4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Zibby interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James B. Stewart about Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy, a jaw-dropping and explosive Succession-esque account of the fight for power at Paramount Global. James describes billionaire media mogul Sumner Redstone’s questionable behavior (and fashion sense) and his fascinating, fraught relationship with his daughter and successor, Shari. Then, he shares the details of his own career (from lawyer to award-winning journalist), his hobbies, his experience working with his co-author Rachel Abrams, and his best advice for aspiring writers.
Purchase on Zibby's Bookshop: http://bit.ly/3K1EMOg
Purchase on Bookshop: https://bit.ly/3KqM1Ri
Subscribe to Zibby's weekly newsletter here.
Purchase Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books merch here.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
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. |
0:21.9 | Our books are already out now. |
0:23.5 | You can check it out on ZippyBooks.com. |
0:25.6 | And we have a magazine called Zibby Mag where we have lots of wonderful essays and lifestyle |
0:31.2 | features. |
0:31.8 | That's at Zibbymag.com. |
0:33.1 | We have classes at Zippy Classes.com. |
0:35.4 | And I recently opened a bookstore in L.A. called Zibby's Bookshop |
0:40.3 | at 1-1-1-3 Montana Avenue at 11th Street in San Monica. I hope that you are able to enjoy some of |
0:47.9 | our other offerings. But this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in 2018. |
0:56.1 | And no matter what I do, this is basically my favorite thing. Enjoy. James B. Stewart is the author of unscripted, |
1:06.3 | the epic battle for media empire and the Redstone family legacy. James Stewart is the author of 10 |
1:13.3 | books, including the New York Times bestsellers, Deep State, Tangled Webbs, and the |
1:18.2 | blockbuster Den of Thieves. Also, Disney War, which I read and absolutely loved. He is currently |
1:23.7 | a columnist for The New York Times and a professor at Columbia Journalism School. |
1:28.1 | In 1988, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the stock market crash and insider |
1:33.3 | trading. Welcome, James. Thank you so much for coming on Mom's Don't Have Time to read books |
1:37.6 | to discuss your latest book, Unscripted, The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone |
1:43.2 | Family Legacy. Welcome. |
1:45.8 | Thank you. Thanks for having me. I have to tell you, I have been such a fan of yours for so long, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Zibby Owens, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Zibby Owens and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.