Poppy Harlow, THE BIGGEST LITTLE BOY: A Christmas Story
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2021
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
CNN anchor, law student, and now author Poppy Harlow joins Zibby to discuss her children's book, The Biggest Little Boy, which was inspired by a real Christmas memory with her son. The two talk about the problems with dedicating books to just one child, what prompted Poppy to go to law school in the middle of her career, and how they're learning to embrace the mess in life as mothers. Poppy also shares the piece of advice that has been changing her self-perception and the two connect over the discomfort of owning up to their achievements.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zibby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:07.1 | If you like this podcast, you will love my new anthology called Moms Don't Have Time to Have Kids. |
| 0:12.9 | Check it out, and you'll hear from 49 authors about all sorts of things moms don't have time to do. |
| 0:17.9 | All the authors have been on this podcast. Also, check out my TikTok at With Zibby and Tracy, my other podcast Sex Talk with Zivie and Tracy. |
| 0:25.8 | Check out Moms Don't Have Time to Write on Medium. |
| 0:28.5 | And of course, my new publishing company called Zivie Books. |
| 0:32.3 | And now back to our daily author interview site and a quick hello from some of my kids. |
| 0:36.9 | Hi. |
| 0:37.4 | Hi. Hello. Enjoy the show. |
| 0:41.4 | Poppy Harlow is the author of The Biggest Little Boy, A Christmas Story. Poppy is a twice |
| 0:46.8 | Emmy-nominated journalist who co-anchors the morning edition of CNN Newsroom and hosts the successful |
| 0:52.6 | podcast, Boss Files with Poppy Harlow. |
| 0:55.5 | Originally from Minnesota, she now lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband, |
| 0:59.2 | Sanisa, and their children, Sienna and Luca. |
| 1:01.8 | You can visit her online at Poppy Harlow, CNN. |
| 1:05.1 | Welcome, Poppy. |
| 1:06.1 | I'm so excited to discuss the biggest little boy at Christmas story, your new children's book. |
| 1:11.8 | I'm so happy to be here as any. Thank you. The hero mom of four. |
| 1:17.6 | A hero mom who like works at CNN commutes to Yale to go to law school. I mean, |
| 1:24.4 | like two kids. I mean, please, seriously. I'm thrilled to be here. Thank you for having me. |
| 1:31.5 | I've had this interesting, uncomfortable feeling this week because people say things like that to be nice, which I appreciate and I love. |
| 1:40.4 | But if they really saw how it really is, like people say, |
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