Zibby Owens - The Literary Influencer You Should Know
Zibby Owens
Zibby Owens has been called New York’s most powerful book-fluencer. Zibby is building a community and a strong base of fans through her award-winning podcast Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books. Listen to Matt’s conversation with Zibby, covering stories that make Matt cry, the value of a Harvard MBA, having Blackstone founder Stephen Schwarzman as your dad, and much more.
In her own podcast, Zibby talks with authors to give her busy listeners the inside scoop. Not Surprisingly, in September 2019, Oprah Magazine listed her podcast as one of the “21 of the Best Book Podcasts to Listen to When You’re Not Reading.” Beyond her podcast, Zibby is a writer and published her first article, a personal essay for Seventeen magazine when she was in high school and has been writing ever since. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, Parents, Real Simple, Redbook, Marie Claire, Shape, SELF, Modern Bride, TODAY Parents, Huff Post, Scary Mommy, What’s Up Moms, Kveller, Mommy Nearest and many others.
She has appeared on Good Morning America, Good Day LA, Good Day DC, ABC-7 Eyewitness News, and NY1.
A graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School, Zibby has a marketing and branding background. She currently lives in the New York area with her four children ages 5-12 and her husband, Kyle Owens.
Read the full transcript here.
Key Topics
Zibby Owens introduction (00:30)
Discussing Zibby’s podcast (01:55)
Zibby’s essays (03:37)
Interviewing Mitch Albom (05:03)
Inspiration for Mom’s Don’t Have Time to Read (08:14)
Deciding which author’s become a guest (11:38)
Zibby’s “self talk” (14:39)
Zibby’s insight on authors (15:11)
Parenting moments that matter (19:21)
Zibby’s Harvard MBA (22:04)
Zibby’s memoir 40 Love (24:46)
Zibby’s children's book deal for Princess Charming (27:48)
Long view example from Zibby (29:29)
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