{"podcast":{"title":"Totally Booked with Zibby","slug":"totally-booked-with-zibby-231008","podcast_index_feed_id":231008,"rss_url":"https://access.acast.com/rss/dd9bf09f-c85c-5b84-8fc6-ac7c8574cacc/","website_url":"http://www.zibbymedia.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b786f01695623d36e9514d/1735671955352-5130db34-b505-4d22-8b9e-3533341d1ec5.jpeg","author":"Zibby Owens","episode_count":2443,"summary":"For nearly a decade, Totally Booked with Zibby has been one of publishing's premier podcasts and a regular stop on book tours for today's biggest authors. Hosted by bestselling author, bookstore owner, and publisher Zibby Owens, the show has featured more than 2,000 conversations with bestselling authors, actors, athletes, chefs, musicians, and entrepreneurs. Known for her warmth, empathy, and genuine curiosity, Zibby has a gift for asking the questions that lead to unforgettable conversations. What begins with the book leads to talks about creativity, ambition, love, loss, family, resilience, and reinvention. With thousands of episodes and dozens of industry honors, Totally Booked with Zibby reminds us all that talking about books is really talking about life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T16:20:09.346666+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/totally-booked-with-zibby-231008"},"episode":{"title":"John Searles, SINGLE GIRLS","slug":"john-searles-single-girls","published_at":"2026-07-10T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/totally-booked-with-zibby-231008/john-searles-single-girls","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/totally-booked-with-zibby-231008","url":"https://shows.acast.com/moms-dont-have-time-to-read-books/episodes/john-searles-single-girls","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/moms-dont-have-time-to-read-books/e/6a4fa5de2b60482dd25022a2/media.mp3","summary":"John Searles was an editor at Cosmopolitan back in the Helen Gurley Brown days. That’s why he’s the perfect person to have written Single Girls , this juicy, page-turning read. John and I spoke about his own personal history of loss and how it related to Helen’s past, the evolution of magazines, why he was in the mood to deviate from his typical darker fiction, and how important coworkers really are. Plus, of course, Helen Gurley Brown! After our interview, I was invited to a very swanky launch party at Love Shack Fancy . They even gave me a dress which made me the coolest mom to my daughters who are rarely impressed these days! So an extra special thank you to John!  ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights , which includes a free weekly newsletter, event livestreams, most anticipated book lists, personal essays, and a new essay platform with stories from all of you about what chapters you're in (inspired by my upcoming book Between Chapters: How I Started Over, Took Some Chances, and Found the Plot , 9/22/26). And follow me on Instagram @zibbyowens . But really, keep listening here. If you love my show, please tell a friend! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"John Searles was an editor at Cosmopolitan back in the Helen Gurley Brown days. That’s why he’s the perfect person to have written Single Girls , this jui…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1206,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/totally-booked-with-zibby-231008/episodes/john-searles-single-girls/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/totally-booked-with-zibby-231008/john-searles-single-girls.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}