Aparna Nancherla, UNRELIABLE NARRATOR: Me, Myself, and Imposter Syndrome
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Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Superstar comedian Aparna Nancherla joins Zibby to discuss her hilarious and strikingly astute memoir in essays, Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome. Aparna describes her writing process (as a “procrastinating perfectionist”), her relationship with her body, her history with anxiety and depression, and her unexpected, unplanned career as a stand-up comedian.
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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. |
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| 0:25.6 | And we have a magazine called Zibby Mag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle |
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| 0:35.4 | And I recently opened a bookstore in L.a called zibby's bookshop |
| 0:40.3 | at one one one three montana avenue at 11th street in san monica i hope that you are able to |
| 0:47.0 | enjoy some of our other offerings but this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in |
| 0:53.3 | 2018 and no matter what i do this is basically my of all of it and started in 2018. And no matter what I do, this is |
| 0:56.1 | basically my favorite thing. Enjoy it. Aparnan-Cirla is the author of unreliable narrator, |
| 1:07.4 | me, myself, and imposter syndrome. Aparnna is a comedian and general silly-billy. |
| 1:12.5 | Her sense of humor is dry, existential, and absurd with notes of uncalled-for whimsy. |
| 1:17.4 | Think a wine you didn't order. You can hear Aparna as the voice of Moon on Fox's the Great |
| 1:22.3 | North, or have heard her as the voice of Hollyhawk on Bojack Horseman. You can currently |
| 1:27.1 | watch Aparna in The Drop on Hulu |
| 1:29.3 | or as Dr. Pocha on Lopez versus Lopez on NBC. You may have watched Aparna as Grace, the belabored |
| 1:36.3 | HR rep on the critically acclaimed Comedy Central show, Corporate. She also has a half-hour special |
| 1:42.1 | on the second season of The Stand-Ups on Netflix, as well as appearances on late night with Stephen Colbert on CBS and two dope queens on HBO. |
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