Happy To Be Here

Greta Johnsen

gretamjohnsen@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

An interview podcast focused on literature, culture, recommendations, and wide-ranging conversations with authors, journalists, chefs, performers, and documentary creators. PR agencies could credibly pitch authors, poets, media professionals, chefs, and other experts with a distinctive cultural project or current book, film, or documentary; booking difficulty is likely low because the show features accessible professionals rather than requiring top-tier celebrity status.

Metrics

Episodes: 673

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Instagram: 63.0k followers

Contact Information

gretamjohnsen@gmail.com

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Host

Greta Johnsen - Podcast host and creator known for her work on Nerdette and for hosting thoughtful, wide-ranging conversations about books, culture, and everyday interests.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Authors, poets, journalists, chefs, performers, documentary creators, and other accomplished cultural professionals with a distinctive current project or area of expertise.
Required Achievements:  
Published books or literary works, Documentary or television production credits, Recognized creative or media work

Recent Guest Discussions

Larry Brantley - Playing Wishbone, The Production Challenges Behind The Series, And The Documentary About The Show's Legacy.

Betty Buckley - The Production Of Wishbone, Adapting Classic Literature For Children, And The Making Of The Documentary What's The Story, Wishbone?

Paige Lewis - Canon, OCD, The Nature Of Evil, Violence, Biblical And Classical Influences, And Unusual Animal Facts.

Gwen Kirby - Julia Langbein's Dear Monica Lewinsky, Including Sainthood, Desire, Monica Lewinsky's Legacy, Religious History, Tone, Structure, And Setting.

Recent Topics

Literature, Books, Pop Culture, Food, Journalism

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Happy To Be Here
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The end is nigh, and that could be a really good thing!

July 17, 2026

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 metacrisis we're already experiencing through climate crises, political upheaval, cultural isolationism, and fossil fuel consumption.This book isn't necessarily easy to read -- after all, it presents a pretty grim future for our current way of life. But Sarah also points out that man...

Remembering an extremely literate Jack Russell Terrier

July 10, 2026

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. It was about Wishbone the dog, who imagined himself as the star of many canonical texts such as The Odyssey, Romeo and Juliet, Oliver Twist, and Cyrano de Bergerac. The shoe aired for 50 episodes, and won 5 Daytime Emmys. There’s a new documentary out about the show -- it’s c...

GRETAGRAM book club: Paige Lewis on 'Canon'

July 03, 2026

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 the Bible, But it’s also extremely irreverent, funny, and weird. Ultimately, it’s a nonbinary hero’s journey with Good Guys and Bad Guys and a wonderful talking whale. Greta and Paige talk about OCD, the nature of evil, the sensationalism of violence, and FUN ANIMAL FACTS!Th...

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