Jo Piazza, EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU: A Thriller
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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New York Times bestselling author Jo Piazza returns to the podcast, this time to discuss her explosive new #tradwife murder mystery, EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU. Jo describes her deep dive into the “trad wife” influencer phenomenon and shares how motherhood, friendship breakups, modern identity, and the glossy but unsettling world of social media shaped this novel. She also explores the blurred lines between performance and reality online, the unspoken rules of mom culture, and the personal cost of curating a perfect life.
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| 1:16.8 | Joe Piazza is the author of Everyone is lying to you, a thriller. This is a Zibby's book club pick. |
| 1:22.7 | Joe Piazza is the international bestselling author of 12 books, including the Good Morning America |
| 1:26.8 | Book Club pick, We Are Not Like Them, with Christine Pride. She is also host of the critically |
| 1:31.4 | acclaimed Under the Influence podcast. Her work has been featured in the New York Times |
| 1:35.3 | and the Wall Street Journal, among other publications. She lives in Philadelphia with her |
| 1:39.4 | husband and three feral children. Welcome, Joe. Thanks so much for coming back on my show this time to talk |
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