Bianna Golodryga and Yonit Levi, DON'T FEED THE LION
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Zibby talks with Emmy Award–winning journalist Bianna Golodryga and Israeli news anchor Yonit Levi about their middle-grade novel DON’T FEED THE LION. The book follows three young teens as they confront antisemitism in their school and community, inspired by the authors’ own experiences as mothers navigating rising hate after October 7. Bianna and Yonit share how the story grew from personal conversations into a poignant resource for families, discuss the challenges of helping children understand prejudice, and reflect on balancing their high-profile journalism careers with motherhood and activism.
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| 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 at Zibby Owens. |
| 0:44.7 | Biana Golodriga and Yonit Levy are co-authors of Don't Feed the Lion. |
| 0:51.0 | Biana is an Emmy Award-winning journalist. |
| 0:53.8 | Based in New York, she anchors one world |
| 0:55.7 | with Zane Asher and Biana Golodriga weekdays at 11 a.m. on CNN International and CNN Max, |
| 1:03.1 | and is CNN's senior global affairs analyst. She has reported extensively on Hamas's October 7th attack |
| 1:10.4 | on Israel, |
| 1:11.2 | helped lead CNN's extensive Russian-related coverage, |
| 1:14.4 | and regularly fills in as host of CNN signature programs, including Amampur and Farid Zakaria GPS. |
| 1:22.3 | She lives in New York with her husband, Peter Orszag, and their children. |
| 1:26.6 | Yonit Levy has been the anchor of Israel's top primetime news channel on Channel 12 for the past 22 years. |
| 1:34.6 | That's Israel's most popular television station. |
| 1:37.4 | Throughout her career, she has conducted interviews with top world leaders, including |
| 1:41.0 | President Joe Biden, President Barack Obama, President George W. Bush, Secretary |
| 1:45.6 | Mike Pompeo, Secretary Hillary Clinton, as well as international icons such as Bill Gates, |
| 1:51.7 | Lin-Manuel Miranda, and John Stewart. In 2021, she started a weekly podcast, Unholy, Two Jews on the |
| 1:57.5 | News, with Jonathan Friedland of The Guardian. The podcast discusses world affairs |
| 2:01.8 | from a Jewish perspective and has listeners in more than 120 countries. Levy is married and shares |
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