Sonya’s final guest of season 2 is Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles. Mr. Garcetti is the 42nd Mayor of LA; a member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected in 2013 and won re-election in 2017. He is married with one daughter and it was Sonya’s absolute honor and pleasure to talk to him about his formative books in the Rare Books room of the Central Library in downtown LA. 

This week Sonya’s guest is historian Dr. Amanda Foreman. Amanda is author of award-winning best sellers, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire and A World on Fire as well as the BBC/Netflix series The Ascent of Woman. She writes a column for the Wall Street Journal and her next book, The World Made By Women is scheduled to be published later this year. 

Iggy (10) and Phoebe (8) are brother and sister; Jack (11) and Hayden (10) are best friends.

This week Sonya’s guest is her friend novelist Piers Torday. Piers’s first book The Dark Wild won the Guardian’s Children’s Fiction Prize. His books include The Dark Wild trilogy, There May Be a Castle, A Wisp of Wisdom and Winter Magic. 

In this episode Sonya talks to her friend actress, screenwriter and producer Emily Mortimer. Emily’s many credits include Doll and Em, The Newsroom, Shutter Island, Lars and the Real Girl, Lovely and Amazing, and the new Mary Poppins due to be released this fall. 

This week Sonya talks to her friend multidisciplinary artist Nancy Baker Cahill. Nancy is an award-winning artist and founder of the 4th Wall AR art app.

In this episode Sonya talks to novelist John Burnham Schwartz. John’s works include Bicycle Days, Reservation Road, Claire Marvel, The Commoner and Northwest Corner. 

This week Sonya's guest is award-winning architect Barbara Bestor. Barbara is the principal of Bestor Architecture, and the vision behind LA landmarks such as Intelligentsia Coffee, the Silverlake Conservatory of Music and the headquarters for Beats by Dre and Nasty Gal. 

This week Sonya talks books with novelist, journalist and fellow podcaster, Dawn O’Porter. Dawn writes about feminism and women’s lifestyle for numerous publications, hosts the podcast Get It On and is the author of 4 novels, most recently the bestseller, The Cows.

This week Sonya’s guest is novelist Danzy Senna. Danzy’s works include Caucasia (winner of Whiting Award, LA Times Book of the Year), Symptomatic, Where Did You Sleep Last Night? and You Are Free.