Matthew McConaughey, JUST BECAUSE

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Zibby Owens

Connection, Inspiration, Moms, Entertainment, Arts, Reading, Books, Parenting, Literary

4.4 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Zibby interviews Academy Award-winning actor and #1 New York Times bestselling author Matthew McConaughey about his soulful, humorous, and irreverent debut picture book, Just Because. Matthew shares the inspiration behind this book (he dreamed it!) and the lessons it imparts about leadership, courage, and trying new things. He also shares some anecdotes from his memoir Greenlights, his thoughts on philanthropy, the topic of his next book, and his best advice for aspiring authors.

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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 one one one three montana avenue at 11th street in san monica i hope that you are able to
0:47.0	enjoy some of our other offerings but this here podcast is the basis of all of it and started in
0:53.3	2018 and no matter what i do this is basically my of all of it and started in 2018. And no matter what I do, this is basically
0:56.5	my favorite thing. Enjoy. Okay, today's guest is Matthew McConaughey. He's here to talk
1:08.9	about his new children's book just because. And now I'm going to read his
1:12.2	bio, but let me just say this was a complete and total thrill. I have been a fan for a very long time,
1:18.2	as I'm sure many of you are as well. I also listened to all of Green Lights all summer long
1:23.6	on Audible in the car, and it, I feel like he just drove all over with me.
1:29.8	Anyway, Texas native Matthew McConaughey is one of Hollywood's most sought-after leading men.
1:34.6	A chance meeting in Austin with casting director and producer Don Phillips led him to director
1:39.2	Richard Linklater, who launched the actor's career in the cult classic, dazed and confused.
1:44.7	Since then, he has won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Ron Woodruff in Dallas Buyers Club.
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