Live from Zibby Retreat: Tommy Tomlinson, DOGLAND: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show + THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: One Fat Man's Quest to Get Smaller in a Growing America

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🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In this special episode (a live recording at Zibby’s Asheville Retreat!!), Zibby interviews Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Tomlinson about his new book, DOGLAND, and his previous memoir, THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. First, Tommy shares insights into the connection between humans and dogs (through the lens of the Westminster Dog Show) and discusses themes of bonding and companionship. Then, he talks about his memoir, which tells the story of his life as an overweight man in America. He offers raw and vulnerable reflections on his addiction and subsequent health problems, the broader societal factors contributing to this epidemic, and how it has impacted him and the people he loves.

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Dogland: https://bit.ly/3wh9pMR

The Elephant in the Room: https://bit.ly/3UqU2JE

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, and I am the host of this podcast. Moms don't have time to read books.
0:08.1	I am also a newly minted USA Today bestselling author of the novel, Blank.
0:14.2	I've created a whole community of book lovers around this podcast, a publishing company,
0:19.5	reading retreats, a bookstore, and more.
0:21.8	Learn more at zivimedia.com or follow me on social at Zivie Owens or join the community at
0:28.4	Zivie Readers.
0:31.4	Tommy Tomlinson is the author of Dogland, Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slauber at the Westminster
0:36.9	Dog Show, and also the
0:38.9	beautiful memoir, The Elephant in the Room, won Fat Man's Quest to Get Smaller in a Growing
0:44.4	America. Tommy and I did this podcast live at the Asheville Retreat, which was so much fun.
0:51.8	He was a participant for the whole retreat, really got to know him. He's
0:55.0	fabulous, and these books are really first-rate. Here's his bio. Tommy is the host of the podcast,
1:02.2	Southbound at WFAE, Charlotte's NPR Station, and he also does weekly commentaries for the station.
1:09.4	He has a substack newsletter called
1:10.8	The Writing Shed and has written for publications including Esquire, ESPN the magazine, Sports
1:15.9	Illustrated, Forbes, Garden and Gun, and many others. He spent 23 years as a reporter and local
1:21.5	columnist for the Charlotte Observer. He's a graduate of the University of Georgia and was a 2008-9 Neiman Fellow at Harvard University.
1:29.9	Tommy and his wife, Alex Felsing, live in Charlotte.
1:33.3	Welcome, Tommy. Thank you so much for coming on Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
1:37.0	It's my pleasure. Thank you for having me.
1:38.8	My pleasure, too. So we have two books to talk about, and we are doing this as a live event in the Asheville retreat ballroom here, and my dog Naya is literally next to your foot, so I could not have arranged this any better. It's the perfect setting. It's the perfect setting. Okay, two books to discuss. Your book that is just coming out now is called Dogland. Can you tell everybody what it's about? Sure, it's about, well, it's
2:01.8	about a lot of things. It's kind of about the Westminster Dog Show. That's what the subtitle is.
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