Confessions At The Cabana

After being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, longtime Malibu resident Mikke Pierson made a decision: he wasn’t going to hide from it. He was going to fight back, speak openly, and use his experience to help educate others.

In this deeply personal conversation, Mikke opens up about the early signs he initially dismissed, the moment Alzheimer’s became a reality, and the m...

More than 5 million people watched Dove “fly” through Malibu. But almost no one knew who she was.

Zoe first spotted Dove roller-skating through an outdoor concert in Malibu, completely in the moment and with a smile that was impossible to miss. She filmed her, posted the video — and it went viral.

Then came thousands of comments asking the ...

What does it take to spot an artist before everyone else does - and what really happens behind the doors of an art gallery?

For 24 years, Malibu gallery owner Tracy Park has built a career discovering, representing and championing artists. And along the way, she’s collected some pretty wild stories.

In this episode of Confessions at the Cabana, Zoe sits down with Tracy for a candid conversation about the art world, how she re...

What happens when you leave behind the life everyone knows and begin again as yourself?

British actress Patsy Palmer—best known for playing Bianca Jackson on *EastEnders*—joins fellow Brit Zoe Scott for tea and an honest conversation about immigrating to the United States, building a new life in Malibu, and rediscovering Julie, the woman behind the public name Patsy Palmer.

Patsy opens up about identity, spirituality, f...

What happens when you leave behind a successful career to follow a dream that makes no logical sense?

In this episode of Confessions at the Cabana, Italian entrepreneur and master hat maker Enrico Busto shares how he walked away from a high-paying career as a marketing executive in Italy, moved to California, and took a leap of faith to pursue his passion for handcrafted hats.

Today, Enrico is the founder of Busto & Sun, a besp...

Cisco Adler has spent his life surrounded by music—but growing up as the son of legendary producer Lou Adler came with its own expectations, lessons, and pressures.

Best known for the hit song "Buzzin'" and a career spanning decades as a singer, songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur, Cisco has built a path that's uniquely his own.

In this episode of Confessions at the Cabana, he opens up about the wisdom he inherited from hi...

David Frank, lead singer of the Malibu-based band Little Dume, joins Zoe for a wide-ranging conversation about music, growing up in Malibu, love, privilege, personal growth, and the experiences that shaped both the man and the artist he is today.

He opens up about growing up in Malibu, the advantages—and unexpected challenges—of being surrounded by wealth, success, and opportunity. He candidly talks about being bullied ...

Filmmaker Julie Pacino discusses her directorial debut, I Live Here Now, a surreal psychological horror that digs into trauma, memory and identity as a woman confronts her shadow self to reclaim her body and power.

In a candid interview she covers directing actors, artistic influences (Lynch, Kubrick), therapy and psychedelics, the crown as a symbol of sovereignty, growing up with Al Pacino, and balancing filmmaking with photograph...

IIn this deeply personal episode of Confessions at the Cabana, Lucinda Bassett sits down with Zoe Scott for a raw and emotional conversation about anxiety, trauma, grief, resilience, and rebuilding your life after unimaginable loss. Lucinda candidly shares her personal journey through panic attacks, childhood trauma, her husband’s suicide, financial collapse, and the Malibu fires.

She explains practical tools—breathwork...

Known around the world as the “Superfood Hunter,” Darin Olien became a household name through the Emmy-winning Netflix series "Down to Earth" with Zac Efron.

But this conversation on Confessions at the Cabana goes far beyond health trends, superfoods, and biohacking. Darin sat down with Zoe Scott for what was supposed to be one kind of interview… and it turned into something completely different.

In this intimate...

On this episode of Confessions at the Cabana, we do something that doesn’t happen nearly enough… We give an unhoused person the space to share his story.

~Daremo is a familiar face along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, walking daily with his two dogs, Sweets and Friend, cleaning up trash and caring for the community. Not for recognition—but in the hope of inspiring others to do the same.

He doesn’t res...

A Hollywood composer loses his home in the Woolsey Fire… but the studio where legends recorded is still standing. What does it mean to spend a lifetime creating music… and then lose everything around you—while the one place that holds it all… remains?

In this episode of Confessions at the Cabana, we sit down with legendary Hollywood composer Richard Gibbs—a musician, storyteller, surfer, and family ...

What if healing doesn’t start in the body—but in the soil?

In this powerful episode of Confessions at the Cabana, we sit down with Keiren Clasby, founder of The Malibu Fig Ranch in Malibu, to explore the deep connection between food, community, and true healing. After the devastating Malibu fires, Keiren opened her ranch to offer free lunches to the community, creating a space for people to come together, connect, and ...

In this episode of Confessions at the Cabana, host Zoe Scott sits down with Dr. John Zambetti — A Malibu local, an ER doctor, lifelong musician, and storyteller whose life bridges rock ’n’ roll, medicine, and love. John’s journey begins in the Bronx in the 1960s, where his passion for music first took root. As the decade unfolded, he followed that passion west to California, where he continued making music w...

In this episode of Confessions at the Cabana, we sit down with Vanessa Bauer — professional figure skater and star of the UK’s hit ITV series Dancing on Ice. Vanessa opens up about a lifelong dream realized: skating across breathtaking frozen lakes in Canada — a moment that felt both surreal and deeply personal. She shares stories from her childhood, the discipline and perseverance that shaped her path, and the re...

This week in the Cabana, we’re joined by Malibu private chef and restaurateur Oren Zroya, founder of Pita Bu and Paparazzi Pizza. Oren has spent over 30 years cooking in some of the most exclusive homes in Malibu — preparing intimate dinners for celebrities like Barbra Streisand, politicians such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and ultra-high-net-worth billionaires you’ve only seen from afar.

In this fun, flavorful epis...

In this powerful episode of Confessions at the Cabana, host Zoe Scott sits down with Robin Brown — artist, fashion designer, author, clown, and founder of Magnolia Pearl — for a deeply moving conversation about forgiveness, creativity, and transformation.

Robin shares her extraordinary life story, shaped by a childhood marked by addiction, mental illness, and profound trauma. Raised by parents who struggled with drug ad...

In this first solo episode of Zoe at the Cabana, Zoe shares her 7 steps to manifesting the life you love — the same principles she used to create her rock ’n’ roll career, follow her passions across the world, and eventually land at the edge of the ocean in Malibu.

Inspired by past conversations and lived experience, this is an intimate, motivating reflection on imagination, desire, belief, and saying yes to possi...

Confessions of a Hollywood Therapist How to Manifest What You Want in 2026

People often say, “You have to go see Johnny O.” But the better question is: why does his work actually work?

In this episode of Confessions at the Cabana, host Zoe Scott sits down with Johnny O’Callaghan, founder of The Healing Bar Studio in the Hollywood Hills, to explore what it really takes to heal, move forward, and manifest what you w...