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Happy To Be Here is a new interview podcast for the recovering perfectionist and the perpetually curious, full of conversations that make you feel right at home and allow you to learn a little bit about almost anything. Host Greta Johnsen (formerly of Nerdette ) invites you to meet journalists, chefs, authors, and all kinds of excellent humans who will delight and inspire you. Packed with recommendations for stuff to eat, read, watch, and enjoy, this show is great for helping you make sure you actually take it easy this weekend, wherever you might happen to be.
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Happy To Be Here is hosted by Greta Johnsen. The show has published 685 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The 87 Club: The Case for Quitting with Lindsay Crouse" (23 October 2026, 28 minutes), "The 87% Club: JUST SAY NO." (16 October 2026, 24 minutes), and "GRETAGRAM Book Club: Emily St. John Mandel on 'Exit Party'" (2 October 2026, 45 minutes).
Happy To Be Here publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 30 minutes across 685 episodes.
Booking probability for Happy To Be Here is 39%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Happy To Be Here requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Happy To Be Here's contact route on record: verified email.
Greta Johnsen hosts Happy To Be Here, a society podcast with 685 episodes published.
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Episode #36
Host Greta Johnsen talks with journalist and documentary producer Lindsay Holmes. Her new book is called The Case for Quitting: The Surprising Benefits of Opting Out . It’s an exploration of quitting in many...
Episode #35
Host Greta Johnsen talks with Anna Holmes, a writer and editor who founded the feminist website Jezebel . She’s also a former advice columnist for the New York Times series “Work Friend.” In 2015, Anna was asked to give...
Episode #33
This month's GRETAGRAM book club selection is Exit Part y, the new novel from Station Eleven author Emily St. John Mandel. Like her other novels, this is a story that spans genre and time. It opens with Ari Waker, the...
Episode #32
The September GRETAGRAM book club selection is Mary H.K. Choi’s Pool House , an exquisitely claustrophobic novel about a TV family and the mess that lies just under the surface. Host Greta Johnsen unpacks the novel with...
Episode #31
This month's GRETAGRAM book club selection is Mary H.K. Choi's Pool House, a novel about mothers and daughters, about seeing and being seen, and about desiring and being desired. This novel isn’t necessarily soapy, but...
Episode #30
The 87% Club is a series of episodes that explore the case for giving less energy to things that don't matter, so we have more time to spend on things that do. This week, host Greta Johnsen talks to writer Priyanka...
Episode #29
This week, host Greta Johnsen talks with Ayurvedic doctor, coach, and podcast host Sweta Vikram, who "helps high achievers move through burnout, grief, and overwhelm." Today’s episode is largely about perfectionism when...
Episode #28
As part of a monthlong series about doing less, host Greta Johnsen talks to a theater director and an author about attention, achievement, effort, and ease. First, Greta speaks with Michaela Goldhaber, a Bay-Area...
Episode #27
Host Greta Johnsen starts a month-long miniseries for the 87% club with an interview with author Veronica Roth . She’s written more than a dozen books, most notably the Divergent series.Her latest book is called Seek...
Episode #26
The July GRETAGRAM book club selection is Paige Lewis' Canon , a nonbinary hero's journey that has all the elements of an epic: Good Guys vs. Bad Guys, a fickle god, and, of course, a talking whale! Host Greta Johnsen...
Episode #25
Host Greta Johnsen talks with City Cast Chicago host Jacoby Cochran and Margaret Willison , the newest member of the Culture Study newsletter and podcast team. They play the extremely low-stakes game Burden or Delight...
Episode #24
Host Greta Johnsen talks with Sarah Wilson about her new book, I Eat the Stars: How to Live Fully and Beautifully in a Collapsing World . As the title suggests, Sarah's book explores the idea of sysrem collapse, a...
Episode #23
Today’s episode is about public television, classic literature, and an extremely charismatic Jack Russell Terrier. Yes, we are talking about Wishbone , the iconic children’s PBS show that aired from 1995 to 1998. ...
Episode #22
Host Greta Johnsen talks to author and poet Paige Lewis. Their novel Canon is the GRETAGRAM book club selection for July. Canon is difficult to describe -- it pays homage to many classic epics and is deeply rooted in...
Episode #21
The June GRETAGRAM book club selection is Julia Langbeing’s Dear Monica Lewinsky , a novel that explores sainthood, desire, the legacy of Monica Lewinsky, and the history of horny nuns. Host Greta Johnsen...
Episode #20
It’s the first Friday of the month, which means it’s time for a new book to read! This month’s selection is Julia Langbein ’s phenomenal novel Dear Monica Lewinsky, and Julia is today's guest on the show. The book is...
Episode #20
It’s the last Friday of May, which means it’s time to discuss T Kira Madden’s novel Whidbey ! Host Greta Johnsen talks to self-professed T Kira stan Kristen Arnett, the author of several novels. (Her most recent book...
Episode #20
<p>It’s the last Friday of May, which means it’s time to discuss T Kira Madden’s novel Whidbey!</p><p>Host Greta Johnsen talks to self-professed T Kira stan Kristen Arnett, the author of several novels. (Her most recent...
Episode #19
<p>Host Greta Johnsen talks to two of her favorite readers -- MJ Franklin, an editor at the New York Times Book Review and host of The Book Review Book Club podcast, and Traci Thomas, who hosts the wonderfully bookish...
Episode #19
Host Greta Johnsen talks to two of her favorite readers -- MJ Franklin , an editor at the New York Times Book Review and host of The Book Review Book Club podcast, and Traci Thomas , who hosts the wonderfully bookish...
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