Andre Agassi, OPEN: An Autobiography

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life.

Zibby: "I am beyond excited to be talking to Andre Agassi today. Andre Agassi really needs no introduction. As a refresher, Andre used to be ranked number one in the world in tennis and won eight Grand Slam singles championships. Now married to Steffi Graf, Andre has two children and is involved in launching charter schools with the Turner-Agassi Foundation. Andre Agassi wrote one of my favorite books of all time. It’s called Open, which I’ll talk about tonight."

“Agassi may have just penned one of the best sports autobiographies of all time. Check—it’s one of the better memoirs out there, period. An unvarnished, at times inspiring story [told] in an arresting, muscular style. Agassi’s memoir is just as entrancing as his tennis game.”—Time

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:06.7	This 30-minute podcast features a new author interviewed by me every single day, 365 days a year, for about 30 minutes.
0:14.9	I am also the publisher for Zibi Books, which publishes 12 books a year in fiction and memoir.
0:21.9	Our books are already out now.
0:23.5	You can check it out on ZippyBooks.com.
0:25.6	And we have a magazine called Zibby Mag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle
0:31.2	features.
0:31.8	That's at Zibbymag.com.
0:33.1	We have classes at Zippy Classes.com.
0:35.4	And I recently opened a bookstore in L.A. called Zibby's Bookshop
0:40.3	at 1-1-1-3 Montana Avenue at 11th Street in San Monica. I hope that you are able to enjoy some of
0:47.9	our other offerings. But this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in 2018.
0:56.5	And no matter what I do, this is basically my favorite thing. Enjoy. Okay, this interview with Andre Agassi was my second interview of all
1:08.0	time. I was literally sweating at my desk doing it. I didn't know what I was
1:12.8	doing. I didn't know how to host a podcast. I had barely interviewed anybody. And I just sort of asked
1:19.0	questions from the heart and we had a great time and he was very accommodating. And I just thought
1:23.8	I would re-release it. I hope I've gotten better at being an interviewer. And even if
1:28.7	not, I just hope you enjoy hearing from Andre Agassi, whose book Open is one of my favorites. And you
1:34.8	should definitely read that. Hi, I'm Zibby Owens, and this is Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
1:40.4	As a mom of four kids in New York City and a writer myself, I know all too well how short everyone is on time, so I'm here to help.
1:47.5	I'm going to interview authors and writers of all types about their work, especially as it relates to parenting and family issues.
1:53.6	Hopefully you can listen while doing 8 million other things and fall in love with these talented scribes in their fantastic books, essays, and songs like I have.
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