Dana Brown, DILETTANTE: True Tales of Excess, Triumph, and Disaster

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Zibby Owens

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4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Zibby is joined by the former deputy editor of Vanity Fair Dana Brown to talk about his debut memoir, Dilettante. The two discuss what they miss about the heyday of print magazines, the crazy true story of how Dana got his start at Condé Nast, and how working for the magazine helped him find where he belonged. Dana and Zibby also connect over the summer their times at VF overlapped and Dana shares what he's currently reading.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening
0:06.8	to right now. Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. It is a daily podcast,
0:12.0	365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their
0:18.2	career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or
0:21.1	less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this
0:25.9	podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature,
0:31.8	wherever books are sold starting July 1st, and my children's book, Princess Charming. You can
0:37.4	learn more about me at Zibby Owens.com,
0:39.5	but really you're here to learn more about the authors,
0:42.2	and that is what we're going to do.
0:44.4	Also, be sure to check out all the other podcasts
0:46.9	in the ZCast Podcast Network.
0:49.4	You can learn more at ZCastnetwork.com
0:51.9	and definitely check out those shows as well.
0:58.3	Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Dana Brown is the author of Dilettant, True Tales of Excess, Triumph, and Disaster.
1:03.4	Dana is the former deputy editor of Vanity Fair, where he was responsible for hundreds of
1:07.7	future stories on topics reigning from geopolitics to business, pop culture to crime,
1:12.2	and high society scandal to the art world, a number of which were recognized by the National
1:16.0	Magazine Awards. He has also written and developed films and television pilots for Miramax,
1:20.7	Hulu, AMC, Imagine Entertainment, and CBS. He lives in New York City. Welcome, Dana. Thank you so much
1:26.4	for coming on Mom's Don't Have Time to Read Books to discuss Dilettante,
1:29.7	True Tales of Excess, Triumph, and Disaster.
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