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Rachel Bertsche is the best-selling author of MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search for a New Best Friend , and Jennifer, Gwyneth & Me: The Pursuit of Happiness, One Celebrity at a Time. I'm obsessed with her latest book called  The Kids Are in Bed: Finding Time for Yourself in the Chaos of Parenting. It’s so on brand for me and my podcast because it's all about finding ways to create and use our #m...

Janelle Brown is the New York Times best-selling author of Watch Me Disappear , All We Ever Wanted Was Everything , and This is Where We Live . Her latest book, Pretty Things , comes out this week! Her suspense-novel about two women, one a con-artist and one an “Insta-famous" heiress, takes deceit and scheming in the age of influencers to an unexplored level. Janelle and I talked about the downsid...

Nicole Kear is the author of the middle grade novel Foreverland , the memoir Now I See You which was on many magazines' best-of lists, the chapter series The Fix-It Friends , and The Startup Squad . Her essays have appeared in the Modern Love column of The New York Times , Good Housekeeping , Parents , Salon, HuffPost, and more. I read Foreverland to my two little guys, ages five and six, and they...

Rebecca Serle is the author of six books, and is a television writer. Her latest novel, In Five Years , is the Good Morning America Book Club pick for March of 2020 and a bestseller on The New York Times list. I interviewed Rebecca on her pub day (this was before the whole coronavirus came out) and there was so much excitement in the air! Her book tour has been cut short, but I have very fond memo...

Darcy Miller is the founder of Darcy Miller Designs and the author and illustrator of Celebrate Everything!: Fun Ideas to Bring Your Parties to Life and also Our Wedding Scrapbook . A "celebrations expert” (how can you not love that?), she has been an editor at Martha Stewart  for 25 years including as editorial director of Martha Stewart Weddings  for 23 years, where she is now editor-at-large. T...

Adrienne Miller is the author of the novel The Coast of Akron and In the Land of Men: A Memoir . She was the literary and fiction editor of Esquire from 1997 to 2006. In the Land of Men  is her coming-of-age story in the male-dominated literary world of the 1990s, during which she became the first female literary editor of Esquire at the age of 25. It's about power dynamics, the workplace, and as...

Before social distancing, I sat down with Serena Burdick, who is the author of the historical novel  The Girls with No Names . She's also the author of Girl in the Afternoon , and is the 2017 International Book Award winner for historical fiction. I was enthralled by her book and totally think it should be a play. Serena and I talked about this story of two sisters, her relationship with her older...

Fanny Singer is the author of  Always Home: A Daughter's Recipes & Stories  with a forward by Alice Waters, her mother. In 2015, the mother-daughter duo published  My Pantry,  which Fanny also illustrated. Her new book, Always Home , is an immersive and sensory experience: a fusion of recipes, stories about food, and her special and inseparable bond with her mother. We talked about mother-daughter...

Marisa Meltzer is the author of This Is Big: How the Founder of Weight Watchers Changed the World (and Me). She co-authored How Sassy Changed My Life  and also  Girl Power , and is a contributor to New York Magazine and  The  New York Times.  Her work has also appeared in  The Wall Street Journal,   Slate,   Elle,  and  Teen Vogue.  The inspiration for her newest book, This Is Big , was sparked wh...

Joanna Hershon is the author of the novels,  Swimming ,  The Outside of August ,  The German Bride,   A Dual Inheritance and, as of the pub day today (!!), St. Ivo. St. Ivo  is a psychological/emotional story that centers on a married couple with something out of control in their lives (don’t want to spoil the plot!!) and how they cope during a reunion with two old friends during a weekend in the...

Janny Scott is the author of the  New York Times  best-selling book  A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother and most recently, The Beneficiary: Fortune, Misfortune and the Story of My Father . As a reporter for  The New York Times  from 1994 to 2008, Janny was a member of the reporting team that won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. Janny’s latest book, The Benef...

Ashley Prentice Norton is the author of novels The Chocolate Money and If You Left . Ashley and I discussed both her books during this interview!  The Chocolate Money  (which I read years ago at a book club I was in!) follows a dysfunctional family dynamic (and is almost a memoir). If You Left  deals with a privileged but damaged Manhattan wife whose marriage is threatened. Ashley bravely talked a...

Tara Schuster is the author of Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There . This humorous and honest book explores Tara's neglectful childhood and how she learned to reparent herself and reframe her thinking. I want to hire Tara to be my on-call reframer!! She has such great advice for finding gratitude and joy in every day. Tara and I discus...

Dibs Baer is a former entertainment writer and editor who worked in the magazine industry for 15+ years. She has written and co-written six books including the  New York Times  bestseller  I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends . Dibs' newest book, Lady Tigers in the Concrete Jungle: How Softball and Sisterhood Saved Lives in the South Bronx , centers on a junior high softball coach Chris Astacio   an...

Casey Schwartz is the author of  Attention : A Love Story  which is part memoir and part comprehensive journalistic exploration of our culture's flagging ability to pay attention. Casey writes about her struggle with Adderall, her parents, psychedelic science, and the four incredible writers who inspire her. Casey and I discussed the idea that Silicon Valley is literally hijacking us through our p...

Laura Prepon, the actress and author of You and I, As Mothers,  and I chatted live on my Instagram Live show last week (“Z-IGTV”). This podcast is a recording of our live conversation. Laura is not only an actor in the Netflix show  Orange Is the New Black , but she directed, too. She was a cast member of That  '70s Show  from 1998 to 2006 and has appeared in  Girl on the Train  and many other fil...

Megan Angelo is the debut author of Followers: A Novel.  Her writing has appeared in  The New York Times ,  where she helped launch comedy coverage,  The Wall Street Journal ,  Glamour ,  Elle , and many other publications. This debut novel takes place in two different time periods. One storyline centers around two girls who hatch a scheme to become famous in the year 2015. The other revolves arou...

Therese Anne Fowler is the  New York Times  best-selling author of novels  Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, A Well-Behaved Woman , and her most recent novel A Good Neighborhood . This contemporary suburban drama centers on a conflict between two families, one black and one white, as they deal with a damaged historic oak tree in the black family's backyard. This book had such a twist of an ending bu...

Bess Kalb is the debut author of Nobody Will Tell You This But Me . She is an Emmy-nominated writer for  Jimmy Kimmel Live  and wrote for the Emmy Awards in 2012 and 2016 and the Academy Awards in 2017 and 2018. She regularly writes for  The New Yorker 's Daily Shouts and received a WGA Award in 2016. Nobody Will Tell You This But Me  is a beautiful memoir written from the voice of her beloved gra...

Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt is the best-selling author of  Rock What You've Got , the children's book  Maverick and Me , and  I Just Graduated ... Now What? Katherine is an animal advocate who serves as an ambassador for Best Friends Animal Society and the ASPCA. She is also married to actor Chris Pratt! Katherine's latest book, The Gift of Forgiveness: Inspiring Stories from Those Who Have Ove...

I’m obsessed with Stephanie Danler’s brilliance. She's the author of the international bestseller  Sweetbitter  and the executive producer of the  Sweetbitter  series on Start (which Kyle and I started watching last weekend - so good!). Her latest book, Stray: A Memoir , is set to release in May of 2020 so you can pre-order it now. This forceful and emotional book explores Stephanie’s life as a ch...

New episode - and so needed right now! Madeline Levine, Ph. D., is a psychologist and the author of the  New York Times  best-selling books  The Price of Privilege  and  Teach Your Children Well . Dr. Levine’s most recent book Ready Or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World could not be more timely or helpful given the current environment. She explores how tod...

Kathleen West is the debut author of Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes . Kathleen uses her experience as both a parent and school teacher to write a pretty perfect novel for today's moms and dads! Kathleen’s story involves a helicopter theater mom who has lost her sense of boundaries, a progressive English teacher who comes under fire for her curriculum, and a social media scandal that ensnares th...

Re-Release! Now is the time to listen to How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t with Your Kids  author Carla Naumburg, Ph. D. share her tips! Is anyone else going a little bit nuts despite how much you love your kids, your parents, your loved ones?! Carla shares so many helpful strategies for dealing with yourself when you’re stressed out and how you manage your relationships better. While this is geared to...

Re-Release! Courtney Maum’s novel, TOUCH, is so timely that I just had to rerelease for you this weekend. This one was of my first podcasts ever so please forgive my beginner skills! Courtney and I discussed her novel which discusses a life without touch, similar to what we’re all going through on a macro level now. She interviewed professional huggers, imagined touch-free body suits and had a cou...