
Open Book with Jenna
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Latest episode: Thu May 08 2025
TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager is an open book and is known for sharing all of who she is. Now Jenna will bring intimate, inspiring and entertaining conversations with celebrities, experts, friends, authors, and book lovers to a wider audience in her new podcast, Open Book with Jenna. Each week, she’s joined by a guest who shares candid stories about their life, current projects, and reveals how a favorite read or a first book may have influenced their path. Join Jenna as she continues her mission to connect people, create meaningful conversations, and share her love of storytelling.
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- May8TikTok star Tinx On Her Debut Novel, Social Media, and Dating Trends42mins
- May1Emily Henry On Redefining the Romance Genre38mins
- Apr24‘Giggly Squad’ Hosts Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo On Friendship, Humor & New Book47mins
- Apr17Jasmine Guillory On Writing Her Own Happily Ever After41mins
- Apr10Aliza Pressman On “The 5 Principles of Parenting”48mins
- Apr3Comedian Heather McMahan On Humor and Heartbreak44mins
- Mar27‘Saturday Night Live’s’ Ego Nwodim On How Improv Changed Her Life43mins
- Mar20“The Nightingale’ Author Kristin Hannah On How She Went From Lawyer to Bestselling Author43mins
- Mar13‘Onyx Storm’ Author Rebecca Yarros On Living Out Her Childhood Fantasy36mins
- Jan9“The Summer I Turned Pretty” Author Jenny Han On Representation, Coming of Age, & Building a Media Empire39mins
- Jan2“Blue Sisters” Author Coco Mellors on The Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood31mins
- Dec19Best Books of 2024 with Authors Emma Straub & Isaac Fitzgerald53mins
- Dec19Jamie Lee Curtis On The Importance Of Uplifting Others34mins
- Dec12Riley Keough on Finishing Lisa Marie’s Memoir ‘From Here to the Great Unknown’32mins
- Dec5Matt Rogers on “Las Culturistas” Podcast, Overcoming Setbacks, & Living Life Authentically43mins
- Nov27‘Wicked’ Director Jon M. Chu On Creating His Own Yellow Brick Road46mins
- Nov20Keke Palmer On Her Memoir ‘The Master of Me’36mins
- Nov14‘Big Little Lies’ Author Liane Moriarty On New Novel ‘Here One Moment’35mins
- Oct31Ann Patchett On Independent Bookstores, Book Bans, and Book Recommendations41mins
- Oct24“The Notebook” Author Nicholas Sparks On Writing Romance Novels & Movies32mins
- Oct17Stanley Tucci Gives Us A Taste Of What He Ate In One Year29mins
- Oct10Emily Henry On Becoming the Queen of the Beach Read38mins
- Oct3Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert On Cooking & Laughing Together29mins
- Sep26Introducing: Open Book with Jenna2mins
- Aug15‘All the Colors of the Dark” Author Chris Whitaker on How Writing Saved His Life40mins
- Aug8“It Ends with Us” Writer Colleen Hoover On The Film Adaptation of Her Novel32mins
- Jul25Sarah J. Maas On How BookTok Helped Her Become Publishing Royalty36mins
- Dec21Luke Russert: "I'm Still a Work in Progress"31mins
- Dec14Tara Westover: “I Wanted a Different Life”34mins
- Dec12BONUS: Book Picks for the Holiday Season6mins
- Dec7Mo Willems: "My Books Are an Invitation to Be Creative"23mins
- Nov30Steven Rowley: “Inspired by a Very Real Love Story”31mins
- Nov16Helen Ellis: “Marriage Is Play”32mins
- Nov9Kate DiCamillo: "I Learned to Live in My Imagination”47mins
- Nov2R.L. Stine: "I Never Planned to Be Scary ... I Was Always Funny"18mins
- Oct26Jerry Seinfeld: “The Fun Is in the Ordinary”22mins
- Oct19Margaret Atwood: "We All Have Bits of Hopefulness Built In"26mins
- Oct12Amor Towles: "All From a Message in a Bottle"51mins
- Oct5Ruth Simmons: "Be Open to Learning From Everything"44mins
- Sep28Judy Blume: "I'm an Optimist"37mins
- Sep21Javier Zamora: "I Survived the Unsurvivable"32mins
- Sep21Colleen Hoover: "Make Every Book Better Than the One Before It"32mins
- Sep13Introducing: Read with Jenna2mins