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Open Book with Jenna

Malala Yousafzai on Healing, Hope and Finding Her Way (October 2025)

Open Book with Jenna

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4.8942 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Malala Yousafzai is a Nobel Peace Prize winner, a global advocate for girls’ education and the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. In this conversation from October 2025, Yousafzai sits down with Jenna to discuss her memoir "Finding My Way," reflecting on her years at Oxford, her mental health, finding love and rebuilding her life after the Taliban attack. Plus, she opens up about her evolving relationship with her mother and why her fight to ensure every girl has access to education remains as urgent as ever.

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0:00.0

Malala Yusafzai has been an outspoken advocate in the fight for every girl's right to an education.

0:14.6

It was nearly 13 years ago when Malala, who was just 15 years old at the time, was shot by a member of the Taliban

0:21.0

while on her way home from school.

0:23.2

In the years since,

0:24.2

she's continued her advocacy work

0:25.9

through the nonprofit she co-founded with her father,

0:28.6

the Malala Fund.

0:29.8

Her work has earned her the Nobel Peace Prize

0:32.4

and made her the youngest Nobel laureate in history.

0:35.9

But away from the cameras and crowd, she spent years struggling to find her place in an unfamiliar

0:40.6

world.

0:41.7

Now, in her deeply personal new memoir, Finding My Way, she's telling her own story, not just as an

0:47.4

activist, but as a young woman coming into her own.

0:50.8

Finding My Way is a story of friendship and first love, of anxiety, and self-discovery, of trying to stay true to yourself when everyone wants to tell you who you are.

1:00.8

Through candid, often messy moments, like merely failing exams and getting ghosted, Malala reminds us that the real role models aren't perfect.

1:09.1

They're human. I sat down with Malala who opens up

1:12.2

about her college experience at Oxford,

1:14.3

her struggles with mental health,

1:16.2

and meeting the love of her life.

1:18.8

I'm Jenna Bush-Hager.

1:19.9

Welcome to my podcast, Open Book with Jenna.

1:41.3

Yeah. Malala, we're so excited that you are with us. I think you have been a storyteller, you know, in many ways, wanting to make sure

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