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Open Book with Jenna

Open Book with Jenna

By: TODAY Jenna Bush Hager
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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.2023 NBCUniversal Media LLC, all rights reserved Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Freida McFadden on Privacy, Passion, and ‘The Housemaid’
    Dec 11 2025

    New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden sits with Jenna Bush Hager to share how she balances life as a physician and a thriller writer. Freida reflects on her early love of writing, how she crafts her trademark twists, and the rise of The Housemaid, now becoming a film starring Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney. She also opens up about maintaining her privacy, writing under a pseudonym, and the craziest rumors she’s heard about herself.


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    34 mins
  • Nate Berkus on Crafting Spaces That Tell Your Story
    Dec 4 2025

    Designer Nate Berkus joins Jenna Bush Hager to discuss his new book, Foundations: Timeless Design That Feels Personal. He reflects on his career journey and how his passion for design began in childhood, inspired early on by his mother’s work as a designer. After college, he launched his own firm and later gained national attention through his appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Nate shares the four core tenets of good design, and how to create spaces that reflect your life, your memories, and the things you love most. He and Jenna also explore their shared love of reading, how literature shapes their approach to parenting, and the impact of the stories they pass on to their children.


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    50 mins
  • Rebecca Yarros on ‘Onyx Storm,’ Writing Through Chronic Illness, and Navigating Fame
    Nov 27 2025

    Rebecca Yarros is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of over twenty novels including ‘Fourth Wing,’ ‘Iron Flame’ and ‘Onyx Storm.’ Her latest and highly anticipated novel ‘Onyx Storm’ is the fastest selling adult novel in twenty years and sold 2.7 million copies in its first week. Rebecca sat down with Jenna Bush Hager to chat about how she drew on her experience with chronic illness and life in a military family to write “Fourth Wing,” and her process to plot out five books in the series. She opens up about balancing fame with motherhood, how readers have resonated with her books and why becoming an author was the dream she always had but never knew was possible.


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    37 mins
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