4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Zibby is joined by creator and star of The Nanny and founder of The Cancer Schmancer Movement, Fran Drescher, to talk about her 2003 New York Times bestseller, Cancer Schmancer, and how its release changed her life forever. After sharing her journey battling uterine cancer, Fran realized just how common her story was and set out on a mission to help everyone live cleaner and healthier lives. If you'd like to participate in Fran's Mahjong Tournament fundraiser, hosted by Modern Mahjong and benefitting the Cancer Schmancer Movement, sign up at cancerschmancer.org.
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0:00.0 | Hi, this is Libby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
0:07.0 | I'm also the host of Moms Don't Have Time to Lose Weight, and I'm the editor of the anthology, |
0:12.2 | which you should run out and buy called Moms Don't Have Time to, a quarantine anthology. |
0:16.8 | All proceeds of that book go to COVID-19 vaccine research. |
0:20.4 | And I'm the editor-in-chief of Moms Don't Have Time to Write a new publication on Medium. |
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0:29.1 | And if all that isn't enough, you can follow me on Instagram at Zibi Owens. |
0:32.9 | And my website is Zibby Owens.com. |
0:34.8 | Okay, now back to this amazing podcast. |
0:40.8 | Fran Dresher is the internationally famous actress of The Nanny, the show that ran on CBS from 1993 to 1991, and made Dresher an instant |
0:49.2 | star. She has since appeared in many things on TV and film and Broadway. |
0:55.4 | And her personal life is what inspired the Cancer Schmancer movement, which we're talking about in this episode. |
1:03.5 | She's currently doing a fundraiser for Cancer Schmancer through modern Mahjong. |
1:08.8 | So if you play Mahjong and you care about fighting cancer you should go to |
1:13.2 | modern mahjong.com and go check it out and you should sign up and each person is about i think |
1:20.0 | $25 per slot and you can sign up to four friends and play mahjong and donate all proceeds to cancer |
1:26.8 | schmancer. |
1:33.3 | You will hear in our interview, but Fran battled uterine cancer years ago and has made it her life's mission to help raise awareness and prevent it from occurring to other |
1:37.8 | people, which is just so awesome. |
1:39.7 | So listen to our episode and also go to modern majean.com. |
1:45.7 | And right now, go sign up for this virtual fundraiser that's going on for about a week |
1:50.6 | and go do some good in the world. |
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