Totally Booked with Zibby
Episodes
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...
Jennifer Ryan, THE KITCHEN FRONT: A NOVEL
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Book editor turned novelist Jennifer Ryan talks with Zibby about the inspiration behind her latest WWII-era novel, The Kitchen Front. She shares memor...
Meaghan Murphy, YOUR FULLY CHARGED LIFE: A RADICALLY SIMPLE APPROACH TO HAVING ENDLESS ENERGY AND FILLING EVERY DAY WITH YAY!
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We 100% guarantee that Meaghan B. Murphy’s interview with Zibby will put a smile on your face! In this inspirational chat, the editor-in-chief of Wo...
Elizabeth Miki Brina, SPEAK, OKINAWA: A MEMOIR
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"This is a book that I needed to write my whole life. It's been building up inside of me for a long time.” Elizabeth Miki Brina talks with Zibby abo...
Georgina Lawton, RACELESS
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this moving interview, Georgina Lawton talks with Zibby about the emotional toll of uncovering the long-held secret that explained her black racial...
Vendela Vida, WE RUN THE TIDES: A NOVEL
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“Teenagers, just by their very nature, are shapeshifters.” Acclaimed novelist Vendela Vida explains how a non-fiction book on lies became We Run t...
Emily Layden, ALL GIRLS: A NOVEL
21 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Layden’s All Girls: A Novel, honors “the experience of teenage girlhood in all its depth and capacity.” The former high school teacher tal...
Maria Adelmann, GIRLS OF A CERTAIN AGE
20 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"I find it hard to be in one voice while I'm writing.” Maria Adelmann shares with Zibby why she loves writing (and reading!) short stories, and how ...
Madeleine Dean and Harry Cunnane, UNDER OUR ROOF: A SON'S BATTLE FOR RECOVERY, A MOTHER'S BATTLE FOR HER SON
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Don't give up hope.” Congresswoman Madeleine Dean and her son, Harry Cunnane, have a candid conversation with Zibby about Harry’s past struggles ...
Kristin Hannah, THE FOUR WINDS
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“Books are always the place that my characters go when the world bruises them, or when they need to recharge or regroup and just to enjoy themselves...
Amy Newmark, CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL: MAKING "ME TIME"
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"How great is it to have a job where I get to just share wonderful storytelling with people?” Amy Newmark talks with Zibby about her love of stories...
Zibby Owens, MOMS DON'T HAVE TIME TO: A QUARANTINE ANTHOLOGY
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
IT’S PUB DAY FOR ZIBBY’S ANTHOLOGY! In honor of the big day, we’re releasing a special episode in which Zibby is interviewed by her four kids! T...
David Sedaris, THE BEST OF ME
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"If I'm going to be reading something in front of an audience, I wouldn't want there to be no laughter. I'm not interested in that.” David Sedaris t...
Ladee Hubbard, THE RIB KING
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“I do a lot of research and then try to forget it so I can be a little bit more instinctual when I'm writing.” Ladee Hubbard talks with Zibby abou...
Lauren Edmondson, LADIES OF THE HOUSE
13 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren talks with Zibby about her pandemic pregnancy and her "second baby of the quarantine” — her novel, Ladies of the House: A Modern Retelli...
Chang-rae Lee, MY YEAR ABROAD
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“That's the fun part of writing. You can go anywhere you want.” Chang-rae Lee talks with Zibby about the role of storytellers, how writing helps ...
David Rubenstein, HOW TO LEAD
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David Rubenstein shares with Zibby his thoughts on happiness, mortality, success, and more in this deeply sincere yet humorous chat that runs the conv...
Benjamin Dreyer, Dreyer's English (Adapted for Young Readers)
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Random House copy chief Benjamin Dreyer spoke to Zibby about the bakery sign moment that was his "origin story," why younger people should even care a...
Abigail Dean, GIRL A
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
First time novelist and former lawyer Abigail Dean discusses how she wrote the first half of this book during a leave from work, her writing process, ...
Cameran Eubanks Wimberly, ONE DAY YOU'LL THANK ME
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Former Southern Charm and Real World star Cameran Eubanks Wimberly shares her thoughts on motherhood, celebrity (she hates being called "famous") and ...
Stephanie Thornton Plymale, AMERICAN DAUGHTER
07 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"I fell through every crack.” Stephanie Thornton Plymale talks with Zibby about overcoming past traumas and the liberation that came with owning her...
Robert Jones Jr., THE PROPHETS
06 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"He confirmed my right to be. I bow down to James Baldwin. I adore him.” Robert Jones, Jr. talks with Zibby about adopting James Baldwin as a spir...
Maggie Downs, BRAVER THAN YOU THINK
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie Downs’ incredible memoir recounts the year she spent traveling the world completing her mother’s bucket list while her mom was at home in t...
Peter Ho Davies, A LIE SOMEONE TOLD YOU ABOUT YOURSELF
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What would you do if a prenatal test yielded potentially catastrophic results? Peter Ho Davies and Zibby discuss this question that’s at the center ...
Elin Hilderbrand, TROUBLES IN PARADISE
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Troubles in Paradise is the last of Elin Hilderbrand's delicious trilogy set in the Virgin Islands. Elin and Zibby discussed getting caught up in loca...
Nancy Johnson, THE KINDEST LIE
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Zibby inhaled Nancy's fictionalized story about race, class, and family at the dawn of the Obama era. She loved hearing about Nancy's inspiration for ...
Brandon Hobson, THE REMOVED
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon Hobson knows how to get into characters' heads and likens the process to acting. He talked to Zibby about the themes in his latest novel—a b...
Lauren Fox, SEND FOR ME
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When Lauren Fox was in her twenties she found letters in her parents' basement. Her grandparents had been living with them for years and she found a b...
Cherie Jones, HOW THE ONE-ARMED SISTER SWEEPS HER HOUSE
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cherie Jones's book feels like a classic from another era. Her writing is so vivid. She told Zibby about how her characters are inspired by voices tha...