An Earlier Hostage Speaks Out
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Mimi Nichter was an American teenager returning from a summer in Israel on September 6th, 1970 when the plane she was on was hijacked. She was then taken hostage. Until recently, she’d never shared what happened. With the release of her memoir, Hostage: A Memoir of Terrorism, Trauma, and Resilience, she sets the stage for how what happened to her has echoes in the news literally today. I’m embarrassed to say I’d never heard about this flight hijacking. Now I can’t forget it.
Share, rate, & review the podcast, and follow Zibby on Instagram @zibbyowens!
** If you enjoy recommending things you love and even earning from it, you have to become a creator on ShopMy! You'll be able to see that your recommendations matter. Click my referral code here to learn more! ***
** Want another secret podcast? If you sign up for my Z.I.P. Membership program, you'll get access to an exclusive podcast called Zibby's Show Notes, the behind-the-scenes of everything! Head to zibbyowens.com/subscribe to sign up.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby. Formerly, moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show, I interview today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators, whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author, and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive |
| 0:24.0 | look at everything that's coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don't |
| 0:29.3 | have to. |
| 0:30.3 | Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do every single day. |
| 0:36.2 | For more information, go to zibbimedia.com and follow me on Instagram |
| 0:40.2 | at Zibby Owens. Mimi Nictor is the author of Hostage, a memoir of terrorism, trauma, and |
| 0:50.1 | resilience. This is not related to the current day hostage situation. This applies to something |
| 0:57.4 | that happened in 1970 and is a situation that I read about in the book, learned all about, |
| 1:06.1 | didn't even know about, I'm embarrassed to admit, even though it happened before I was born, |
| 1:09.9 | but, you know, history I should have known. Mimi gives us a front row seat and what it was like for her when she |
| 1:16.1 | was 20 years old going through this horrific experience on a flight from Israel, back to the |
| 1:22.2 | States when her plane was hijacked and she was taken hostage. However, it sounds depressing. It's really inspiring. |
| 1:29.2 | Mimi sort of shoved down these memories for many, many years and is just now writing and talking |
| 1:34.7 | about it. And it's amazing. Also sad how little things have changed, but also inspiring by how |
| 1:41.3 | everybody can get through everything. Not everybody. Well, you know what I mean. |
| 1:45.1 | Here's her bio. Mimi Nichter is a cultural and medical anthropologist, public speaker, and a professor |
| 1:50.2 | emerita of anthropology at the University of Arizona. She is the author and co-author of four |
| 1:55.7 | anthropology-related books and the recipient of the Margaret Meade Award and the George Foster |
| 2:00.0 | Practicing Medical Anthropology Award. |
| 2:03.0 | Her essays have appeared in HuffPost Newsweek and Brevity. |
| 2:06.2 | Welcome, Mimi. Thank you so much for coming on Totally Booked to talk about your memoir, hostage, a memoir of terrorism, trauma, and resilience. |
| 2:16.5 | Oh my gosh, what a book. What a story. I can't even believe it. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Zibby Owens, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Zibby Owens and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.