Midlife Reinvention Mixed with ‘90s Princeton University—and Running
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
If you’re in the mood to commiserate with a couple of close friends about the indignities of aging, love in midlife, life at Princeton in the 90s, how to get in shape for running, and more, this is the book for you. Hear from the leading Black and Jewish co-author team Alli Frank and Asha Youmans who call themselves “the Will and Grace of race” in Run for Your Life, Callie Kingman.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby. Formerly, moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show, I interview today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators, whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author, and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive |
| 0:24.0 | look at everything that's coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don't |
| 0:29.3 | have to. |
| 0:30.3 | Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do every single day. |
| 0:36.2 | For more information, go to zibbibbedia.com and follow me on Instagram |
| 0:40.1 | at Zibby Owens. Allie Frank and Asha Humans are co-authors of Run for Your Life, Kelly |
| 0:49.8 | Kingman, which is a novel. We recorded this episode live at the Whitby Hotel. Allie and Asha, you might |
| 0:56.4 | find their name is familiar because they've been on this podcast several times. Also, |
| 1:00.7 | Ali is one of the contributors to On Being Jewish Now, and she also contributed to my moms don't |
| 1:07.1 | have time to anthology back in the day. All Anashe's debut, Tiny Imperfections, |
| 1:13.4 | tackled desperate parents and ill-fated misbehaviors, |
| 1:16.9 | followed by Never Meant to Meet You, |
| 1:19.1 | which mined the comedic and under-explored common ground |
| 1:22.4 | between Black and Jewish experiences in America. |
| 1:25.5 | Then came The Better Half, |
| 1:27.0 | which was a Mindy Kaelig, |
| 1:29.2 | Mindy's book studio production. And their fourth book, Boss Lady, came after that. Now we have |
| 1:35.6 | run for your life, Callie Gengman. Enjoy. Welcome to Totally Booked Live here at the Whitby Hotel. |
| 1:42.5 | I am so excited to be here with our first guest |
| 1:45.1 | of the day, Ali Frank and Asha Humans, who are amazing. Welcome. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, |
| 1:50.8 | you can clap now. For those listening, we are here in front of a packed room of eager book lovers |
| 2:00.7 | on a Sunday morning and just excited to |
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