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Janine Rubenstein, PEOPLE Every Day Apr 02, 2022

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Editor-at-Large at People Magazine and host of the PEOPLE Every Day podcast Janine Rubenstein joins Zibby to talk about her career and her current book recommendations. Janine shares how she started her career as an editorial assistant helping to select People's book picks and has since made her way around the entire People ecosystem. She also tells Zibby what it's like interviewing celebrities on red carpets for the podcast, as well as how celebrity culture has shifted in some ways since the pandemic. Make sure to listen for Janine's top three recommendations at the moment!

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Stephanie Gangi, CARRY THE DOG: A Novel Apr 01, 2022

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"I feel like I'm still adding selves and identity. It's not a process that stops. You don't stop growing and sit in a rocking chair." Zibby is joined by Stephanie Gangi to talk about her latest novel, Carry the Dog. The two discuss why it is so important to center stories around older women that feel honest, the influence Stephanie's relationships and personal life have had on her fiction, and what she is looking forward to from life in her 60s.

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Jennifer Haupt, COME AS YOU ARE: A Novel Mar 31, 2022

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Zibby is joined by author, essayist, and columnist Jennifer Haupt to discuss her latest novel, Come As You Are. Jennifer shares what happened when she decided she wanted to write a book in her mid-forties, which questions she can answer for younger moms now that her kids are grown up, and how she launched her successful Psychology Today column. Jennifer and Zibby also discuss their anthologies and how they both helped to raise money for bookstores during the early days of the pandemic.

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Catherine Belknap and Natalie Telfer, CAT AND NAT'S MOM SECRETS: Coffee-Fueled Confessions from the Mom Trenches Mar 30, 2022

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"I think that that's what moms are superheroes at, is getting through the day. Even in your not-best-self moment, you can still be a light to someone else even when you don't think you are." Zibby is joined by best friends Catherine Belknap and Natalie Telfer, better known to many as Cat and Nat, to discuss their new book, Cat and Nat's Mom Secrets. The three chat about the importance of finding humor in every day (especially over the past two years), what it was like to cancel so many of their live shows due to the pandemic as well as how they've tended to their community in the meantime, and which projects they're dreaming up next.

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Kevin and Danielle Jonas, THERE'S A ROCK CONCERT IN MY BEDROOM Mar 29, 2022

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Kevin and Danielle Jonas join Zibby to talk about their first picture book, There's a Rock Concert in My Bedroom, which was inspired by their two daughters. The three discuss their similar dinnertime rituals, why Kevin and Danielle love working together so much, and how they approach their daughters' growing interest in music. Kevin also shares the small token he takes on stage every night to remind him of his family, and what Alena and Valentina think of their dad being a Jonas Brother.

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Jessica Lahey, THE GIFT OF FAILURE: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed + THE ADDICTION INOCULATION: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence Mar 28, 2022

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Educator, journalist, and author of The Gift of Failure and The Addiction Inoculation Jessica Lahey joins Zibby to discuss her books and the parenting advice they provide. As someone who has recovered from a substance abuse disorder, Jessica shares how parents can change their attitude around drinking to help minimize the risk of addiction in their kid's future. She also tells Zibby about why research-based nonfiction is her favorite topic to both read and write, how the responses to The Gift of Failure helped her write The Addiction Inoculation, and what led her and her friend KJ Dell'Antonia to start their podcast #AmWriting.

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Sara Freeman, TIDES Mar 27, 2022

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Debut novelist Sara Freeman joins Zibby to talk about her book, Tides, and why she was interested in writing psychological literature about sibling dynamics. Sara shares what it was like to spend so much time with the novel's protagonist, how her childhood as the child of a news correspondent left her feeling a little detached from the idea of what makes a home, and which books she's currently reading now.

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Kate Baer, I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL: Poems Mar 26, 2022

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New York Times bestselling author Kate Baer joins Zibby to talk about her accidental collection of erasure poetry, I Hope This Finds You Well, which takes messages she's received online and turns them into powerful verses. The two discuss their shared experiences as mothers of four, as well as some of the specific emotions and traumas that that entails. Kate also tells Zibby about how this book came as a surprise, when she realized she was a poet, and what it's like to have some of her writing read back to her.

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Chidiogo Akunyili-Parr, I AM BECAUSE WE ARE: An African Mother’s Fight for the Soul of a Nation Mar 25, 2022

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Zibby is joined by the founder of She ROARs Chidiogo Akunyili-Parr to talk about her first book, I Am Because We Are, which combines a memoir of her life with an autobiography of her late mother, Dora Akunyili. Chidiogo shares moments from her family history and from her mother's tenure as a revered director-general of Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control that shaped her worldview as well as her empowering work ethic. She also tells Zibby about how her senses of intuition and spiritual guidance have grown stronger since working on this project and why she wants to use this strength to help other women grow.

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John Cho, TROUBLEMAKER Mar 24, 2022

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"The greatest thing about having written a book is knowing that you have written one. It has emboldened me in many parts of my life in thinking, 'Well, if I can do this, maybe I can do something else.'" Actor John Cho joins Zibby to discuss his debut middle-grade novel, Troublemaker, which was inspired by his own life. John shares how his memories of the Rodney King Riots feel resonant today, the universal emotions of growing up and trying to find ways to feel like an adult when you're still a child, and what his anxiety has looked like following the uptick in anti-Asian violence over the past few years. On a lighter note, John tells Zibby what he hopes younger readers will take away from this story and what he's looking to do with it next.

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