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
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Monday Apr 26, 2021
Michaeleen Doucleff, HUNT, GATHER, PARENT
Monday Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
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Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Lynn Berger, SECOND THOUGHTS
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
"Parenting doesn't start when you have a child. It already started when you were a child." When journalist Lynn Berger found out she was pregnant with her second child, she realized there weren't any books combining research on family structures and sibling dynamics with anecdotes about having multiple children, so she wrote Second Thoughts: On Having and Being a Second Child. Lynn joined Zibby to discuss her findings and how her own experience raising two kids shaped the book.
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Saturday Apr 24, 2021
Emma Straub, ALL ADULTS HERE
Saturday Apr 24, 2021
Saturday Apr 24, 2021
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Friday Apr 23, 2021
Alena Dillon, THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD
Friday Apr 23, 2021
Friday Apr 23, 2021
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Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Gail Crowther, THREE-MARTINI AFTERNOONS AT THE RITZ
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
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Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Jessica Bruder, NOMADLAND
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
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Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Alison Hammer, LITTLE PIECES OF ME
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
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Monday Apr 19, 2021
Meg Mason, SORROW AND BLISS
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
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Sunday Apr 18, 2021
Kristin Van Ogtrop, DID I SAY THAT OUT LOUD
Sunday Apr 18, 2021
Sunday Apr 18, 2021
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Saturday Apr 17, 2021
Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, THE GIRLS ARE ALL SO NICE HERE
Saturday Apr 17, 2021
Saturday Apr 17, 2021
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Friday Apr 16, 2021
Dr. Amy Shah, I'M SO EFFING TIRED
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Friday Apr 16, 2021
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Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Megan Wagner Lloyd & Michelle Mee Nutter, ALLERGIC
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Zibby talks with the author and illustrator duo behind Allergic, Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter, about their process of working together and how Megan's own lifelong experience with allergies influenced the book. Although Allergic is a middle grade graphic novel, the three talk about how it's both an entertaining and important read for the whole family, especially those coping with food allergies in the family.
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Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Anne Lamott, DUSK, NIGHT, DAWN
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
"This whole book is about finding your center. The center does hold with a couple of good friends." Anne Lamott recently joined Zibby's Book Club to discuss her latest book, Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage, and answered questions from book club members. Anne talked about those she looks to for inspiration, her experience watching her son's journey to sobriety as a former alcoholic herself, and how she seeks forgiveness every day, especially during the pandemic.
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Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
J. Nicole Jones, LOW COUNTRY
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Paula McLain, WHEN THE STARS GO DARK
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
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Monday Apr 12, 2021
Jenny Lawson, BROKEN (IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY)
Monday Apr 12, 2021
Monday Apr 12, 2021
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Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Julie Metz, EVA AND EVE
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
Donna Freitas, THE NINE LIVES OF ROSE NAPOLITANO
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
"Novels. What's wonderful about them is that you can do the stuff you can't in real life. You can make all the mistakes. You can commit all the crimes." Donna Freitas talks with Zibby about how her own life experiences inspired her new book, The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano, and how writing it helped her heal certain wounds. The two bond over divorce (as well as divorce recovery cake) and discuss how indecision can sometimes be a force of good.
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Friday Apr 09, 2021
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, GOOD COMPANY
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Friday Apr 09, 2021
"The exciting thing about deciding to do something later in your life is that you have all these skills that you just didn't have in your twenties." Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney tells Zibby all about starting her career as a writer in her forties, how the writing process has differed between her two novels, and getting high praise from her son on her latest book, Good Company.
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Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Dawnie Walton, THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
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Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Sanjena Sathian, GOLD DIGGERS
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
"It's just really hard to locate yourself as an Asian American in American history. Even though you might have been here, you were just always floating in the periphery of historical vision." Sanjena Sathian talks with Zibby about all of the elements that make up her debut novel, Gold Diggers: their conversation ranges from discussing the research on the alchemical traditions that support the book's magic to how the 29-year old built her novel out of a failed short story at the Iowa Writer's Workshop at the recommendation of her roommate.
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Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Judy Batalion, THE LIGHT OF DAYS
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
"I feel a great duty to these women, even those that told their stories but hadn’t been widely heard and especially those that never got to tell their stories." Judy Batalion talks with Zibby about the extraordinary women of the resistance who fought “for justice and liberty and fairness” in Hitler’s ghettos. She discusses the incredible amount of work and research that went into her latest book, The Light of Days; and, shares her experience growing up a descendant of Holocaust survivors.
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Monday Apr 05, 2021
Jessica Winter, THE FOURTH CHILD
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Novelist Jessica Winter talks with Zibby about her incredible career trajectory (she’s currently an executive editor at The New Yorker!) and imparts her quarantine parenting wisdom. She also shares how writing her latest novel, The Fourth Child, helped her reckon with her Catholic upbringing and sort through her experience as a Buffalo, NY teen during the Spring of Life anti-abortion demonstrations.
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Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Tamara Winfrey Harris, DEAR BLACK GIRL
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Tamara Winfrey Harris joins Zibby to discuss her new book of heartwarming letters from Black women to help guide, protect, and inspire the next generation of young Black girls. The writers of the letters in Dear Black Girl range from celebrities like Brandy and former columnist Rochelle Riley to other women who simply responded to the request for letters, all of whom offer incredible advice and promote the universal practice of self-love.
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Saturday Apr 03, 2021
Sherry Turkle, THE EMPATHY DIARIES
Saturday Apr 03, 2021
Saturday Apr 03, 2021
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Friday Apr 02, 2021
Ilona Bannister, WHEN I RAN AWAY
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Friday Apr 02, 2021
"I discovered that the writing was helping me process everything that had happened. I didn't know that that's what I needed to do." Debut novelist Ilona Bannister has a heartfelt conversation with Zibby about how her experience on 9/11 served as the backstory for her book, When I Ran Away, and the traumatic events that allowed her to fall into writing and rein in her anxiety.
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Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Patric Richardson, LAUNDRY LOVE: FINDING JOY IN A COMMON CHORE
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
The Laundry Evangelist, Patric Richardson, teaches Zibby all of his tips and tricks on how to save your clothes and make doing the laundry more fun. From washing everything on a warm express cycle to hanging a disco ball in your laundry room, Patric is on a mission to extend the life of garments and turn an everyday chore into your new favorite hobby.
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Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
James Brown, APOLOGY TO THE YOUNG ADDICT
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Dave Eggers, WE BECAME JAGUARS
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Vijay Vad, BACK RX
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Arianna Huffington & Marina Khidekel, YOUR TIME TO THRIVE
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Founder of the Huffington Post and Thrive Global, Arianna Huffington, and Thrive Global's Head of Content Development, Marina Khidekel, talk with Zibby about their new book, Your Time to Thrive, and the power of microsteps. The three discuss the importance of stacking your habits, starting your day off of your phone, and putting aside distractions to have more meaningful conversations with the ones you love.
Saturday Mar 27, 2021
Chris Whitaker, WE BEGIN AT THE END
Saturday Mar 27, 2021
Saturday Mar 27, 2021
"Basically, Zibby, I don't know what I'm doing. I'm just winging it and hoping for the best." Author Chris Whitaker talks to Zibby about how writing saved his life twice and how the main character in his new book, We Begin At the End, played a part in that. By the end of this interview, you'll be rooting for both Duchess and Chris.
Friday Mar 26, 2021
Alan Silberberg, MEET THE MATZAH
Friday Mar 26, 2021
Friday Mar 26, 2021
"It was a healing, life-changing process of creating art." Alan Silberberg and Zibby talk about his new picture book Meet the Matzah, approaching grief with humor, and the importance of sharing diverse stories for children throughout all mediums.
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
Tracey Cox, GREAT SEX STARTS AT 50
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
"The problem is that we think of love and sex as being very happy bedfellows, and they're not. They actually hate each other." Sexpert Tracey Cox talks with Zibby about how reaching a certain age doesn't mean we have to sacrifice good sex. Her new book offers multiple ways to rethink sex after 50 to improve your physical health and your relationships. (It may also make you laugh out loud!)
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Alexander Nemerov, FIERCE POISE
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
"There is no other reason to write about art unless you have strong feelings about it. That's a given." Stanford University Art History Professor Alexander Nemerov and Zibby discuss how he came to write his latest book, Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York, the book's creative structure, and his advice for anyone looking to write about art.
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Claire Lombardo, THE MOST FUN WE EVER HAD
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Katie Sise, OPEN HOUSE
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Katie Sise walks Zibby through her winding career, from actress to jewelry maker, to becoming a TV host, a ghostwriter, and, finally, the writer we know her as today. The two cover everything, from their mutual love of attending open houses to how to find time to write when home with young children.
Sunday Mar 21, 2021
RE-RELEASE! Lena Dunham, NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL
Sunday Mar 21, 2021
Sunday Mar 21, 2021
Taking it back a year now to celebrate that Spring 2021 is FINALLY here.
During the pandemic, Zibby did an Instagram Live with Lena Dunham, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Not That Kind of Girl. Lena had been writing a book throughout the coronavirus pandemic called Verified Strangers in which she released a chapter or two a day and even let readers who read it on Vogue.com choose what would happen to the main characters. (Lena was kind enough to blurb Moms Don't Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology.)
If you missed it, please listen. It will encourage you to write, read, and celebrate the new season.
(Back to the regularly scheduled programming tomorrow, Monday, March 22nd.)
Saturday Mar 20, 2021
Joyce Carol Oates, THE (OTHER) YOU
Saturday Mar 20, 2021
Saturday Mar 20, 2021
Zibby interviewed literary legend Joyce Carol Oates as part of Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center's 'Women on the Move' series. Their recorded conversation, released here as a podcast, touches on Oates's two newest releases, American Melancholy and The (Other) You, as well as how she has approached writing during the pandemic.
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Melissa Bernstein, LIFELINES
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
"The cry of my own soul to be seen became so great that the risk of not saying who I was, was much greater than the risk of saying who I was." Co-founder of Melissa & Doug, Melissa Bernstein, joins Zibby for a heartfelt and thought-provoking conversation about coming forward with her lifelong experience with existential depression and how it has inspired creativity throughout her life. Her book, LifeLines, opens a door for others who may be going through the darkness as well and offers resources and a friendly hand to help them come into the light.
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Anna Quindlen, NANAVILLE
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
Thursday Mar 18, 2021
"It's life-affirming in that you know that someday you will no longer be here, yet all of these people that are carrying some of your DNA will just be boogying down the road." Anna Quindlen talks to Zibby about all of the things grandmothers have time to do and celebrates the parts of grandmotherhood that often go unspoken.
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Anita Moorjani, SENSITIVE IS THE NEW STRONG
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
"The universe is gifting us all the time if only we opened our eyes to receive it." Anita Moorjani talks to Zibby about the differences between being a highly sensitive person and an empath, how individuals become "doormats" in other's lives, and the ways in which we can all change our mindsets to fulfill our souls.
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Lake Bell, Lennon Parham, and Amy Solomon, NOTES FROM THE BATHROOM LINE
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
"It was always bizarre to me that there wasn't another big collection of humor writing by women, especially because the community's only exploded even more. All I do all day is meet brilliant women." Amy Solomon, Lennon Parham, and actress Lake Bell all join Zibby to talk about compiling work from 150 of the funniest women in comedy, leveling with their kids like adults would, and the different ways we can find and make communities during the on-going pandemic (hint: this book is a start).
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Sarah Langan, GOOD NEIGHBORS
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Sarah Langan reignites Zibby's inner psychology major as the two discuss the social experiments that inspired Sarah's new book Good Neighbors, why she wanted to create a sympathetic narcissist as her main character, and how we can all better understand troublesome people.
Sunday Mar 14, 2021
Sunday Mar 14, 2021
"The truth is that the details of your story are your superpower." Zibby meets fellow anthology editor Jennifer Rudolph Walsh to talk about the connections we make through the most painful parts of our narratives, and what it means to go from a human doing to a human being.