Totally Booked with Zibby

Latest Episodes:

Moms Have Broken Hearts, Too, with Josie Balka Jan 26, 2026

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Poet, bestselling author, and TikTok star Josie Balka’s second collection, LOVES OF OUR LIVES, connects mothers and daughters by love, heartbreak, and the ones who got away. It shifts perspectives. It warns. It empathizes. And it entertains. Josie has a rare talent to craft zingers on every page. Perfect Valentine’s gift, FYI.

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A story for the messy middle. Zibby's essay collection Between Chapters is out now!

Love to listen? She narrated the audiobook.

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Living a Long, Healthy, Meaningful Life with NYT bestselling author Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel and Journalist Meghan Rabbitt Jan 23, 2026

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What’s the secret to longevity? Is it really okay to eat ice cream? What do you mean I shouldn’t retire? These two experts weigh in from our event at the CORE Club last week.

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Eat Your Ice Cream: https://bit.ly/4r63VLF

The New Rules of Women's Health: https://bit.ly/4bHLgkQ

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A story for the messy middle. Zibby's essay collection Between Chapters is out now!

Love to listen? She narrated the audiobook.

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From Public Servant to Fashion CEO: Learning to Lead on the Job with Lew Frankfort Jan 22, 2026

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Lew Frankfort wasn’t into fashion before he took the helm at Coach, so it’s quite improbable that he turned it into a billion-dollar business. But he did. How? By wielding exceptional managerial gifts, fine-tuned instinct, and creativity. Learn his secrets to success in our episode discussing his memoir, BAG MAN. And I still need to get the number of his bodywork guy!

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A story for the messy middle. Zibby's essay collection Between Chapters is out now!

Love to listen? She narrated the audiobook.

Listen on Spotify here.

Listen on Apple here.

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Stalkers and Shameful Actors in the Book World with Jenna Blum Jan 21, 2026

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Co-founder of A Mighty Blaze Jenna Blum discusses the inspiration for her latest novel, Murder Your Darlings. Think: creepy book event guests, big-deal authors with shameful secrets, and more.

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A story for the messy middle. Zibby's essay collection Between Chapters is out now!

Love to listen? She narrated the audiobook.

Listen on Spotify here.

Listen on Apple here.

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The Private Treatment Facility of Celebs with Alyssa Sheinmel Jan 20, 2026

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Alyssa Sheinmel, author of Such Sheltered Lives, shares a fictitious but all-too-real-sounding ultra-lux treatment facility on Shelter Island, part of the Hamptons (sort of). From royals to pop stars with drug, eating, and other issues, the motley cast in treatment in Such Sheltered Lives paints quite a picture of the pitfalls of fame.

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A story for the messy middle. Zibby's essay collection Between Chapters is out now!

Love to listen? She narrated the audiobook.

Listen on Spotify here.

Listen on Apple here.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Working in Publishing to Entrepreneur (and Author!) with Panio Gianopoulos Jan 19, 2026

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Founder of the Next Big Idea Book Club, Panio Gianopoulos, discusses his career in publishing and what led him to lead a non-fiction book subscription business, including the failures along the way. Plus, find out what SNL’s Kate McKinnon has to do with his trajectory. (Bonus points: Can you guess who Panio’s wife is? I had no idea!)

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A story for the messy middle. Zibby's essay collection Between Chapters is out now!

Love to listen? She narrated the audiobook.

Listen on Spotify here.

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Laura Brown and Kristina O'Neill, ALL THE COOL GIRLS GET FIRED: How to Let Go of Being Let Go and Come Back on Top Jan 16, 2026

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Recorded live at Bloomingdale’s 59th Street in partnership with the Child Mind Institute, Zibby interviews co-authors Laura Brown and Kristina O’Neill about ALL THE COOL GIRLS GET FIRED: How to Let Go of Being Let Go and Come Back on Top. Drawing from their high-profile careers in media (and their very public firings!), Laura and Kristina destigmatize job loss with humor and hard-earned wisdom. The conversation explores shame, resilience, reinvention, and why being fired is often the beginning of something better, featuring insights from the book and stories from women like Oprah and Lisa Kudrow.

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A story for the messy middle. Zibby's essay collection Between Chapters is out now!

Love to listen? She narrated the audiobook.

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Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman, TEN THOUSAND LIGHT YEARS FROM OKAY Jan 15, 2026

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Recorded live at Zibby’s Bookshop x Minnie Rose, Zibby chats with longtime friends and co-authors Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman about 10,000 LIGHT YEARS FROM OKAY. They explore grief, coincidence, superstition, and resilience through the story of a widowed writer who begins to fear her fiction is coming true. Tracy and Wendy also share their unique collaborative writing process, the real-life experiences that shaped their work, and the challenges and surprises of publishing.

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A story for the messy middle. Zibby's essay collection Between Chapters is out now!

Love to listen? She narrated the audiobook.

Listen on Spotify here.

Listen on Apple here.

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Camille Seigle and Ali Mann Stevens, MATERNAL HOPE: Stories of Unseen Struggles, Unexpected Resilience, and the Untold Ways Families Are Made Jan 14, 2026

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Zibby talks with co-editors Camille Seigle and Ali Mann Stevens about their powerful new anthology, MATERNAL HOPE: Stories of Unseen Struggles, Unexpected Resilience, and the Untold Ways Families Are Made. Camille and Ali share their own raw, vulnerable stories—from postpartum despair to devastating pregnancy and infant loss—and discuss how connection, storytelling, and honesty can transform isolation into hope.

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Share, rate, & review the podcast, and follow Zibby on Instagram @zibbyowens!

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A story for the messy middle. Zibby's essay collection Between Chapters is out now!

Love to listen? She narrated the audiobook.

Listen on Spotify here.

Listen on Apple here.

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Belle Burden, STRANGERS: A Memoir of Marriage Jan 13, 2026

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Zibby chats with debut author Belle Burden about STRANGERS: A Memoir of Marriage, an unforgettable, aching, transcendent exploration of love, betrayal, and rebuilding after the sudden end of a marriage (and Zibby's Book Club pick!). Belledescribes the shock of her husband leaving during COVID, the disorienting aftermath, and how she pieced together meaning without answers. She and Zibby talk candidly about family legacies, grief, parenting through trauma, community, and the power of writing to make sense of the unimaginable.

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Share, rate, & review the podcast, and follow Zibby on Instagram @zibbyowens!

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A story for the messy middle. Zibby's essay collection Between Chapters is out now!

Love to listen? She narrated the audiobook.

Listen on Spotify here.

Listen on Apple here.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.