Nia Sioux, BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID: A Memoir of Persevering, Dancing for Myself, and Starring in My Own Life
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Zibby welcomes former Dance Moms star Nia Sioux to the podcast to discuss her powerful new memoir, BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID: A Memoir of Persevering, Dancing for Myself, and Starring in My Own Life. Joined by a few young fans (Zibby’s kids!), Nia answers heartfelt questions about growing up on reality TV, dealing with pressure and criticism, and learning to stay true to herself. She also opens up about stage fright, friendship, sibling dynamics, and managing her chronic pain disorder.
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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 zibbimedia.com and follow me on Instagram at Zibby Owens. |
| 0:44.6 | Nia Sue is the author of Bottom of the Pyramid, a memoir of persevering, dancing for myself, and starring in my own life. |
| 0:52.8 | This is a non-traditional interview because two of |
| 0:56.1 | my kids and one of their friends interviewed Nia with me and then basically took over the whole |
| 1:01.8 | episode so I didn't even have time to ask all of the questions that I had prepared having read |
| 1:06.3 | the book myself. But I hope that you will enjoy this for any dance moms fans out there or maybe your kids are and you can listen. |
| 1:15.9 | And I found this particularly charming myself. |
| 1:18.2 | I hope you do too. |
| 1:19.2 | Here's more about Nia. |
| 1:20.6 | Entertaining the world since she was nine years old, Nia Sue is continuing to grow and evolve as a performer, singer, actress, author, entrepreneur, |
| 1:28.7 | and social justice advocate. With over 15 million followers and many facets of the entertainment |
| 1:34.1 | industry already under her belt, Nia is truly a multi-hyphenate talent that is up for any |
| 1:40.2 | challenge. With an already established and impressive resume, Nia's most recent projects |
| 1:44.8 | include starring in the Lifetime Original movie, Imperfect High, as well as her critically |
| 1:48.9 | acclaimed original Facebook Watch series, Dance with Nia, which she executive produced. |
| 1:53.6 | Recently, she teamed up with ad counsel to bring further awareness to being vulnerable |
| 1:57.6 | and open in discussing mental health with friends. In 2021, Nia released her |
| 2:02.4 | first children's book, Today I Dance. Nia has previously worked with brands such as Airy, Facebook Watch, |
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