Brooke Bentley & Julia Whelan, SIDELINE CONFIDENTIAL

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Zibby welcomes author Brooke Bentley and audiobook narrator Julia Whelan to discuss SIDELINE CONFIDENTIAL, a powerful novel that explores the challenges women face in the male-dominated world of professional sports media, inspired by Brooke’s time as the first woman to travel with the Houston Texans. Julia, who narrates the audiobook, shares how they worked together to bring the story to life through her new company, Audiobrary, which champions fair compensation for narrators. The trio dives into the evolution of women’s roles in the NFL, the book’s unexpected connection to the Taylor Swift effect, and the importance of telling authentic stories that break free from traditional romance tropes.'

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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.
0:44.4	Brooke Bentley and Julia Waylon are authors and audiobook narrators of Sidelined Confidential, a novel.
0:52.9	Brooke is a former television anchor and award-winning sports reporter.
0:56.5	After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Davidson College,
0:59.4	she received a master's in journalism from the University of Southern California.
1:03.5	Brooke then spent two years working for the Houston Texans
1:06.2	as a media personality and over a decade working in sports journalism.
1:10.9	Brooke now devotes her time to championing local nonprofits, including homemade help,
1:15.1	where she served as the development director.
1:17.4	She and her husband live in Houston and are raising two young boys.
1:21.5	Julia Waylon is the narrator of the audiobook of Sideline Confidential.
1:26.6	Having narrated over 600 audiobooks in all genres,
1:31.0	Waylon is, by industry standards, consider one of the top narrators recording today. I agree.
1:37.6	She's repeatedly featured on audiophile magazine's annual best-of lists and is a Grammy-nominated
1:42.7	audiobook director. Julia has acquired multiple
1:45.7	Audies and Sovas, Society of Voice Arts Awards, including for the performance of her own novel,
1:51.8	My Oxford Year. She has won dozens of earphone awards, the audio award for Best Female
1:56.7	Narrator of 2019, and was presented with Audiophile magazine's Lifetime Achievement Golden Voice
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