Totally Booked with Zibby

Christine Mangan, PALACE OF THE DROWNED

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Christine Mangan walks Zibby through her worldly life story and how her experiences have directly led to a number of plot points in her writing. The t...

Zakiya Dalila Harris, THE OTHER BLACK GIRL

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zakiya Dalila Harris tells Zibby about how she knew it was the right time to leave her job in the publishing industry to focus on her own writing, the...

Nicola Yoon, INSTRUCTIONS FOR DANCING

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

#1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star, Nicola Yoon, is back with another amazing novel, Instructio...

Cindy McCain, STRONGER

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"I have a voice at this moment in time. I have a voice that I can use for good. I intend to keep using it as long as I can." Cindy McCain joins Zibby ...

Zibby's Interview with Malcolm Gladwell

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zibby did an Instagram Live for @gmabookclub with bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell about his new book, The Bomber Mafia, already a New York Times b...

Daniel James Brown, FACING THE MOUNTAIN

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zibby is joined by narrative nonfiction author Daniel James Brown to talk about his latest book which has already hit the New York Times bestseller li...

Mallory Weggemann, LIMITLESS

30 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"Asking for help does not make us weak. It's honestly probably the strongest thing that we can do." Paralympian swimmer Mallory Weggemann takes Zibby ...

Amanda M. Fairbanks, THE LOST BOYS OF MONTAUK

29 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"There's a lot of darkness, but there has to be some sort of sliver of light that we keep going. I do think these stories help us feel less alone. I d...

Rabbi Steve Leder

28 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"It's very hard to demonize someone you know and care about. It's very easy to objectify someone you know nothing about. We really need each other." R...

Carol Orange, A DISCERNING EYE

28 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zibby is joined by Carol Orange to talk about her debut novel, A Discerning Eye, and the rich art history at its core. The pair discuss Carol's career...

Jessica Anya Blau, MARY JANE

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Anya Blau joins Zibby to discuss her latest novel, Mary Jane, which was written in part over FaceTime with friends during the pandemic. The tw...

Gabriela Garcia, OF WOMEN AND SALT

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gabriela Garcia joins Zibby to talk about her debut novel, Of Women and Salt, which was a Good Morning America pick for April. The two discuss the var...

Michelle Williams, CHECKING IN

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"We're waiting on everybody to check in on us. No, you can check in on somebody, too. You don't know what they're going through." Grammy Award-winning...

Dwayne Reed, SIMON B. RHYMIN'

24 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zibby is joined by Dwayne Reed, the teacher who went viral for his creative and educational YouTube videos, to talk about his latest book, Simon B. Rh...

Brooke Baldwin, HUDDLE: How Women Unlock Their Collective Power

21 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Former CNN anchor and journalist Brooke Baldwin joins Zibby to talk about how essential it is for women to cultivate their communities —or...

Anna Sale, LET'S TALK ABOUT HARD THINGS

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"One of the big messages of the book that I hope people allow in is: some hard conversations are hard because you're uncovering a truth that you're no...

Cate Doty, MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"I think that we tell these stories to put it in the record, to honor these people, to showcase them for who they really are." Zibby is joined by form...

Abigail Tucker, MOM GENES

18 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Abigail Tucker joins Zibby to break down the science in her latest book. The two talk about the research that is being conducted on how "mommy brain" ...

Deborah Goodrich Royce, RUBY FALLS

17 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zibby is joined by Deborah Goodrich Royce, owner of the Ocean House Hotel (the site of the Moms Don't Have Time to Travel Retreat!!) and author of the...

Maggie Shipstead, GREAT CIRCLE

14 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This month's Read with Jenna/Today Show book pick!! Maggie Shipstead, author of Great Circle, joins Zibby to talk about her latest book which took alm...

Laura Dave, THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME (Apple Movie)

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This month's Reese's Book Club pick and number 1 on the bestseller list!! Author Laura Dave explains why she couldn't let the story behind her latest ...

Jean Hanff Korelitz, THE PLOT

12 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"It's a great thing about books in general: they don't go anywhere." Jean Hanff Korelitz joins to discuss missing Zibby's in-person salons, ...

Naomi Davis, A COAT OF YELLOW PAINT

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zibby talks with Naomi Davis, author of A Coat of Yellow Paint and creator of the Love Taza blog. The two discussed motherhood in some of its many sha...

Jessica Bacal, THE REJECTION THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

10 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“If you never get rejected, then it means you’re never trying anything that really pushes you in a way that you’ll grow.” Zibby is joined by J...

Sybille van Kempen, LOAVES & FISHES FARM SERIES

09 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zibby is joined by Sybille van Kempen, author of the Loaves & Fishes Farm Series cookbooks and owner of the Loaves & Fishes Foodstore, which Z...

Victor Wooten, THE SPIRIT OF MUSIC: The Lesson Continues

08 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“Music is not about music. Music is about life. If we lose sight of what life is about, then our music suffers.” Grammy Award-winning musician Vic...

Tung Nguyen, Katherine Manning, and Lyn Nguyen, MANGO & PEPPERCORNS

07 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"The funny thing is, that's what we did as a family: some families take vacations, my family worked together." Lyn Nguyen talks with Zibby about ...

Emma Gannon, OLIVE

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"I think most people do doubt their decisions. It's so human to just be like, 'Have I done the right thing here?'" Debut novelist and fellow podcaster...

Mark K. Shriver, 10 HIDDEN HEROES

05 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"So many people in America focus on the concept of greatness, on power and prestige, and celebrity and money. I'm really interested in the folks who d...

Lisa Gardner, BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED

04 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lisa Gardner joins Zibby to discuss her latest thriller, Before She Disappeared, as well as how she grew attached to both the story and the novel's pr...

Alison Bechdel, THE SECRET TO SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH

04 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"I was born in 1960, which is pretty much when, as a culture, we started exercising." Cartoonist and memoirist Alison Bechdel talks with Zibby about h...

Kelly Corrigan, HELLO WORLD

03 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"You're always three questions away from a world-class conversation.”Bestselling author of The Middle Place, Glitter and Glue, and Tell Me More Kell...

Stephanie Butnick, THE NEWISH JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA

02 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"It's sort of an invitation to a million conversations.” Author, editor, and podcast host Stephanie Butnick shares the inspiration behind "The Newis...

Robinne Lee, THE IDEA OF YOU

01 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Actress and author Robinne Lee discuss the inspiration behind the May-December romance in her novel, The Idea of You, and how birthing her first ...

Kristy Woodson Harvey, UNDER THE SOUTHERN SKY

30 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zibby had the privilege of moderating author Kristy Woodson Harvey’s virtual tour event with Left Bank Books for her new novel, Under the South...

Gina Frangello, BLOW YOUR HOUSE DOWN

30 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"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...

Adriana Trigiani, REUNION BEACH

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"We always just pretended like we knew each other for a hundred years because that's what it felt like.” In her moving interview with Zibby, Adriana...

Jesse Q Sutanto, DIAL A FOR AUNTIES

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"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 w...

Vince Granata, EVERYTHING IS FINE

27 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"If there were any means by which I could get some control over this out-of-control story, it had to be through writing." Vince Granata talks with Zib...

Michaeleen Doucleff, HUNT, GATHER, PARENT

26 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"We Westerners are the exception. This conflict-ridden existence between parents and children is not super universal and not actually really common at...

Lynn Berger, SECOND THOUGHTS

25 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"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...

Emma Straub, ALL ADULTS HERE

24 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Independent Bookstore Day!!!! Author and owner of Books Are Magic Emma Straub answers all of Zibby's questions about owning an independent books...

Alena Dillon, THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD

23 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alena Dillon joins Zibby to talk about the research on USA Gymnastics that went into her new book, The Happiest Girl in the World, as well a...

Gail Crowther, THREE-MARTINI AFTERNOONS AT THE RITZ

22 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sociologist and author Gail Crowther joins Zibby to talk about her latest book, Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath &a...

Jessica Bruder, NOMADLAND

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"One of my great hopes for the movie and for the book is that when people have been inside a different experience, that when they look at people, they...

Alison Hammer, LITTLE PIECES OF ME

20 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Alison Hammer joins Zibby to talk about her new book, Little Pieces of Me, as well as the other six projects she has going on at the moment. The two t...

Meg Mason, SORROW AND BLISS

19 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"I'm so grateful to anyone who's read the book or passed the book onto someone or posted about it because it wouldn't exist without all of that." Meg ...

Kristin Van Ogtrop, DID I SAY THAT OUT LOUD

18 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"Whether you're dealing with your muffin top over the waistband of your pants or friends who die too young or careers that blow up or slowly shrivel o...

Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, THE GIRLS ARE ALL SO NICE HERE

17 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Former model and YA writer Laurie Elizabeth Flynn talks with Zibby about her debut adult novel, The Girls Are All So Nice Here, and her process o...

Dr. Amy Shah, I'M SO EFFING TIRED

16 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"Fixing fatigue is not about doing less. Look, we did less during this past year, and we were more tired than ever. It's not about doing less. It's ac...

Megan Wagner Lloyd & Michelle Mee Nutter, ALLERGIC

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zibby talks with the author and illustrator duo behind Allergic, Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter, about their process of working together ...

J. Nicole Jones, LOW COUNTRY

14 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"I started writing just to remember her stories and her voice in this world that doesn't exist anymore." Zibby is joined by fellow memoir enthusiast ...

Anne Lamott, DUSK, NIGHT, DAWN

14 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"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 d...

Paula McLain, WHEN THE STARS GO DARK

13 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"We're all shades of gray. There's always complexity in the human story. That's what I'm interested in.” Paula McLain shares how the inspiration for...

Jenny Lawson, BROKEN (IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY)

12 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"These anonymous people who are struggling have no idea that they saved people's lives. I just think it really speaks to how wonderful it is when we c...

Julie Metz, EVA AND EVE

11 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"As soon as we can all go out again, I really think it's so important to recapture that feeling of connection to our friends and our family." Julie Me...

Donna Freitas, THE NINE LIVES OF ROSE NAPOLITANO

10 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"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...

Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, GOOD COMPANY

09 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"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." ...

Dawnie Walton, THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dawnie Walton talks with Zibby about how she made the pivot from her twenty-year career in journalism to writing her debut novel, The Final Revival o...

Sanjena Sathian, GOLD DIGGERS

07 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"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 floatin...

Judy Batalion, THE LIGHT OF DAYS

06 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"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 the...

Jessica Winter, THE FOURTH CHILD

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Novelist Jessica Winter talks with Zibby about her incredible career trajectory (she’s currently an executive editor at The New Yorker!) and imparts...

Tamara Winfrey Harris, DEAR BLACK GIRL

04 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tamara Winfrey Harris joins Zibby to discuss her new book of heartwarming letters from Black women to help guide, protect, and inspire the next genera...

Sherry Turkle, THE EMPATHY DIARIES

03 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

MIT Professor Sherry Turkle has long been revered for her research on society's relationship with technology. In her newest book, The Empathy Diaries...

Ilona Bannister, WHEN I RAN AWAY

02 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"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 Il...

Patric Richardson, LAUNDRY LOVE: FINDING JOY IN A COMMON CHORE

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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. ...

James Brown, APOLOGY TO THE YOUNG ADDICT

31 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"In the end when all is said and done and it comes time for me to depart, I want my children to remember me and say, 'Hey, Dad had some problems, but ...

Dave Eggers, WE BECAME JAGUARS

30 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"Generally speaking, kids are just so full of wonder and awe and enthusiasm for everything that they are, in a way, the best audience." NYT Bestsellin...

Vijay Vad, BACK RX

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"I wanted to be in a medical specialty where I restore people's quality of life. I don't save lives going to work every day, but hopefully, I save the...

Arianna Huffington & Marina Khidekel, YOUR TIME TO THRIVE

28 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Founder of the Huffington Post and Thrive Global, Arianna Huffington, and Thrive Global's Head of Content Development, Marina Khidekel, talk with Zib...

Chris Whitaker, WE BEGIN AT THE END

27 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"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 s...

Alan Silberberg, MEET THE MATZAH

26 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"It was a healing, life-changing process of creating art." Alan Silberberg and Zibby talk about his new picture book Meet the Matzah, approaching grie...

Tracey Cox, GREAT SEX STARTS AT 50

25 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"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 talk...

Alexander Nemerov, FIERCE POISE

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"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 Alex...

Claire Lombardo, THE MOST FUN WE EVER HAD

23 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Claire Lombardo walks Zibby through the roundabout way she became an author, her experience at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and what she learned when h...

Katie Sise, OPEN HOUSE

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 kn...

RE-RELEASE! Lena Dunham, NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL

21 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

Joyce Carol Oates, THE (OTHER) YOU

20 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zibby interviewed literary legend Joyce Carol Oates as part of Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center's 'Women on the Move' series. Their recorded conversat...

Melissa Bernstein, LIFELINES

19 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"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-foun...

Anna Quindlen, NANAVILLE

18 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"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...

Anita Moorjani, SENSITIVE IS THE NEW STRONG

17 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"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 ...

Lake Bell, Lennon Parham, and Amy Solomon, NOTES FROM THE BATHROOM LINE

16 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"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...

Sarah Langan, GOOD NEIGHBORS

15 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Langan reignites Zibby's inner psychology major as the two discuss the social experiments that inspired Sarah's new book Good Neighbors, why sh...

Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, HUNGRY HEARTS: Essays on Courage, Desire, and Belonging

14 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"The truth is that the details of your story are your superpower." Zibby meets fellow anthology editor Jennifer Rudolph Walsh to talk about the connec...

Maisy Card, THESE GHOSTS ARE FAMILY

13 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Author and librarian Maisy Card talks with Zibby about how family secrets inspired her novel, These Ghosts Are Family. She shares the book’s 12-year...

Jeanine Cummins, AMERICAN DIRT: A NOVEL

12 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zibby interviewed Jeanine Cummins, author of American Dirt, as part of Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center's 'Women on the Move' series. Their recorded c...

Leslie Lehr, A BOOB'S LIFE

11 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“I understand how the culture created this situation where we all had these expectations for our lives that has to do with having boobs and how we j...

Luvvie Ajayi Jones, PROFESSIONAL TROUBLEMAKER

10 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“My journey is a series of moments where I chose to not be moved by the fear that I felt.” The ever-inspirational Luvvie Ajayi Jones redefines wha...

Jamie Figueroa, BROTHER, SISTER, MOTHER, EXPLORER

09 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"It's another great function of stories and of literature to remind us of our humanness, of our sense of compassion, and that deep essential quality t...

Courtney Zoffness, SPILT MILK

08 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“I found after becoming a mom that I was responding to various experiences or happenings in really particular ways.” Professor, author, and mother...

Annabelle Gurwitch, YOU'RE LEAVING WHEN?

07 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"I try to write these stories that actually redeem experiences because complaining would just be too easy.” Annabelle Gurwitch talks with Zibby abou...

Jason Gay, LITTLE VICTORIES

06 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“An important part of being a columnist is failing every once in a while or somewhat on the regular. You write the bad ones so you can write the goo...

Kitty O'Meara, AND THE PEOPLE STAYED HOME

05 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kitty O’Meara’s poem, And the People Stayed Home, went absolutely viral during the pandemic (the irony of which is not lost on her). She sits down...

Julia Turshen, SIMPLY JULIA

04 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“It’s like you unveiled yourself over every dish.” Zibby talks with cookbook author Julia Turshen about the deeply personal nature of Julia's 15...

Kayleen Schaefer, BUT YOU'RE STILL SO YOUNG

03 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

"You thought that when you arrived at X age you would be finished, but we're not ever finished.” Kayleen Schaefer talks with Zibby about her experie...

Patricia Engel, INFINITE COUNTRY

02 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“Diaspora is the world’s condition.” Patricia Engel talks with Zibby about growing up the daughter of immigrants, the ingrained pull of an ances...

Tanya Selvaratnam, ASSUME NOTHING

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“I wrote my way out of the darkness.” Tanya Selvaratnam talks with Zibby about the intimate partner violence she suffered in a past abusive relati...

Joann Lublin, POWER MOMS: HOW EXECUTIVE MOTHERS NAVIGATE WORK AND LIFE

28 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Joann Lublin dismisses the myth of work-life balance and makes a case instead for “work-life sway.” She shares with Zibby the biggest challenges s...

Katrina Adams, OWN THE ARENA

27 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tennis guru and head of the USTA Katrina Adams talks about her success on and off the court -- including her role in a dramatic moment with Serena Wil...

Julia Fine, THE UPSTAIRS HOUSE

26 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This frank conversation made Zibby rethink her relationship to “Good Night, Moon” forever as she chatted with novelist Julia Fine about the ways m...